Mad science milestones

[unixronin]

Nikola Tesla, humanity's most successful and arguably most brilliant Mad Scientist to date, was born 152 years ago today (well ... OK, sometime last night, it seems no-one exactly knows whether it was July 9 or July 10) in Smiljan, Croatia.

Remember, mad science means never having to say "Hey, what's the worst that could happen?"

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Re: And then there's his namesake.

[cipherpunk.livejournal.com]

Moving the source of emissions is a pretty big environmental win, for more reasons than just (as another commenter pointed out) because it allows you to move the central location to a more efficient power supply. It also allows you to enact emission controls over the entire automotive fleet at once, as opposed to piecemeal -- look at how long it took to get leaded gasoline off the market, due to the sheer number of old vehicles out there.

But if the prevailing political and economic winds say "this week we're doing carbon sequestration", then bang, you install it at the central location and you're off to the races.

Re: And then there's his namesake.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

An excellent point.