Sep. 7th, 2008
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Sep. 7th, 2008 11:31 amMeet Pando.
Pando is a tree.
More particularly, Pando is a single Aspen tree organism 43 hectares in size, whose root system weighs 6 thousand tonnes, estimated to be 80,000 years old. At any given time, it has about 47,000 trunks, all of which die and are replaced by the root system regularly - the average age of the trunks is about 130. Nothing that happens on the surface affects the root bundle - a forest fire that wipes out all it's competitors on the surface? It just loses some trunks and sends up new ones through the ash.
The climate of Utah has changed significantly since Pando's birth - to the point where it's estimated that it hasn't flowered successfully since the last ice age.
Pando is a tree.
More particularly, Pando is a single Aspen tree organism 43 hectares in size, whose root system weighs 6 thousand tonnes, estimated to be 80,000 years old. At any given time, it has about 47,000 trunks, all of which die and are replaced by the root system regularly - the average age of the trunks is about 130. Nothing that happens on the surface affects the root bundle - a forest fire that wipes out all it's competitors on the surface? It just loses some trunks and sends up new ones through the ash.
The climate of Utah has changed significantly since Pando's birth - to the point where it's estimated that it hasn't flowered successfully since the last ice age.
Guess The State!
Sep. 7th, 2008 11:34 amChurch sign: "I kissed a girl and I liked it, then I went to Hell."
Same church sign, a little modified:
Same church sign, a little modified:
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Sep. 7th, 2008 02:12 pmIt's official, election season's open.
A whole month of campaigning. Man, that's going to be really annoying.
(PS: Canada's Interim Placeholder Prime Minister called the election *a year early* despite HIS OWN GOVERNMENT passing a law that required fixed election dates, which was one of HIS OWN campaign promises. He didn't ask the house to repeal the law, he's simply not following it, and neither is anyone else, and nobody cares.
There's a good reason why they're still Canada's Interim Placeholder Government.)
A whole month of campaigning. Man, that's going to be really annoying.
(PS: Canada's Interim Placeholder Prime Minister called the election *a year early* despite HIS OWN GOVERNMENT passing a law that required fixed election dates, which was one of HIS OWN campaign promises. He didn't ask the house to repeal the law, he's simply not following it, and neither is anyone else, and nobody cares.
There's a good reason why they're still Canada's Interim Placeholder Government.)