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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) Did you see the bug that s***s oil? It's pretty cool. So maybe it is a renewable resource. I'll have to dig up that article sometime, it was pretty funny, and true! Yes, someone posted it here. It wasn't exactly oil, it was actually more like partially refined oil and close to gasoline, as I recall. Very cool.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:58 PM) Here's a small example of what products are produced from oil... http://www.anwr.org/features/oiluses.htm And not one of them HAS to be made from oil. Also, as I said, the great majority of oil we use is for energy. That's the key here - energy policy. I am not saying, nor is anyone else, that we can simply stop using all oil immediately. We are saying that we can cut our use dramatically over the next decade or two, to the point where its a fraction of what it was. Also, that is not a list of products "produced from oil", they are products which happen to have something in it that may use oil.

QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) Thanks Matt. Weather's going to be nice and hot for it at least. Its August in Memphis. The weather will either be hot, hotter or liquid hot air.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) none of that stuff can do what oil does for us. Oil is used in practically everything today. what makes you think that? All of those can create electricity. Electricity can run homes, businesses, cars, trains, machinery, and most things that we currently need energy for. That's the great majority of our oil use (though, admitedly, not 100%). I just... I'm stunned.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) so, are you saying the earth didn't produce oil and instead is just showed up? This planet will always have oil, I guarantee you that. However, as the population of the world goes, so will the demand, and the supply will go down. For now, oil is our best friend. However, we do need to invest more resources into finding an alternative for oil. I know it might sound crazy coming from me, but I want an alternative as much as anyone else. It's just that looking at this thing realistically, that alternative probably won't be around for a long, long, long time. So inbetween now and when we finally find that alternative, man will be an oil-dependent race. Find it? We already found a bunch of them! All kinds of them. Have you not heard of wind turbines? Solar cells?

Aw crap, sorry DBAH0, I owe you a tour of Memphis stuff to do from when I lived there. You'll have it in this thread by tomorrow.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) Did I say the earth makes oil fast? No, but to say we are going to run out of it is ridiculous. There is oil forming somwhere in our earth right now, and one day that oil can be used. THIS PLANET WILL ALWAYS HAVE OIL! This is stunning. Do you know how oil is "made"? Do you know how much biomass it takes, and how long it takes for it to become oil? And do you actually, honestly think that amount even remotely rivals the billions of barrels of oil we use every day? No wonder you want to drill. You are the only person I have ever heard who actually thinks that oil is a renewable resource. And WTF is with this 100 years stuff? We have all sorts of alternatives, RIGHT NOW! Just like you can drill right now, you can also do wind, solar, geo, hyrdo and other stuff right now. 100 years? Where are you getting this stuff?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 07:53 AM) The irony is ALL of the solutions are going to take a long time to implement. Does anyone really think gigantic wind farms are going to get built in a week or two? The governmental process, the zoing, the lawsuits, and everything else involved in all of these solutions make them just as long term as drilling. But that never gets said. I've said this before as well, and its spot on. The idea that drilling, or wind, or solar, or any number of other energy expansions are going to happen instantly is a little ridiculous.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 05:56 PM) DROP IT. OK.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:58 PM) While that is relevant, it's utterly non-scientific and more a matter of coincidence than anything. The buildings DO offer an amount of protection (to prevent you from taking this out of context, I don't mean that the buildings entirely prevent tornadoes.) There is an effect called "heat island." This means that air has less room to spread outward, therefore it's forced to move up (and high enough in the cases of major metropolitan areas), thus disrupting the formation of tornadoes. Unfortunately, I've only seen this on the Discovery channel so I can't provide a link. I'll search around for a reference. Are you seriously saying that your hazy memory of Tom freakin' Skilling is correct and that NOAA is "utterly non-scientific"? Really?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:47 PM) Really would have liked to see Fields get a start against a LHP Yeah, as much as I am not a Fields fan, I do wonder why they keep playing Uribe over Fields. ETA: OK, I understand defense of course. Just saying, Fields won't improve in the field while sitting on the bench.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) Anyone can take a statement out of context. How about you read the sentence directly after it? I'll take NOAA's word for it that buildings are irrelevant:

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) My mistake on the year. Do you want to debate with Tom Skilling? Go "ugh" him, Mr. Admin. Also, I never said the buildings prevent tornadoes. Reading is a skill. And they don't go off for all warnings. I lived many years in the suburbs and have seen many, many tornado warnings that weren't accompanied by a tornado siren. Right here, Mr. Poster: Quoting is a skill. And they do go off for all warnings unless there is a malfunction - that is their purpose at the present time (they were originally around for air raid use, actually). They go off in the path of the storm of course, not everywhere in any given county necessarily.

If the Sox did need to send Logan down, it would have been nice to have a solid lefty pen arm in Charlotte this year. Which is why I didn't understand why the Sox let Ryan Wing go last year - he's been damn good in AAA in 2008. Would have been a nice piece to still have.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:19 PM) Seriously though ridiculous logistics aside, what does happen when something collides with the sun? Basically nothing right? Well, how did it go when Stoney and Hawk were in the booth together?

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:10 PM) The buildings in Chicago protect the city from tornadoes. It's not impossible for a tornado to hit, but it'd be very rare. The sirens in Chicago have only gone of a few times since their existence. They only run them in the most extreme cases and when the White Sox win the '83 Pennant. Ugh. First, the sirens went off in '59, but not '83, because it caused a panic in '59. Second, the buildings do NOT stop tornadoes, as was pointed out earlier. The reason tornadoes are less frequent in the city is the same reason they are less frequent in the suburbs along the north shore - the lake. For example, a few years ago a big tornado ripped through downtown Dallas (or was it Fort Worth), and tore up a lot of those big buildings. Third, they go off whenever their is a tornado warning. That's rare, but not "a few times in their existence".

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 12:59 PM) There is zero doubt in my mind Whistler would have a hard time keeping his ERA under 8.00 Probably. Again, don't misconstrue here, I'm not saying that's what I would do. Just that I have a feeling its what the club would do. I think that when KW has marginal talent, ones that aren't top guys but might have a little value to him, he likes to throw in there to see what they can do. Both for the informational value, and for showing other teams.

Wassermann since his callup: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 4 BB (2 IBB though), 0 K, 2.84 ERA. He's starting to look like he might be back to 2007 form. I'd keep him around for now. Also, I suggested this in the minor league thread... I have a feeling they are protecting Poreda, so if they send down Logan (which I think may happen), I think they'll call up Whisler. Not because Whisler is more talented (he's not), but because Poreda already has a ton of value. Whisler is a big question mark - no one can see a reason why he's doing so well in Charlotte. I think they may want to look at him for a week or two out of the pen, then bring Logan back for the stretch run.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:18 PM) What would happen if the shuttle used to launch it into orbit exploded over a large land mass? Also, I am fairly certain that its no cheap thing to put a rocket into the sun. That's a huge project, I'd have to guess, and the costs could be enormous.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:45 AM) Was that my boy Ross Gload with the stretch?? Well, I'm pretty sure Paulie can't do a stretch like that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 08:10 AM) It has to do with taking delivery. If people take delivery, that is true demand. That. Ben Stein may be a smart guy, but he doesn't appear to understand the futures markets.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:43 AM) I'm fairly sure Lake Michigan plays a significant role in the lack of tornados around the Chicagoland area. The cold pressure systems off the lake usually dominate the warmer air from the West/South and it prevents the circular patterns required for funnel clouds. There was a F4 tornado in Oak Lawn 40 years ago that many of our parents, if they lived around the south suburbs, probably remember. Haven't been any around here since, so they're rare -- but possible. I don't know the exact nature, but yes, its definitely true that the lake has a dampening effect that makes tornadoes near the lake rare. Not impossible, however. A number of years ago, a weak tornado (weak as tornadoes go - still a powerful event) went through part of Wilmette, went out over the lake, and turned into a water spout.

QUOTE (rowandrules83 @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 08:05 PM) Funnel clouds were spotted in Franklin Park, moving toward Cook County. This is the one that got us. Holy s***. The sirens went off (which is freaky by itself), the storm got ugly... my wife, the cat and I ended up in the hall bathroom. Our building, a 3 story brick block, was shaking. I mean, like, we were shaking around multiple times, in the wind. There is now a tree, probably 4 feet in diameter, that came down about 20 feet down the block, and has destroyed 2 cars, and is blocking the road. Wow.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 4, 2008 -> 06:33 PM) strategic oil reserve: dems want to use it. talk about a short sighted approach. there is a reason we have those reserves, and it's not to lower gas prices by a penny or two. Agree. That, the tax holiday and the whole gov't check thing are nothing but smokescreen.

End of July Update... PYL was doing well enough in Bristol that he was promoted (if you call it that) to Great Falls. Here are his final numbers at Bristol: G: 6 IP: 31.2 W/L: 1-2 ERA: 2.56 H: 30 ER: 9 BB: 11 K: 25 WHIP: 1.29 GO/AO: 0.94 That GO/AO number is a bit weak, but he otherwise looked decent. He's pitched just one game for GF so far, in relief, and it didn't go so well... 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K. Hopefully he's just adjusting and will improve, as he did in 2007.