amazing statistic of the day

[Fnaar]

We've got nothing to worry about.


I've been to the year 3000. Not much as changed, but they live under water.

Can I borrow your flux capacitor?

 

[simoncc]

I don't believe that. To be taught, you'd have to display a willingness and capacity to learn.

I was never told anything specific about oil running out, BTW, my school must have been an odd one out... We were told that it was a finite resource, in terms that it takes million of years to form, and minutes to use up.

Ooh! I was told by a geography teacher, Mr Webster, that oil would run out by 2000 and that cars would be seen only in museums by then. You are technically correct that I wasn't taught the fact because I never really took much notice of geography teachers. My dad told me that as long as I did OK in maths, English, physics, chemistry and French he didn't care about what other teachers said on my report. Even as a youngster I was aware that geography teachers who also do PE are not to be taken too seriously.

 

[marinyork]

To clarify Pete's ramblings with my own ramblings the strength of the weak force is a limiting factor in terms of rate/lifetime. There are others. We have a sun that is mostly hydrogen and the weak force slows helium production (also importing in other aspects - think about it). When you get flavour changes you get Ws or Zs as which decay into the familiar electron and antineutrino whilst your up has changed into a down in the first part. There are also many other reasons why neutrinos are interest in study.