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Re: Sweden Runs Out of Garbage With Waste-to-Energy

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Post by theorique » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:22 PM UTC

Ma8ee wrote: post #189

theorique wrote: post #163

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It's definitely not homogenous. It's getting "culturally enriched" by Somali Muslim "refugees" over time. The enrichment includes street harassment of Swedish women, no-go enclaves of illegal immigrants, increased rape rates, female genital mutilation, and other nice things. If you get an ethnic Swede drunk and ask him about third world immigration and its effect on his nation, be prepared for an eye opener!

I'm an ethnic Swede and I hope Internet anonymity is a sufficient substitute for being drunk. I don't mind the immigrants. I think the overall effect on the nation is positive. And I'm fed up with stupid racists that think that they just say what everyone really thinks. You don't represent us. We think you are stupid and ignorant.

Definitely agree about the racists.

Re: Sweden Runs Out of Garbage With Waste-to-Energy

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Post by dredmorbius » Mon, Aug 05, 2013, 2:20 AM UTC

tanzam75 wrote: post #190

dredmorbius wrote: post #185

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I'll double-check my math, but suspect my numbers are closer to the truth. Keep in mind that you're also limited by heat-engine efficiencies. I need to double-check if steam turbines are governed by Carnot cycle (35% max efficiency) or others, but that's another factor to keep in mind. And yes, the calorie/kilocalorie distinction is important ;-)

If you've got 6000% the required energy, then 35% efficiency is not of major concern. Three orders of magnitude makes a world of difference.

It does.

And I'm confirming your numbers, FWIW, which makes me suspect there's something wrong with my assumptions. I'll see if I can't dig up other references on waste-to-energy estimates.

Re: Sweden Runs Out of Garbage With Waste-to-Energy

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Post by fetbaffe » Thu, Aug 08, 2013, 11:13 AM UTC

jpttsn wrote: post #187

fetbaffe wrote: post #169

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For a long time we have had a public policy that anyone can go to higher education if they want to and in combination with different labor programs that pushes unemployed and under skilled to universities, that leads to undermining academic merits to a point where its not left. And that we granted every small education institution with the status of university. So to sum up: the goal of "free" education is to make hi…

I gather you're unhappy about the falling demand for a degree in teaching, but the whole argument you're describing is politicised and unsupported. The article suggests there's low demand for a degree in teaching; extending that to "academic merits does not matter" is a crazy stretch. This link shows statistics for people accepted into higher education for this fall semester: http://statistik.vhs.se Both in the desig…

That link just shows academic merits relative to other students, not absolute academic merits.

Politicized is the one that accepts the reality of politics, I don't because I look at result not intent.