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Started by Mesozoic Mister Nigel, January 09, 2014, 09:32:09 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#45
January 13, 2014, 07:04:35 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 13, 2014, 07:03:02 PM
Failure will make it exponentially more difficult to meet the requirement tomorrow. mean that lubrication for the moving parts is not, today, an issue.

Fixed.
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Junkenstein

#46
January 13, 2014, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 13, 2014, 07:04:35 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 13, 2014, 07:03:02 PM
Failure will make it exponentially more difficult to meet the requirement tomorrow. mean that lubrication for the moving parts is not, today, an issue.

Fixed.

Thanks, not been channelling the future long and still get bits wrong.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#47
January 13, 2014, 07:07:19 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 13, 2014, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 13, 2014, 07:04:35 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 13, 2014, 07:03:02 PM
Failure will make it exponentially more difficult to meet the requirement tomorrow. mean that lubrication for the moving parts is not, today, an issue.

Fixed.

Thanks, not been channelling the future long and still get bits wrong.

It's all a matter of experience, really.

The worst thing about the world is that, just when you think it can't get any worse, it DOES.  Even if it only happens inside your own head.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Suu

#48
January 13, 2014, 08:05:04 PM
I haven't actually seen the written numbers yet, but I overheard recently that the current wind turbines in Providence (Windy, Wendy, and Gale) already cut energy costs by 8%. That's a small number, but it's still a CUT, from just 3 turbines!
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Cain

#49
January 13, 2014, 08:07:22 PM
The potential power from coastal winds is pretty incredible.  I know the technology and funding doesn't exist to take advantage of it fully, but if it did...

Junkenstein

#50
January 13, 2014, 08:21:07 PM
The above 2 posts seems to be missing a "fuck you" section.

Where's the bit about how bad they are because reasons? You'd almost make people think there was something worth doing with statements like that.

Anecdotally, the Scottish view appears to be hate for them, regardless of where they appear. This seems particularly prominent among older people, something about spoiling the landscape. Because a coal mining operation or power plant of some description is just lovely to look at.

Costal/tidal/wind is probably the most realistic way forward for large parts of the planet. Whether the financial incentive is there to get them built is another question. I'd guess the largest ones to be built will be private ventures into the energy sector. The cash is waiting to be made by connecting to the grid. A venture into Nuclear is pretty impractical unless you're firmly established, same can be said for oil and gas. Fracking protests seem to be gathering some attention here with may take it off the table. Doubtful until at least some damage is done as a result but it would narrow the options here.

That said, it's not unlikely that China/France will get some very tasty contracts in the nuclear sector and that could easily seal the future in a different direction. The thought occurs that the best places to demonstrate the feasibility of this emerging tech would be countries which need it the most, i.e , the third world. I'd bet if someone shows a way to provide free/cheap power to deepest darkest where-ever the world would start changing really fast.
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Cain

#51
January 13, 2014, 08:24:27 PM
Fuck that shit, let's go fracking

Junkenstein

#52
January 13, 2014, 08:31:02 PM
Because why not?

Seriously, it's quite embarrasing when it's common knowledge that the practice is banned in France and who's leading the charge to do it over here? Total.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.
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