matt posted:
His arms are positioned wrong.
Damn people can't get ANYTHING right.
radarman posted:
just lookin' for oil, yes sir, nothing suspicious to see here, nope, not at all!
Manganese
ah, well, definitely nothing of soviet origin
sturner posted:radarman posted:
Hmm, WWII? or is it a WWI battlefield?
Hint: The image is also a link.
mmaverick posted:most ceiling fans have the ability to spin in either direction.
Yeah, but in Summer you want it spinning counter clockwise for cooling.
In winter, have it go clockwise at a slow speed to draw air up and out to walls.
Whoa! Where'd all that come from? (not from around here, for sure) Where's it going?
Where was that taken?
Where was that taken?
I thinking somewhere out west
We've a train yard bigger than that just north of the LA harbor area. They stage all their trains there ahead of shipping it further afield. I know we ship a lot of coal to Japan, so maybe it is our yard.
<edit> Nah, that doesn't look like either of the two at the Los Angeles & Long Beach Harbor areas.
<edit> Nah, that doesn't look like either of the two at the Los Angeles & Long Beach Harbor areas.
Last edited by Kirk on Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:05 am.
TOS posted:west virginia coal country?
anyway, i want a train set now
Somewhere in Virginia, I think.
a picture like that, you'd think Obama was losin' the war on coal
Here's a good series: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/susta ... after-coal
one of my favorite sentences' " Coal companies also blame stricter EPA water quality standards, which they argue has effectively halted permits for Appalachian strip mining."
'cause, of course, coal is more precious than water. Or air, for that matter.
Here's a good series: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/susta ... after-coal
one of my favorite sentences' " Coal companies also blame stricter EPA water quality standards, which they argue has effectively halted permits for Appalachian strip mining."
'cause, of course, coal is more precious than water. Or air, for that matter.
DukeofNuke posted:a picture like that, you'd think Obama was losin' the war on coal
Here's a good series: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/susta ... after-coal
one of my favorite sentences' " Coal companies also blame stricter EPA water quality standards, which they argue has effectively halted permits for Appalachian strip mining."
'cause, of course, coal is more precious than water. Or air, for that matter.
Aren't you in coal country? Isn't that pretty much taken as truth?
Frakking killed coal. The EPA just held its coat.
Most of our coal goes to china.
Geesie posted:DukeofNuke posted:a picture like that, you'd think Obama was losin' the war on coal
Here's a good series: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/susta ... after-coal
one of my favorite sentences' " Coal companies also blame stricter EPA water quality standards, which they argue has effectively halted permits for Appalachian strip mining."
'cause, of course, coal is more precious than water. Or air, for that matter.
Aren't you in coal country? Isn't that pretty much taken as truth?
What? That coal is more precious than water?
Well, DUH!
macuser posted:
Hey man, AD Group Policy can be pretty damn restrictive, and sometimes you just need some data off the computer.
Blame the IT department.
I recently taught my students all about fossil fuels and the like for a lab. I repeatedly hammered home the point that coal is the most environmentally damaging fossil fuel.
Today they had a quiz and one of the questions was asking them what fuel they'd use for a new fossil fuel power plant. I was looking for natural gas.
One of them answered coal, their reasoning being "It is cheaper, therefore you'll have a better profit margin"
I love teaching engineers.
Today they had a quiz and one of the questions was asking them what fuel they'd use for a new fossil fuel power plant. I was looking for natural gas.
One of them answered coal, their reasoning being "It is cheaper, therefore you'll have a better profit margin"
I love teaching engineers.
chikie posted:I recently taught my students all about fossil fuels and the like for a lab. I repeatedly hammered home the point that coal is the most environmentally damaging fossil fuel.
Today they had a quiz and one of the questions was asking them what fuel they'd use for a new fossil fuel power plant. I was looking for natural gas.
One of them answered coal, their reasoning being "It is cheaper, therefore you'll have a better profit margin"
I love teaching engineers.
But... it's not cheaper.
A fact the coal miners refuse to believe.
chikie posted:I recently taught my students all about fossil fuels and the like for a lab. I repeatedly hammered home the point that coal is the most environmentally damaging fossil fuel.
Today they had a quiz and one of the questions was asking them what fuel they'd use for a new fossil fuel power plant. I was looking for natural gas.
One of them answered coal, their reasoning being "It is cheaper, therefore you'll have a better profit margin"
I love teaching engineers.
I loved wrecking the curve in the engineering classes. There was a certain lack of lateral thinking and imagination among the students.
Its amazing how so many of them still struggle to recognize when a problem can be simply solved with a mass / force balance.