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by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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/
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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 ...
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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
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by JWWhite
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...
by JWWhite
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
by JWWhite
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
by JWWhite
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.
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by JWWhite
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...