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Bill Nye slams NASCAR in an epic take-down calling it the 'anti-NASA'
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| Jessica Orwig
| Jessica Orwig
Posted on 11/18/2015 4:01:40 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower
feh...
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:08:53 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: McGruff
Swap the battery pack like they swap the tires. Then they could teach Tesla and Nissan how to do it right and quick.
To: artichokegrower
Bill Nye: Al Gore Mini-Me Wanna-Be
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:14:18 AM PST
by
HotHunt
To: McGruff
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:16:08 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: moovova
NASA-like races?
Because the only view of the race that fans would see is the takeoff..........LOL!
To: artichokegrower
There's no reason why NASCAR couldn't be like [NASA]: a race with rules designed to reward the coolest, most advanced vehicle technologies To spur this kind of change, Nye says it would only take a single change to NASCAR's rule book: Place a limit on how much fuel teams can use during a race. Nye suggests no more than 21 gallons -- about half a tank for most modern cars. I don't know who is a bigger duffs, Nye or the writer of this article who thinks the average vehicle on the road has a 42 gallon gas tank.
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:18:12 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: Alberta's Child
You make some good points. A few years ago, the Miss Budweiser unlimited hydroplane dominated the series for years. Seems like the driver always won. In 31 years, the team won 23 national championships.
No one else had the same amount of money to be able to compete.
NASCAR is an entertainment business. I’d like to see them add a dirt track to the circuit. I’d also make the plate tracks run true stock bodies with no engine restrictions.
There’s tons of innovation. That’s why they inspect the cars with a fine tooth comb.
Finding holes in the rule books is part of the game. Chad Knaus is probably the best current crew chief at that.
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:19:10 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: MRadtke
No push rods or carburetors bump.
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:22:33 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Calpublican
I consider engineers specialized scientists. Am I wrong?
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:23:10 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Alberta's Child
I bought a 67 Plymouth Satellite back in September of 66. Richard Petty was no small reason that I bought that particular car. Now the cars are fake. No need to weld the doors shut. These are just generic closed wheel cars covered with colored film stretched over to simulate an existing car and advertise.
Say what you will about mass coverage of the sport. I Stopped watching when the cars stopped being STOCK CARS
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:32:24 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. O)
To: artichokegrower
What’s wrong? Not enough Muslim outreach in NASCAR?
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:39:25 AM PST
by
zek157
To: moovova
Why not do both NASCAR & NASA-like races?
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We do. There are many auto racing categories... F1 (the NASA equivalent) is dead in the USA ,,, you want entertainment and high tech watch rallies...
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:40:15 AM PST
by
Neidermeyer
("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." � John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1)
To: central_va
I consider engineers specialized scientists. Am I wrong?Engineering is an application of science.
When was the last time Bill Nye engineered anything?
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:42:33 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
I am a classically trained engineer so I consider myself a scientist of sorts.
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:48:38 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
am a classically trained engineer so I consider myself a scientist of sorts.I don't consider formal training a definitive metric. You can be a scientist without any formal training at all. It's not what you know, it's what you DO.
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posted on
11/18/2015 5:58:28 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
When was the last time Bill Nye engineered anything? He is trying his hand at social engineering.
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posted on
11/18/2015 6:03:10 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Restore Liberty!)
To: tacticalogic
Formal scientific training helps anyone spot a hoax like gloBULL warming.
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posted on
11/18/2015 6:03:21 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
Formal scientific training helps anyone spot a hoax like gloBULL warming.Too many that have had that training are complicit in the hoax. Bill Nye is a propagandist employing an "appeal to authority" fallacy, hoping that people will automatically equate scientific training and credentials with the objectivity of a true scientist.
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posted on
11/18/2015 6:14:38 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
GloBULL warming proves that some scientists put grant money and politics ahead of good science. Which is shocking to me. I guess many in academics are socialist and put that above being objective. They know this is bad science but the pay is good.
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posted on
11/18/2015 6:17:01 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
I guess many in academics are socialist and put that above being objective. They know this is bad science but the pay is good.; Basically whores.
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posted on
11/18/2015 7:07:42 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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