Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-21-2008, 06:48 PM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-19-2008, 10:30 AM
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Couple of possibilities....
1. The Japanese...
Couple of possibilities....
1. The Japanese tragedy of mercury poisoning got people "looking" for mercury in seafood.
I still recall Swordfish being banned in the US in the 1970s. It came...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-19-2008, 10:23 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-19-2008, 09:38 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-18-2008, 11:17 AM
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Wow! You're "off the grid". Good for you!
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Wow! You're "off the grid". Good for you!
I can see your point on that, James. I don't claim to have the answers but I sure would like rules and regulations that are based upon good...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-18-2008, 11:10 AM
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I have friends in the hills who burn both wood...
I have friends in the hills who burn both wood and coal. One of them said, "I paid $100 to heat my home this winter". I looked at him with envy, we could never approach that figure with NG, not...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-18-2008, 11:05 AM
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Thank you. I am sorry that I am actively...
Thank you. I am sorry that I am actively discouraged from revealing where I work. My employer is a major producer of VFDs but does not appreciate employees "representing" themselves as official...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-17-2008, 04:46 PM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-17-2008, 11:43 AM
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That's not entirely true, Psyshack. I have at...
That's not entirely true, Psyshack. I have at least two friends who burn coal in the old school type boilers.
The way you "throttle back" is to get the coal very hot, into beds of glowing embers....
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-17-2008, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 7,536
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 11:56 AM
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I have this feeling, Skewbie, that you're an...
I have this feeling, Skewbie, that you're an academic. I figure a college student, school teacher or some kind of soft science type. You rgue like one, for sure.
There's nothing wrong with...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 11:34 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 05:52 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 05:30 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 04:49 AM
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It's tempting to get annoyed, even angry, when...
It's tempting to get annoyed, even angry, when people start to call names and insult one's intelligence.
As I see it, the Market is about free exchange, value for value. I offer ideas, and they...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 63
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Let's do the math, trollbait, shall we?
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Let's do the math, trollbait, shall we?
According to here https://igs.indiana.edu/Geology/coalOilGas/mercuryInCoal/index.cfm
The average sampled mecury content was 0.11mgHg/Kg of coal. This...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-16-2008, 03:11 AM
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The State failed to protect the environment in...
The State failed to protect the environment in the USSR. The authoritarian government in China, which continues to call itself "socialist", has a parade of ecological disasters. You claim that our...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-15-2008, 01:05 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-15-2008, 12:51 AM
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In contrast to the perfection of regulation?
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In contrast to the perfection of regulation?
A short story....
Back in the late 1800s there were no drug laws in the US. Heroin, cocaine derivatives, "laundinum" and many other "hard drugs"...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-13-2008, 12:41 AM
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There has been a subtle push for more nuclear...
There has been a subtle push for more nuclear power in the US. I'm hearing rumors in the industry of new plants being built in the US. Beyond the planning stage, as in customers are sending...
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-13-2008, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-12-2008, 10:38 AM
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Forum: General Discussion (Off-Topic)
02-12-2008, 01:16 AM
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Sounds to me like "unintended consequences" at...
Sounds to me like "unintended consequences" at work again.
The logical answer to this problem would be for the EPA and Congress to pull back on some regulation, in order to encourage the use of...
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