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For Relatively Modest Amounts Of Sulfur Dioxide Injected Into The Atmosphere, You Could Easily Cool Earth By 1% Or More, If You Want.

If People Don't Get Paid For Their Inventions, That's Not A Good Thing. In The Case Of Many Patents, There Are People Who Aren't In A Position To Take Them To The Next Level. If You Don't Enforce Your Rights, No One Is Going To Enforce Them For You.

Pressure Cookers Are Relatively Inexpensive, They're In Every Kitchen Store, Your Grandma Probably Had One, But A Lot Of People Don't. A Pressure Cooker Is Interesting Because By Pressurizing The Vessel, You're Able To Cook Much Hotter Than The Boiling Point Of Water, And Still Have Water Be Present.

The First Thing That Is Not Obvious To People Is Global Warming Is A Less-than-1% Effect. It's Like Being Shortchanged At The Bank By A Penny Every Dollar. Over A Long Period Of Time With Lots Of Transactions, That Piles Up.

Elections, For Their Part, Are Typically Popularity Contests Rather Than Measures Of Candidates' Relative Competency Or Effectiveness. Imagine If Scientific Truth Were Determined According To Which Scientist Was Most Popular. To Be Successful, Scientists Would Have To Be Charismatic And Attractive - And Human Knowledge Would Suffer Terribly.