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From: Champ on 18 Jan 2010 11:55 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:00:22 +0100, "Leszek Karlik" <leslie(a)hell.pl> wrote: >Just throw it into a molecular assembly/disassembly sieve, aka "fax >machine". ;-) Somene's been reading Will McCarthy's "Collapsium" :-) -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Champ on 18 Jan 2010 11:58 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:41:44 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: >I'm coming to this thread a bit late, but I think you'll find this >interesting: > > http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/health-bodies-140110 > >(ICRC notes on management of dead bodies during disaster operations). >It's a myth, which shows up again after every major disaster, that >bodies are a serious public health concern. I found that extremely interesting, and it certainly contradicted the common view. Thanks for posting it. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: crn on 18 Jan 2010 12:02 DozynSleepy <DozynSleepy(a)ireallymeannospam.invalid> wrote: > > Stuff really has to pass the "would I have it in my back yard" test. > Don't suppose I would like a coal *or* nuclear powered station at the > end of my street. Coal because of it's immediate dirtiness, nuclear > because of it's long term dirtiness. Coal power stations emit more radioactive fallout than nuclear stations. Surprising but true. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: crn on 18 Jan 2010 12:06 Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:19:53 +0000, steve auvache squeezed out the > following: > > > Note for example that Hog totally > >leaves out where we are going to get all this electricity to replace the > >oil and gas. Nuclear Power perhaps? Not likely or it is game over > >before it has even begun and where the world might recover in a century > >or two after us from a bit of C02 no way will it survive a few chenobyls > >and their after effects. > > I think much more of a problem is what to do with all the nuclear > waste. Coal fired power stations are allowed to dump radioactive waste products direct into the atmosphere. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Leszek Karlik on 18 Jan 2010 12:12
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:15 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: [...] >> Just throw it into a molecular assembly/disassembly sieve, aka "fax >> machine". ;-) > > Somene's been reading Will McCarthy's "Collapsium" :-) Yep, it's rather good. :-) I actually started with "To Crush the Moon", about 50 pages in I've decided that it's rather good, a bit like the Golden Age trilogy by John C. Wrigh, but it's only one book instead of three. And then I've checked and discovered that it's the fourth, last book of the "Queendom of Sol" cycle. Blimey. Collapsium is IMO better than the next two, The Wellstone and Lost In Transmission, but the entire cycle is a good read. Space-operatic far future hard SF is what Tiggers like best. ;-) -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650 |