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Tragically relevant story to accompany this article: the Goiânia accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
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Tragically relevant story to accompany this article: the Goiânia accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
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There are so many things we could have if we actually could somehow have faith that the required (for safety, pollution mitigation, etc.) full lifecycle was actually honored.
Instead, everything is dominated by lazy jerks. The other day, I noticed my neighbor's house painter digging a hole. I said hello and asked what was up, and he said "Yes, I need to dispose of the water and paint from my sprayer, so I dig holes and pour it in. Don't worry, I will fill the hole back in when I'm done." This was in the bay area.
People just will not do the right thing by default if it is even remotely more work and for most people, thought is the hardest work there is.
Tragically relevant story to accompany this article: the Goiânia accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
> stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city Is it “stealing” if it’s abandoned?
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This is established and commonly installed technology in Japan. It's called EneFarm. Lots of newish houses connected to natural gas have these largish boxes out front. The odd name leaves most people confused. The EneFarms used to be heavily subsidized by the japanese government in a long term program to encourage fuel cell development and manufacturing. Over time prices have decreased such that the subsidy is either…
Just because you pay a positive non-zero amount for less than a quarter of the energy in, it does not mean that a device has greater than 100% efficiency, which is not possible. If heat pumps are 400% efficient then log burners in cabins in the woods are even better.
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This is established and commonly installed technology in Japan. It's called EneFarm. Lots of newish houses connected to natural gas have these largish boxes out front. The odd name leaves most people confused. The EneFarms used to be heavily subsidized by the japanese government in a long term program to encourage fuel cell development and manufacturing. Over time prices have decreased such that the subsidy is either…
Just because you pay a positive non-zero amount for less than a quarter of the energy in, it does not mean that a device has greater than 100% efficiency, which is not possible. If heat pumps are 400% efficient then log burners in cabins in the woods are even better.
I'm just imaginging trying to explain to TSA that this is the reason their radiological alarms are going off...
Tragically relevant story to accompany this article: the Goiânia accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
> stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city Is it “stealing” if it’s abandoned?
Best that you not discover that little detail when you're trying to "seal the deal" with an ultra-powerful Eldritch Abomination, which you summoned from Far Beyond Mortal Realms, and are pulling the still-beating heart from your live human sacrifice for that kinda-critical part of the Horrific Ritual.
And it's clearly a detail which any Faithful Lieutenant should check when "procuring" sacrifice victims. And yet another reason for any survival-oriented members of the Evil Overlord's Legions of Terror to request postings in distant and sleepy bits of the EO's Empire - far from the glory and promotion opportunities...