Even in Canada unless you're 800km outside of civilization that's where everyone else will be heading to get something to eat, or try and take it from you in a serious disaster.
I'm sure it worked well in spain too. Ask people there how much they're enjoying the 40c/kwh that they're paying 'on peak' in order to 'offset' the lack of proper generation.
Being that I live in Canada, and we occasionally get weather here that knocks out power to a few hundred thousand people occasionally. For 2-3 months at a time, most of what you have won't let you survive as long as you think. Back during the last major ice storm up northern ontario/quebec way there were parts of both provinces without hydro(which means no water among other stuff), for nearly 4 months. No real way to get around, military drop offs, etc. Which means that we were lucky.
A ceramic style water filter is good. You should also have bleach which will kill anything else that may be missed in the purifier. You should have a multi-fuel mini-stove, something that will work on oil(#1 or 2 inc. diesel), gasoline, white fuel(naptha), kerosene, etc that can be used when you're not making a fire outside for cooking. You should know basic survival stuff. How to lay snares, basic hunting traps, and how to clean your own kills(easier than it sounds), including how to clean fish properly. Making a fire bow, how to use flint and tinder(because even matches run out--and lots of people don't remember to waterproof them). How to bank coals in sand, etc.
Warmth you should have 2 types of sleeping bags, deep winter(rated for -40C), and summer. Shelter is generally easier. But knowing how to make a pine bush hut is good basic knowledge.
Communication? Cell phones generally don't work in a major disaster. Land lines generally do, unless there's a serious problem. Even with the ice storm up here land lines worked. You should have a basic CB which has a good range. Crank power supplies work as well, don't rely on solar, depending where you live not having solid sunlight for over a month can happen.
Weapons and ammunition are good, but knowing basic self defense is a plus.
If you lived in Ontario or Quebec you'd know that it's a retrograde punishment system. Everyone here pays a higher rate because Hydro-one screwed up so badly that they had to disband and reform it as OPG(yet keep hydro-one around for maintenance), to set the market price. The higher price, plus the "debt retirement charge" goes exactly to that.
There's no driving market force behind prices here. And ah yes, you buy power. In raw kwh's, not engery. We don't measure in electrons here.
. ..and declare that nuclear-is-never-dangerous skeptics hate us for our freedoms(tm).
Now why would I do that AC? There is a large part of the environmental and anti-nuke groups that strongly support driving humanity back into the dark ages, along with removing humanity altogether to ensure a 'pure and blue earth'.
Time to realize exactly how far out in left field some environmentalists are.
Sorry doesn't work that way. Because people are billed in blocks, or as prices fluctuate at peak. Meaning when everyone is at home from 1600-2300, you're going to be screwed out the ass. Unless you're one of those people who works nights, in which case you get a nice break on your hydro rates.
People won't use less electricity if it costs more, because they're always billed at peak when they're at home. They have no real 'choice' in reducing consumption. Because they have no way to do laundry/cook/etc at 3am, when they're sleeping.
Uh. Smart meters don't fix shortages of electricity. All they do is cost the consumer more money when they're using it at peak. That's a retrograde punishment system. The solution is to build more power plants, or import more when you need it. If you live in Ontario and Quebec you already know this, since we sell most of our power to the US. Because Americans can't be bothered to build more power plants.
I have no problems using fact when presenting a story. I have problems with make believe information being parroted as fact, or bad information being presented as fact, or things taken damn near out of science fiction. I've already heard one 'expert' saying that this would be like the china syndrome. Seriously? That's not fact, or even correct. That's anti-nuke fear mongering.
Speaking of fear mongering, this is why you see places like norway having a run on potassium iodine pills, and people making a run for table salt in china.
Welcome to media hype and the anti-nuclear nuts run amok. By the way, next time they trot out the "experts", jot down the names and do a search. You'll find most of them are linked to anti-nuclear groups.
I hope you're joking. It took nearly 20 years to get the permits for reactors number 5/6 which were still under construction. Reactors 1-3 were ~2 weeks from being mothballed because of their age.
The truth is anti-nuke nuts the world round are really good at fucking people over, because of the very smallest things.
And the 7 Cities of Troy didn't exist either right? I thought so. There's been enough things lost through disasters that we could be searching for a very long time.
The problem as it was before is the uninformed masses, and the anti-nuke scare mongers. It doesn't help that most of the western world has been sucking on the tit of hyper environmentalists with a anti-nuke agenda for the last 30-40 years either.
It was pretty obvious early on that the pressure vessel was going to go. Too much time, too many issues, with too many compounded issues. The reactor vessel is still sitting there, and hasn't blown up.
The reactor didn't blow up. The outer structure where all the steam and hydrogen was building up did. The reactor is still sitting there, humming along spewing heat.
Why does the world still continue to operate (and even build) BWRs? They're a very poor, cheap design. I believe a new one is being built in the USA just now.
Environmentalists. That's why, anti-nuke nuts, and more fools.
The Fukuishima reactor is 1950's tech, built in the 1970's, with near no retrofitting because the anti-nuke nuts that be in Japan have blocked it. Much like they've blocked, or whined, or complained, about safter more modern reactors which could be swapped out and these older reactors being retired.
The lesson that can be learned is that environmentalists are their own worst enemy. Especially when uniformed, and block upgrades that could have stopped something like this. As a point, Fukuishima is on a 20yr wait for upgrades. Which were requested in 1999.
Well it has blown up now, and I was just hearing the Japanese prime minister announcing the evacuated zone to 20km.
The reactor vessel hasn't blown up. It's still intact, the containment structure went which is where all the steam was. Time to learn the difference.
This sounds reassuring...
It should be.
A lesson to anti-nuke nuts??? Oh I see! Disagreeing on nuclear policy makes one a flaky nut. How then are we going to produce sound policies, if people like you instantly jump on ad hominem attacks, instead of assessing a real situation for what it is: the Japanese have now to deal with a major nuclear disaster, itself in the middle of a horrible natural disaster, and you go on blaming those who dare to ask questions, and you dare come here on Slashdot telling us that those reactors are subpar, not because of industry practices, but because the industry could not build more of them.
Yes it should be a lesson. You can't stop safety upgrades because you're afraid of something and that's been an on-going case as most japanese reactors for the last 30 years. No ad-homs yet, but that's just fine. Then again, you can go learn japanese and learn exactly why things like this have happened in Japan. Once you do, you'll see it sits at the feet of hyper environmentalists with a anti-nuke agenda delaying everything for the sake of delaying everything.
If you refuse to allow safety upgrades, you have blame.
You can ask people living in Hamilton, Ontario. Before I looked they had the highest rate of lung cancer, and were downwind of a massive coal power generation plant.
The chances of the reactor blowing up are next to zero. The biggest problem will be either a core breech(aka melting through the core chamber), or a slow uncontrolled cooling of the control rods because of damage by them being too hot. However considering that the CBC article is hours old already, and they've been slow venting, and finally have the ability to turn the pumps back on to get water into the chamber it should be controllable unless something happens again.
Now, let this be a lesson to anti-nuke nuts. Most reactors built within the last decade or two have two redundant systems for moving water. Steam, or mechanical. This series of reactors doesn't. You know why? Because in Japan, anything that could possibly at all, maybe related to nuclear, or radiation makes environmentalists go batshit crazy.
But it doesn't help that the reactors were built to withstand at least a 9.0 and it was hit by a 9.1, and I've heard it may be revised again as high as 9.4.
There's nothing misleading at all. The user got a 72hr ban. The user had already paid for the game. The user was not allowed to install the game, hence play the game. This is troubling, and it should worry you. That if you buy a product, and you get banned. You will be denied to your paid product.
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Even in Canada unless you're 800km outside of civilization that's where everyone else will be heading to get something to eat, or try and take it from you in a serious disaster.
I'm sure it worked well in spain too. Ask people there how much they're enjoying the 40c/kwh that they're paying 'on peak' in order to 'offset' the lack of proper generation.
Being that I live in Canada, and we occasionally get weather here that knocks out power to a few hundred thousand people occasionally. For 2-3 months at a time, most of what you have won't let you survive as long as you think. Back during the last major ice storm up northern ontario/quebec way there were parts of both provinces without hydro(which means no water among other stuff), for nearly 4 months. No real way to get around, military drop offs, etc. Which means that we were lucky.
A ceramic style water filter is good. You should also have bleach which will kill anything else that may be missed in the purifier. You should have a multi-fuel mini-stove, something that will work on oil(#1 or 2 inc. diesel), gasoline, white fuel(naptha), kerosene, etc that can be used when you're not making a fire outside for cooking. You should know basic survival stuff. How to lay snares, basic hunting traps, and how to clean your own kills(easier than it sounds), including how to clean fish properly. Making a fire bow, how to use flint and tinder(because even matches run out--and lots of people don't remember to waterproof them). How to bank coals in sand, etc.
Warmth you should have 2 types of sleeping bags, deep winter(rated for -40C), and summer. Shelter is generally easier. But knowing how to make a pine bush hut is good basic knowledge.
Communication? Cell phones generally don't work in a major disaster. Land lines generally do, unless there's a serious problem. Even with the ice storm up here land lines worked. You should have a basic CB which has a good range. Crank power supplies work as well, don't rely on solar, depending where you live not having solid sunlight for over a month can happen.
Weapons and ammunition are good, but knowing basic self defense is a plus.
No. Because democrats are in power.
Right. Keep telling yourself that when you're not paying for power lost over the line.
And as for screwed up you can read this:
http://www.moneyville.ca/article/956001--power-companies-paid-millions-not-to-generate-elecrtricity?bn=1
So yes it does invalidate smart metering. If you can't figure out why, then you can ask the UK why they're not walking towards mandatory blackouts.
If you lived in Ontario or Quebec you'd know that it's a retrograde punishment system. Everyone here pays a higher rate because Hydro-one screwed up so badly that they had to disband and reform it as OPG(yet keep hydro-one around for maintenance), to set the market price. The higher price, plus the "debt retirement charge" goes exactly to that.
There's no driving market force behind prices here. And ah yes, you buy power. In raw kwh's, not engery. We don't measure in electrons here.
. . .and declare that nuclear-is-never-dangerous skeptics hate us for our freedoms(tm).
Now why would I do that AC? There is a large part of the environmental and anti-nuke groups that strongly support driving humanity back into the dark ages, along with removing humanity altogether to ensure a 'pure and blue earth'.
Time to realize exactly how far out in left field some environmentalists are.
Sorry doesn't work that way. Because people are billed in blocks, or as prices fluctuate at peak. Meaning when everyone is at home from 1600-2300, you're going to be screwed out the ass. Unless you're one of those people who works nights, in which case you get a nice break on your hydro rates.
People won't use less electricity if it costs more, because they're always billed at peak when they're at home. They have no real 'choice' in reducing consumption. Because they have no way to do laundry/cook/etc at 3am, when they're sleeping.
Uh. Smart meters don't fix shortages of electricity. All they do is cost the consumer more money when they're using it at peak. That's a retrograde punishment system. The solution is to build more power plants, or import more when you need it. If you live in Ontario and Quebec you already know this, since we sell most of our power to the US. Because Americans can't be bothered to build more power plants.
It's going to be interesting to see how the 'customer support' section of Blizz handles the people posting this 300 times.
Actually I'd say anti-nuke, is much closer to = pro stone age humans.
What you expect data to be in rads? Sorry we stopped using those about 20 years ago. We moved to sieverts and greys.
I have no problems using fact when presenting a story. I have problems with make believe information being parroted as fact, or bad information being presented as fact, or things taken damn near out of science fiction. I've already heard one 'expert' saying that this would be like the china syndrome. Seriously? That's not fact, or even correct. That's anti-nuke fear mongering.
Speaking of fear mongering, this is why you see places like norway having a run on potassium iodine pills, and people making a run for table salt in china.
Welcome to media hype and the anti-nuclear nuts run amok. By the way, next time they trot out the "experts", jot down the names and do a search. You'll find most of them are linked to anti-nuclear groups.
I hope you're joking. It took nearly 20 years to get the permits for reactors number 5/6 which were still under construction. Reactors 1-3 were ~2 weeks from being mothballed because of their age.
The truth is anti-nuke nuts the world round are really good at fucking people over, because of the very smallest things.
And the 7 Cities of Troy didn't exist either right? I thought so. There's been enough things lost through disasters that we could be searching for a very long time.
Good analogy. Very good one actually. If I had mod points, you'd get them.
The problem as it was before is the uninformed masses, and the anti-nuke scare mongers. It doesn't help that most of the western world has been sucking on the tit of hyper environmentalists with a anti-nuke agenda for the last 30-40 years either.
It was pretty obvious early on that the pressure vessel was going to go. Too much time, too many issues, with too many compounded issues. The reactor vessel is still sitting there, and hasn't blown up.
The reactor didn't blow up. The outer structure where all the steam and hydrogen was building up did. The reactor is still sitting there, humming along spewing heat.
Why does the world still continue to operate (and even build) BWRs? They're a very poor, cheap design. I believe a new one is being built in the USA just now.
Environmentalists. That's why, anti-nuke nuts, and more fools.
The Fukuishima reactor is 1950's tech, built in the 1970's, with near no retrofitting because the anti-nuke nuts that be in Japan have blocked it. Much like they've blocked, or whined, or complained, about safter more modern reactors which could be swapped out and these older reactors being retired.
The lesson that can be learned is that environmentalists are their own worst enemy. Especially when uniformed, and block upgrades that could have stopped something like this. As a point, Fukuishima is on a 20yr wait for upgrades. Which were requested in 1999.
Well it has blown up now, and I was just hearing the Japanese prime minister announcing the evacuated zone to 20km.
The reactor vessel hasn't blown up. It's still intact, the containment structure went which is where all the steam was. Time to learn the difference.
This sounds reassuring...
It should be.
A lesson to anti-nuke nuts??? Oh I see! Disagreeing on nuclear policy makes one a flaky nut. How then are we going to produce sound policies, if people like you instantly jump on ad hominem attacks, instead of assessing a real situation for what it is: the Japanese have now to deal with a major nuclear disaster, itself in the middle of a horrible natural disaster, and you go on blaming those who dare to ask questions, and you dare come here on Slashdot telling us that those reactors are subpar, not because of industry practices, but because the industry could not build more of them.
Yes it should be a lesson. You can't stop safety upgrades because you're afraid of something and that's been an on-going case as most japanese reactors for the last 30 years. No ad-homs yet, but that's just fine. Then again, you can go learn japanese and learn exactly why things like this have happened in Japan. Once you do, you'll see it sits at the feet of hyper environmentalists with a anti-nuke agenda delaying everything for the sake of delaying everything.
If you refuse to allow safety upgrades, you have blame.
You can ask people living in Hamilton, Ontario. Before I looked they had the highest rate of lung cancer, and were downwind of a massive coal power generation plant.
The chances of the reactor blowing up are next to zero. The biggest problem will be either a core breech(aka melting through the core chamber), or a slow uncontrolled cooling of the control rods because of damage by them being too hot. However considering that the CBC article is hours old already, and they've been slow venting, and finally have the ability to turn the pumps back on to get water into the chamber it should be controllable unless something happens again.
Now, let this be a lesson to anti-nuke nuts. Most reactors built within the last decade or two have two redundant systems for moving water. Steam, or mechanical. This series of reactors doesn't. You know why? Because in Japan, anything that could possibly at all, maybe related to nuclear, or radiation makes environmentalists go batshit crazy.
But it doesn't help that the reactors were built to withstand at least a 9.0 and it was hit by a 9.1, and I've heard it may be revised again as high as 9.4.
There's nothing misleading at all. The user got a 72hr ban. The user had already paid for the game. The user was not allowed to install the game, hence play the game. This is troubling, and it should worry you. That if you buy a product, and you get banned. You will be denied to your paid product.