/sci/ - Science & Math

though I must say, sulfoxides are very sneaky!

>>2095724
interesting challenge, I think only 4 and 6 are not chiral, all the rest are.

>>2095360
I think OP is gone.
Anyway, they are all chiral.

http://www.google.com/search?q=carbon+monoxide+lewis+structure

That was precisely what I thought. And I'm off to vote!

>>2089597
Food prices is the least of it. The problem with 'Big ethanol' is that they are consuming so much fossil fuels to grow the corn that it almost negates any benefits of growing biofuel. I don't believe we would ever be able to grow enough biofuels to power all the vehicles in the world, even if we use genetically modified algae. I think using biofuels for aircraft and ships is a good idea, but nuclear/lithium batteries is the way to go for cars.

>>2089489
I think you are over-estimating the difficulty of building the fusion infrastructure.

>>2089458
Oh man, food shipments are totally retarded. It destroys their economies.

>>2089415
jevon's paradox is badass. But increasing the price of energy at the same time will do the trick.

>>2089422
you gotta be trolling...

>>2089418
greens are highly divided on the subject on nuclear power. For example, greens in germany are very anti nuclear.

I didn't know if I should laugh or cry when I saw this... Peak Coal in China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704312504575617810380509880.html

It's not trivial to prepare powdered aluminum, the surface of the particles will oxidize quickly when in contact with air.

>>2089338
There's no guarantee they will succeed. Thorium is a very good investment for energy security. With LFTRs, we can afford to wait as long as it takes for fusion technology to mature, even if it is 100 or 200 years.

Yawn, old tech is old tech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_process

Running out of oil is a much smaller problem than climate change.

The producer who bought the movie rights also did:
Men in Black (1997)
Deep Impact (1998)
Gladiator (2000)
A.I. (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

So... I'm pretty confident it will be decent.

yawn....

Huh, what's so hard about that?

Anyone here read it? I can't wait for it t be made into a movie =D

I just finished Daniel Suarez's Daemon today... TOTAL NERDGASM. I'm totally itching to find the sequel

I can fit the whole of geocities on my portable harddisk.

Lol, yeah. OP needs to learn chemistry.

>>2075952
ooh I thought of another one...

Photon polarization

Colour

this is a good read
"Preachers who are not Believers," Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 8, Issue I, March, 2010, pp. 121-50.
http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/EP08122150.pdf

I used to be into astronomy, but i lived in an area with crappy light pollution. got tired of the disappointments after a while.