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    Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts

    Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid

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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    There's something terribly awesomely badass about photos of high-energy physics thingamajigs. This one and the Large Helical Device, anyway. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of AlphaPepper AlphaPepper
    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts

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    Xeno promoted this comment Edited by AlphaPepper at 10/30/09 9:43 AM AlphaPepper was starred AlphaPepper was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/30/09

    @AlphaPepper: What has been seen cannot be unseen! #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    Just as long as there aren't any coconut shavings. Ugh. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Thinger Thinger
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    You put the lime in the coconut and blow it all up... #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/29/09

    @Thinger: Good one. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    You put the thermonuclearbyproducts in the coconut, then you feel better #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    And the Large Hardon Collider may contain traces of nuts... oh wait... what typo? #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    Oh, cool stuff. That makes perfect sense, too. Coconut shells are remarkably clean materials. Almost zero ash content. That means cleaner, more effective carbon/charcoal for adsorption/filtration.

    I never thought I'd say this, but coconuts just got way cooler in my mind. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts

    "coconut-shell charcoal"

    I think I know who's been working on this one... #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Sgrlfskbm Sgrlfskbm
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    My guess is they will grab two 'alves of coconut and start bangin' em together....
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    Image of QuarterToTomorrow QuarterToTomorrow
    10/29/09

    @Sgrlfskbm: Oh, I get it! Omitting initial consonants instantly gives you a British accent!

    'etard. #thermonuclearfusion
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    spannu promoted this comment QuarterToTomorrow was starred QuarterToTomorrow was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    10/29/09

    @QuarterToTomorrow: Oh, I get it! Quoting a character with the original pronunciation they used is e-tarded! #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/29/09

    @spannu: @QuarterToTomorrow:

    Hey, hey. Let's get along and make coconut jokes, not war. Pretty please? #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of spannu spannu
    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT! I fart in your general direction. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @spannu: Look. I asked nicely. Please behave, because I really hate unstaring people or even threatening to do it for that matter. #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Sorry, I thought that was just the equivalent of a coconut joke. #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    Seems practical. To achieve efficient energy production we need to destroy all of the coconut trees on the planet. Like Easter island did with their trees to move the monoliths. #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    They can always use postage stamps, right? #thermonuclearfusion
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/28/09

    In reply to Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
    Just out of curiosity, what do all you mouthbreathers who criticize Obama for polluting think the fucking President has to DO with himself? Do you think he should just fart around the Oval Office separating banana skins from chicken bones and putting them in a mound of poo out back to fertilize the garden, and then post a fucking youtube video about unveiling a solar plant to "set an example"? Your country would be laughed off the planet and then we'd laugh at you while in a low lagrange orbit.

    He's the fucking king shit elected leader of the whole country! What's his ONE job? It's to be seen in PLACES, doing THINGS. It's to inspire people through a perception of him as a dynamic, energetic figure who can get shit done and then take that shit to the shit bank. So sorry if that requires a jet. Out of everyone in your whole sorry ass country, he's maybe the one person who actually needs it. And you criticize him for jetting around to unveil a new solar plant? On the day he announces a revamp of your whole aging grid in order to save America's frigging electric bacon? When how many thousands of people are getting on a fucking jet in chicago to go visit a fuck buddy in miami for a weekend. Or off to New York to oversee the distribution of 100 000 SUVs that just rolled off the line.

    Just take it somewhere else. Your indignation makes you look like a petty fool. This is a WORLD LEADER we're talking about. Give the man a jet. #obama
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/28/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: "chicken bones"? Dude, that's racist. #obama
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    10/28/09

    @ripfire: you must've glossed over "banana skins" #obama
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    10/28/09

    @lilliputzian: Yeah, I saw that and contemplated whether I should edit my post or not. I figured it's sufficient enough to deliver my joke. #obama
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    10/28/09

    @ripfire: efficiency in all things. #obama
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/28/09

    @lilliputzian: I'm... I'm sorry.. *lowers head in shame* #obama
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    Image of envador envador
    10/28/09

    In reply to Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
    Not sure I would have chosen Florida for this... hurricanes every year! #obama
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    macpatrik promoted this comment envador was starred envador was unstarred
    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    10/28/09

    @envador: I agree. The "sunshine state" is a horrible location for this. #obama
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    Image of envador envador
    10/28/09

    @macpatrik: I Googled "florida the sunshine state" and the first result's teaser text reads:

    "Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State", but severe weather is a common occurrence in the state. Central Florida is known as the lightning capital of the ..."

    So, Florida is still not my first choice for a solar farm.

    Now, maybe if they can harness the 1.21 jiggawatts generated by the lightning captital of the US, we'd be cookin'!!! (har)
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    10/28/09

    @envador: You're an idiot. Florida has an extremely high percentage of sunshine, being the sixth sunniest state in the country.

    And in the future, if you want to make yourself sound credible, don't quote wikipedia. #obama
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    Image of envador envador
    10/28/09

    @macpatrik: hey! what's with the name calling :( Sunshine or not, it's the damaging winds, rain and lightning of the hurricane season that I was getting at. SurferKoKo got what I was saying. #obama
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    Image of theorieofself theorieofself
    10/28/09

    In reply to Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
    Wow, plenty of people got upset by my suggestion that Obama didn't need to fly across the country for a silly photo-op.

    Apparently no one understands the irony of promoting "green" technology in a non-green fashion.

    I never said anywhere that Air Force One should not exist, or that there was no need for it.

    Obama could have simply had a press conference from the White House, or hell, put a video on YouTube. Instead, he flew half way across the country, spending hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars, just so he could give a quick speech and pose for photos in front of a solar-field.

    Never mind, that our country is in the middle of a financial crisis, and our government should be counting every penny possible. Never mind, that Obama is pushing though cap-and-trade legislation that will cost consumers over $750 billion per year.

    If you can't see the hypocrisy here, well, I don't know how else to explain it.

    Maybe you "haters" are right though? As someone who got my Undergraduate in Political Science / Economics, and is finishing a Masters in International Affairs, I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about. Oh well. #obama
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    Image of glenaypia glenaypia
    10/28/09

    @theorieofself: There are expert Political Science Professors that disagree completely with each other. Who is right? That you think you are some authority in the subject means you didn't learn anything.

    I think People need to see that the president is behind something 100% Pictures speak louder then words, its not his fault that people are going around distorting his words. But you can't say anything about him standing in front of the thing. seems like the only thing people notice these days.

    Also it generates press just by him getting out of the White House. #obama
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    Image of theorieofself theorieofself
    10/28/09

    @glenaypia: I'm sorry but I think at this point in time, with the economic situation considered, curbing gov't spending (which includes photo-op jet-setting) is greatly more important that "generating press".

    My issue isn't about politics. It isn't about parties or specific politicians. It's about fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, Obama don't seem to care that his photo-op jet-setting is costing American tax payers hundreds of thousands, if not millions, per trip - all the while unemployment is at record highs, homelessness is up across the board, foreclosures are increasing every month, etc.

    I'm done participating in this giz-thread for today. Cheers. #obama
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/28/09

    @theorieofself: Why not just build a giant mechanical face with smoke and mirrors while the president talks through the loudspeaker. Hey, maybe we can call him The Wizard. #obama
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/28/09

    @theorieofself: Obama could have simply had a press conference from the White House, or hell, put a video on YouTube.

    A YOUTUBE VIDEO? HE'S THE FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE GODDAMN UNITED STATES. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? #obama
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/28/09

    In reply to Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
    Like Jesus said, "It's about fucking time". Upgrading the grid is something that we should have been doing several years ago. This is about the entire system in general and not just about solar energy. Right now, it's a Frankenstein of Edison's original blueprint. It's just inefficient. As a testament, how many folks here remember the great blackout in the northeast back in 2003? Think of the money the businesses lost during those hours. Yeah, that's how bad it is and it could happen again.
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    Edited by ripfire at 10/28/09 3:13 PM ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
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