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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6034 on: June 27, 2022, 11:39:22 AM »
I think aircraft MAY end up with hydrogen or ammonia.  The latter is interesting as an option.  
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« Reply #6035 on: June 27, 2022, 11:43:06 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 27, 2022, 11:38:40 AM
I read somewhere that the transition will be about like that for central air.  We'll have to increase capacity gradually no doubt, but nuclear won't be the path chosen.  NG is going to be Number One for a long time in the US.  Wind and solar will continue to grow of course, perhaps fast enough to compensate for increased demand, I don't know.

Nuclear simply is off the table in the US.  I think after Vogtle is completed we won't see another large nuclear plant in the US.
And that is STUPID.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6036 on: June 27, 2022, 11:47:24 AM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6037 on: June 27, 2022, 11:56:01 AM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6038 on: June 27, 2022, 11:58:46 AM »
Well, it's the flaw she cited, she probably has others, dunno.  I find it interesting to imagine if we didn't take oil out of the ground we'd then burn less of it, somehow, instead of say importing it from other places.

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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6039 on: June 27, 2022, 12:24:12 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 27, 2022, 11:58:46 AM
Well, it's the flaw she cited, she probably has others, dunno.  I find it interesting to imagine if we didn't take oil out of the ground we'd then burn less of it, somehow, instead of say importing it from other places.


yes we could just roll over and die or we could continue our industrial growth guided by proper leadership and continue to be a world leader
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6040 on: June 27, 2022, 02:22:21 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 27, 2022, 09:34:55 AM
Yeah, and it seems unlikely that oil companies will be in a hurry to build new ones given the EV projections.
More than the EV's, it's the current regulaltory process along with the money supply that is being choked off due to ESG scores. Big Oil is being targeted from all angles that is driving investments away. Not sure that I would invest is oil right now until things change. 
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6041 on: June 28, 2022, 09:38:15 PM »
Solar-powered patio umbrellas sold exclusively at Costco have been recalled in the United States and Canada after some umbrellas caught fire, authorities said.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in a news release urged customers to "immediately stop using" the SunVilla 10-foot Solar LED Market Umbrella.


The umbrellas were produced by California-based SunVilla Corp., the news release says. They feature LED lights on the inside arms and a solar panel with a black cover at the top of the umbrella.

"The lithium-ion batteries in the umbrella's solar panels can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards," the CPSC said.

The umbrellas were sold at Costco warehouses and online for between $130 and $160 from December 2020 through May 2022, the CPSC said.


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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6042 on: June 29, 2022, 01:04:22 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 28, 2022, 09:38:15 PM
Solar-powered patio umbrellas sold exclusively at Costco have been recalled in the United States and Canada after some umbrellas caught fire, authorities said.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in a news release urged customers to "immediately stop using" the SunVilla 10-foot Solar LED Market Umbrella.


The umbrellas were produced by California-based SunVilla Corp., the news release says. They feature LED lights on the inside arms and a solar panel with a black cover at the top of the umbrella.

"The lithium-ion batteries in the umbrella's solar panels can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards," the CPSC said.

The umbrellas were sold at Costco warehouses and online for between $130 and $160 from December 2020 through May 2022, the CPSC said.




Yeah.... uhh... as an engineer that was once responsible for safety assurance in R&D, plus QC in manufacturing, this is... well... really bad.  
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6043 on: June 29, 2022, 08:41:51 AM »
$150 for an item that probably cost less than $50 to finish

they may have rushed to market
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6044 on: June 29, 2022, 08:47:25 AM »
They probably used a battery from some supplier who perhaps claimed it was safe, and did no testing themselves.

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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6045 on: June 29, 2022, 08:48:05 AM »
European nations now are restarting coal plants to handle the NG shortage.

There is no plan, at all, just verbiage.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6046 on: June 29, 2022, 08:53:54 AM »
everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth by Putin
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #6047 on: June 29, 2022, 01:17:38 PM »
Hidden carbon layer may have sparked ancient bout of global warming | Science | AAAS

Interesting.

There is no perfect parallel in Earth’s past for present-day climate change—human-driven warming is simply happening too fast and furiously. The closest analog came 56 million years ago, when over the course of 3000 to 5000 years, greenhouse gases soared in the atmosphere, causing at least 5°C of warming and pushing tropical species to the poles.

The cause of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has long been debated, with researchers invoking exotic mechanisms such as catastrophic releases of methane from the sea floor or even asteroid strikes. But over the past few years, evidence has mounted for a more prosaic culprit: carbon-spewing volcanoes that emerged underneath Greenland as it tore away from Europe. Now, researchers have found signs of an effect that would have supercharged the warming effect of the volcanoes, making them a stronger suspect. The underside of Greenland is thought to be encrusted with carbon-rich rocks, like barnacles on the keel of a ship. During the rifting, they might have liberated a gusher of carbon dioxide (CO2), says Thomas Gernon, a geologist at the University of Southampton and leader of the new study. “It’s a perfect storm of conditions.”
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