I've got five kids. They all were reading before age 3. Perhaps they are not representative of the population at large. We did, however, read to them extensively from a very early age. Not from comic books.
While these facts may be true on the surface (I haven't actually checked), what you are missing is that most energy production is relatively local, and hence generating capacity is built & run to deal with local maximal demand. Truly efficient long, long distance transmission lines would allow distant capacity to be factored in to the system. Think wind, solar, day vs night etc. There is currently a project (Tres Amigos) designed around a superconducting hub to connect the three major energy networks in the US. In addition there are (at least) plans for several other superconducting trunks, including one to link a number of off shore wind projects. The net efficiency gains for the system as a whole would far exceed the 3-7% mentioned above.
That said, I am partial to local production, as finely grained as possible, to cover the baseline requirements and minimize the opportunity for system-wide failures.
Is it really economic to do this? If we have to build a new facility every time it goes past breakeven and explodes, it just seems like it is going to be expensive. Not to mention the politics of siting a bomb blowy-up thingy near cities where they need the power.
ASSUMPTION ALERT! As if we believe she can read. Actually raises the bigger question - middle school and the teacher was reading to the students? Can't they read yet themselves?
Yeah, yeah. But the point of the article is not transmutation. It is manipulation of the material to make it mimic something other than what it is. So if you could make the surface material act like corrosion resistant gold, or perhaps more interestingly, one of the noble gases, that might be useful.
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I've got five kids. They all were reading before age 3. Perhaps they are not representative of the population at large. We did, however, read to them extensively from a very early age. Not from comic books.
At 3 years old he should be able to read himself - why do you need to read to him?
Better yet, if every person charged with illegal copying used the "I am only doing it for the troops" defense, we could have something amusing.
Until they turn it up to 11!
This post would have been more interesting were it in the form of a small animated hologram
No reanimation until this feather thing is resolved
Did you restore power?
A court transcriber.
Since you have the gun already, landmines for the garden are the obvious next step
Imagine Romeo & Juliet set in NYC with singing & dancing street gangs....oh, wait
I don't care if they are old, as long as they have their own health care plan.
Courtroom sketch artists
I simply let go of the wheel just before every accident
While these facts may be true on the surface (I haven't actually checked), what you are missing is that most energy production is relatively local, and hence generating capacity is built & run to deal with local maximal demand. Truly efficient long, long distance transmission lines would allow distant capacity to be factored in to the system. Think wind, solar, day vs night etc. There is currently a project (Tres Amigos) designed around a superconducting hub to connect the three major energy networks in the US. In addition there are (at least) plans for several other superconducting trunks, including one to link a number of off shore wind projects. The net efficiency gains for the system as a whole would far exceed the 3-7% mentioned above.
That said, I am partial to local production, as finely grained as possible, to cover the baseline requirements and minimize the opportunity for system-wide failures.
If I wanted updates on my driving every few seconds, I wouldn't bother to duct tape my wife's mouth.
I propose that all legislators be forced to wear a 'Hit Me' decal on their forehead.
If your humor detector is this badly broken, you really should refrain from posting until repaired.
Is it really economic to do this? If we have to build a new facility every time it goes past breakeven and explodes, it just seems like it is going to be expensive. Not to mention the politics of siting a bomb blowy-up thingy near cities where they need the power.
ASSUMPTION ALERT! As if we believe she can read. Actually raises the bigger question - middle school and the teacher was reading to the students? Can't they read yet themselves?
Yeah, yeah. But the point of the article is not transmutation. It is manipulation of the material to make it mimic something other than what it is. So if you could make the surface material act like corrosion resistant gold, or perhaps more interestingly, one of the noble gases, that might be useful.
Probably not, but even if it could be done cheaply, all you would have is gold worth as much as lead
Who owns the 'SS' copyright?
Or religion
Actually, I believe there was a cable problem...
While we are at it, that would be 'you're'