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Post by Andrew on Feb 3, 2016 8:49:34 GMT
ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-inject-fuel-experimental-fusion-device-075715214.html"The impressive results obtained in the startup of the machine were remarkable," he said in an email. "This is usually a difficult and arduous process. The speed with which W7-X became operational is a testament to the care and quality of the fabrication of the device and makes a very positive statement about the stellarator concept itself. W7-X is a truly remarkable achievement and the worldwide fusion community looks forward to many exciting results." So they spent one billion euros and so far they have managed to make a tiny amount of hydrogen very hot.......
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 3, 2016 9:02:27 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 3, 2016 9:02:58 GMT
ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-inject-fuel-experimental-fusion-device-075715214.html"The impressive results obtained in the startup of the machine were remarkable," he said in an email. "This is usually a difficult and arduous process. The speed with which W7-X became operational is a testament to the care and quality of the fabrication of the device and makes a very positive statement about the stellarator concept itself. W7-X is a truly remarkable achievement and the worldwide fusion community looks forward to many exciting results." So they spent one billion euros and so far they have managed to make a tiny amount of hydrogen very hot....... Yep, pretty exciting isn't it?
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 4, 2016 18:39:40 GMT
That is because its real purpose is to allow regulation of the USA bypassing Congress as a 'treaty' any effect it has on trade is a lucky coincidence.
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 5, 2016 19:53:57 GMT
This race to the bottom may not end well - Oil market spiral threatens to prick global debt bubble, warns BIS "The global oil industry is caught in a self-feeding downward spiral as falling prices cause producers to boost output even further in a scramble to service $3 trillion of dollar debt, the world’s top watchdog has warned. "
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Post by nonentropic on Feb 5, 2016 20:27:50 GMT
I think people struggle with the gains from trade theorem.
it is the cornerstone to all well being in the world we live in. the TPP is but one further step.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 8, 2016 15:59:43 GMT
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Post by flearider on Feb 8, 2016 16:25:51 GMT
pity there using the old tech .. russians could'nt get it to work properly has to be used in bursts .. which is no good .. the germans with the us of a came up with the new design .. not proven yet but sure as hell cost a lot to build ..
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 11, 2016 17:02:14 GMT
www.resilience.org/stories/2016-02-11/renewables-the-next-frackingBroadly speaking, there are two groups of people who talk about renewable energy these days. The first group consists of those people who believe that of course sun and wind can replace fossil fuels and enable modern industrial society to keep on going into the far future. The second group consists of people who actually live with renewable energy on a daily basis. It’s been my repeated experience for years now that people belong to one of these groups or the other, but not to both.
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Post by Andrew on Feb 11, 2016 18:33:57 GMT
www.resilience.org/stories/2016-02-11/renewables-the-next-frackingBroadly speaking, there are two groups of people who talk about renewable energy these days. The first group consists of those people who believe that of course sun and wind can replace fossil fuels and enable modern industrial society to keep on going into the far future. The second group consists of people who actually live with renewable energy on a daily basis. It’s been my repeated experience for years now that people belong to one of these groups or the other, but not to both. That is a very interesting way of presenting the argument. Where I used to live in NZ I had a river flowing thru the land with a 1.5M drop, I had excellent wind, and more or less all day long Sun. A hobbyist could easily have gone off grid but your average person would find it too inconvenient, too time consuming and ultimately too expensive. Nice to think about but not nice to live with. However, even with todays technology Solar and wind electricity generation can contribute something. Australians seem to be doing interesting things with domestic solar electricity with opportunities to feed back into the grid as well. Then there is solar to directly heat the home and hot water without converting to electricity. Meanwhile we are awash with cheap oil and the biggest problem facing North Dakota is low oil prices rather than no fossil fuels. Then there is the absence of cold with no sign cold is going to be a bigger problem for humans in the nearby future.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 11, 2016 18:56:03 GMT
www.resilience.org/stories/2016-02-11/renewables-the-next-frackingBroadly speaking, there are two groups of people who talk about renewable energy these days. The first group consists of those people who believe that of course sun and wind can replace fossil fuels and enable modern industrial society to keep on going into the far future. The second group consists of people who actually live with renewable energy on a daily basis. It’s been my repeated experience for years now that people belong to one of these groups or the other, but not to both. That is a very interesting way of presenting the argument. Where I used to live in NZ I had a river flowing thru the land with a 1.5M drop, I had excellent wind, and more or less all day long Sun. A hobbyist could easily have gone off grid but your average person would find it too inconvenient, too time consuming and ultimately too expensive. Nice to think about but not nice to live with. However, even with todays technology Solar and wind electricity generation can contribute something. Australians seem to be doing interesting things with domestic solar electricity with opportunities to feed back into the grid as well. Then there is solar to directly heat the home and hot water without converting to electricity. Meanwhile we are awash with cheap oil and the biggest problem facing North Dakota is low oil prices rather than no fossil fuels. Then there is the absence of cold with no sign cold is going to be a bigger problem for humans in the nearby future. The cold comes and goes. AS a farmer, I wish it WOULD get cold. AS a human being, I can't wish it WOULD get cold. Last WASDE report.....NEVER in the history of reporting has there been so MUCH food stocks in storage. Year after year of tranquil weather has resulted in cheapest, most available food in history. And yet, there are those who pine for the old days. They are daft!!!! AS far as solar, won't work here 60% of the year. Hot water tho....that I am looking into for summer usage. And passive solar heat for fall and spring usage. Wind, even here in a class 5 wind area won't cut it. NO way to recover costs when the state is loaded with coal. As far as the low oil prices, we will do ok.
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Post by acidohm on Feb 11, 2016 18:57:22 GMT
www.resilience.org/stories/2016-02-11/renewables-the-next-frackingBroadly speaking, there are two groups of people who talk about renewable energy these days. The first group consists of those people who believe that of course sun and wind can replace fossil fuels and enable modern industrial society to keep on going into the far future. The second group consists of people who actually live with renewable energy on a daily basis. It’s been my repeated experience for years now that people belong to one of these groups or the other, but not to both. That is a very interesting way of presenting the argument. Where I used to live in NZ I had a river flowing thru the land with a 1.5M drop, I had excellent wind, and more or less all day long Sun. A hobbyist could easily have gone off grid but your average person would find it too inconvenient, too time consuming and ultimately too expensive. Nice to think about but not nice to live with. However, even with todays technology Solar and wind electricity generation can contribute something. Australians seem to be doing interesting things with domestic solar electricity with opportunities to feed back into the grid as well. Then there is solar to directly heat the home and hot water without converting to electricity. by future. Meanwhile we are awash with cheap oil and the biggest problem facing North Dakota is low oil prices rather than no fossil fuels. Then there is the absence of cold with no sign cold is going to be a bigger problem for humans in the nearPotentially, in about 3 weeks, that might sound a little presumptuous.....watch your weather closely....
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Post by Andrew on Feb 11, 2016 19:12:22 GMT
That is a very interesting way of presenting the argument. Where I used to live in NZ I had a river flowing thru the land with a 1.5M drop, I had excellent wind, and more or less all day long Sun. A hobbyist could easily have gone off grid but your average person would find it too inconvenient, too time consuming and ultimately too expensive. Nice to think about but not nice to live with. However, even with todays technology Solar and wind electricity generation can contribute something. Australians seem to be doing interesting things with domestic solar electricity with opportunities to feed back into the grid as well. Then there is solar to directly heat the home and hot water without converting to electricity. by future. Meanwhile we are awash with cheap oil and the biggest problem facing North Dakota is low oil prices rather than no fossil fuels. Then there is the absence of cold with no sign cold is going to be a bigger problem for humans in the nearPotentially, in about 3 weeks, that might sound a little presumptuous.....watch your weather closely.... I was talking about years into the future rather than next month.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 11, 2016 19:21:35 GMT
Years into the future look to observe a continued cooling trend.
I agree with Astromet. I have different reasons than his, but I think his outcome is correct.
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Post by Andrew on Feb 11, 2016 19:36:02 GMT
look to observe a continued cooling trend. I suppose you are talking about a supposed future cooling trend for which there is no evidence in sight, where currently we are in an observed warming trend for about 136 years.
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