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  1. Re:Crane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 900 Ton Containment Vessel Bottom Head Installed At Vogtle 3

    These images might help..
      Close up of block and fall before crane was assembled
      Nice view of the base of the crane
      Shot of the whole site
      getting ready to lift a reactor vessel

  2. Re:Crane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 900 Ton Containment Vessel Bottom Head Installed At Vogtle 3

    These images might help..
      Close up of block and fall before crane was assembled
      Nice view of the base of the crane
      Shot of the whole site
      getting ready to lift a reactor vessel

  3. Re:Crane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 900 Ton Containment Vessel Bottom Head Installed At Vogtle 3

    These images might help..
      Close up of block and fall before crane was assembled
      Nice view of the base of the crane
      Shot of the whole site
      getting ready to lift a reactor vessel

  4. Re:Crane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 900 Ton Containment Vessel Bottom Head Installed At Vogtle 3

    These images might help..
      Close up of block and fall before crane was assembled
      Nice view of the base of the crane
      Shot of the whole site
      getting ready to lift a reactor vessel

  5. Absorbtion cycle cooling? by lotho+brandybuck · · Score: 1 · on Solar Power Minus the Light

    There are HVAC systems that use a heat source to create cold.. I don't know exactly how they work, but they've been around for awhile. An example of a small system is a propane powered RV refrigerator. See http://www.southerncompany.com/gapower/energy_know how/absorption_chillers.asp?mnuOpco=gpc&mnuType=co m&mnuItem=ed You can get solar collectors with a very high discharge temp... vacuum tube collectors or anything with a concentrator. So why aren't we using solar powered absorbtion cooling in small applications, and why aren't we using deep ocean water to cool our major cities?

  6. Geothermal Heat Pump by InterGuru · · Score: 3, Informative · on Cooling Toronto Using Lake Ontario
    For those of us who do not live near a body of water, you can get considerable savings from a Ground Source (Geothermal) Heat Pump. This system uses an air conditioner/heat pump which uses ground water as a heat sink in the summer and a heat source in the winter. Because ground water is a steady temperature ( usually 50-60 degrees F) you get an energy saveing of 20-40% over conventional systems which use the air as a heat source and sink. The air is hot in the summer and cold in the winter, which is exactly what you don't want.

    You can find more infomation here and here

  7. He is right. by Grayswan · · Score: 1 · on Creator of the Gaia Hypothesis Urges Nuclear Power

    Nuclear power is awesome. It is true that no nuke power plants have been ordered since 1979, but Plant Vogtle only came online in 1987/89. Check the link: "The total net generation for both units in 1998 was 18,549,806 mwh...". That is 18.5 *TERA* *WATT* *HOURS* . Unit 2 alone did 10.3 in 2000. Do you know how much coal/oil it would take to replace that? Neither do I, but I'll bet its a more than a few train-loads or tanker-fulls.

  8. Re:I had no idea of the scale by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Craig Silverstein answers your Google questions
    P = 3.5amps * 120 volts * 10,000 computers

    err, since electricity is sinusoidal, there's a root-2 in there. Even with that, this makes each computer draw 300 watts continuously-possibly a 1337 gamer box with loaded PCI bus...one imagines a google server node does ok on 150-200 watts of continuous power.

    Mind you, this is per second!

    Watts are always "per second", the same way "MPH" are always "per hour".

    power company charges $0.00346 per kWh
    FYI, Georgia Power's rates suggest it's probably closer to $0.06/kWh

    yeah, it's the day before a holiday, and I feel like nitpicking.