mwebster745
mwebster745 t1_jdn5jh9 wrote
Reply to comment by BroomShakzuka in There Is Still Plenty We Can Do to Slow Climate Change by nastratin
I was on a thread talking about the water crisis in the west and agriculture. Suggest that we should grow less cow food and eat a meal or two less of beef a week, you'd think you were asking them to give up their left leg. Not like it's going to be an option much longer, can only grow so much food with so much water, and I doubt this 'drought' isn't just the new climate for the next few hundred years until a responsible generation can finish a draw down process
mwebster745 t1_jdkpo8r wrote
Reply to comment by BroomShakzuka in There Is Still Plenty We Can Do to Slow Climate Change by nastratin
I have to do everything I can, my 3 year old daughter is going to be here in 2100. This is absolutely her future. Those people who don't care can be discouraging, but we have to try
mwebster745 t1_jaacnxs wrote
Reply to How the US and Canada Reduced Their Power Sector Emissions: Top Source of Electricity in Each State and Province Since 2005 [OC] by NoComplaint1281
Just out of curiosity, how is South Dakota getting hydro power, does it have a big damn I just don't know about?
mwebster745 t1_j86pk5s wrote
Reply to comment by Hapgam in According to a study on 12,211 patients, aspirin is just as effective at preventing blood clots as low molecular weight heparin, but it costs less and is easier to administer by giuliomagnifico
Gotta say working on an anticoagulation clinic I'm really hoping my patients I need to bridge off warfarin with a LMWH don't think this applies to them. The title is a bit overgeneralized, like you said, very specific population
mwebster745 t1_j2bwqwt wrote
Actually the film is interesting in subtly addressing the magnetosphere thing. A moon around a gas giant would be at risk of being fried by radiation focused by the planet's own magnetosphere. This is the challenge with Europa, and why the Europa clipper mission won't ever actually orbit Europa itself. In avatar you repeatedly see areas of massive magnetic flux, generally where the 'spirit trees' are. You can tell from large rock rings standing on end, following the contouring of magnetic field lines. This is also close to the 'flying mountains' which are suspended by such a magnetic field. The new movie was a bit different, but the original mentioned 'unobtanium' being mined which was a natural room temperature superconductor causing the magnetic fields. Generally small planets and moons solidify and a solid (ish) core like Mars doesn't produce a strong magnetic field like earth has. A small moon like Pandora flying free would solidify and lose a magnetic field, then have it's atmosphere stripped by solar wind, again like Mars, but an exo-moon would have massive gravitational tidal flexing to keep it's core active just like Io and to a lower degree Europa.
So kinda, outside of the magic 'unobtanium' it could exist
mwebster745 t1_ix5w0yu wrote
Reply to comment by radioactivemagic in Do NSAIDs reduce neuroinflammation? by One-Garden-1294
Yes but also significant evidence the risk of naproxen is significantly less, and mixed evidence as to if it really breaks from placebo or not. Thought to relate to the platelet related inhibition like ASA has
mwebster745 t1_irpt7b5 wrote
Reply to comment by IHaveABoat in [OC] Irrigation Expansion into the New Mexico Desert (1986 - 2021) by granger327
I think so, I think it's NAPI
mwebster745 t1_irpt4do wrote
Reply to comment by granger327 in [OC] Irrigation Expansion into the New Mexico Desert (1986 - 2021) by granger327
Based on the map I'm guessing it's up north near where the animas and San Juan Rivera merge near Farmington NM. That would make that huge irritated area NAPI (Navajo Agricultural Products Inc) basically a massive farm owned by the Navajo nation. Just drove through there last week, very impressive.
mwebster745 t1_jdn698k wrote
Reply to comment by SpiritualTwo5256 in There Is Still Plenty We Can Do to Slow Climate Change by nastratin
In human history this is going to be a critical period for millennia, well moreso than the bronze age or the like. The only mass extinction we will hopefully ever endure as a species, and one we caused to ourselves. It will be remembered like the KT impact millions of years ago.