Author: Rich AlbertsonThe Second Law of Thermodynamics ( 2nd Law) is the oldest, unrefuted natural law on the books. You'll be surprised at how much it explains. While the name makes it sound complicated, we're only interested in a small portion of what the entire law covers. Fortunately, it's the easy part. One caveat of the 2nd Law is that “all of the forces of nature move in a single direction – from the complex to the simple.” As...more
"There are so many occasions when you would just think to go away on holiday. Going away is something that virtually everyone desires to do at one time or another. However, getting there without spend all the money you have obtainable is often a little bit more difficult. You should make sure that you can find cheap package holidays, so you can spend your time enjoying them without having any worry about how you are going to pay for them.Finding...more
Author: Rich AlbertsonThe Carbon Cycle is the name given by modern science to Nature's system for controlling the internal operations of its four major subdivisions (called compartments) and also how the compartments operate as a group. These compartments are named: Hydrosphere – The oceans and everything in them Geosphere – The earth's crust to about a foot in depth (extent of atmosphere's penetration) Biosphere – All the living things on the surface. You and me, trees and all plant life, all the other critters, microorganisms, etc Atmosphere – As layer as thin as a light coat of spray lacquer on a billiard ball. All of the carbon on earth is included in these four compartments. That total amount of carbon is exactly the same amount of carbon that existed on the day earth was created. Nothing has been lost or added, ever. The amount of carbon within a given compartment affects the level at which it performs its function. Nature moves very tiny amounts of carbon from one compartment to another, adding or subtracting, in order to adjust how each compartment performs and also how they will perform as a group. Example: Add or subtract carbon to/from the...more
Author: Andre KirklandWelcome to Super Hot Toys!hottest toysSuper Hot Toys was created to give you the edge in finding those overpriced cool new products that are sold out in the retail shops but still sold on Amazon.So as an example, lets us the hottest new toy, the ZhuZhu hamster pet toy. Amazon sells these, when Amazon becomes out of stock of...more
Author: Rich AlbertsonWe may need two fixes. One for the short term, an indispensable step, and the other for the long term, also indispensable but it might not look like it to many of us. First, the short term fix because, if we don't fix this part of climate change there's good reason to doubt we will be here long enough to need the long term...more
Author: Rich AlbertsonWhat follows probably shouldn't be called a “factoid.” Factual events are involved, but the analysis of their significance as a cause of climate change, that part is my opinion. That said, what events conspired to make climate change happen? Were we simply ignorant of the science involved? I'm afraid not, the greenhouse effect was well understood as far back as the 1890's and has been discussed frequently since. Here's a headline from an article in the May 15, 1932, edition of the NY Times, entitled “Next Great Deluge Forecast by Science – Melting Polar Caps to Raise the Seas and Flood the Continents.” Could that be made more clear? The article talks about CO2 and runs down the science pretty clearly. We knew, but it's also quite possible that the warnings were dismissed as whining by tree huggers or scare tactics by eco-terrorists.If not ignorance, what then. I think the central story starts in Berlin during the early 20th century. Einstein was teaching there and he was part of a small clique of brilliant scientists that included Fritz Haber, the discoverer of ammonia synthesis, which is the basis for modern chemical plant fertilizers. Oddly, Haber...more
Author: Rich AlbertsonThat terrible, soul shattering sound that sometimes comes from the speakers of a sound system when the equipment is being set up, is called “feedback.” It happens when the speakers and the microphone get too close to one...more
Author: Rich AlbertsonIf it's coming, everyone wants to know when. “It” couldn't mean climate change itself, because that's been here and growing for nearly five decades now. I think “it” must mean some sort of plateau in the development of...more
Author: Rj Levan Growing up in the country, my childhood house was built on 2-3 acres of land. There was plenty of room to move around (and way too much grass to mow!). The problem: the more space you have to utilize, the more junk you accumulate....more
Manali - Glorious with achromatic mountains Fortunate with snowy mountains, conifer grooves, river and lakes, Manali presents the aesthetical exemplar of Mother Nature. It is situated at an height of 6260 feet above the sea raze and is one of the...more
If you are on your way to confirm your flight tickets to Phuket, you could do with some education about this famous Asian island. Remember, it is a Thai-speaking nation and being a Westerner, you should be apt enough to get your way with the locals....more
Over the years, Phuket has transformed into a unique tourism destination in the whole of Asia. Every year thousands of Europeans and Westerns migrate to this island city for a long vacation. This famous Thai island makes up for an economical way to...more