We 'seem' to be on the cusp of practical fusion power? If that come about we can use the trillions of 'waste' H2 molecules to power planes. But NOT too many of them!
Dave.
I believe people like David Attenborough and I keep up as best I can with New Scientist. I am NO vegan! Used hunt rabbits, but I have cut down drastically on beef products from Argentina et al. No, farmers do NOT deserve a bad press at least in UK they are trying very hard to get ever 'greener'.You may not be aware on how all this will explode next year. You will see established car manufacturers going to the wall and Tesla and a host of Chinese companies taking over as they all plan to sell to the world after xmas such is the demand for EV.
And thats it.........the demand. People will buy these things but the supply of electricity cannot keep up. It will be quite interesting.
Dont believe the hype about less meat. Farmers actually absorb co2 and produce oxygen. Townies just produce the problems. But its ok to blame the farmers whose only crime is to produce food for........you!!
Well it was blowy here the past week but now there is no wind...........so stay at home. Unplug your guitar and freeze.
No Sir. Only one atom of H2 is Deuterium or Tritium out of over 6000 molecules which are needed for fusion (H1 is thermodynamically a no go I understand) So , after processing you are left with tons of Hydrogen which you can burn. Shoot! You could power the whole fusion infrastructure with an H2 powered plant! I think you get a shitload of desalinated seawater out of it as well?Unfortunately, you won't be producing hydrogen, you'll be sucking up all the hydrogen to create helium, which will be a boon to the balloon industry. Dirigibles will take the place of planes as the "green" alternative for air travel!
I dont buy into that 'them and us' or Labour and Tory and Democrat and Republican stuff. I live in the most Lefty place on Earth and it is worse.I believe people like David Attenborough and I keep up as best I can with New Scientist. I am NO vegan! Used hunt rabbits, but I have cut down drastically on beef products from Argentina et al. No, farmers do NOT deserve a bad press at least in UK they are trying very hard to get ever 'greener'.
Wind? UK is perhaps unique? We have 'weather' circling us all the time. rarely is the North sea dead calm all over.
Rice paddy fields produce at least as much Methane as all the ungulates in the world. Yes, this is a hugely complex problem but the politicians around the world will not tell the real truth...We all have to 'do' a lot less. Problem is, those that want to keep doing 'a lot' are the ones with the money and power.
Dave.
But it STILL will create He as a byproduct!No Sir. Only one atom of H2 is Deuterium or Tritium out of over 6000 molecules which are needed for fusion (H1 is thermodynamically a no go I understand) So , after processing you are left with tons of Hydrogen which you can burn. Shoot! You could power the whole fusion infrastructure with an H2 powered plant! I think you get a shitload of desalinated seawater out of it as well?
Yes, yes I know about the He! But you cannot burn that. My point is, as they strive for fusion (and I am a little more optimistic than thou) lots of Hydrogen will be produced. Hydrogen is NOT the answer it is often touted to be since only some 5% of it is produced by totally 'green' energy.But it STILL will create He as a byproduct!
BTW, you can create D from neutron bombardment. Light water is a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors with a realitively high capture ratio. The byproduct is gamma radiation rather than heat release, which is why heavy water is preferred.
Frankly, I don't expect to see any fusion reactors before I pass on to greener pastures.
... and Fiona is saying "WTF has fusion reaction got to do with the noise in my microphone????
So, who decides who lives, whose born and how many grandchildren people can have? I don't care about whose got what or where. We HAVE to solve the climate issues for everyone and the planet as it is now.I dont know where you get your info Dave but it is well out of date. For instance the biggest ownership of EV cars is in China. Lots of countries now have UK style of living and purchasing power of goods.
Regards your myth of too many people. People cause consumption and pollution not anything else on the planet. I have yet to see too many whales and Dolphins in the sea. Or how about mountain Gorillas wearing condoms and going to family planning clinics. Never seen a Polar Bear with chainsaw in the Amazon or what is left of it either.
Humans are ravaging the planet all over. Western populations have fall behind Africa, China and India who all want what we have had and more.
There were none of the problems that we have today when the population of the world was 1 billion in 1900. No problems when it was 2 billion in 1940 and really not many problems when it was 3 billion in 1960. But 7 nearly 8 billion and growing? No way!
Tidal turbines off shore, and solar with battery backup will do it. Infra-red heaters. Geo systems. Renewables.Hydrogen is NOT the answer it is often touted to be since only some 5% of it is produced by totally 'green' energy.
This is the problem. People are so polarized in their out dated political thinking that they HAVE to put everyone into a slot. I am not left or right I am a rationalist atheist. Not many of the billions of this world ever smell Beef leave alone eat any.So your gripe appears to be with capitalists and only socialism is going to save the world?
I dont care how you hack it it is people who cause all the problems in the world. The more people then the more problems.
As regards your multinationals ripping up the Amazon for beef. Well they would only do it if they can make money and they make money by producing beef for........ wait for it........people. Yes lots of people who want to eat beef instead of Brazil nuts. If they wanted to eat Brazil nuts then no doubt those capitalist Multi-nationals would be planting Brazil nut trees everywhere.
Giving up meals is a nice idea. But really if someone asked me to give up a meal so someone else can eat my answer would be unprintable here.
Socialistic ideas arent going to save anyone or anything. If you want to save the planet then there is only one answer and thats get rid of people down to a sustainable level.
Who dies ...... 'they' do of course. Whoever 'they' are.
No you put up good items of interest. Big corp only exists because people want to buy a product. Big corp only exists because of people.This is the problem. People are so polarized in their out dated political thinking that they HAVE to put everyone into a slot. I am not left or right I am a rationalist atheist. Not many of the billions of this world ever smell Beef leave alone eat any.
I don't care how much money people have but I do care how they got it and in today's world to use your personal billions to build a spaceship is obscene beyond sensibility. I am in total favour of space exploration but by governments funding scientific bodies.
This forum is about music an art form I am passionate about . I am in fact keen on all the arts but I confess not "passionate " about them but then I probably don't have the capacity to learn about them (I know FA about music really!) These are the things that make us human. Science is another. What better way to spend our time than trying to find out bloody everything!
I shall stop now because once the "Right" and Left" cards are played, like The Nazis the thread is doomed.
Dave.
I'm thinking, the local witches' coven.it ended up being an issue so I ran to Sam Ash and got a new cord which has fixed it, but I'm still super curious what was going on there?