torsdag 30 juni 2011
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Thorium: A safer alternative for nuclear power generation?
Kan det finnas fler skäl till att thorium inte används än de som anges i artikeln?
The world's growing need for energy, the limits of our supply of fossil fuels and concern about the effects of carbon emissions on the environment have all prompted interest in the increased use of nuclear power. Yet the very word "nuclear" carries with it an association of fear. People are concerned about the waste produced by reactors, the possibility of catastrophic accidents as highlighted by recent events in Japan and the link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Yet what if there existed a means of nuclear power generation with which these risks were drastically reduced?
The answer could be thorium - an element occurring as a silvery metal that's more abundant, cleaner and can produce more bang-per-buck in energy terms than uranium. So how does thorium differ from uranium and plutonium, and why isn't it being used? First, a quick run-down on how nuclear energy works.
http://www.gizmag.com/thorium-nuclear-power/18204/
The world's growing need for energy, the limits of our supply of fossil fuels and concern about the effects of carbon emissions on the environment have all prompted interest in the increased use of nuclear power. Yet the very word "nuclear" carries with it an association of fear. People are concerned about the waste produced by reactors, the possibility of catastrophic accidents as highlighted by recent events in Japan and the link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Yet what if there existed a means of nuclear power generation with which these risks were drastically reduced?
The answer could be thorium - an element occurring as a silvery metal that's more abundant, cleaner and can produce more bang-per-buck in energy terms than uranium. So how does thorium differ from uranium and plutonium, and why isn't it being used? First, a quick run-down on how nuclear energy works.
http://www.gizmag.com/thorium-nuclear-power/18204/
Volkswagen vs Greenpeace
CO2 och dess effekter(?) på miljön lämnar jag åt någon annan men det här var ganska humoristiskt:
Alla har säkert sett Volkswagens reklam med den lille Lord Vader. Här är svaret från Greenpeace:
Alla har säkert sett Volkswagens reklam med den lille Lord Vader. Här är svaret från Greenpeace:
Världens sämst photoshoppade bild?
Chinese local government officials appear to float above the tarmac. Picture: Huili County Government
IT IS the picture that has the web talking about the wonders of tarmac inspection in south west China - for all the wrong reasons. Huili County Government has become a joke after posting on its website what may be the worst faked picture in history.
The picture shows three local officials inspecting a newly completed highway in China's Sichuan province but the men appear to hovering several centimetres above the tarmac.
Not the Greeks, But Their Creditors Get Bailed Out
Ahhh, the Greeks! Long considered the cradle of Western civilization, Greece is the birthplace of democracy, the founders of Western philosophical thought. The Greeks invented the Olympic Games, literature, political science, and too numerous too enumerate scientific and mathematical principles. The first coin was minted there, as was the university education, and the idea of theater and drama.
What they did not invent was Tragedy, but they are certainly embracing it today.
In that way, the Greeks are not so different than you or I. We Americans socialized the losses of our banks, while being so dumb as to leave the profits privatized. (The worst of both worlds!). Or the Irish, for that matter, who like us and the Greeks, were foolish enough to assume the bad debts of their reckless bankers.
Whenever you hear a Bailout being discussed, look to see who it is that is actually being bailed out.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/06/not-the-greeks-but-their-creditors-are-being-bailed-out/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29
What they did not invent was Tragedy, but they are certainly embracing it today.
In that way, the Greeks are not so different than you or I. We Americans socialized the losses of our banks, while being so dumb as to leave the profits privatized. (The worst of both worlds!). Or the Irish, for that matter, who like us and the Greeks, were foolish enough to assume the bad debts of their reckless bankers.
Whenever you hear a Bailout being discussed, look to see who it is that is actually being bailed out.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/06/not-the-greeks-but-their-creditors-are-being-bailed-out/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29
onsdag 29 juni 2011
Greek Ministry of Finance Is Now Burning
All in a day's work for a country whose people have to carry the fat kleptofascists on their backs. Next up: all other institutional buildings. And yes, this is starting to look like May 6. In the meantime, this should be good for another 100 pips in the EURUSD.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/greek-ministry-finance-now-burning
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/greek-ministry-finance-now-burning
Skitsnack
Så, någon som vill komma med en gissning om hur många månader det tar innan nästa bailout? Eller hinner Spanien före? Här är iallafall vad Rumpan och Barosso har att säga om saken:
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/message-saluting-latest-banker-bailout-greek-conduit-brought-you-dexia
Är det bara jag som tycker att eu:s flagga formad som ett öga är lite störande?
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/message-saluting-latest-banker-bailout-greek-conduit-brought-you-dexia
Är det bara jag som tycker att eu:s flagga formad som ett öga är lite störande?
The Selling of the World: Privatization Schemes Proliferate
Kan du se vad som egentligen händer? Finns det en bra svensk översättning till "being robbed blind"?
One of the more revealing elements of the Greek bailout discussions is not that the IMF and European finance ministers want another round of austerity from Greece before providing funding, and not even that banks are being urged to take haircuts or engage in restructuring to accommodate the Greeks. It’s that other element – privatization of state assets – that is the tell here. This is the real extraction from the Greeks, the real shock doctrine scheme at work here. Greece essentially must sell the family silver – their ports, their state-run water supply systems, their utility company, their telephone company – to get out of the mess created largely by the financial crisis and the Great Recession. This deal was already done back in May, and clearly was the most important piece of the puzzle for Greek creditors.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/06/26/the-selling-of-the-world-privatization-schemes-proliferate/
One of the more revealing elements of the Greek bailout discussions is not that the IMF and European finance ministers want another round of austerity from Greece before providing funding, and not even that banks are being urged to take haircuts or engage in restructuring to accommodate the Greeks. It’s that other element – privatization of state assets – that is the tell here. This is the real extraction from the Greeks, the real shock doctrine scheme at work here. Greece essentially must sell the family silver – their ports, their state-run water supply systems, their utility company, their telephone company – to get out of the mess created largely by the financial crisis and the Great Recession. This deal was already done back in May, and clearly was the most important piece of the puzzle for Greek creditors.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/06/26/the-selling-of-the-world-privatization-schemes-proliferate/
Handhacking låter dig spela instrument som ett proffs
Någon kanske skulle påstå att det är enormt spridda ämnen här på bloggen? Ja, det stämmer.
Har du velat lära dig att spela ett instrument men inte haft tid att öva? Nu utvecklas en teknisk lösning som kan ta över din hand och lära dig att spela.
Tekniken heter Possessedhand och utvecklas av Tokyos Universitet i samarbete med Sony Computer Science Laboratories och stimulerar elektriskt musklerna i din arm som styr fingrarna.
Users were able to sense the movement of their hands that this produced, even with their eyes closed. "The user's fingers are controlled without the user's mind," explains Emi Tamaki of the University of Tokyo, who led the research.
Om jag ska vara ärlig tycker jag nog att det här mest låter kusligt och onaturligt.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028186.100-handhacking-lets-you-pluck-strings-like-a-musical-pro.html
Har du velat lära dig att spela ett instrument men inte haft tid att öva? Nu utvecklas en teknisk lösning som kan ta över din hand och lära dig att spela.
Tekniken heter Possessedhand och utvecklas av Tokyos Universitet i samarbete med Sony Computer Science Laboratories och stimulerar elektriskt musklerna i din arm som styr fingrarna.
Users were able to sense the movement of their hands that this produced, even with their eyes closed. "The user's fingers are controlled without the user's mind," explains Emi Tamaki of the University of Tokyo, who led the research.
Om jag ska vara ärlig tycker jag nog att det här mest låter kusligt och onaturligt.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028186.100-handhacking-lets-you-pluck-strings-like-a-musical-pro.html
tisdag 28 juni 2011
Fire threatens plutonium and uranium release at Los Alamos national laboratory
A raging wildfire is threatening to engulf the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos likely contains more nuclear weapons than any other facility in the world.
As if that weren't bad enough, AP notes:
The anti-nuclear watchdog group Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, however, said the fire appeared to be about 3 1/2 miles from a dumpsite where as many as 30,000 55-gallon drums of plutonium-contaminated waste were stored in fabric tents above ground. The group said the drums were awaiting transport to a low-level radiation dump site in southern New Mexico.
Lab spokesman Steve Sandoval declined to confirm that there were any such drums currently on the property.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fire-threatens-nuclear-weapons-and.html
Los Alamos likely contains more nuclear weapons than any other facility in the world.
As if that weren't bad enough, AP notes:
The anti-nuclear watchdog group Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, however, said the fire appeared to be about 3 1/2 miles from a dumpsite where as many as 30,000 55-gallon drums of plutonium-contaminated waste were stored in fabric tents above ground. The group said the drums were awaiting transport to a low-level radiation dump site in southern New Mexico.
Lab spokesman Steve Sandoval declined to confirm that there were any such drums currently on the property.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fire-threatens-nuclear-weapons-and.html
Streaming Video From Syntagma Square - First Day Of Greek General Strike
It's time for your daily Syntagma (not to be confused with Stgimata...yet) square live video feed, where things already are starting to have a far more violent tone compared to the primarily peaceful protests so far this year, courtesy of a substantially larger police presence as over 5,000 cops are expected to join the festivities. The protest marks the first day of the previously reported 48 hour general strike which will culminate with tomorrow's decision on the 5 year mid-term austerity plan.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/streaming-video-syntagma-square-first-day-greek-general-strike
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/streaming-video-syntagma-square-first-day-greek-general-strike
Laurie Santos om människan
Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.
The monkeys need a bailout!
Otroligt intressant, måste ses!!
The monkeys need a bailout!
Otroligt intressant, måste ses!!
Hur Pi låter
Har du någonsin undrat hur Pi skulle låta om man tonsatte det? Pi, ni vet, konstanten som representerar förhållandet mellan en cirkels omkrets och diameter? Om ni av någon outgrundlig anledning faktiskt skulle vilja höra hur pi låter, kolla videon nedan. Om ni inte blir bortskrämda av detta, kolla in video nummer två, Pi is (still) wrong och lyssna sedan på video nummer tre, What tau sounds like. Om jag blev tvungen att välja så tycker jag nog Tau på något sätt gör sig bättre som musik...
måndag 27 juni 2011
Where Jules Verne Meets Star Wars: GE’s Walking Truck of the 1960s
Via Slashdot:
GE’s Walking Truck was officially called a Cybernetic Anthropmorophous Machine (CAM). According to Chris Hunter, curator at the Schenectady Museum, which is home to some 15,000 GE documents and artifacts, the Army wanted a vehicle that could navigate rough, steep terrain. It had to be able to push through dense vegetation, step over felled trees, and sidle around standing ones, all while nimbly carrying up to a half-ton in men and material.
Den uppmärksamme känner igen konceptet från Star Wars som kom 15 år senare.
http://www.gereports.com/where-jules-verne-meets-star-wars-ges-walking-truck-of-the-1960s/
GE’s Walking Truck was officially called a Cybernetic Anthropmorophous Machine (CAM). According to Chris Hunter, curator at the Schenectady Museum, which is home to some 15,000 GE documents and artifacts, the Army wanted a vehicle that could navigate rough, steep terrain. It had to be able to push through dense vegetation, step over felled trees, and sidle around standing ones, all while nimbly carrying up to a half-ton in men and material.
Den uppmärksamme känner igen konceptet från Star Wars som kom 15 år senare.
http://www.gereports.com/where-jules-verne-meets-star-wars-ges-walking-truck-of-the-1960s/
Gillar du hamburgare?
CALLING all fast-food addicts - a human guinea pig is wanted to become the first person in the world to eat a test-tube hamburger.
The burger, made with beef mince grown from stem cells, is less than a year away from being produced, Dutch scientists say. And they believe it could pave the way for eating meat without the need for animals being slaughtered.
The scientists predict that over the next few decades the world's population will increase so quickly that there will not be enough livestock to feed everyone.
As a result, they say, laboratory-grown beef, chicken and lamb could become normal. The scientists are currently developing a burger which will be grown from 10,000 stem cells extracted from cattle, which are then left in the lab to multiply more than a billion times to produce muscle tissue similar to beef. The product is called in vitro meat.
The burger, made with beef mince grown from stem cells, is less than a year away from being produced, Dutch scientists say. And they believe it could pave the way for eating meat without the need for animals being slaughtered.
The scientists predict that over the next few decades the world's population will increase so quickly that there will not be enough livestock to feed everyone.
As a result, they say, laboratory-grown beef, chicken and lamb could become normal. The scientists are currently developing a burger which will be grown from 10,000 stem cells extracted from cattle, which are then left in the lab to multiply more than a billion times to produce muscle tissue similar to beef. The product is called in vitro meat.
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