That's a pretty vacuous statement. You could say that about pretty much every material thing. "Cars are made of chemicals, trees are made of chemicals. Should we be surprised when a car crashes into a tree it sometimes knocks it over?" How about "Gold is a chemical, helium is a chemical. Put them together and....nothing happens."
It might be witty, but it's uninformed: there are no "cooling rods" in a nuclear plant. There are cooling systems, and *control* rods, that absorb neutrons, so that when inserted into the reactor core, the neutron flux decreases, and with it the nuclear reaction rate and the rate of power generation, but no "cooling rods". "Control rods" would have been so much better, especially in light of the fact that Siemens has their hands in all the "controls" stuff.
You should just tell them all that by forgoing their snowmobile or ATV , they could have a real house instead of a mobile home. I'm sure they'd be very thankful for your helpful advice.
Nitpick: Ti wasn't invented. It was discovered as an oxide in 1791 in Cornwall by a pastor/amateur geologist named Gregor. What was invented, of course, was methods for producing it from ores, starting with Hunter in 1910 at RPI, the crystal bar process in 1925, then by Kroll in 1932 which became the Kroll process in 1940, that we still use. Of course you are quite correct that not much titanium was made until the Cold War, when USA started using it for aircraft and USSR used it later for submarines, then the chemical process industry started using it etc. It *is* a kick-ass element, being as strong as some steels but 45% lighter, and very corrosion resistant, and bio-compatible.
Maybe they could stick lots of cheap graphene together and somehow make pencil leads? I'm sure people would buy Nano-Pencils TM just because of high-techiness.
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That's a pretty vacuous statement. You could say that about pretty much every material thing. ....nothing happens."
"Cars are made of chemicals, trees are made of chemicals. Should we be surprised when a car crashes into a tree it sometimes knocks it over?"
How about "Gold is a chemical, helium is a chemical. Put them together and
He was not precise. He meant to say he buys it *pre-mixed* with oxygen at a 2:1 ratio.
Or sulfur hexafluoride, for hilarity in a basso profundo sort of way. Deep thoughts for your dying words accompanied by a deep voice.
This reminds me of the Alchemy game I used to play on my phone.
wheel + wheel = bicycle
bicycle + cancer = Lance Armstrong
crazy stuff.
I'm sure some people who are unable to read the contents of their HD would *like it* to use the blood of slaughtered hard drive engineers!
Yeah, but it was assumed we were talking about real jobs. [snark]
Rankine.
You should have just stuck with "You are correct."
That's not BR, that's PKD. BR never mentions electric sheep.
It might be witty, but it's uninformed: there are no "cooling rods" in a nuclear plant.
There are cooling systems, and *control* rods, that absorb neutrons, so that when inserted into the reactor core, the neutron flux decreases, and with it the nuclear reaction rate and the rate of power generation, but no "cooling rods".
"Control rods" would have been so much better, especially in light of the fact that Siemens has their hands in all the "controls" stuff.
Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel has won a seat for the Silly Party.
No, they're going to make it 50%.
Yeah. He probably got a lot of HREFs on all his report cards.
In fairness, he did warn you that he was trolling...
Mmmmm. Copypasta astroturf. Yum.
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UV is also non-ionizing, but it is higher energy than visible light, and can break chemical bonds (which is not the same as being ionizing radiation).
But dilution is the solution to pollution. Ocean is a good way to dilute.
You do realize, I hope, that most of Africa, is *not* desert, right? Oh, who am I kidding?
You should just tell them all that by forgoing their snowmobile or ATV , they could have a real house instead of a mobile home. I'm sure they'd be very thankful for your helpful advice.
No, like states.
Multiple uses, yes, but quite finite. Like, past five, they are no good, as I understand it. New pulp will always be a necessity.
My thought too, but there might still be grass and trees, maybe, huh?
Nitpick: Ti wasn't invented. It was discovered as an oxide in 1791 in Cornwall by a pastor/amateur geologist named Gregor. What was invented, of course, was methods for producing it from ores, starting with Hunter in 1910 at RPI, the crystal bar process in 1925, then by Kroll in 1932 which became the Kroll process in 1940, that we still use.
Of course you are quite correct that not much titanium was made until the Cold War, when USA started using it for aircraft and USSR used it later for submarines, then the chemical process industry started using it etc. It *is* a kick-ass element, being as strong as some steels but 45% lighter, and very corrosion resistant, and bio-compatible.
Maybe they could stick lots of cheap graphene together and somehow make pencil leads?
I'm sure people would buy Nano-Pencils TM just because of high-techiness.