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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 14-03-2012

Mar 14, 2012 11:00

3D-Printer with Nano-Precision - the picture blew me away
(tags: 3dprinting technology nanotechnology awesome )
Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels
(tags: solarpower energy electricity )
Fukushima was no disaster, no matter how you spin it
(tags: nuclearpower electricity japan )
ARM produces design ( Read more... )

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andrewducker March 14 2012, 11:35:10 UTC

If that second one is a spoiler for later books then please delete this comment and repost without it...

bart_calendar March 14 2012, 11:39:20 UTC

Don't really think of it as a spoiler but will do so ( ... )

nancylebov March 14 2012, 12:22:47 UTC

The thing that gave me the creeps was the idea that if she's sixteen, it isn't interesting. However, this is about the guys talking, not about the character.

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danieldwilliam March 14 2012, 11:48:00 UTC

In one sense Fukishima was a disaster - if you are the insurer, lender or owner and have to stump up several billions in construction costs and several more billions in lost revenue.

The safety regime makes nukes quite expensive to build so if you break one you’re really in trouble.

All your eggs in one basket ahoy.

a_pawson March 14 2012, 11:56:37 UTC

True, but I doubt there would be much left of any oil or gas fired power station. They also tend to be built near the coast as they use large amounts of water for cooling.

danieldwilliam March 14 2012, 12:01:28 UTC

Nukes are more expensive to build than gas plants for a given capacity and the capacity tends to be concentrated.

About half of the life time cost of electricity from a gas plant is the fuel. If your plant is trashed you don't have to buy the fuel.

About 90-95% of the lifetime cost of electricity from a nuke is the construction cost.

When building a gas plant you might build one plant at 0.9 GW capacity in one location.

Nukes tend to be larger, at 1.2GW to 1.6GW per unit, often with two units on the same site.

rhythmaning March 14 2012, 16:21:34 UTC

Andrew,

A month or so ago you had a link to a criticism of Strunk & White's book on English usage.

I have googled but I can't find it!

Someone I know is interested in it...

If you can remember the link - or the tag you might have used - could you let me know?

Thanks!

andrewducker March 14 2012, 16:37:25 UTC

This may help:
http://delicious.com/AndrewDucker/grammar

rhythmaning March 14 2012, 16:59:05 UTC

Perfect. Thank you!

undeadbydawn March 14 2012, 17:18:09 UTC

I could easily burn the rest of my week arguing on the Health Insurance thread.

instead I elected to study for tomorrow's maths test

:D

drdoug March 14 2012, 18:28:37 UTC

Remember the dead of Three Mile Island!