I can see the press release now: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------ "Pepsicola and Coca-Cola enter into carbon sequestration program" AP March 18, 2010 - Pepsicola and Coca-cola indicate they are now in talks with major coal plants to remove CO2 from their exhaust plumes and sequester the carbon in their beverage products. "It's going to be a win-win for everyone. Currently we use huge plants of humans converting oxygen and complex carbohydrates into carbon dioxide through an intensive manual labor process called resparation. By working with the coal and other power plants we can obtain far greater amounts of CO2 which they consider a waste product anyway." Pepsicola's publicist declined to answer when asked how long the carbon would be sequestered for. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------ :-D -Adam On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On > Behalf >> Of Howard Winter >> Sent: 18 March 2010 17:15 >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >> Subject: Re: [TECH]:: Factors affecting gas flow through a porous >> membrane/Help! >> >> Russell, >> >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:13:32 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote: >> >> >... >> > The important implication for me is the (utterly obvious now) fact >> > that you CANNOT stop a given gas diffusing by "balancing" it with >> > anything on the other side. >> >> Indeed, and I've observed this with CO2 dissolved in liquid vs. > present in >> the gas above it (ie a bottle of Coke which isn't full). =A0You can buy > a >> little pump fitted to a >> lid which you put onto the bottle, and give a number of squeezes, >> increasing the pressure in the bottle by adding air. =A0It's sold as >> preventing part-empty bottles >> losing their fizz, but the result is as expected from what you say > above - >> it's completely useless! =A0Note that there is no membrane, just the >> liquid's meniscus, but I >> think the principle at work is the same. >> >> I wonder if I could bring a case under the Trades Descriptions Act, or > the >> Sale of Goods Act, because the the device doesn't do what it's being > sold >> for? > > See, there is a good reason to increase CO2 levels in the air! ;) > > Mike > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The > information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by > law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must > not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any > person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have > received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, > forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. > No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or > services. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = http://chiphacker.com/ - EE Q&A site -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist