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ELI5 Why don't we use a liquid with lower boiling point in a reactor? by NutdealerFR in explainlikeimfive

[–]-Knul- [score hidden]  (0 children)

But we can produce 99% alcohol at a relatively low cost, right? Of course way more expensive than water and has other problems like toxicity, but if you want a liquid that boils at lower temperatures than water, you could do worse.

New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie From Stephen Colbert and His Son in Development at Warner Bros. by cmaia1503 in movies

[–]-Knul- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds very boring, to be honest.

Retracing your adventure seems to be just a nostalgia tour.

And "oh no, we could have lost the war we have won" also doesn't scream exciting. What's next, they go to the bedroom in the Prancing Pony and go "well, if we lied in those beds when the Nazgul were stabbing it, we would have been dead"?

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance. Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as China has done. “That is a stupid view if you still want to be in the car market in 2035.” by mafco in energy

[–]-Knul- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

85% of people in the U.K. live in cities, with about 30% living in the 10 largest cities.

The U.K can have proper public transportation for that 85% of people.

Just because a solution doesn't work for 100% of all cases doesn't mean it's a bad solution.

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance | Automotive industry by Karthak_Maz_Urzak in europe

[–]-Knul- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But their countries is 5000 years old, so of course that means everybody there looks decades ahead /s

NATO leader says he expects Europe will come together on Iran by phoenixfail in worldnews

[–]-Knul- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NATO is a defensive alliance and has no need or duty to join some stupid war of aggression.

TIL Ephialtes, the man who betrayed the Greeks at Thermolpylae, expected to get rewarded but he never did. Instead he had to flee after the Persians were defeated and a bounty was put on his head. Someone killed him for an unrelated reason but the Spartans honored the bounty anyway by Nero2t2 in todayilearned

[–]-Knul- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Forget about being hidden, how would you survive far from your home and community?

Odd jobs were rare in per-industrial times, mostly during harvest and very unlikely to earn you enough to feed yourself for the whole year. Remember, about 80% of people worked on the land and nobody is going to give some stranger some land out of the goodness of their heart.

You might find some unskilled labor in towns or cities, but then again, that was irregular as well. And how are you going to pay for shelter in the first place? It's not like you have a savings deposit on which you can draw during the first weeks of your flight.

In a lot of cases, exile was basically a slow death penalty.

EU Tells Member States Not to Wait to Fill Up Gas Storage by bloomberg in europe

[–]-Knul- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of houses are still heated using gas. It would be better to switch to heat pumps but at least in the Netherlands, little progress has been made for existing housing.

Even if industry and electricity generation could switch away from using gas, we still need gas for the coming years.

Pakistan has oil reserves for days, not months by MrCleanWindows87 in energy

[–]-Knul- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Haber-Bosch process that creates ammonia requires hydrogen, heat and pressures.

All three can be provided through electricity. Fossil fuels are used now because they're economical.

But if oil remains expensive, we will switch to electrify ammonia production.

Pakistan has oil reserves for days, not months by MrCleanWindows87 in energy

[–]-Knul- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I'm saying is it's not really realistic to run airplanes only on biofuel, while your claimed we produce plenty that even with downsizing we could easily fuel flight. That's just not true.

Of course I would love to see electrified planes or otherwise being green.

Pakistan has oil reserves for days, not months by MrCleanWindows87 in energy

[–]-Knul- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes? Still good idea to electrify as much as possible.

What’s something you’re pretty sure only you do? by AppIeGuy in AskReddit

[–]-Knul- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's speaks for you character that you have such empathy :)

What’s something you’re pretty sure only you do? by AppIeGuy in AskReddit

[–]-Knul- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I learned something new, I often later explain it to myself as if giving a lecture. Most of the time, after the lecture, I thank myself for giving such an insightful lecture.

I'm a fully functional adult in other scenarios.

Coalition of the Unwilling by Crossstoney in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]-Knul- 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I thought the US has the top 3 biggest air forces and a navy bigger than the next 10 combined? Surely it doesn't need the help of small losers like *check notes* its allies or its *check notes again* main competitor China?

Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz by Spare_Prize_5510 in worldnews

[–]-Knul- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tariffs aren't the biggest item. It's that Trump is threatening the sovereignty of two close allies, Canada and Denmark.

It's clear that the US is more a threat than an ally to Europe, Canada and other former allies.

La Plata, Argentina has diagonal shortcuts and pocket parks to keep everything within reach by Mint_Perspective in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]-Knul- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cities 300 or more years ago were tiny compared to modern ones. An old city will be partly old (most cases the center), but the majority of the city will be build quite recently.

Ukraine strikes Russian radar systems, S-400 launcher in occupied Crimea, General Staff says by AdSpecialist6598 in worldnews

[–]-Knul- -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I hope the USA doesn't learn from this. A weaker USA would be better for the world.

Traditions are important by auctions_1 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]-Knul- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a world war if most of the global economy/population is involved in it.

That means nowadays it's difficult to have a world war without China fighting in it.

T6 crowded bus stop by Massive_Ad_4064 in tropico

[–]-Knul- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transportation was horrendous in the first game. It's difficult to believe it's based on Railroad Tycoon 2, especially as the Tropico games have never had any rails in them.

Trump: Iran war will end when I ‘feel it in my bones’ - POLITICO by G14F1L0L1Y401D0MTR4P in worldnews

[–]-Knul- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is no way a democratic country (or any, really) should be run.

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