Any birds that think "Hey, a giant, spinning, sharp solid object.. I think I'll fly directly at it!" deserve to die... especially if they're delicious.
I'm sure the cost to build and maintain a nuclear power plant is peanuts by comparison. Or the cost in energy and waste to build the computer you're typing on. But I guess some people just don't consider all sides of an issue.
That's very expensive. The one some clients put up was $30k, for a 15 kW fan... which is sort of where my numbers came from. And yes, the power does need to go through a transformer and is usually stored, but they've never even come close to being low on power.
What do you mean? That was a MINOR accident where containment was lost. He said there were no MAJOR accidents where containment was lost. Get your semantics right, or you don't belong on Slashdot.
1: A wind turbine needs space--air free of foliage or other debris that could damage it.
It goes up about 80 feet, so... check.
2: A wind turbine needs to be situated on real estate that actually gets wind.
It goes up about 80 feet, so... check.
3: You need to spend time (and by extension money) maintaining the conditions of my first point.
Right... once a year, trim some branches. Oh, the humanity.
4: The environmental cost of manufacturing & erecting the turbine.
Some aluminum tubes, some plexiglass vanes, and a simple motor. Check.
5: The environmental cost of disposing of the turbine at the end of its lifespan.
Less than toxic waste, heavy water, and radioactive gasses. Check.
6: The environmental cost on wildlife due to lost habitat.
Ok, so, a 15 kW fan will cost about $30,000. This includes the tower. If you place it properly, you'll get full-power for ~10 hours per day, so 150 kW/h. It will do so for the next twenty years with little if any maintenance. That's 1,095,000 kW/h for $30,000. That's $0.0274 per kW/h. Less than three cents.
Ok... there is toxic waste where you live. You yourself say you are within the "kill zone". You admit that you will likely die a protracted and painful death because of it, and in spite of all this, you are not losing sleep over it. You do not seem particularly concerned. You've accepted it.
How does this not make you, scientifically speaking, stupid and docile?
So the giant sheets of dark matter are actually 'small chunks', thousands of light years apart? I missed that part of the article. If you could point it out, I'd appreciate it.
Well, atoms interact strongly with eachother, to the point that homogenous iron can withstand forces in excess of a thousand times it's own weight. A school of fish, which is more accurately comparable to that cluster, is not one BIG fish... it's a bunch of small fish all hanging out in the same area, and although they are close together, it would be quite easy, compared to the size and mass and force of the group, for them to be pulled apart.
This is very true... I destroyed an above-ground pool that way when I was younger (sort of like the YouTube of the guy bouncing in the middle of the pool, only this one tore itself apart before I got NEARLY that high...)
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It was before 1900.... therefore no-one cares.
I really, really wish I was kidding.
Hee :) Mod this guy up. He gets it.
~Hands you your Captain Obvious hat~
But they're doing it to PROTECT people. Everyone ELSE is doing it to OPPRESS people. HUGE difference.
Any birds that think "Hey, a giant, spinning, sharp solid object.. I think I'll fly directly at it!" deserve to die... especially if they're delicious.
... when I clicked "Read More", I was told the article was unavailable. That's FAST censorship!
"I'm just grateful I kept XP on this machine."
I'm sure the cost to build and maintain a nuclear power plant is peanuts by comparison. Or the cost in energy and waste to build the computer you're typing on. But I guess some people just don't consider all sides of an issue.
Where's my elephant?
Where's my elephant?
Where's my elephant?
Where's my elephant?
Ah, I love that song... reminds me of elephants.
That's very expensive. The one some clients put up was $30k, for a 15 kW fan... which is sort of where my numbers came from. And yes, the power does need to go through a transformer and is usually stored, but they've never even come close to being low on power.
Don't worry about it, they'll die before long.
What do you mean? That was a MINOR accident where containment was lost. He said there were no MAJOR accidents where containment was lost. Get your semantics right, or you don't belong on Slashdot.
I gave her a Klein bottle of superheated hydrogen, and she just burst into flames... I mean, burst into tears. Tears.
1: A wind turbine needs space--air free of foliage or other debris that could damage it.
It goes up about 80 feet, so... check.
2: A wind turbine needs to be situated on real estate that actually gets wind.
It goes up about 80 feet, so... check.
3: You need to spend time (and by extension money) maintaining the conditions of my first point.
Right... once a year, trim some branches. Oh, the humanity.
4: The environmental cost of manufacturing & erecting the turbine.
Some aluminum tubes, some plexiglass vanes, and a simple motor. Check.
5: The environmental cost of disposing of the turbine at the end of its lifespan.
Less than toxic waste, heavy water, and radioactive gasses. Check.
6: The environmental cost on wildlife due to lost habitat.
Sixty four square feet. Check.
Seems fairly simple to me.
Good point. Asteroids billions of miles from Earth have been known to cause cancer.
Seriously, do you have any understanding of the pro-nuclear propaganda you've been fed?
Ok, so, a 15 kW fan will cost about $30,000. This includes the tower. If you place it properly, you'll get full-power for ~10 hours per day, so 150 kW/h. It will do so for the next twenty years with little if any maintenance. That's 1,095,000 kW/h for $30,000. That's $0.0274 per kW/h. Less than three cents.
All this, and NO TOXIC WASTE.
Go, propaganda.
Ok... there is toxic waste where you live. You yourself say you are within the "kill zone". You admit that you will likely die a protracted and painful death because of it, and in spite of all this, you are not losing sleep over it. You do not seem particularly concerned. You've accepted it.
How does this not make you, scientifically speaking, stupid and docile?
IMPORTANT NOTE: It seems the "Kill-zone" does cause stupidity and docility.
Of course not... it's a sandbox. It's a box, full of sand. It's being used collectively, rather like "cluster". That's how our language works.
So the giant sheets of dark matter are actually 'small chunks', thousands of light years apart? I missed that part of the article. If you could point it out, I'd appreciate it.
We're a condom?
Well, atoms interact strongly with eachother, to the point that homogenous iron can withstand forces in excess of a thousand times it's own weight. A school of fish, which is more accurately comparable to that cluster, is not one BIG fish... it's a bunch of small fish all hanging out in the same area, and although they are close together, it would be quite easy, compared to the size and mass and force of the group, for them to be pulled apart.
I don't know, but it would look GREAT in my crapper... I mean, crappiere.
... coastal what?
This is very true... I destroyed an above-ground pool that way when I was younger (sort of like the YouTube of the guy bouncing in the middle of the pool, only this one tore itself apart before I got NEARLY that high...)