Remember, diesel isn't $50/barrel at the pump, either. Since we're getting rid of the middlemen by producing the diesel where we use it, we're making up for that $30/barrel difference by quite a bit.
If you've got enough particulate matter in the diesel to smell like poo, it's not well enough filtered and will do engine damage anyway. Regular biodiesel from vegetable oil reminds you of french fries because french fries smell like oil - not because oil smells like french fries.
The $80 per barrel number is misleading.
When considering large markets, shipping oil all over the place from a root source at $80/barrel is not economically feasible. The key here is that this oil doesn't have to compete in that market.
In eastern Washington State, a number of rendering plants are already doing this themselves. They don't have to ship the animal waste anywhere, so they aren't paying for it, and the oil they get it *vastly* cheaper than the diesel at the pump for their distribution. One plant I've seen also provides some electricity through a diesel generator running fuel they produce.
I don't really know about the math here, but let's say you're saving $10 per barrel by not having to buy the "offal." Now you're at $70. How much overhead is put on a $50 barrel of diesel before it comes to the pump? Right now, we're seeing spot prices at $2.30 - multiplied by 55 gallons (per barrel, correct me if I'm wrong) - you get over $125. Since you're at the point of purchase already, as long as your equipment costs are less than $55/barrel, you're saving money over filling your trucks at the pump.
I'm in Ravenna. I use either the Burke-Gilman trail to go over the north end of the lake (22 miles), or take bus 545 (work supplies a free bus pass). So it's more true to say I'm a bus user, but I do ride that 22 miles at least four or five trips a week even during the winter.
It, uh, excludes China? What? China has committed to reducing their emissions by 5% of their 1990 amounts, just like every other country in the Protocol.
35% of CO2 output made by humans comes from electricity generation. About 20% comes from transportation. We can fix these things, and we should.
Again, being diffused by the explosion makes the material far too diffuse. Do some research, tests have well established that there's virtually no risk from radiation.
Actually, it is, as usual, the Americans with egg on their faces. You'll find that this is trigger-happy reporting, and there was no real loss of plutonium - just like at every plant, in the US and the UK. The press just hasn't learned how plutonium generation in uranium reactors works yet.
Dirty bombs are a scare tactic only - blowing up radioactive material just spreads it around so much it can't irradiate anything. Both the US and Iraqi militaries came to this conclusion in the 80s, if not earlier.
It's not the same stuff. It's not weapons grade, and it's only usable in particular types of reactors anyway.
If you have the money to build the reactor, or the knowhow, you'd be able to get plutonium yourself.
By the way, this happens every year, at plants across the world. This year, we're worried about it. It's an accounting error.
That's misinformed. This is not weapons grade material, and the facilities necessary to make it weapons grade are visible from orbit.
By the way, they don't account for several kilos every year - look at the less reactionary articles (such as the BBC article) and you'll find that this is the norm.
Regardless of all of it, they state very clearly that they're probably not missing anything at all, but that 30 kg of plutonium extra is on paper.
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HP wouldn't have a leg to stand on in a lawsuit. There's precedent against Lexmark - the court ruled that hacking the carts was legal.
Thanks. I thought they were 55 gallon drums.
I see. I thought you were talking about biodiesel, not straight WVO. What kind of block/injectors were they?
Remember, diesel isn't $50/barrel at the pump, either. Since we're getting rid of the middlemen by producing the diesel where we use it, we're making up for that $30/barrel difference by quite a bit.
If you've got enough particulate matter in the diesel to smell like poo, it's not well enough filtered and will do engine damage anyway. Regular biodiesel from vegetable oil reminds you of french fries because french fries smell like oil - not because oil smells like french fries.
This *is* Biodiesel.
The $80 per barrel number is misleading. When considering large markets, shipping oil all over the place from a root source at $80/barrel is not economically feasible. The key here is that this oil doesn't have to compete in that market. In eastern Washington State, a number of rendering plants are already doing this themselves. They don't have to ship the animal waste anywhere, so they aren't paying for it, and the oil they get it *vastly* cheaper than the diesel at the pump for their distribution. One plant I've seen also provides some electricity through a diesel generator running fuel they produce. I don't really know about the math here, but let's say you're saving $10 per barrel by not having to buy the "offal." Now you're at $70. How much overhead is put on a $50 barrel of diesel before it comes to the pump? Right now, we're seeing spot prices at $2.30 - multiplied by 55 gallons (per barrel, correct me if I'm wrong) - you get over $125. Since you're at the point of purchase already, as long as your equipment costs are less than $55/barrel, you're saving money over filling your trucks at the pump.
Oh, wait - kind of like the unpunished fraud from the major broadband companies?
That's what Spokane, WA did, IIRC. (You'll note that WA is dark grey on the map.)
Oh, okay. I suspect you have a hardware problem, by the way. If you want me to investigate futher, e-mail me at bensch@gmail.com.
Things haven't "improved" - it's the same SP2 you installed then, the code hasn't changed.
Thank you for addressing that! I moved so that I lived closer to bicycle and bus routes, and I'll be buying a house close to the light rail.
Absolutely. Sound Transit now has three bike slots on the racks on their buses, too.
I'm in Ravenna. I use either the Burke-Gilman trail to go over the north end of the lake (22 miles), or take bus 545 (work supplies a free bus pass). So it's more true to say I'm a bus user, but I do ride that 22 miles at least four or five trips a week even during the winter.
Why not pay attention to the hundreds of other studies that say the same thing, that are peer reviewed?
I live in Seattle, and work for the company you all hate in Redmond. I ride a bicycle to work, and do not own a car. You're dead on. Mod parent up.
It, uh, excludes China? What? China has committed to reducing their emissions by 5% of their 1990 amounts, just like every other country in the Protocol. 35% of CO2 output made by humans comes from electricity generation. About 20% comes from transportation. We can fix these things, and we should.
Farting cattle have a real impact, actually.
And that's a lot of why I consider myself Green/Democrat/Libertarian.
Again, being diffused by the explosion makes the material far too diffuse. Do some research, tests have well established that there's virtually no risk from radiation.
Actually, it is, as usual, the Americans with egg on their faces. You'll find that this is trigger-happy reporting, and there was no real loss of plutonium - just like at every plant, in the US and the UK. The press just hasn't learned how plutonium generation in uranium reactors works yet.
Dirty bombs are a scare tactic only - blowing up radioactive material just spreads it around so much it can't irradiate anything. Both the US and Iraqi militaries came to this conclusion in the 80s, if not earlier.
It's not the same stuff. It's not weapons grade, and it's only usable in particular types of reactors anyway. If you have the money to build the reactor, or the knowhow, you'd be able to get plutonium yourself. By the way, this happens every year, at plants across the world. This year, we're worried about it. It's an accounting error.
That's misinformed. This is not weapons grade material, and the facilities necessary to make it weapons grade are visible from orbit. By the way, they don't account for several kilos every year - look at the less reactionary articles (such as the BBC article) and you'll find that this is the norm. Regardless of all of it, they state very clearly that they're probably not missing anything at all, but that 30 kg of plutonium extra is on paper.
If anything, that's uranium, and it's depleted. There aren't any balls with plutonium in the middle.