I think you and I may have discovered the film at the same time, or nearly. I think I probably saw it on an illegally descrambled HBO sometime around 80 or 81. Also an awkward kid in a small Texas town. I didn't dive headlong into the hippie thing (that was already taken by the weird Beatles obsessed kid), but the impact of those songs and the messages stuck with me as well. Even though I'm losing mine, I still love the song Hair, in all its glory.
Long term storage and/or reprocessing of fuel. On site storage is not a viable long term solution. We need some way to safely store expended fuel or change the rules to allow reprocessing. Commercially, we need to figure out an economical way to build power plants that doesn't die under the weight of its own regulations. Vogtle 3 & 4 went waaayy over budget, and almost bankrupted the partners (Westinghouse I believe). Solar and wind are seeing reduction in cost due to expanding market and the economy of scale that goes with it, along with generous subsidies. For nuclear to get those benefits it would have to be constructed at a rate not seen since Three Mile Island. We lost all of those benefits accrued during the 60s 70s and 80s. We would be starting at least 10 years behind wind and solar.
Right, but they don't exist commercially and are 10 years away by best estimate (I think I haven't looked lately). Also, Navy style reactors are not anything like SMR designs currently under development. They are much closer to current PWR reactors in use. I love the idea of more nuclear, hell that's what I do for a living. I just feel like SMRs are more vapor ware that's always "10 years away". I hope not, I know some really smart people who are currently working at Terrapower trying to make it a reality.
They take the waste heat from nuclear decay and convert it to electricity through the use of a peltier device. Those work off of differential temperature and are pretty inefficient to begin with. Unmderated Nuclear decay doesn't produce a lot of heat at one time, which is why reactors use a moderator to increase the power output.
This article has a good breakdown. The biggest issue is efficiency. RTGs are around 5-9% efficient. Standard steam cycle generators are around 30% (see this article ) . You get much more usable energy from fuel used in a commercial reactor vice a RTG.
Quick question, how do I get solar installed (in Texas) without getting scammed. Every company I have talked too has felt like dealing with the slimmest used car salesman.
The answer is, they wouldn't immunize Hunter from future charges (if if Trump was elected) and Hunters lawyers were not going to accept a deal that didn't include that, because why the hell would they.
I had one of those for a couple years. I replaced it with a yolink garage door controller as I was trying to get everything into one ecosystem. Pretty happy with it so far.
That series ruined fantasy for me. I used to live sci fi and fantasy both. I got half way through that series (book 7 I think, the one where nothing happens in 4000 words) and I was just done.
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Look into setting up Mail in a Box. Hosted on a server (I use digital ocean) your own domain name, as many users as you want. https://mailinabox.email/
My preference is pineapple, ham, and jalapeños. You get that spicy-salty-sweet-greasy-carb thing going, and it is AWESOME. I call it a Tex-waiian pizza.
Isn't there a flow switch? Mine has a Flow Switch as a safety feature that came with the cell. While I understand what you are trying to do, it is not safe for you or the equipment. If the cell has been on any significant amount of time with no flow, you have likely damaged it.
See this Article
Looking at your pics, it looks there are underground valves right there. Check if one of those is leaking and the water is causing the soil to migrate away.
I think you and I may have discovered the film at the same time, or nearly. I think I probably saw it on an illegally descrambled HBO sometime around 80 or 81. Also an awkward kid in a small Texas town. I didn't dive headlong into the hippie thing (that was already taken by the weird Beatles obsessed kid), but the impact of those songs and the messages stuck with me as well. Even though I'm losing mine, I still love the song Hair, in all its glory.