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- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1764
- Views: 344904
Re: Electric Cars
We Might Save the Internal Combustion Engine by Flipping it on Itself It's commonly understood that the internal combustion engine has to die. Nations have considered banning fuel-burning vehicles beyond a certain future date, though none of these proposals have stuck around. But with increasing pr...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:19 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1764
- Views: 344904
Re: Electric Cars
Ten years left to redesign lithium-ion batteries Reserves of cobalt and nickel used in electric-vehicle cells will not meet future demand. Refocus research to find new electrodes based on common elements such as iron and silicon, urge Kostiantyn Turcheniuk and colleagues. Electric vehicles need pow...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:29 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1764
- Views: 344904
Re: Electric Cars
Ten years left to redesign lithium-ion batteries Reserves of cobalt and nickel used in electric-vehicle cells will not meet future demand. Refocus research to find new electrodes based on common elements such as iron and silicon, urge Kostiantyn Turcheniuk and colleagues. Electric vehicles need powe...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
- Replies: 1695
- Views: 116203
Re: News of the Weird - this just in!
Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner without the magic of Photoshop
For all the surgeries that Jenner has had, the true outcome can’t compete with the wonderful attributes of Photoshop.
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2018/0 ... op-effect/
For all the surgeries that Jenner has had, the true outcome can’t compete with the wonderful attributes of Photoshop.
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2018/0 ... op-effect/
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:51 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: STUDY: Women Don’t Want to Date Vegetarian Men
- Replies: 4
- Views: 788
STUDY: Women Don’t Want to Date Vegetarian Men
https://pjmedia.com/trending/study-women-dont-want-to-date-vegetarian-men/ The findings of a new study from the University of Padova should spell concern for any man considering going vegetarian or vegan. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-26154-001 The study, “Eating Meat Makes You Sexy: Conformity...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:56 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1764
- Views: 344904
Re: Electric Cars
Tesla is ‘asking suppliers for a refund in a bid to become profitable’ Tesla has requested some suppliers refund a portion of what the automaker has already spent on orders in a bid to help it turn a profit, according to a leaked memo. The plea, which has been branded ‘desperate’ and ‘ludicrous’ by ...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:22 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Cats and dogs: are they the superbug risk everyone has overlooked?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 808
Cats and dogs: are they the superbug risk everyone has overlooked?
We’re all well aware of the growing threat of superbugs. There are plenty warnings about how we encourage these antibiotic-resistant bacteria by either overusing antibiotics or not finishing a prescribed course of treatment. But while this has hopefully made people more cautious about misusing these...
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:07 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Global Warming 2
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 64281
Re: Global Warming 2
Anyone following clean energy knew this could be a tough year for solar. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. just put a grim number on how bad. The pace of global installations will contract by 24 percent in 2018, Goldman analysts led by Brian Lee said in a research note late Wednesday. That’s far more dire th...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:15 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Weeks of WIND DROUGHT to come as Britain swelters in July HEATWAVE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 507
Weeks of WIND DROUGHT to come as Britain swelters in July HEATWAVE
AS Britain continues to swelter in the heat, the blades of country’s wind turbines are turning incredibly slowly in the face of a nationwide “wind drought” which has seen a dramatic drop in the amount of energy produced.New figures compiled by Imperial College London’s Rod Gross revealed July’s wind...
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:54 am
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: Foolproof Vehicle Anti-Theft Device
- Replies: 0
- Views: 388
Foolproof Vehicle Anti-Theft Device
Foolproof Vehicle Anti-Theft Device
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:09 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: A new species of poisonous snake has been discovered in Australia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 572
A new species of poisonous snake has been discovered in Australia
Australia has just added another poisonous snake to its list of dangerous creatures. A team of biologists led by The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Bryan Fry discovered the bandy-bandy snake at Weipa on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula. “Bandy-bandies are burrowing snakes, s...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:24 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Engineering and Technology Thread
- Replies: 169
- Views: 53521
Re: Engineering and Technology Thread
Wind energy's big disposal problem
Germany has more than 28,000 wind turbines — but many are old and by 2023 more than a third must be decommissioned. Disposing of them is a huge environmental problem
https://www.dw.com/en/wind-energys-big- ... a-44665439
Germany has more than 28,000 wind turbines — but many are old and by 2023 more than a third must be decommissioned. Disposing of them is a huge environmental problem
https://www.dw.com/en/wind-energys-big- ... a-44665439
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:00 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
- Replies: 1695
- Views: 116203
Re: Best of the Rest of the World
French police motorcycles crash during Bastille Day military parade
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:17 pm
- Forum: Sports Fans
- Topic: 2018 Football World Cup News and Prediction Tournament
- Replies: 249
- Views: 8989
Re: 2018 Football World Cup News and Prediction Tournament
Croatia lose, their fans remain dignified and enjoy the moment. Multicultural France win, they riot and loot shops.
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: Sports Fans
- Topic: 2018 Football World Cup News and Prediction Tournament
- Replies: 249
- Views: 8989
Re: 2018 Football World Cup News and Prediction Tournament
It’s was a great final, easily the best game of the tournament. France deserved winners and with Croatia and Belgium rightly making up the top three. In horse racing terms they were the money riders and the rest also-rans. Yep, easy to make the predictions when the tournament is over and all the re...