Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Meanwhile, back to the original question. Do any professionals here use a drone for taking photos to sell?

alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia

One wonders if she believes that the world is flat?[/quote]

Well, you all have provided my laughs for the day! (And I was a chemist way back.)

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Seems to add to the theory that we are dumbing down. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia

Years ago there was a college biology book that said that - because the less intelligent were the ones producing more children. Doubt that it is till in print.

Duckfart Loc: Olympia, Washington

Sounds like something the EPA would put out.

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

What about slowing down the speed of light to 0 miles per hr, where it becomes a solid, and cutting it up into blocks and using it as you need it?

DePratt Loc: Stantonsburg, NC

(Well) (Why) (Not) !!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Actually that article that has been floating around is bogus.

They did reject the solar-panel farm but they did so on the basis of lowered property values and lowered job opportunities in the area.

Nothing at all like the article is saying.

In the age of easily faked information, and no editing on internet news we should be extra careful of what we get sucked in to.

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

Glad to find a kindred soul for my logic! :thumbup:

J.R.Newton Loc: Saint Bernice, Indiana

Here in the Midwest I got into an argument with a guy complaining about how the wind turbines being built would change the seasons because of the depleted wind velocity!

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

In a lot of these environmental impact arguments I think people can't see the forest because of the trees.

Nothing in life is free, and whether we absorb a bit more or less sunlight and/or slow the wind down a bit, there is undoubtedly an environmental cost associated with it. The question is how high is that cost, and what does it mean in the big picture? When has an expansive paved parking lot ever been stopped because it absorbs more sunlight than the ground that was there before (and we sure know how hot that surface can get)? When has a skyscraper or a sprawling subdivision been stopped because of its adverse affect on local wind patterns? Such arguments are often advanced by those opposed to a development, but they are rarely the showstoppers.

It ultimately boils down to human activity on this planet, be it mining minerals or coal, deforestation for farming and agriculture, burning oil and gas reserves to power industry, or even building nuclear power plants. Predicting the environmental impact is not easy, and many are now turning to cradle-to-grave analyses to get a better handle on things; but even more difficult is deciding which human activity is bad and should be stopped altogether. Luckily humans, animals and plants are quite adaptable, and it will be survival of the fittest regardless of how much sunlight or wind power is captured and converted to useful work… for human existence.

cascadia13 Loc: Puget Sound, Willamette Valley

I once had a friend who would turn off his car stereo when the vehicle was climbing a hill, and claimed that driving even one mile over the speed limit makes the traffic lights turn red more quickly. Sometimes you just know when it's time to find new friends.

We photographers all know that cameras don't hoard photons; that would leave far too little room for the captured souls of portraiture subjects.