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by JWWhite
Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:27 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand
Replies: 601
Views: 141535

Re: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand

NEW YORK (AP) — Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that fall back to earth can be deadly to seabirds and turtles that e...
by JWWhite
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread
Replies: 420
Views: 56341

Re: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread

Is Southeast Asia the New Bastion for Space Technology?
Space technology is being developed and having rapid progress for liftoff in Southeast Asia
https://videos.inc-asean.com/is-southea ... -for-space
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: How many car-related acronyms and symbols do you know?
Replies: 8
Views: 509

How many car-related acronyms and symbols do you know?

How many car-related acronyms and symbols do you know?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/car-tech ... spartanntp
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 66953

Re: Global Warming 2

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Climate protestors put their best argument forward:When you run out of argument you fall back on stunts
It’s taken thirty years and $100 billion in scientific research to get here.
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:46 pm
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: Hua Hin City 2018
Replies: 205
Views: 26870

Re: Thailand Football

Hua Hin City just does not get enough local support. Thais are passionate about their town/city of their birth, and you can see that passion with the way they support for their local sports teams. Hua Hin is a migrant city, where the vast majority of Thais are not actually from Hua Hin, but have mig...
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:42 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 66953

Re: Global Warming 2

Wind and Solar Energy: Good for Nothing The defenders of wind and solar claim that subsidies are a minor help to get a new industry going. These defenders counter critics with the fallacious claim that fossil fuels receive huge subsidies. Actually, the fossil fuel industry pays huge taxes. Focusing...
by JWWhite
Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:32 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand
Replies: 601
Views: 141535

Re: Tips for recycling and reducing plastic use in Thailand

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Notice how the sign denouncing plastic straws is right above all those plastic utensils.
by JWWhite
Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1695
Views: 118874

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Amish man starts "Uber" ride service with his horse and buggy COLON, Mich. — Anyone who has ever taken an Uber ride knows it's convenient and very popular so one man in St. Joseph County has found a way to make ride sharing more scenic. Timothy Hochstedler calls it Amish Uber. He is addin...
by JWWhite
Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:56 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 66953

Re: Global Warming 2

3 Decades Of Alarmists’ False Climate Prophesies Unfulfilled Thirty years of continued false climate alarms have sounded since climate change scientists started making their cataclysmic predictions that global manmade pollutants will catastrophically rise global temperatures to the point of killing...
by JWWhite
Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:41 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Did you leave kids behind to come here?
Replies: 42
Views: 3453

Re: Did you leave kids behind to come here?

Many guys who come here are divorced and have left family behind, and then they go and get married to a Thai woman who has a family, that has been deserted by a Thai man.
by JWWhite
Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:22 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 66953

Re: Global Warming 2

Growth In Thermal Generation Continues To Outpace Renewables In China
Anybody who thinks China is rapidly shifting to renewable energy needs to look at the latest electricity data from the China Energy Portal.
https://chinaenergyportal.org/en/2018-q ... tatistics/
by JWWhite
Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:28 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: The scourge of Facebook
Replies: 452
Views: 245035

Re: The scourge of Facebook

WASHINGTON — Facebook is being asked to change rules that restrict how journalists and scholars conduct research on the site — a request that raises unresolved issues about how the First Amendment applies to the social media era. In a letter sent Monday, lawyers for a group of researchers and journa...
by JWWhite
Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:52 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: The scourge of Facebook
Replies: 452
Views: 245035

Re: The scourge of Facebook

How to permanently DELETE Your Facebook Account – 2018 Update 1. Delete linked apps 2. Remove activity history 3. Backup data 4. Deactivate account 5. Delete account Surely you didn’t think Facebook would let you go that easily, did you? Even though you have managed to unearth the hidden link that ...
by JWWhite
Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:14 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: Best of the Rest of the World
Replies: 778
Views: 57332

Re: Best of the Rest of the World

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by JWWhite
Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:13 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread
Replies: 420
Views: 56341

Re: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread

Astronomers In Canada Are Baffled By Mysterious Fast Burst Radio Signals Coming From Outer Space. A baffling and mysterious radio signal has been spotted by a telescope in Canada, and it’s one of the lowest in frequency to date....... https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-detected-an-intens...