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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Literally anything other than a Dozer thread.
Alt: Come on team, almost there.
Just a couple of hours to go, it'll be slightly more bearable for all of us if you just post some stuff on the internet.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:21, 141 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
Alt: Come on team, almost there.
Just a couple of hours to go, it'll be slightly more bearable for all of us if you just post some stuff on the internet.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:21, 141 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
Lockheed Martin claims they've nearly made sustainable fusion
www.eweek.com/news/lockheed-martin-claims-sustainable-fusion-is-within-its-grasp.html
How do you think unlimited electricity for say £50 a year would affect the world?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:23, Reply)
www.eweek.com/news/lockheed-martin-claims-sustainable-fusion-is-within-its-grasp.html
How do you think unlimited electricity for say £50 a year would affect the world?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:23, Reply)
It's not that I've got anything particularly against arabs.
It's just that they're sub-human parasites.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:32, Reply)
It's just that they're sub-human parasites.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:32, Reply)
'I don't think we should go out and burn down the nearesy Eyetie, Pakki or Chink restaurant'...
...'Clearly that's a job for the Army'
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:37, Reply)
...'Clearly that's a job for the Army'
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:37, Reply)
I think lobbyists from all the energy companies will do all they can to delay or prevent its implementation
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I don't think so, the energy companies own the infrastructure to transfer the power around so they'll still get paid.
Oil and gas companies will be a problem.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:26, Reply)
Oil and gas companies will be a problem.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:26, Reply)
so the energy suppliers won't push back against this
because somebody else owns the energy delivery infrastructure?
Super
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:43, Reply)
because somebody else owns the energy delivery infrastructure?
Super
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:43, Reply)
I thought the Energy companies owned the power plants.
If they could replace their expensive to man and run power plants with cheaper to run fusion plants why wouldn't they? Same way a car factory will put robots on the production line rather than welders.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:47, Reply)
If they could replace their expensive to man and run power plants with cheaper to run fusion plants why wouldn't they? Same way a car factory will put robots on the production line rather than welders.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:47, Reply)
I hope they're right, and the Skunk Works guys do have a reputation for achieving what was once thought impossible
Would potentially make the Gulf States all but bankrupt pretty quickly though?
The US is trying it's best to be energy independent (hence all the shale oil/gas exploration recently), and if it did get fusion, a lot of other countries would suddenly have a lot less money.......might make for a very different world.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:52, Reply)
Would potentially make the Gulf States all but bankrupt pretty quickly though?
The US is trying it's best to be energy independent (hence all the shale oil/gas exploration recently), and if it did get fusion, a lot of other countries would suddenly have a lot less money.......might make for a very different world.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:52, Reply)
Electricity is useful for heat and light....
...and, once we've found efficient ways to store it for when we need it, transport. However, as a chemical feedstock for industry it's utterly useless. Oil will never be obsolete as a commodity.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:59, Reply)
...and, once we've found efficient ways to store it for when we need it, transport. However, as a chemical feedstock for industry it's utterly useless. Oil will never be obsolete as a commodity.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:59, Reply)
You'd cut it more than in half I would think.
www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=249006&d=1332398711
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:09, Reply)
www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=249006&d=1332398711
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:09, Reply)
Agreed
However, instead of cat-cracking heavier fractions to get the lighter ones (E:G Gasoline and the lighter Olefins) you would use the heavier fractions themselves as feedstock for the Chemical and Plastics industries. Plastics would get cheaper and the Arabs would lose their wealth. Win-win
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:13, Reply)
However, instead of cat-cracking heavier fractions to get the lighter ones (E:G Gasoline and the lighter Olefins) you would use the heavier fractions themselves as feedstock for the Chemical and Plastics industries. Plastics would get cheaper and the Arabs would lose their wealth. Win-win
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:13, Reply)
Plus assuming "free" electricity a lot of recycling would become economically viable.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:16, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:16, Reply)
Well here's the website about it.
www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/compact-fusion.html
A lot of it is marketing guff.
Still yes if they get it to work it would change everything, shipping container size generators working at 100MW means that the biggest ships could carry on one trip generators for 10 million people.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:05, Reply)
www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/compact-fusion.html
A lot of it is marketing guff.
Still yes if they get it to work it would change everything, shipping container size generators working at 100MW means that the biggest ships could carry on one trip generators for 10 million people.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:05, Reply)
Oh and apparently you're more of a reliable source than www.eweek.com are you???!!?!?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:30, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:30, Reply)
I'm a little sceptical
Considering their diagram showed 'Neutral injectors'. I think they may have meant 'Neutron Injectors' - if their editorial discipline is as good as their editing this story is likely to be 'less than factual' or 'complete bollocks' if you prefer.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:35, Reply)
Considering their diagram showed 'Neutral injectors'. I think they may have meant 'Neutron Injectors' - if their editorial discipline is as good as their editing this story is likely to be 'less than factual' or 'complete bollocks' if you prefer.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:35, Reply)
aye, up yer fucken arse ye wee fucken prick
Alt: ye gangly fucken hoor.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:24, Reply)
Alt: ye gangly fucken hoor.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:24, Reply)
Oh I see, it's money you're after is it?
How much is a bottle of 'Buckie' anyway?
Here's ten pounds, now run along, there's a good chap.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:28, Reply)
How much is a bottle of 'Buckie' anyway?
Here's ten pounds, now run along, there's a good chap.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:28, Reply)
Despite living in Corby (with a street named after it) I still haven't had the pleasure of trying buckfast
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:41, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:41, Reply)
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( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:31, Reply)
Appraisal done. Turns out I'm still awesome
They haven't noticed the dodgy web browsing and toilet wanking yet so I think a posh wank in the executive bogs is in order.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:39, Reply)
They haven't noticed the dodgy web browsing and toilet wanking yet so I think a posh wank in the executive bogs is in order.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:39, Reply)
there's nothing more dignified than getting lonely sexual gratification in the miasma of your colleagues' bowel movements
ENJOY!
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:41, Reply)
ENJOY!
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:41, Reply)
so I've put the radiator back up and it doesn't leak and it's straight,
Looks like all the old skirting board is good, so I'm just going to clean that up and put it back on the wall.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:48, Reply)
Looks like all the old skirting board is good, so I'm just going to clean that up and put it back on the wall.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:48, Reply)
You need to chillax m8, I can't help you if you start shouting again.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:55, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:55, Reply)
can't you get an Estonian to do it?
you need to make the most of cheap tradesmen before Forage sends them all home
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:57, Reply)
you need to make the most of cheap tradesmen before Forage sends them all home
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:57, Reply)
You're rich in love though, it's not as good as money but it's a close second.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:00, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:00, Reply)
True, and I probably could pat someone to do it, but I'd rather spend that money getting messy drunk.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:02, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:02, Reply)
I own and maintain my own infrastructure for methane gas production
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:54, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:54, Reply)
It's a good point actually
She's been quiet lately, have you buried her under a half patio?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:11, Reply)
She's been quiet lately, have you buried her under a half patio?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:11, Reply)
Congratulations mate.
Isn't it a b3ta tradition to get overly emotional and sponsor some appropriate zoo animal when a female member snuffs it?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:22, Reply)
Isn't it a b3ta tradition to get overly emotional and sponsor some appropriate zoo animal when a female member snuffs it?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:22, Reply)
hey, he's unemployed, overweight, penniless and living with his parents in his mid thirties, what girl would turn that down?
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:42, Reply)
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i interviewed someone from there the other day for a summer placement thing
i asked if he was sufficiently committed to moving to london. he burst out laughing and said, "wouldn't you be???"
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:45, Reply)
i asked if he was sufficiently committed to moving to london. he burst out laughing and said, "wouldn't you be???"
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:45, Reply)
This is dumb for even your Offtopic/efforts
Show some respect to those who still have some time and love this place. If you don't like it then stop whining and feck off and leave us alone from your childish pranks.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:32, Reply)
Show some respect to those who still have some time and love this place. If you don't like it then stop whining and feck off and leave us alone from your childish pranks.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:32, Reply)
suppose I shouldn't give the satisfaction, but this is the last time I will ever visit this site.
but this is the last time I will ever visit this site.
So long B3ta, thanks for the laughs.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:37, Reply)
but this is the last time I will ever visit this site.
So long B3ta, thanks for the laughs.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:37, Reply)
I hear that unpopular forum poster Bagginski once fucked a young girl on a weighbridge
It was sex abuse on an industrial scale
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:48, Reply)
It was sex abuse on an industrial scale
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:48, Reply)
i heard he was still a virgin
which seems much more likely, really.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:49, Reply)
which seems much more likely, really.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:49, Reply)
He only claims to be for legal reasons
because most of the children on his street aren't.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:53, Reply)
because most of the children on his street aren't.
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:53, Reply)
i heard he looks like the love child of jimmy savile's anal rape of rolf harris
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:54, Reply)
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:54, Reply)
I heard he's a very ordinary family man from dreary suburbia who makes jokes about being a child abuser because he's not very popular online and craves attention
( , Fri 6 Mar 2015, 15:09, Reply)
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