The article above seems to be fear-mongering. This washington post article discusses what seems to be a more plausible failure mode. Apparently there are gaskets around the control rod penetrations in the bottom of the vessel, and the temperature may have increased enough to damage them allowing primary water to escape into the concrete containment structure. There are also many other penetrations in the vessel for plumbing that may have been damaged during the quake.
I'm confused. I asked about energy. You replied regarding cost.
Facts < questions when the fabrication occurs in a country using coal-fired power plants to produce the bulbs.
Moreover, not all power is generated using coal. Misrepresented facts < < questions. Sort of like our present proposed federal budget. Numbers are not facts.
What about the energy involved in fabrication and transport of the 'eco friendly' bulb? International container ships are widely regarded as some of the worst atmospheric polluters imaginable. What about the fact that the bulb, according to TFA only lasts a fraction of the 10K hr lifetime? Please tell me I am misinformed or lying. It just doesn't seem self-evident to me. I think you are spot on w/r/t the difference in energy consumption, even if the lifetime is shorter.
Sorry to be such a troll on Apple, but is this anything new?
Anybody remember the original Mac and Mac Plus? Case removal required a "Mac Cracker," which was a Torx driver with an exceptionally long handle. This was back when Torx drivers in general weren't widely available, and it basically prevented anybody except authorized service techs from getting to the goodies (e.g., to add ram to a Mac Plus, or re-solder the dreaded yoke connections for the monitor). Ahhh, those were the days.
-1zd
But, most humans only have a channel capacity of a few *bits* per decision. Means most of this consumption is not even considered; it just gets dumped.
(an advertiser would tell you that getting a few of those bits is worth it, though).
It saddens me what passes for debate these days. That worthless cynicism like the parent post can be considered an intelligent comment beggars belief.
While I'll agree that categorically demanding a firing is extreme...I find worthless cynicism in the assumption that anyone skeptical of global warming is privately funded by Big Oil. The fact that during the period of most intensive debate the lexicon has already shifted from global warming to "climate change" is indicative of the problems with the theory, the science, the models, and most importantly, any economic policy predicated on those.
You don't need a conspiracy to get an outcome like this one. Just a bunch of free money coupled with a bunch of people that want to run other people's lives. The question to me isn't why Mr. Jones is still employed. It is: why was anybody listening to Mr. Jones in the first place? The answer is simple. People liked what he had to say. The science is not predictive. It's not really science. It's philosophy.
Impoverishing third world nations by making energy prohibitively expensive isn't going to help. Nor is creating yet another securities market to be manipulated by creative financial engineers. Maybe we can move on.
Am I the only one that looked at the thing and thought "it doesn't look very stealthy." No, I'm not talking about the paint. Just the fact that the intakes and some other features look like they are going to be big scatterers and contribute significantly to RCS. My understanding is that vectored thrust also has a significant thermal and radar signature... This sort of seems like Russia trying maintain prestige and credibility against F-22 with someone else conveniently picking up a big chunk of the tab. Then again, India is probably buying them to neutralize Pakastani F-16's, so it may be worth the investment in their minds. I'd have a hard time believing that these would give even F-15E's or Super Hornets a tough time.
No, they're anti-development. Environmentalism and anti-corporate bias are shills for a more generalized feeling of guilt and hatred for humanity itself.
They're the equivalent of religious fanatics on the left end of the political spectrum. They feel the problem with humanity is the humans. We should stop breeding and die off since we don't deserve to live or consume. They should be generally ignored.
Also, they don't know the definition of the term "baseload." It's a shame that wind farms can't operate on the verbal output of Congress or activists.
And for the record, at least in the states, many wind farms are owned not by corporations, but by the landowners on which the turbines are situated.
Mod the parent up. As an American, I know we'll get what we deserve -- other nations, less wealthy, will not entertain our environmental conceits if the alternative is subsistence agriculture. And we punish those engineers and scientists who try to help.
-1zd
...after having watched part of our antiquated, outmoded, and obviously unused highway system crumble into the Mississippi, I feel that perhaps we should be allocating this money to maintaining the existing infrastructure?
Maybe a few of us backward, countryfolk in flyover territory still use these existing carbon-hungry systems?
Also, I suffer this delusion that the gas taxes I pay should be channeled not into the general fund, but into transportation projects in my state.
If new development is desired, perhaps a few dozen new nuclear plants and an attempt to electrify the vehicle fleet?
What the hell are you on about? Load rejection or loss and a sudden shutdown without a nearly immediate restart can certainly result in Xe buildup requiring a delayed restart. Doesn't matter what caused it. I think the OP was just making the observation that the restart will take time, and will likely cost the utility $$$'s (esp. if they have to import power to meet baseload temporarily or fire up expensive peak assets).
...the implosion dynamics of the fission weapon they aren't building.
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Why would you pay that much money for a PDA, when you can get other devies whose only purpose it to be a PDA for less?
Simple! So you can feel morally superior to others who are tragically less hip than you are. Your sweatshop-produced microelectronic device is better for society than theirs! Nobody even has to know that the phone doesn't work nor that in reality your iPhone now has less utility than a cell-phone-shaped bubble gum dispenser.
Besides, you can't pinch your fingers on a standard PDA. What could be worse than that?
Holding: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant...emissions can be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Perverse Outcome: Administrative rules could make it illegal to breathe. Alternative Constitutional Theory to Challenge the Ruling: Tension between First Amendment and Commerce Authority since it is necessary to breathe in order to speak freely.
Alternatively, massive new entitlement programs may be funded by requiring the purchase of respiratory carbon credits.
Next year: Increasing the entropy of the surroundings will constitute a violation of the Clean Air Act. Do your part to limit your entropy footprint.
I thought the CCFL's in the displays used ultra-low mercury content so they were OK for disposal without special remediation? Though, if there are several thousand of them in one spot...
I can understand the concerns about the lead in the CRT's, and solder joints, but selenium hasn't been used in rectifiers in 30 years, and I don't know of too many computers with mercury tilt-switches. Perhaps the power supplies have some ignitrons in them, recycled from pre-war era DC power converters? Those mercury pools are tough to refill.
This seems like more ill-informed coverage, which makes me question other elements in the article.
Maybe we're recycling our old antique radios and thermostats too?
I thought one of the greatest hazards (at least for the equipment recycled in Asia, rather than Africa) was the toxic out-gassing when people attempted to recover precious metals from the assemblies using blow torches.
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Finally! An opportunity to definitively pin down exactly when the Hilton-to-Kardashian transition occurred.
Right now politicians make decisions based on money, not on logic and reasoning.
There. Fixed that for you. Otherwise, I generally agree with you.
The article above seems to be fear-mongering. This washington post article discusses what seems to be a more plausible failure mode. Apparently there are gaskets around the control rod penetrations in the bottom of the vessel, and the temperature may have increased enough to damage them allowing primary water to escape into the concrete containment structure. There are also many other penetrations in the vessel for plumbing that may have been damaged during the quake.
I'm confused. I asked about energy. You replied regarding cost. Facts < questions when the fabrication occurs in a country using coal-fired power plants to produce the bulbs. Moreover, not all power is generated using coal. Misrepresented facts < < questions. Sort of like our present proposed federal budget. Numbers are not facts.
What about the energy involved in fabrication and transport of the 'eco friendly' bulb? International container ships are widely regarded as some of the worst atmospheric polluters imaginable. What about the fact that the bulb, according to TFA only lasts a fraction of the 10K hr lifetime? Please tell me I am misinformed or lying. It just doesn't seem self-evident to me. I think you are spot on w/r/t the difference in energy consumption, even if the lifetime is shorter.
Sorry to be such a troll on Apple, but is this anything new? Anybody remember the original Mac and Mac Plus? Case removal required a "Mac Cracker," which was a Torx driver with an exceptionally long handle. This was back when Torx drivers in general weren't widely available, and it basically prevented anybody except authorized service techs from getting to the goodies (e.g., to add ram to a Mac Plus, or re-solder the dreaded yoke connections for the monitor). Ahhh, those were the days. -1zd
But, most humans only have a channel capacity of a few *bits* per decision. Means most of this consumption is not even considered; it just gets dumped. (an advertiser would tell you that getting a few of those bits is worth it, though).
It saddens me what passes for debate these days. That worthless cynicism like the parent post can be considered an intelligent comment beggars belief.
While I'll agree that categorically demanding a firing is extreme...I find worthless cynicism in the assumption that anyone skeptical of global warming is privately funded by Big Oil. The fact that during the period of most intensive debate the lexicon has already shifted from global warming to "climate change" is indicative of the problems with the theory, the science, the models, and most importantly, any economic policy predicated on those. You don't need a conspiracy to get an outcome like this one. Just a bunch of free money coupled with a bunch of people that want to run other people's lives. The question to me isn't why Mr. Jones is still employed. It is: why was anybody listening to Mr. Jones in the first place? The answer is simple. People liked what he had to say. The science is not predictive. It's not really science. It's philosophy. Impoverishing third world nations by making energy prohibitively expensive isn't going to help. Nor is creating yet another securities market to be manipulated by creative financial engineers. Maybe we can move on.
Am I the only one that looked at the thing and thought "it doesn't look very stealthy." No, I'm not talking about the paint. Just the fact that the intakes and some other features look like they are going to be big scatterers and contribute significantly to RCS. My understanding is that vectored thrust also has a significant thermal and radar signature... This sort of seems like Russia trying maintain prestige and credibility against F-22 with someone else conveniently picking up a big chunk of the tab. Then again, India is probably buying them to neutralize Pakastani F-16's, so it may be worth the investment in their minds. I'd have a hard time believing that these would give even F-15E's or Super Hornets a tough time.
the composition of asbestos?
Can VHS be far behind?
No, they're anti-development. Environmentalism and anti-corporate bias are shills for a more generalized feeling of guilt and hatred for humanity itself. They're the equivalent of religious fanatics on the left end of the political spectrum. They feel the problem with humanity is the humans. We should stop breeding and die off since we don't deserve to live or consume. They should be generally ignored. Also, they don't know the definition of the term "baseload." It's a shame that wind farms can't operate on the verbal output of Congress or activists. And for the record, at least in the states, many wind farms are owned not by corporations, but by the landowners on which the turbines are situated. Mod the parent up. As an American, I know we'll get what we deserve -- other nations, less wealthy, will not entertain our environmental conceits if the alternative is subsistence agriculture. And we punish those engineers and scientists who try to help. -1zd
It always worked fine for the legal discipline...huh.
...after having watched part of our antiquated, outmoded, and obviously unused highway system crumble into the Mississippi, I feel that perhaps we should be allocating this money to maintaining the existing infrastructure? Maybe a few of us backward, countryfolk in flyover territory still use these existing carbon-hungry systems? Also, I suffer this delusion that the gas taxes I pay should be channeled not into the general fund, but into transportation projects in my state. If new development is desired, perhaps a few dozen new nuclear plants and an attempt to electrify the vehicle fleet?
Juvenal figured that out a while ago...sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Translated - "But who will watch the watchmen?"
Yes! Clean, reliable fusion power is only twenty years away...remarkably, this has been the case for over 40 years.
What the hell are you on about? Load rejection or loss and a sudden shutdown without a nearly immediate restart can certainly result in Xe buildup requiring a delayed restart. Doesn't matter what caused it. I think the OP was just making the observation that the restart will take time, and will likely cost the utility $$$'s (esp. if they have to import power to meet baseload temporarily or fire up expensive peak assets).
for example -
http://mailman.mcmaster.ca/mailman/private/cdn-nucl-l/0309.gz/msg00002.html
...some sort of interactive pr0n... I don't want to see the set-top box.
...the implosion dynamics of the fission weapon they aren't building.
Simple! So you can feel morally superior to others who are tragically less hip than you are. Your sweatshop-produced microelectronic device is better for society than theirs! Nobody even has to know that the phone doesn't work nor that in reality your iPhone now has less utility than a cell-phone-shaped bubble gum dispenser.
Besides, you can't pinch your fingers on a standard PDA. What could be worse than that?
Holding: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant...emissions can be regulated under the Clean Air Act.
Perverse Outcome: Administrative rules could make it illegal to breathe.
Alternative Constitutional Theory to Challenge the Ruling: Tension between First Amendment and Commerce Authority since it is necessary to breathe in order to speak freely.
Alternatively, massive new entitlement programs may be funded by requiring the purchase of respiratory carbon credits.
Next year: Increasing the entropy of the surroundings will constitute a violation of the Clean Air Act. Do your part to limit your entropy footprint.
That is why I have founded the "Organization for Anaerobic Advocacy."
Help fight against premature combustion and oxidation! Air is killing us all!
A wearable bell-jar is provided to each member upon payment of the registration fee.
I thought the CCFL's in the displays used ultra-low mercury content so they were OK for disposal without special remediation? Though, if there are several thousand of them in one spot...
This seems like more ill-informed coverage, which makes me question other elements in the article.
Maybe we're recycling our old antique radios and thermostats too?
I thought one of the greatest hazards (at least for the equipment recycled in Asia, rather than Africa) was the toxic out-gassing when people attempted to recover precious metals from the assemblies using blow torches.