Actually, they should be recycling it to get at the 95% or so of the unused refined fuel. Then take the waste products and bury them somewhere that already has a nuclear industry. Nevada's only claim to the nuclear age is that it was a test site for bombs.
Nuclear waste: An engineering problem looking for a political solution.
I remember reading a comic book years ago (not a comic book fanatic, so I didn't memorize it. Might have some details wrong), where there was a talking, intelligent bomb. A guy comes up to it, figures out that it's a bomb and it strikes up a conversation with him. It then proceeds to tell the man that it doesn't want to explode and that he can defuse it if he does exactly what the bomb says. Of course the bomb gets the last word: "SUCKER!"
No one is holding a gun to their heads to produce cheap products for THE ENTIRE WORLD, including Africa, Asia and South America....Oh, wait, maybe their "silent partner" the Chinese government IS holding a gun to their heads, but I doubt it.
That's right. And most of you folks who own them aren't ready to give them up. So if I want to join the diesel crowd, I have to buy new.
But if I would have kept my old gasser, since it was long ago paid off, gas prices would have to skyrocket for it to make sense economically to spend money a new car, unless the old car was wrecked/damaged beyond repair.
We're looking at a global extinction event and I'd like man to be able to survive it
I don't know about all that. Most people think low lying coastal areas and much of Florida are screwed, but we should have plenty of advance warning that the coastlines are receding, so I doubt many people will die due to that. The southern US won't be as productive as it has been, and the California agriculture miracle will dry up, but there is going to be plenty of land opened up too. Canada will benefit, along with the northern prairie in the US. Russia will see longer growing seasons and may become a major food exporter in the next 30-50 years. The tropics will be less inhabitable, possibly becoming more desert-like than today.
Oh, it will be wet. more heat means more water vapor and bigger rain events. That's happening now. If we're smart we will build more fresh water reservoirs and water pipelines. But I'm sure we won't do anything but complain.
No, US politicians (and basically only those at the federal level) are not doing anything about global warming. meanwhile, we're quietly putting solar panels on our roofs, buying more fuel efficient cars, converting to better lighting systems, and building out wind power. There seems to be growing interest in nuclear power (despite what the MSM is telling us), but again, that's up to the federal gov, not the population.
But you could tax fossil fuels at 100% and many people would still find it much cheaper to keep their existing infrastructure. Witness the nuclear power industry. They have no incentive to shut down their 40 year old 1st and 2nd generation power stations, because they already paid for them. Operating costs, even when they increase due to greater maintenance, are still much, much lower than trying to find capital for a new power plant.
Same thing with cars. Buying a new car because the old one gets lousy gas mileage is never a winning bet, unless the change is dramatic. This year I doubled my fuel economy by going with a diesel, but it will be at least 10 years before I see any cost savings, even with diesel and regular unleaded at parity for now.
So you either have 2 choices: use a radically cheaper fuel or make old stuff illegal. Going from a horse and buggy economy to a gas and oil economy was a radical change in fuel. Remember that gasoline was a dangerous waste product that was burned in open pits prior to the car.
The investors better have a very strong stomach. With the group's prior access to Nokia's and Microsoft's patent portfolio it won't take much to see Jolla sued right out of existence before they even announce a product.
Except for bugs that crash the phone when you least expect it. Google doesn't seem very interested in bug fixes on old platforms. You can't tell me that Froyo's core code is perfect and the reason my old Galaxy Tab crashes is all because of Samsung's drivers. If they fix a bug I'm sure it goes into the next release. I'm amazed by how much more stable my GS2 is on ICS over Gingerbread, going from strange lock ups every day or so to not needing a reboot for 2 weeks now (since I loaded ICS).
That's the last thing manufacturers want. They saw what happened to the PC hardware market, which was basically a race to the bottom on price. If they can do ANYTHING to differentiate themselves from each other they will, even if it means they have to support hardware themselves. Unfortunately they want it both ways, selling commodity hardware with a "unique" wrapper.
The way it should work is similar to Cisco's model (not that Cisco is all that great either). Buy the hardware, and buy a support contract. As long as you have the support contract you get 1) firmware patches and updates in a timely manner. 2) 24 hr "no questions asked" hardware replacement. 3) Good, understandable tech support who will follow up and make sure things are working. Once you attach revenue to support it will improve.
Why is it that the tone of these articles invoke a picture of Jeff Bezos sitting in a hotel suite with the shades drawn, watching numbers and graphs constantly changing on a bunch of laptops? I can see him now, fingernails 6 inches long because he can't look away long enough for personal grooming, drinking his milk, eating his peas. Barking orders out to his handlers...
I think the only thing they'll find out is that much of the data collected is just about worthless. Yes, advertisers ask for all this information now, but in another 5 years we'll either all scrub data and they'll never see it, or (the more likely scenario), they'll find that all that targeting and data crunching doesn't translate into increased sales. Most people buy books based on word of mouth. When the mouth is Oprah, the word carries a lot more weight than a complete stranger's review on Amazon.com, but it's the same thing. There will continue to be book reviewers, a lot of them, in fact. The key will be to get the right book in the hands of the right reviewer, not relying on past purchases for predicting future behavior.
BTW this isn't some new revelation... it's been happening for years in independent bookstores and video rental shops. Many people do watch the "staff picks" shelf as a guide for what to read or watch.
Well, considering most people in the US are against nuclear power, I'm not the least bit surprised to see other countries (China and India) getting ahead of the US in energy production.
And we're not sitting on our past achievements. We're busy using 17th century solutions (wind) to 21st century problems. But when the Colorado river dries up and the western states go to war over fresh water, we'll wish we had a few dozen gigawatt plants that could desalinate seawater, instead of just getting by with wind turbines.
Downside is you are using transport fuel for running equipment. Upside is you get more use out of what you already have, weighs almost nothing (compared to batteries) and takes up no space in the living area. Great option if you can swap out for a diesel powertrain.
If you don't have a PTO, look for a good quality inverter and battery system:
Another poster mentioned using golf car batteries. Cheap, easily available and (if maintained) will last a very long time. Downside is they are large and heavy, and outgas H2 when charging (so don't put them in the actual van). Maybe build them into something like this: http://www.stowaway2.com/hitch-cargo-carriers.aspx
This guy is right. Use golf car batteries. You have to maintain them, but they are cheap and last for years (as long as they don't boil out when charging).
Yea. That will work about as well as telling the car salesman that you'll be happy to have their logo plastered all over the back of your car if they knock $1000 off the sticker price.
Of course, after I suggested this I noticed they just put the license plate bracket on, and not the sticker.
Also, to get the best price on popular/expensive channels, cable companies often take a bunch of crap channels that they know no one watches. Fox Business is the most pure example, but there are plenty of others.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.energyfromthorium.com/
Or maybe not: http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/08/01/generating-companies-are-shuttering-coal-plants-at-record-rates-eia-reports/
Granted, I'm not sure about the politics of this site, but it looks like a lot of capacity will be going off-line in the near future.
Actually, they should be recycling it to get at the 95% or so of the unused refined fuel. Then take the waste products and bury them somewhere that already has a nuclear industry. Nevada's only claim to the nuclear age is that it was a test site for bombs.
Nuclear waste: An engineering problem looking for a political solution.
I remember reading a comic book years ago (not a comic book fanatic, so I didn't memorize it. Might have some details wrong), where there was a talking, intelligent bomb. A guy comes up to it, figures out that it's a bomb and it strikes up a conversation with him. It then proceeds to tell the man that it doesn't want to explode and that he can defuse it if he does exactly what the bomb says. Of course the bomb gets the last word: "SUCKER!"
No one is holding a gun to their heads to produce cheap products for THE ENTIRE WORLD, including Africa, Asia and South America. ...Oh, wait, maybe their "silent partner" the Chinese government IS holding a gun to their heads, but I doubt it.
That's right. And most of you folks who own them aren't ready to give them up. So if I want to join the diesel crowd, I have to buy new.
But if I would have kept my old gasser, since it was long ago paid off, gas prices would have to skyrocket for it to make sense economically to spend money a new car, unless the old car was wrecked/damaged beyond repair.
We're looking at a global extinction event and I'd like man to be able to survive it
I don't know about all that. Most people think low lying coastal areas and much of Florida are screwed, but we should have plenty of advance warning that the coastlines are receding, so I doubt many people will die due to that. The southern US won't be as productive as it has been, and the California agriculture miracle will dry up, but there is going to be plenty of land opened up too. Canada will benefit, along with the northern prairie in the US. Russia will see longer growing seasons and may become a major food exporter in the next 30-50 years. The tropics will be less inhabitable, possibly becoming more desert-like than today.
Oh, it will be wet. more heat means more water vapor and bigger rain events. That's happening now. If we're smart we will build more fresh water reservoirs and water pipelines. But I'm sure we won't do anything but complain.
No, US politicians (and basically only those at the federal level) are not doing anything about global warming. meanwhile, we're quietly putting solar panels on our roofs, buying more fuel efficient cars, converting to better lighting systems, and building out wind power. There seems to be growing interest in nuclear power (despite what the MSM is telling us), but again, that's up to the federal gov, not the population.
And China, not the US, is the largest contributer to AGW... since 2007.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jun/19/china.usnews
But you could tax fossil fuels at 100% and many people would still find it much cheaper to keep their existing infrastructure. Witness the nuclear power industry. They have no incentive to shut down their 40 year old 1st and 2nd generation power stations, because they already paid for them. Operating costs, even when they increase due to greater maintenance, are still much, much lower than trying to find capital for a new power plant.
Same thing with cars. Buying a new car because the old one gets lousy gas mileage is never a winning bet, unless the change is dramatic. This year I doubled my fuel economy by going with a diesel, but it will be at least 10 years before I see any cost savings, even with diesel and regular unleaded at parity for now.
So you either have 2 choices: use a radically cheaper fuel or make old stuff illegal. Going from a horse and buggy economy to a gas and oil economy was a radical change in fuel. Remember that gasoline was a dangerous waste product that was burned in open pits prior to the car.
Except that it doesn't require a change in our lifestyles, only a change in our fuels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyqYP6f66Mw
But there's a certain amount of "the damage has been done" already, so radical lifestyle change may not have any net positive effect anyway.
They did exactly that.
It's not posted yet, but last week I attended a lecture at the Aspen Center for Physics about this very subject:
http://www.aspenphys.org/50th/events/july25.html
It will be available sometime soon here:
http://vod.grassrootstv.org/cablecast/public/Search.aspx?ChannelID=1&SimpleSearch=physics
The investors better have a very strong stomach. With the group's prior access to Nokia's and Microsoft's patent portfolio it won't take much to see Jolla sued right out of existence before they even announce a product.
Recent story to back up what OverlordQ said:
http://www.arrl.org/news/california-ham-cited-for-operating-unlicensed-radio-station
Except for bugs that crash the phone when you least expect it. Google doesn't seem very interested in bug fixes on old platforms. You can't tell me that Froyo's core code is perfect and the reason my old Galaxy Tab crashes is all because of Samsung's drivers. If they fix a bug I'm sure it goes into the next release. I'm amazed by how much more stable my GS2 is on ICS over Gingerbread, going from strange lock ups every day or so to not needing a reboot for 2 weeks now (since I loaded ICS).
If you're handy with a soldering iron you might be able to.
That's the last thing manufacturers want. They saw what happened to the PC hardware market, which was basically a race to the bottom on price. If they can do ANYTHING to differentiate themselves from each other they will, even if it means they have to support hardware themselves. Unfortunately they want it both ways, selling commodity hardware with a "unique" wrapper.
The way it should work is similar to Cisco's model (not that Cisco is all that great either). Buy the hardware, and buy a support contract. As long as you have the support contract you get 1) firmware patches and updates in a timely manner. 2) 24 hr "no questions asked" hardware replacement. 3) Good, understandable tech support who will follow up and make sure things are working. Once you attach revenue to support it will improve.
Why is it that the tone of these articles invoke a picture of Jeff Bezos sitting in a hotel suite with the shades drawn, watching numbers and graphs constantly changing on a bunch of laptops? I can see him now, fingernails 6 inches long because he can't look away long enough for personal grooming, drinking his milk, eating his peas. Barking orders out to his handlers...
I think the only thing they'll find out is that much of the data collected is just about worthless. Yes, advertisers ask for all this information now, but in another 5 years we'll either all scrub data and they'll never see it, or (the more likely scenario), they'll find that all that targeting and data crunching doesn't translate into increased sales. Most people buy books based on word of mouth. When the mouth is Oprah, the word carries a lot more weight than a complete stranger's review on Amazon.com, but it's the same thing. There will continue to be book reviewers, a lot of them, in fact. The key will be to get the right book in the hands of the right reviewer, not relying on past purchases for predicting future behavior.
BTW this isn't some new revelation... it's been happening for years in independent bookstores and video rental shops. Many people do watch the "staff picks" shelf as a guide for what to read or watch.
Well, considering most people in the US are against nuclear power, I'm not the least bit surprised to see other countries (China and India) getting ahead of the US in energy production.
And we're not sitting on our past achievements. We're busy using 17th century solutions (wind) to 21st century problems. But when the Colorado river dries up and the western states go to war over fresh water, we'll wish we had a few dozen gigawatt plants that could desalinate seawater, instead of just getting by with wind turbines.
If you have a PTO (power take-off) on the transmission, look into these:
http://www.cumminsonan.com/cm/products/pto
Downside is you are using transport fuel for running equipment. Upside is you get more use out of what you already have, weighs almost nothing (compared to batteries) and takes up no space in the living area. Great option if you can swap out for a diesel powertrain.
If you don't have a PTO, look for a good quality inverter and battery system:
http://www.xantrex.com/
Another poster mentioned using golf car batteries. Cheap, easily available and (if maintained) will last a very long time. Downside is they are large and heavy, and outgas H2 when charging (so don't put them in the actual van). Maybe build them into something like this: http://www.stowaway2.com/hitch-cargo-carriers.aspx
This guy is right. Use golf car batteries. You have to maintain them, but they are cheap and last for years (as long as they don't boil out when charging).
And women's hair care products.
Yea. That will work about as well as telling the car salesman that you'll be happy to have their logo plastered all over the back of your car if they knock $1000 off the sticker price.
Of course, after I suggested this I noticed they just put the license plate bracket on, and not the sticker.
Also, to get the best price on popular/expensive channels, cable companies often take a bunch of crap channels that they know no one watches. Fox Business is the most pure example, but there are plenty of others.
Trust me, it's just a very vocal minority that the press loves to prop up. Rational thought doesn't make for good headlines.
Actually, when people worked on farms it was likely easier to teach evolution, since selective livestock breeding is just a form of evolution.