While I hate the idea of government/public funds going to feed a Creationist anything, it's simply a tax rebate offered to tourism generating projects. Six Flags Kentucky (ride the log jam jamboree!) and Ten Commandments Lexington (ride the old testament log jam jamboree!) would both get the tourism generating rebate on taxes. Meh.
The only interesting this about this is that the organizers of the project are the sort of morons who don't understand you can't screen job applicants based on their faith. [I mean, we already knew they were idiots, but apparently they also have the world's least competent HR department.]
The problem is lost keys. There has to be a mechanism for an automotive dealer or manufacturer to replace lost keys, and it has to function without the original key. It's the 2010's version of old master keys for tumbler locks.
Even the summary says thieves are using those reprogramming/recovery tools intended for dealers.
To reset your password, you had to correctly answer your security question: "What is your last/family name?" You did only get three guesses though before being locked out though.
I wish my dead horses each grossed roughly 1BN worldwide, and that my last dead horse reviewed better than the 7 previous and was the #4 worldwide highest grossing dead horse of all time.
Who cares that the sun sets at night? I can already keep my salt at generating temperature overnight. If I wanted to be less reliant on gas to power overnights, I can have redundant salt tanks at the cost of increasing my infrastructure -- since the salt is a battery that charges by sunlight. Heck, I can keep my spare salt tank holding at generating temperature offline for a week without sunlight.
The cost of solar, at least in my neighborhood, is already plainly, obviously commercially viable.
The area is suitable for farming some plants. Mostly cotton and alfalfa, some grains. Anyone who's driven I-8 to San Diego (or, I suppose, from San Diego) has seen what passes for farming between Yuma and Phoenix.
Oh, snap! You've got me with your clever, "It just went online and works great, but it's not 'proven' so na-na-na-na!" line of reasoning.
APS agreed to pay 14c/kWh for Solana's power, and Solana (for cocktail napkin purposes) makes 1 million MHh/year, giving it 14 years to return the 2BN it cost to build, before operating expenses. It's the largest plant by far currently online in Arizona, and no large plants have been operating for 14 years here yet, so the answer is, "We'll see."
The first kWh of electricity at Solana cost 2BN. The second kWh cost much, much less.
Wait, you mean I'm only getting 30% of my unlimited[1] free sunlight, and it has the same problem as any other technology that turns a turbine, like, uh, almost every competing technology?
The point of solar salt is that it can generate power for hours, days, or even a week after the sun goes down.
I might have to quadruple my infrastructure, but I can use 3 of the four tanks to provide power during all the dark hours and rainy days Arizona has.
Yuma Arizona has 313 sunny days a year.
[1]Offer only valid until the inevitable heat death of our sun.]
On July 4, 2011, a company in Spain celebrated an historic moment for the solar industry: Torresol’s 19.9 MW concentrating solar power plant became the first ever to generate uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours straight, using a molten salt heat storage.
Maybe you'd like to visit the 280MW Solana plant I've got here just outside of Phoenix? They're molten salt and churn out power three hours after dark (or six on other references). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
There's roughly 900MW of planned or under construction thermal (tower/trough) plants coming online shortly, just here in Arizona.
Molten salt systems are already increasing the hours of usable operation of solar plants. Tanks of molten salt can stay heated for A WEEK.
In fact:
On July 4, 2011, a company in Spain celebrated an historic moment for the solar industry: Torresol’s 19.9 MW concentrating solar power plant became the first ever to generate uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours straight, using a molten salt heat storage.
As tank sizes increase, and as plants increase, you'll have solar energy delivered to you at night, not just for a couple hours after the sun goes down like normally happens at new solar salt plants.
We're already harnessing the power of the sun without "batteries" in the traditional sense. Most of the recent plants built (and under construction) here in Arizona are molten salt, which provides full power for three hours after the sun is "off" -- well into peak residential hours -- on residual heat.
We're still nowhere near 24/7/365 coverage, but we're making strides.
Yes, no, maybe so. I'm looking at an older Treasury chart, but in bill count, counterfeit $20's outnumbered $1's (interestingly) and $100's by 10-to-1.
Fake $20's are certainly more common inside US borders - at the mall, and in your hands from the guy buying stuff on Craigslist....but, from a acceptor-beware standpoint, while $20's are counterfeited more often, a $100 is still 5 times more likely to be counterfeit.
Outside the US, it gets worse. State sponsored production of $100's, the famous "Supernotes" of the late 90's before the redesigns, the higher value of the bills themselves, the higher cash value of state produced $100 versus an inkjet printed $20. Even though the absolute face value of counterfeit $20's is twice as much as the face value of counterfeit $100 bills, the Treasury still values them 3-4 times as much as the $20. They're just better notes that sell for more, especially outside of the US.
In good news, it's.9 counterfeit $1 bills per million processed:)
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Later on we'll have a discussion of the Parishes of Louisiana or the organized boroughs of Alaska.
Fuck the unorganized boroughs of Alaska.
Please don't educate the bible believers that nearly every part of their story was stolen from other popular myths of the time -- it angers them.
Please do not taunt, tease or annoy the close-minded.
While I hate the idea of government/public funds going to feed a Creationist anything, it's simply a tax rebate offered to tourism generating projects. Six Flags Kentucky (ride the log jam jamboree!) and Ten Commandments Lexington (ride the old testament log jam jamboree!) would both get the tourism generating rebate on taxes. Meh.
The only interesting this about this is that the organizers of the project are the sort of morons who don't understand you can't screen job applicants based on their faith. [I mean, we already knew they were idiots, but apparently they also have the world's least competent HR department.]
Thank you. :)
I'm certain one of the minor Thunderbirds vehicles had rear-facing seats, but the power of Wikipedia fails me.
The problem is lost keys. There has to be a mechanism for an automotive dealer or manufacturer to replace lost keys, and it has to function without the original key. It's the 2010's version of old master keys for tumbler locks.
Even the summary says thieves are using those reprogramming/recovery tools intended for dealers.
And lose 1.36BN potential customers?
...just don't put any mission critical supplies in pickle jars.
A number of states are pondering how to deal with this -- checking odometers, for example.
Mine currently considers it part of the incentive to go electric and we skate on it.
...better delete your Apache logs, lest you be accused of tracking people's "locations."
The system was easily breached.
To reset your password, you had to correctly answer your security question: "What is your last/family name?" You did only get three guesses though before being locked out though.
I wish my dead horses each grossed roughly 1BN worldwide, and that my last dead horse reviewed better than the 7 previous and was the #4 worldwide highest grossing dead horse of all time.
Who cares that the sun sets at night? I can already keep my salt at generating temperature overnight. If I wanted to be less reliant on gas to power overnights, I can have redundant salt tanks at the cost of increasing my infrastructure -- since the salt is a battery that charges by sunlight. Heck, I can keep my spare salt tank holding at generating temperature offline for a week without sunlight.
The cost of solar, at least in my neighborhood, is already plainly, obviously commercially viable.
"OK Google, remind me in 15 years to gloat."
What a disgusting waste...
Sarcasm? My meter is busted today.
I can't think of much better to have done with 2,000 acres west of Gila Bend AZ than have built a massive solar salt plant.
The area is suitable for farming some plants. Mostly cotton and alfalfa, some grains. Anyone who's driven I-8 to San Diego (or, I suppose, from San Diego) has seen what passes for farming between Yuma and Phoenix.
Oh, snap! You've got me with your clever, "It just went online and works great, but it's not 'proven' so na-na-na-na!" line of reasoning.
APS agreed to pay 14c/kWh for Solana's power, and Solana (for cocktail napkin purposes) makes 1 million MHh/year, giving it 14 years to return the 2BN it cost to build, before operating expenses. It's the largest plant by far currently online in Arizona, and no large plants have been operating for 14 years here yet, so the answer is, "We'll see."
The first kWh of electricity at Solana cost 2BN. The second kWh cost much, much less.
Wait, you mean I'm only getting 30% of my unlimited[1] free sunlight, and it has the same problem as any other technology that turns a turbine, like, uh, almost every competing technology?
The point of solar salt is that it can generate power for hours, days, or even a week after the sun goes down.
I might have to quadruple my infrastructure, but I can use 3 of the four tanks to provide power during all the dark hours and rainy days Arizona has.
Yuma Arizona has 313 sunny days a year.
[1]Offer only valid until the inevitable heat death of our sun.]
Yeah, yeah, super duper experimental....
Maybe you'd like to visit the 280MW Solana plant I've got here just outside of Phoenix? They're molten salt and churn out power three hours after dark (or six on other references).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
There's roughly 900MW of planned or under construction thermal (tower/trough) plants coming online shortly, just here in Arizona.
Molten salt systems are already increasing the hours of usable operation of solar plants. Tanks of molten salt can stay heated for A WEEK.
In fact:
As tank sizes increase, and as plants increase, you'll have solar energy delivered to you at night, not just for a couple hours after the sun goes down like normally happens at new solar salt plants.
How much food do you think you could have grown on the grounds of the 200 acre Solana generating station in Arizona?
Here's a nice street view of the area from I-8 outside of Gila Bend, AZ, right next to the plant.
https://www.google.com/maps/@3...
We're already harnessing the power of the sun without "batteries" in the traditional sense. Most of the recent plants built (and under construction) here in Arizona are molten salt, which provides full power for three hours after the sun is "off" -- well into peak residential hours -- on residual heat.
We're still nowhere near 24/7/365 coverage, but we're making strides.
Rosetta has no clothes on. Scandalous.
Yes, no, maybe so. I'm looking at an older Treasury chart, but in bill count, counterfeit $20's outnumbered $1's (interestingly) and $100's by 10-to-1.
Fake $20's are certainly more common inside US borders - at the mall, and in your hands from the guy buying stuff on Craigslist. ...but, from a acceptor-beware standpoint, while $20's are counterfeited more often, a $100 is still 5 times more likely to be counterfeit.
Outside the US, it gets worse. State sponsored production of $100's, the famous "Supernotes" of the late 90's before the redesigns, the higher value of the bills themselves, the higher cash value of state produced $100 versus an inkjet printed $20. Even though the absolute face value of counterfeit $20's is twice as much as the face value of counterfeit $100 bills, the Treasury still values them 3-4 times as much as the $20. They're just better notes that sell for more, especially outside of the US.
In good news, it's .9 counterfeit $1 bills per million processed :)
Oh man, I hope I'm there when you call the police, so when the police and the store laugh at you, I can join in.
http://www.treasury.gov/resour...
Hilarious indeed.