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Whence YOUR opinion?

Sardonicus
Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
in Off Topic
Put those Talking Points to the Test Quiz . . .
B)  . . . if you dare.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0827/Climate-change-Is-your-opinion-informed-by-science-Take-our-quiz/Gas


"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
 - Ronald Reagan

"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    ooof.  A 65%  I feel like I got all the hard ones right but the numbers...argh.
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    nolaegghead said:
    ooof.  A 65%  I feel like I got all the hard ones right but the numbers...argh.
    I did roughly the same, but I only got the easy ones.  :)  

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,882
    edited November 2015
    nolaegghead said:
    ooof.  A 65%  I feel like I got all the hard ones right but the numbers...argh.
    I got 85% correct. I will be honest here though. I only knew about half of them. The other 35% that I got right was a lucky guess. Lucky guess or not, I still did better than you and that's all that matters ;)

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,075
    I drive a Ford Truck and own a Yeti, but I scored this:Of course, working as a chemical engineer specifically to reduce VOCs from our air, I had better get this, or I would be fired. Ask me about anything else I would more than likely get a zero,
    as evidenced by the purchase of both Ford and Yeti.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,401
    43 percent here, but then again i answered truthfully without falling for all the lies =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    39% but in all honesty most of my answers were guesses. I'm just a HS educated farm boy, what do I know?
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    65% also. Lots of the numbers were guesses. Should have gotten the one right about pounds of CO2 from burning gasoline. Heard that on the radio a few weeks ago. I wondered about 2 of the correct answers that I missed. I'll have to look back, but I found a site a few weeks ago when there was the thread about bovine methane emissions. My recollection was that energy production as a whole produced more "greenhouse" gases than agriculture, but that as a portion of energy production, electricity was not a larger portion than all agriculture. Also, the answer that indicated atmosphere, clouds, ice and snow were responsible for reflecting solar energy back into space, leaving the rest to be absorbed by land and ocean was dubious. Both land and see relflect substantial amounts of radiation. Oh well...
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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
    57% here, then I ripped a big methane cloud & had to leave the room. =)

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,401
    SGH said:
    nolaegghead said:
    ooof.  A 65%  I feel like I got all the hard ones right but the numbers...argh.
    I got 85% correct. I will be honest here though. I only knew about half of them. The other 35% that I got right was a lucky guess. Lucky guess or not, I still did better than you and that's all that matters ;)
    imagine how well you would have done if you had been studying up on it for the last 15 or so years =) or actually read the climate change bible
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,401
    this ones gotten sunk fast, extra effort to keep the forum clean for the tday eggers. eggcon 5, alert...alert
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,984
    74% here. 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    just giving you props for knowing how to use "whence"

    additionally, i always wondered, was it "Christian Science-Monitor",? Like, we have a bunch of Christians here making sure that science doesn't go off the rails.  and as opposed to another religion's monitoring of Science? e.g. "Hindu Physics Monitor" etc.

    or is it "Christian-Science Monitor"?, a newspaper about monitoring Christian Science or Scientists?  ...like monitoring Christian people in lab coats who are testing whether it is possible to turn water into wine?


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,536
    I wonder if Lamar Smith has taken this test?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/11/24/noaa-chief-to-lawmaker-on-climate-change-inquiry-i-will-not-allow-anyone-to-coerce-the-scientists-who-work-for-me/


    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,401
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    just giving you props for knowing how to use "whence"

    additionally, i always wondered, was it "Christian Science-Monitor",? Like, we have a bunch of Christians here making sure that science doesn't go off the rails.  and as opposed to another religion's monitoring of Science? e.g. "Hindu Physics Monitor" etc.

    or is it "Christian-Science Monitor"?, a newspaper about monitoring Christian Science or Scientists?  ...like monitoring Christian people in lab coats who are testing whether it is possible to turn water into wine?


    take water and put it in a jug, add powdered koolade, a piece of bread, and put it in the sun...wait....pour yourself a nice glass of wine =) not sure you need a lab coat, prison jump suit would work fine
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    How great is it when a pol says "I'm no scientist, BUT . . ." and then either ducks the question or replaces science with voodoo.  As for me, I'm no scientist, but I rely on scientists to know this sht.  That's why I'm ok with my dreadful 52%.
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700
    edited November 2015
    bud812 said:
    57% here, then I ripped a big methane cloud & had to leave the room. =)
    In related news:

    Facts about human farting and global warming


    Did you know?
    About 1/3 of human beings produce farts which contain methane gas. Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976)

    First of all, if you're a methane producer, congratulations! Second your backdoor trumpet should be revered and worshiped by the rest of us. You should stand tall with your methane producing booty bomb held high. Let your colon cologne waft freely behind you...And let others know that you are a proud contributor to the increase of global warming.

    More: "Did you know?"
    • The average person produces about a half liter of fart gas per day.
    • The average person farts about 14 times a day.
    • Women's farts have a higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's farts
    FYI

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
    Sardonicus said:
    bud812 said:
    57% here, then I ripped a big methane cloud & had to leave the room. =)
    In related news:

    Facts about human farting and global warming


    Did you know?
    About 1/3 of human beings produce farts which contain methane gas. Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976)

    First of all, if you're a methane producer, congratulations! Second your backdoor trumpet should be revered and worshiped by the rest of us. You should stand tall with your methane producing booty bomb held high. Let your colon cologne waft freely behind you...And let others know that you are a proud contributor to the increase of global warming.

    More: "Did you know?"
    • The average person produces about a half liter of fart gas per day.
    • The average person farts about 14 times a day.
    • Women's farts have a higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's farts
    FYI

    Well at least I'm good at something & my trumpet is well tuned.

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Sardonicus said:

    • Women's farts have a higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's farts
    FYI

    Well, that explains it. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    A typical fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Only about one percent of a fart contains hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans, which contain sulfur, and the sulfur is what makes farts stink.
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  • Sardonicus
    Sardonicus Posts: 1,700

    Bill Nye would be proud of us all.

    "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and barbecuing."      - George Burns

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