The ones I mentioned were for starting fires - very definitely not eating!
Brexit, for once some facts.
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Artit's conk generates electricity?
Wooden floors rotted by fungi generate electricity when walked on
Compressing wood generates tiny amounts of electricity through the so-called piezoelectric effect – and if the wood is partially rotted by fungi first the effect is 55 times stronger
www.newscientist.com
I, ve agreed with that because its all basically true... But you fail to accept
a) that very partioning of the country you talk of was one of many outcomes from France and its 1945 incursion back into Vietnam
B) Irrespective of any of that, the major contribution to prolonged violence throughout Indo China was predominantly Frances desire of colonialisation of region at a time when the whole world should have known better.
No matter how you assess situation nobody can actually deny France (with our's and other's collusion ) played a major role in the destabilisation of entire region, specifically entire Vietnam, which lasted well into the 70s.
Without France making the aggressive decision to go back into Vietnam the conditions which led to both prolonged wars was unlikely to have developed. Both the partition and subsequent wars of both regions can be traced back to that essentially greedy, all conquering attitude of us Europeans.(actually not the US)
Just think back to the time Woosh. France has just managed to regain control of its homeland by expelling the Germans with help from countries throughout the world. And one of its first major decisions is to re Colonise (or however you want to describe it) a region it had absolutely no Sovereign claim over. That was wrong and along with various other terrible mistakes by US, Australia, Ouselves and France led to one of the most prolonged, nasty wars in history.
You are completely missing role France played.
It played a major roll.
This is my last post on this subject.
Herr Agnew will be spouting. It upsets him when we go off topic.
We will have to agree to disagree.
France played a massive role in initiating Vietnam war.
For some reason, that remained unviewable in your post, but I followed the link. Interesting, but not convinced of real world usefulness.Artit's conk generates electricity?
Wooden floors rotted by fungi generate electricity when walked on
Compressing wood generates tiny amounts of electricity through the so-called piezoelectric effect – and if the wood is partially rotted by fungi first the effect is 55 times stronger
Guardian now has a report and link to video.
PM accused of lying after No 10 officials caught joking about Christmas party
Exchange between Ed Oldfield and Allegra Stratton took place last December days after alleged party took place
www.theguardian.com
A rather large "Ooops".
It'd be perverse if it worked well, and trees were minced to make new piezoelectric tree replicas, to generate electricity waving about in the wind...
It's good political attack - "Potentially" illegal mud slung sticks better, makes headlines, keeps making headlines. In a orderly queueing kind of country like the UK, such attacks are (arguably) noted and remembered for longer, than would be elsewhere?Guardian now has a report and link to video.
PM accused of lying after No 10 officials caught joking about Christmas party
Exchange between Ed Oldfield and Allegra Stratton took place last December days after alleged party took place
A rather large "Ooops".
Well the 1.1kwhr was the days worth., But in fairness there was only brief breaks in the clouds.... My college actually has a decent power wind turbine ..a 850kw peak power .?. Now I had peripheral responsibility for it, ... But really I had nothing to do with its purchase or commissioning , But it has long ago paid for itself. I did on the other hand develop and run an entire Masters in Renewable Energy.
Was that Masters popular? Solar cells keep improving efficiency:
New World Record: Almost 30% Efficiency for Next-Generation Tandem Solar Cells
Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have jointly managed to increase the efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells fabricated completely at HZB to a new record value of 29.80 %. The value has now been officially certified and is d
scitechdaily.com
...and getting cheaper:
I think it's just us two Pratchett fans on this forum.Does that mean I can bring Offler the Crocodile statuette, frying pan, sausages and Primus for devotional services?
Cheaper:
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Would very much like to see the use of roads, pavements, etc., as solar cell surfaces. Like roofs, no extra land area used.Was that Masters popular? Solar cells keep improving efficiency:
New World Record: Almost 30% Efficiency for Next-Generation Tandem Solar Cells
Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have jointly managed to increase the efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells fabricated completely at HZB to a new record value of 29.80 %. The value has now been officially certified and is dscitechdaily.com
...and getting cheaper:
You have not got it right. 7 countries took part in the 1954 Geneva Conference which agreed on the partition of Vietnam along the 17th parallel. France was pulling out and took no part in the new administrations, North and South. Not only Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia also became independent. The USSR took over from the French in the North, the USA took over from the French in the South.
At that time, Vietnam was not a single country, the North's and South's administrations, economies, government systems, education systems and societies were very different. That why partition made sense. The only common things were the language and the fact that the majority of Vietnamese were subsistence farmers.
Ho Chi Minh knew what he wanted to do, he was a Marxist. The South wanted a multi-party democracy modelled on the French political and legal framework. In 1956, the South Vietnam's government was corrupted by US money and wasn't ready for re-unification election, so the North had a good reason to invade. The war was started.
"Antisolar" cells:
A solar panel that works at night? Here it comes
A newly designed solar panel works even at night.
www.sustainability-times.com
Solar panels are now extremely low cost ... The retail price for a 340 w peak power unit ... 36 v at about 10 amps is about 140 euro plus vat. The fittings .. brackets ,rails, roof mounting waterproof boots add up a bit more so could be maybe 220 euro .. . I would see every south ,east and west facing roof should have them . There is a suggestion that in rural areas , obviously the piggery and the barn and the equipment hanger should be festooned, but also in the fields also. If they are spaced in rows about 10% coverage, with plenty of space for machinery to traverse and at a height, they don't interfere with crop growth and animals eg sheep, goats, poultry can live below them. If anything the crop growth is facilitated because all the water is absorbed by the ground, the hottest part of the sun is shaded, and the lesser early and evening sun gets to the plants. More of the moisture is retained in the soil.
I developed an ran an entire strategy to chew my way through a chocolate Santa Clause last night. I started at the head and worked my way down to the feet where the chocolate shell is thicker. A sort of, best until last, strategy.
Has the windmill repaid its carbon debt? All of the steel production, rolling, fabrication, transport and installation must have given the plant a fair hit. Then there’s the concrete for the foundation. All of that blasting, clearing up, crushing, heating and transport to make the cement alone must result in a significant carbon release. And then there’s the aggregate………. And then….
Has the windmill off-set all of this? Will it ever off-set it before it’s ******?
The Downing Street party. They are watching the little people struggle. Then they laugh at them because they know the little people are stupid.