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It has been said that rockets are basically turbopumps. That is, the vast cost of a rocket is just in the turbopumps. This is why rockets like Sea Dragon can get you in to space for dollars per kg. Turbopumps will eventually be phased out if the private space sector is allowed to prosper as per Obam...

Don't need a separate forum, it just creates silly arguments about what is on topic or not. You either ban politics or you don't. Either way I couldn't care less.

The "tea party movement" will die as soon as they achieve success.

VASIMIR will be used only if Polywell fails. I hope not . We can't make a fission reactor efficient enough to keep us from having to build a ship something like 2/3rds air craft carrier sized (because of the necessary radiators). Never-mind the fact that we can't currently make 2 5MW reactors at le...

MSimon, if you edit your topic with "statistically significant" between "no" and "warming" I will happily retract my statement about your integrity. I know that you are a very smart person. I could forgive such behavior from someone I didn't consider smart, and could pass it off as ignorance or stup...

jmc, thermodynamics. The ice cap is 2 miles thick. How much volcanic energy would need to be released to account for the melting? How much volcanic energy release is observed?

Massive volcanic eruptions have happened in the past under that sheet, but we would be seeing evidence of such an eruption.

seedload, the image posted is the mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The paper I posted showed the mass balance of all of Antarctica is decreasing. Here is a better (more recent) paper: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n12/full/ngeo694.html The image was posted because denialists hav...

I myself have been enjoying walking around with a light jacket on.

Feel sorry for you east coasters.

It's called science, when you're wrong, you correct it. Roy Spencer's satellite measurements were wrong. He corrected them.

Maui, look at this: http://i50.tinypic.com/oh8qbs.gif

I have to say, this post made my day. :lol: I've been too busy over at my site to visit Talk-Polywell, so I was completely unaware of it. I got a kind message alerting me to it and giving me advice about how to respond. Thanks for that, anonymous guy. I have no need to respond to some of the more bi...

MSimon , you are a liar, and I have no respect for you since you distorted Jones' statements and lied about what he actually said. I don't respect outright liars. The very link you posted to support your claim that " Arctic ice is not declining. Glad we have established that " discusses sea ice . T...

You belittled me with your stupid sea ice "explanation," as if I was too stupid to understand the difference. Read the rest of my comments in this thread and others, and it is clear that I know the difference. Your "misinterpretation" or "failure to see the mistake" is just your delusional hatred of...

Josh, no we do not know that. All we know is what you say. That is the only way we have of knowing what you mean. To have a reasoned discussion, one absolutely must be nitpicky, because a reasoned discussion requires accurate communication, and accurate communication requires being nitpicky. No, if...