March 1, 2005

What does this symbol mean?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Administrator @ 12:27 pm

UPDATE: While researching another story, I discovered that this symbol is known as the “heartagram” and is the symbol used by the Finnish heavy metal band “HIM“.

Goddamned kids, messing with the heads of their elders…

Just what the holy hell does this symbol mean?
I’ve seen this symbol occasionally on bumperstickers.
Does anyone know what it means?

Here are my guesses:
1. Member of the Illuminati - They changed the symbol after my membership expired so it could be…
2. Member of a menage a trois - These are about as stable as a two-legged chair, but you never know.
3. The driver is gay - Since the rainbow has become a cliche, what better way to advertise one’s sexual preference on the bumper of one’s car. Then again, why does anyone feel like doing that in the first place?
4. Geometry Lover’s Association - See you’ve got the triangle and the heart…
5. Illegal Abortion Lover’s Association - You’ve got a coat-hanger and a heart…
6. The driver loves Satan. If you look carefully, the rounded “lobes” of the heart can be stylized points of the pentagram.

Allright, I’m out of ideas. Anyone know?

HydroElectric Power Threatens Planet

Filed under: Uncategorized — Administrator @ 9:56 am

… if you believe in global warming it does.

According to this week’s issue of New Scientist:

Hydroelectric dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, and in some cases produce more of these greenhouse gases than power plants running on fossil fuels.

It turns out that methane is 21 times worse than carbon dioxide when it comes to global warming, and decaying vegetation in reservoirs produce alot of methane.

It must be hard to be anti-nuclear power and believe in global warming, since nuclear power is the only reliable power source that does not add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Wind turbines kill birds, blight the landscape (or seascape - if you are Walter Cronkite) and only work in places with a steady supply of wind. Solar power is possible if the sun is shining - but dependent on batteries to store the power for use at night, and battery production uses alot of electricity and produces toxic waste.

That leaves, what? What energy source is environmentally friendly AND does NOT contribute to global warming?

None. Steven Den Beste drove the stake through eco-friendly energy in an article that I can’t find because his archive is down. Dang…

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