they might have done it this way because hydro, nuclear (or any steam turbine based) or gas (or any gas turbine based) generation is rotating generation, which helps to stabilize grid in a way that solar or (some of) wind power doesn’t. on top of that, many of solar installations won’t output energy without mains (grid-followers). getting rid of that would be a is a complex problem that would require infrastructure buildout and policy changes
These things are under high voltage, so no. And then there’s several kg of mercury inside
no, but they will also kill you (but not by magic)
Trains (electric) or pipelines generally won’t, but pipelines aren’t everywhere you need them and trains can’t be used for anything else in this case. Effect is the same: local shortages
so the way i understand it, at first refinery strikes had little impact because other refineries still had slack capacity. but even before that slack capacity was gone, it had a further effect that now fuel was not prepared in places it used to be, so it had to be hauled longer distances. meaning logistics is strained and some fuel is used to haul it, and also now fuel production is more concentrated
at some point that slack capacity was gone and fuel went from not where you need it to not existing at all. there already were shortages in some regions. that and still large demand for fuel for farming caused decrease in exports. there was a refinery that only produces products for export, and its output wouldn’t be directly usable as fuel (they only distilled crude into fractions, still high in sulfur etc) but it was also hit so exports from it don’t matter because these are none
at any rate these developments are on borrowed time because it only takes maybe half year to repair more advanced parts of refinery, so under certain droning intensity they can just roll on. everyone involved knows that, and looks like situation will get worse for russians
oh no, how come my own actions have consequences
aluminum bars, they won’t be able to work it into things like with iron. even if they do, they can’t make more
commercial planes are a bit subsonic, you’re asking for 300-400 km/h trains. high speed rail is like 200 km/h
note to self: hot metal and cold metal look the same
you’re using up enough paracetamol to kill a horse small herd of horses before it goes bad?
i don’t think there are limits on paracetamol, but there are limits on codeine and such, you need ID for that. it’s just that nobody needs this in these amounts
i’m starting to think there’s something wrong with healthcare out there!
americans you have paracetamol pills packed 100 per box? biggest common box out there is 50, and usual 20 per
hotdog is s sandwich, poptart is a sanwich, ravioli is a sandwich, this really does not narrow down anything
…and that means retirees will literally starve and live on the streets? I don’t think it will. It will just be less luxurious.
you might think that japanese boomers have generational wealth in form of real estate. this is not really the case, especially for rural population. houses aren’t built to last, lose value like motherfucker and are commonly demolished after 20-30 years, in part because people don’t like second hand, in part because there’s no point of building anything sturdier if typhoon or earthquake takes it. there is some newer construction that is intended to last longer, but it’s not a very common thing. so a reverse mortgage type thing won’t exist there, and yeah lots of people will get shafted by these conditions
i think that conspiracy theories are more about feeling special about knowing some secret knowledge, lots of people fall for this and even create conspiracy theories without realizing, no matter how smart they are
that’s no news, that’s China’s final warning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China’s_final_warning
landlord beige
you can just put a flywheel on synchronous machine and it also works, especially where you have infra left over after coal plant shutdown or something similar