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This fetish you have about categorizing perfectly acceptable words as weasel words, it was amusing at first, but now it is just becoming annoying.
If you don't understand the meaning of a word, try looking it up in your dictionary. :p
I know the meaning of the words. I can read an article and pick the parts which are likely lies or where the author is "winging it" for lack of expertise.
So tell us, Bob, how much pollution is caused when the CFC "burns money"?
Let's be clear here. You either have a PH. D in Physics or you don't. Which is it?
It is quite clear to me. Paul does not claim to have a PH D in Physics, but he has completed all the required courses. Presumably what is left to complete is the final exam and/or a thesis. Whatever, he has been quite clear on his educational background.:D
I know the meaning of the words. I can read an article and pick the parts which are likely lies or where the author is "winging it" for lack of expertise.
So tell us, Bob, how much pollution is caused when the CFC "burns money"?
I love that. Sometime I crack myself up. :):)
How can you pick the parts which are likely lies or "winging it" for lack of expertise. What is your area of training and expertise and education to substantiate this statement?
I know the meaning of the words. I can read an article and pick the parts which are likely lies or where the author is "winging it" for lack of expertise.
So tell us, Bob, how much pollution is caused when the CFC "burns money"?
I love that. Sometime I crack myself up. :):)
Gary, can you read a financial report.
The CFC has been in a surplus position for more than a year now! :D
I will be perfectly clear. I have a Master of Science in Physics. I do NOT have a Ph. D.; however I completed all the graduate courses to meet the requirement but I did not do the thesis.
I started formal study of climate change at the M. Sc. level in Jan/2010. However I have studied it informally for years.
You don't have a PH.D in physics. You have no degree in climate change. Only informal study. Yet you want ME to pay megabucks to support something on which you personally don't appear to be qualified to make expert pronouncements. Unless these days any student expects to be taken seriously.
Would you explain to Super Bob what a PH.D in physics is worth without completing the thesis or obtaining the degree? I'm losing patience with the lad. :)
As I said before I have a degree in Physics. In case you did not know this field of study is a big part of understanding climate, meteorology, and modelling.
I do not want you to pay anything or do anything. How you think I expect you to pay anything or do anything is fantasy on your part; I just like to counter your claims when they are ridiculous.
Just let the readers of this site know what your background is in the subjects you claim to have expertise in so that they can judge for themselves.
Careful Bob. When he gets upset he will run to Larry and ask him to close the thread. Or he will become Kevin Spraggetts new best friend...
You're such a Yenta and all because I won't buy into your schtick.
It might interest you to know I am on good terms with Kevin. He's the best chess player Canada has ever produced, as far as I know. His excellence of play and longevity in the game have to be admired.
I'm surprised a smart fellow like yourself would have to ask a question like that and more surprised you expect a reply.
I do not expect any reply from you whatsoever.:) These questions are for the benefit of other readers. I just want every person on this site to know where all parties in these discussions are coming from; and what expertise they may/may not have.:)
As I said before I have a degree in Physics. In case you did not know this field of study is a big part of understanding climate, meteorology, and modelling.
How come when I start writing nuclear, SWU's, etc. you don't jump right in? I'd have thought you'd be full of knowledge on gaseous diffusion and centrifuge technology.
Don't they learn you that in Physicals these days, or did you miss that class? :D
I have studied nuclear physics and I did some lab work in the McMaster reactor years ago. I also did bifuelling simulation studies on CANDU reactors for Ontario Hyrdro one summer; lots of FORTRAN coding...I am not looking for more topics to debate with you; I do like seeing your financial/stock posts...
Vlad is amazingly dense. Moving to substitues cannot last forever unless there is either a substitute that will not run out, or an infinite number of substitutes. Neither can be true on a finite planet.
Now, to show how hoplessly out of touch he is, he stoops the the ultimate low, pointing out spelling errors.
No, I think it's clear that Vlad rejects arithmetic.
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