Acid Rain, it's a pain!

[jybryce]

This a major concern so I am warning you about it before it is to late!:( Let me explain, acid rain occurs when smog gets in the air and mixes with water vapor. Sulfur(the main thing in acid rain) Makes the vapor acidic to a pH level of 3.8!:sad: That is scary!:eek: As you have noticed(if you've seen my other threads)I am an eviromentalist. My specialty is to deal with bad things in the enviroment. I really don't know that much about acid rain, will you help me?:confused: So what do you have to say about this?:question:

[novaderrik]

if you are a specialist, then why don't you know very much about acid rain?
i know you can't respond- but i figured i'd ask...

[Van Rijn]

if you are a specialist, then why don't you know very much about acid rain?
i know you can't respond- but i figured i'd ask...

This might explain a bit about our new poster (note the age):


Hello my name is James Bryce and I am a young astronemer. I was born on Nov. 6, 1994 and I am 12yrs old. I would like to post stuff on the web so I decided it would be best if I blogged about what I like. I hope you like what I post!:lol:

[The_Radiation_Specialist]

Which goes to prove that anyone 12 years old is incapable of knowing very much about acid rain :rolleyes:

[Van Rijn]

I don't know about that, but it does explain his rather enthusiastic posting style. ;)

[IsaacKuo]

You'll be happy to learn that the problem of acid rain is one of the success stories of the environmental movement, and it's a problem which was successfully tackled during the 1980's before you were born. Well, successfully tackled in the USA and Europe, at least. But the techniques used in the USA and Europe prove it can be done, and done without terribly impacting industry.

[Disinfo Agent]

Global warming, it's a gas. :whistle:

[phaishazamkhan]

I don't believe jybryce is 12 years old.

[Paracelsus]

I don't believe jybryce is 12 years old.

Why?

[The_Radiation_Specialist]

if you are a specialist, then why don't you know very much about acid rain?
i know you can't respond- but i figured i'd ask...

He said he is a specialist on dealing with bad things about the environment. His knowledge seems very good (at least for his age) about the effects acid rain has and how it is caused. Why don't you guide him about the things he needs to know instead of ridiculing him with saying "i know you can't respond"?

A conspiracy theorist gets a better reception here.


This might explain a bit about our new poster (note the age):

I already commented on the disposition of your post.


I don't know about that, but it does explain his rather enthusiastic posting style.

And is there something wrong with that? Jybryce isn't spamming, he is raising several environmental issue which are something to consider.



You'll be happy to learn that the problem of acid rain is one of the success stories of the environmental movement, and it's a problem which was successfully tackled during the 1980's before you were born. Well, successfully tackled in the USA and Europe, at least. But the techniques used in the USA and Europe prove it can be done, and done without terribly impacting industry.

The world is more that just US and Europe, as you may know. And even there its not totally eliminated.

http://www.adirondackcouncil.org/acrapub.pdf

Its sad to see all of you members accusing him of lying, instead of guiding the new poster to areas he needs to know more about. For me, even the thought of a 12 year old caring about environmental issues is applaudable.

[phaishazamkhan]

Why?

Because the posts come across as trolls, fairly benign trolls from what I've seen and done, and the use of "LAWLZ IMMA TWELF YERS OLE" is just an excuse to keep on doing the same thing and escalating the nature of their posts.

[KaiYeves]

Responding to title:
Down a drain, on a plane

[Serenitude]

Jbryce is indeed very enthusiastic, but considering his age, I'm hoping we can guide him in the right direction. We should embrace members of any age, and as mostly adults, realize we can help steer them in the right direction, if possible* ;)


*note that I know this is not always possible - many DO just troll. But someone enthusiastic about the science, IMO (not in mod-mode here), should be given the benefit of the doubt and helped, if possible ;) Yes, the template style posts on every environmental issue are difficult, and his assumption that we are unaware of these issues is difficult. These are possibly resolvable issues, with community guidance, IF JBryce is willing to learn as he goes. If not....

[Paracelsus]

Responding to title:
Down a drain, on a plane

Flush the john
Then it's gone

It's now blue ice
Which isn't nice
When it falls from the sky
On passersby

[KaiYeves]

Flush the john
Then it's gone
It's now blue ice
Which isn't nice
When it falls from the sky
On passersby
Nice one!
Between one thousand one and four
The Norsemen reached this hallowed shore
Five hundred years would pass before
Ever sailed that Spanish bore.

[Van Rijn]

I already commented on the disposition of your post.


Hence my response, since you seemed to misunderstand the reason for my post.



And is there something wrong with that?


Uhm, I think you missed the smiley I included with my post. I was pointing out that the likely reason for his posting style was his age. Lighten up. Yeesh.

[novaderrik]

He said he is a specialist on dealing with bad things about the environment. His knowledge seems very good (at least for his age) about the effects acid rain has and how it is caused. Why don't you guide him about the things he needs to know instead of ridiculing him with saying "i know you can't respond"?


well he can't respond because he was banned.
and he claimed to be an specialist in environmental things, so how does he not know about acid rain?

[phaishazamkhan]

well he can't respond because he was banned.
and he claimed to be an specialist in environmental things, so how does he not know about acid rain?

I know that something called quantum entanglement exists but I wouldn't be able to write a five hundred page dissertation on the subject let alone a fluff piece regarding quantum physics for, shudder, People Magazine. Just because I know something exists doesn't make me a specialist.

Plus I don't know if you are one of the few, the proud, the spammed who received his "weekly newsletter" via private message that pretty much mirrors what he posted here without adding any signal to the noise.

[Disinfo Agent]

well he can't respond because he was banned.Temporarily banned. (http://www.bautforum.com/about-baut/30979-baut-banned-posters-log-11.html)

[KaiYeves]

I know that something called quantum entanglement exists but I wouldn't be able to write a five hundred page dissertation on the subject let alone a fluff piece regarding quantum physics for, shudder, People Magazine.
I doubt they'd be interested, anyway. But then, I'm a PopSci girl, not a People girl, which my mom secretly regrets.

[NEOWatcher]

well he can't respond because he was banned.
I do hope that causes him(?) to think more about posting when the temporary ban expires


and he claimed to be an specialist in environmental things, so how does he not know about acid rain?

At that age, there is a tendancy to not know how much you don't know, which means you think you know a great deal more than what you do.
(yep; go ahead and read that again...)

Anyway, I don't think that the usage of "I am a young astronomer" and "I am an environmentalist" is trying to come across as trying to be authoritative or knowledgeable.
It's because either he doesn't understand how athoritative that comes across, or is to lazy to chose the words correctly or carefully. It seems to be an indication of interest.

[Ronald Brak]

I've written for People magazine. Had to produce a medical certificate saying I was one first however.

[NEOWatcher]

I've written for People magazine. Had to produce a medical certificate saying I was one first however.
So... I take it you weren't hired for the opposing viewpoint. ;)

[mugaliens]

Flush the john
Then it's gone

It's now blue ice
Which isn't nice
When it falls from the sky
On passersby

That would go great with one of my favorite Nickleback songs...

[Paracelsus]

That would go great with one of my favorite Nickleback songs...


Oooh, which one?? I love Nickelback....

[KaiYeves]

"I am a young astronomer" and "I am an environmentalist"
The shortest biography of me ever written.

[Whirlpool]

Oooh, which one?? I love Nickelback....

Me too....I love Nickelback songs.

:)