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With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technolo

With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you dont need to mine uranium for the next thousand years. – James Hansen

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Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen

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What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. – James Hansen

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This is like the telephone problem – no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem. – Eric Allman

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Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas. – Jim Rash

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I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because its too expensive to change the interface. – Jaron Lanier

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