BP Oilpocalypse ROV Diary #62

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Saturday June 05, 2010 · 11:12 PM PDT

2010/06/05 · 23:12

This is no longer the current liveblog diary. The next in the series is BP Oilpocalypse ROV Diary #63

You are in the BP disaster ROV, number 62. Number 61 is here.

Please DO NOT Rec this diary, rather REC THE MOTHERSHIP instead. She needs your love to stay afloat.

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Tuesday June 01, 2010 · 12:16 AM PDT

2010/06/01 · 00:16

This diary has been created as repository of Quantitative data relevent to the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil spill as an adjunct to the Live Blogs and other diaries.

THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR MOST DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS. This is for quantitative data. This is not a place for opinions, politics, vents, rants, conspiracy therories, general discussions, non-quantitative news, etc. Those go on the normal live blog threads. The idea is to keep a high signal to noise ratio so people can find the numbers after they are posted here. Post comments to give new data, correct old data, provide additional sources, question or confirm accuracy of numbers, give interesting calculations using the numbers, etc. Some non-quantitative facts that are particularly helpful in providing background information which is relevent to the use and application of the data may also be posted.

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 2:58 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 14:58

An anti-nuke organization recently posted a
deceptive comment that implies that nuclear power is heavily dependent on mining while wind is not. I did the math and found that mining impact of nuclear power and wind is roughly comparable (wind requires considerably more steel and concrete) and both are two orders of magnitude lower than coal. Capital costs for wind and nuclear are initially similar for the same average capacity, but in the long term nuclear generates about three times as much power and displaces three times as much CO2 due to the longer operating lifetime of nuclear power plants. Deaths from wind and nuclear are dominated by electrocution from the resulting electricity, then non-radioactive mining polution and construction, with radiation effects being much smaller than the preceeding causes.

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Thursday March 30, 2006 · 4:11 PM PST

2006/03/30 · 16:11

I saw the new (2006-04-03) issue of time magazine. One of the cover articles says that
"By any measure earth is at ... the tipping point". Not in the text, mind you - that is the title of the article. It reads like the global warming articles here on dailykos.

The title of the issue: "Global Warming: be worried, be very worried"

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Sunday December 04, 2005 · 9:39 AM PST

2005/12/04 · 09:39

Comparing two movies I watched recently gives so ideas about framing family values. The movies were Summer Lovers and The Substitute Wife. The movies both dealt with the controversial topic of polyamory and The Substitute Wife also dealt with prostitution (as recently discussed here on Kos) and Summer Lovers threw in a touch of kink. But The Substitute Wife presented a scenario that helps jam "family values" prejudice.

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Wednesday November 23, 2005 · 5:40 AM PST

2005/11/23 · 05:40

Good Morning America had a story on a judge (Michael A. Cicconetti in Painesville, Ohio) who imposed unusual sentences.

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VA repub candidate Jerry Kilgore fined on day before election

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Monday November 07, 2005 · 5:11 PM PST

2005/11/07 · 17:11

Republican Governatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore was fined for deceptive advertising today. Democratic candidate Tim Kaine was fined for the same technique on friday. Jerry Kilgore's ad was much more deceptive and this wasn't the first time Kilgore's campaign used deceptive advertising.

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Thursday October 20, 2005 · 1:51 PM PDT

2005/10/20 · 13:51

We already fund the executive, judicial, and legislative branches through taxpayer funds. Why not fund the fourth estate as well?

In this diary, I propose a way to make the news media independently funded by giving each adult citizen an account with funds from the federal treasury that they can allocate amongst the news sources they feel provide the best coverage. This approach is an attempt to combine the best of public sector and private sector approaches in the service of democracy.

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BP Oilpocalypse ROV Diary #62

BP Deepwater Oil Spill Quantitative Data

Nuclear vs. Wind - Mining impact and Capital Cost

Time Magazine: "by any measure earth is at ... the tipping point"

framing lesson from the movies (alternate sexuality)

Unusual sentencing

VA repub candidate Jerry Kilgore fined on day before election

public funding of independent news media