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This is actually close to the temperature to sublimate CO2. I'm curious why we couldn't lower the temperature a little more and pull carbon out of the air? Has anyone investigated that?
Maybe I should buy some land there and start making dry ice and selling carbon offsets?
Random crazy idea alert: This is actually close to the temperature to sublimate CO2. I'm curious why we couldn't lower the temperature a little more and pull carbon out of the air? Has anyone investigated that? Maybe I should buy some land there and start making dry ice and selling carbon offsets?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/13/results-lab-experiment...
I've seen the wrong side of -40, when I was flying to work in Ft McMurray, Alberta for a consulting job. One time, I drew the short straw and had to go pick up our SUVs at the parking lot upon landing. They were outside, plugged in. The car started with the saddest sound I ever heard a mechanical thing make. I put it in reverse, hit the gas, and pulled out of the spot. Then I put it in drive and hit the gas- and the…
You didn't let it warm up? In the Yukon, it's critical you let your car warm up. A block heater, battery blanket and oil pan heater are all needed, but they're only heating the actual engine block. Think about how cold the oil in the transmission and diffs are.. let alone everything else. You also want to drive extremely smoothly and slowly for the first ~5 mins to let everything circulate and slowly warm up to runni…
Random crazy idea alert: This is actually close to the temperature to sublimate CO2. I'm curious why we couldn't lower the temperature a little more and pull carbon out of the air? Has anyone investigated that? Maybe I should buy some land there and start making dry ice and selling carbon offsets?
Goddamn, there are places actually above the arctic circle with milder climates than this. Tromsø, Norway, has a low of -6 C (21 F) over the next week! And highs above freezing!
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You didn't let it warm up? In the Yukon, it's critical you let your car warm up. A block heater, battery blanket and oil pan heater are all needed, but they're only heating the actual engine block. Think about how cold the oil in the transmission and diffs are.. let alone everything else. You also want to drive extremely smoothly and slowly for the first ~5 mins to let everything circulate and slowly warm up to runni…
These are aspects to driving vehicles most people do not even begin to need to think about.
uhh... many of them do in fact use mercury..
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These are aspects to driving vehicles most people do not even begin to need to think about.
Especially nowadays, I know that my 72 Chevy had a instructions for cold start (<32 I believe) on the back of the driver's visor which included idling for a few minutes. I've noticed people tend to turn their car on after getting situated but I still have a habit of turning it over as soon as I get in to let it warm up even though that car is, sadly, gone for now.
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Especially nowadays, I know that my 72 Chevy had a instructions for cold start (<32 I believe) on the back of the driver's visor which included idling for a few minutes. I've noticed people tend to turn their car on after getting situated but I still have a habit of turning it over as soon as I get in to let it warm up even though that car is, sadly, gone for now.
All the geegaws on a modern engine make it less important.
Have you seen what engine oil looks like past -35C?
Butter. Same color, same consistency. You can cut and spread it with a knife. Those geegaws aren't helping there.
Also, there is a hell of a lot more in a vehicle that's sensitive to extreme cold than an engine.
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All the geegaws on a modern engine make it less important.
Hahaha. Have you seen what engine oil looks like past -35C? Butter. Same color, same consistency. You can cut and spread it with a knife. Those geegaws aren't helping there. Also, there is a hell of a lot more in a vehicle that's sensitive to extreme cold than an engine.
I said less for a reason. Most people don't have to worry about -35C. Cars start reliably down to fairly low temperatures, so they don't need to worry about it.