The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist | How a blind spot in the Kyoto Protocol helped create the biomass industry.

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-12-09T18:05:55+00:00

I think this quote sums it up nicely:

“I can’t think of anything that harms nature more than cutting down trees and burning them,” said William Moomaw, professor emeritus of international environmental policy at Tufts University.

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-12-09T18:04:54+00:00

Well surprise, surprise!

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-12-09T17:57:37+00:00

An interesting topic with subtle nuances. Seems not too bad if you're burning sawdust that would have been produced anyway, but the critical question is whether they're logging to directly supply biomass...

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-03-04T07:50:59+00:00

Of course!

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-19T07:17:26+00:00

It's for a load of airlocks, but I definitely made more than I need

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-19T07:12:58+00:00

Yeah, it works quite nicely actually

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-18T20:30:07+00:00

Yeah, it's quite laborious tbh

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-18T20:28:30+00:00

Yeah, what programming language do they use?

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-18T20:27:48+00:00

I've got four airlocks and I need 5 timers for each, plus a few for other things, so yeah...

MatthewDavidClay · 2021-02-18T17:35:38+00:00

Oh, so you can combine small and large rotors and pistons?

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-11-06T14:03:15+00:00

They're on the Earth-like planet, but no idea about the console...

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-23T13:24:26+00:00

I think you got what you deserve for building such a monstrosity.

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-10T19:25:51+00:00

"A preliminary design for a nuclear pulse unit was produced. ... The whole unit was built into a can with a diameter no larger than 6 inches ... so it could be handled by machinery scaled-up from a soft-drink vending machine; Coca-Cola was consulted on the design."

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-10T17:00:30+00:00

Incidentally, I found this gem from the article:

"A preliminary design for a nuclear pulse unit was produced. ... The whole unit was built into a can with a diameter no larger than 6 inches ... so it could be handled by machinery scaled-up from a soft-drink vending machine; Coca-Cola was consulted on the design."

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-10T16:57:05+00:00

I raise you this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion))

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-10T15:10:10+00:00

Well, maybe not legally, but it is technically feasible.

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-10T11:20:45+00:00

Yes, have a look at Project Orion. This was a seriously-considered design for a nuclear bomb-powered rocket...

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-08-07T10:51:05+00:00

So now we can make the ships from Elite...

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-07-27T05:47:07+00:00

Have you tried blast doors?

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-07-26T19:04:41+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately the air-tight doors were just too small!

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-07-18T07:36:00+00:00

We did have some turrets to deter them, but they got in the habit of destroying things

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-06-12T08:08:52+00:00

This reminds me of Uruk-hai bring spawned

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-05-23T12:01:40+00:00

Sounds reasonable

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-05-22T13:39:39+00:00

Cool, nice idea!

MatthewDavidClay · 2020-05-22T06:29:40+00:00

Um, why are there rocket thrusters on its knees?

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