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Post by macdoc » Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:17 am



they done it :cheers:
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Post by macdoc » Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:48 am

There are live shots as they deploy the solar arrays.
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Post by rainbow » Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:41 am

macdoc wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:17 am

they done it :cheers:
Chemtrail dispersal devices
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Post by rainbow » Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:51 am

macdoc wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:56 am
 Great idea and scaleable

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2022 ... ean-energy
One big problem with lithium-ion batteries, which we use to power our laptops, phones and electric vehicles, is that they continuously degrade, even when they are not in use, says Pongrácz. "There's no chemical reaction in sand batteries so they don't go through a similar process of ageing," says Pongrácz.

Lithium batteries are not suitable for large-scale storage applications, says Yulong Ding, director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage in the UK, adding that they are also inherently flammable.
Idiots.

You use Vanadium, or all-Iron Redox flow batteries, not LiBs for grid storage.

:prof: Clearly they failed electro-chem classes. :prof:
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:14 am

Imagine, sand AND lithium, Bolivia could become the powerhouse of South America if they converted the whole salar de Uyuni into a giant solar plant cum battery...
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Post by rainbow » Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:11 pm

Svartalf wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:14 am
 Imagine, sand AND lithium, Bolivia could become the powerhouse of South America if they converted the whole salar de Uyuni into a giant solar plant cum battery...
They have much coca and uranium, which makes for a heady mix...
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:48 pm

Sorry, coca is bad enough for the nose without turning my smeller into a cancer.
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Post by macdoc » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:14 am

SCIENCENOV 20, 2022 8:00 AM
A New Explanation for How Fireflies Flash in Sync
Field research uncovers clues about the beetles’ coordinated blinking and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:02 pm

It happens naturally, as opposed to...
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Post by macdoc » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:28 pm

read the paper - it's not so simple and "naturally" is a pablum word. :coffee:
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:prof:
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Post by rasetsu » Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:38 pm

I love pablum words. Great taste, less filling!
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Post by macdoc » Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:48 pm

big baby.... 8-)
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Post by macdoc » Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:34 pm

yum - brewed food
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Re: Science news of the day thread.

Post by macdoc » Fri Nov 25, 2022 9:14 am

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