This is an interesting paper on the non equilibrium dynamics of Earth atmosphere: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19948550
Giovanni On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <[email protected]>wrote: > So stupid. Act of god, lol. Act of a fantasy. We need to update our laws > to reality and modern times. > We are nature, the idea that humans should not mess with "Nature" is silly. > > Giovanni > > > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Alan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > From: "Jones Beene" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:20:07 AM >> > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi in Florida >> ... >> > Anyway - some time ago we talked about a possible remedy to nip a >> > tropical storm in the bud, so to speak, using Pentagon technology … >> which is >> > actually available now. >> ... >> > >> http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_darpa_lasers_050830.html >> > while using the airborne laser beams to continually ionize a >> > conductive path to ground (or water) in order to cancel charge >> accumulation all along >> > the storm front? >> >> > In the end - bureaucratic inertia. Get used to it. >> >> Once a month I travel a road which is susceptible to landslides. (They've >> even installed gates at each end, which they close while it's blocked). >> >> I stopped one time to take some photos of a slide, and chatted to the >> Caltran (California Transport Authority) guy in charge. >> >> I asked him why they didn't just take a bulldozer up the cliff and clean >> out a section which is likely to fall in the next couple of years. >> >> Liability, he said. If they leave it alone, it's an "act of god". They >> meddle with it, they own it, and the liability of not doing it right. >> >> >
