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Did your cuzzin have 3 teeth and bum smokes down at the lakefront park from stoners playing frisbree 20 years ago?Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:44 am My cuz in OK falls had to install a chicken coop with a certain amount of chickens in order to move to the next step in opening a “glamping business”. What’s the deal with that hoop n barrel?
So less hassle same energy use!… solves nothing!!Per wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:31 am This is going to be a game changer. Charging while driving!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9uwyEEs ... B5aGE0MTE0
Certainly sounds like an experiment that may or may not be worth the cost, but if it does work then people won't have to install chargers in their home.rats19 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:22 amSo less hassle same energy use!… solves nothing!!Per wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:31 am This is going to be a game changer. Charging while driving!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9uwyEEs ... B5aGE0MTE0
What did George Carlin say again?Just four companies in the U.S. contol
85% of beef processing
80% of corn seed distribution
77% of fertilizer production
69% of grocery sales
These companies are:
Beef Processing:
1. National Beef
2. JBS
3. Cargil
4. Tyson Foods
Corn Seed Distribution:
1. Bayer (Monsanto)
2. Corteva (DowDuPont)
3. Syngenta (ChemChina)
4. BASF
Fertilizer Production:
1. CF Industries
2. Nutrien
3. Koch Industries
4. Yara-USA
Grocery Sales:
1. Walmart
2. Costco
3. Kroger
4. Ahold Delhaize
Republicans are old school in their thinking. You can’t change them.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... it-sounds/Cattle play a colossal role in climate change: As the single largest agricultural source of methane, a potent planet-warming gas, the world's 940 million cows spew nearly 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions — much of it through belches and droppings
So 10% is not a consistent power and if looking at the current Bonneville Power in the US/Canada, the other 88% is suspect.
[MOD: Link and quotation box added]DISADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
Here are four disadvantages of nuclear energy:
1. Uranium is technically non-renewable
2. Very high upfront costs
3. Nuclear waste
4. Malfunctions can be catastrophic
Uranium is non-renewable
Although nuclear energy is a "clean" source of power, it is technically not renewable. Current nuclear technology relies on uranium ore for fuel, which exists in limited amounts in the earth's crust. The longer we rely on nuclear power (and uranium ore in particular), the more depleted the earth's uranium resources will become, which will drive up the cost of extracting it and the negative environmental impacts of mining and processing the uranium.
High upfront costs
Operating a nuclear energy plant is a relatively low-cost endeavor, but building it in the first place is very expensive. Nuclear reactors are complex devices that require many levels of safety built around them, which drives up the cost of new nuclear plants.
Nuclear waste
And now, to the thorny issue of nuclear waste – we could write hundreds of articles about the science of nuclear waste, its political implications, cost/benefit analyses, and more regarding this particular subject. The key takeaway from that would be this: nuclear waste is a complicated issue, and we won't claim to be anything near experts. Nuclear waste is radioactive, making it an environmental and health catastrophe waiting to happen. These reasons are exactly why governments spend tons of money to safely package and dispose of used-up nuclear fuel. At the end of the day, yes, nuclear waste is a dangerous by-product of nuclear power plants, and it takes extreme care and advanced technology to handle it properly.
Malfunctions can be catastrophic
A nuclear meltdown occurs when the heat created by a nuclear reactor exceeds the amount of heat being transferred out by the cooling systems; this causes the system to exceed its melting point. If this happens, hot radioactive vapors can escape, which can cause nuclear plants to melt down fully and combust, releasing harmful radioactive materials into the environment. This is an extremely unlikely worst-case scenario, and nuclear plants are equipped with numerous safety measures to prevent meltdowns.
If you're angry about big companies making outsized profits, then why don't you buy some stock in these companies so you can get a share of the profits too?Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:23 am"They'll get it all from you sooner or later 'cause they own this f**kin' place. It's a big club and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club."
