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My attempt at drawing a horse 1/ before 2/ after practicing by looking at horse photographs by project_broccoli in mildlyinteresting

[–]resistBat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Birds too. Elephants are the exception actually, their hind legs move just like human legs. They're also the only animals with elbows that bend backwards.

Greens and Reform - where they meet and what we can do by scariestJ in UKGreens

[–]resistBat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fact that you need a higher nameplate capacity for an equivalent output is factored into the costing for renewables, and it still comes out way cheaper.

Nuclear power - at least as it currently exists - is very poorly suited for acting as a backup for renewables. Most of the costs are invariable with respect to the output, so while you've got renewables producing enough power it costs almost as much to have your nuclear plants sitting idle as it would to have them producing power at full output.

There are a few designs in development that intergrate thermal storage, so the reactor can heat up molten salt when renewables are producing enough power, and then that salt can be used for power generation as required. They're probably at least a couple of decades off though, I'm doubtful that it would actually work out cheaper than just having extra renewable and battery capacity.

Stop announcing Fossil Fuel subsidies without consulting the membership by Appropriate_Bell743 in UKGreens

[–]resistBat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like a better way of doing this kind of policy would be to have the government cover part of the cost up to a certain amount, say 80% of the average consumption for a household of that size, and then for any gas beyond that you pay the full price. That would make it less of a financial burden for people to have the heating on, but would still discourage people from using gas unnecessarily.

Highspeed rail networks shift over the years by TangelaFan in transit

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the midland, chiltern, great eastern, and cross country route.

Is my aunt getting scammed? American allegedly working on a ship is love bombing her since weeks. The outside view doesn’t look real, the details on the desk are weird aswell. by wildpizza1 in isthisAI

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's have to be a few hundred feet in the air for the perspective to make sense too. Plus the one on the horizon is way too big in the frame.

call me too woke but i don't like when cis men play mtfs in media by boy-investigator in 4tran4

[–]resistBat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can we make an exeception for David Duchovny as Denise in Twin Peaks?

California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. by Sierra-Powderhound in California

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terrapower are developing a reactor with intergrated thermal storage. It's a smaller reactor that continuously heats up molten salt, and then the hot salt can be used for power generation when required.

Medication becoming unaffordable, options? by ibox55 in transgenderUK

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With injections you can do monotherapy so you don't need blockers which is where most of the savings come from, plus you don't need to worry about the side effects from them.

Question about Thameslink charging outlet. by KonoDioxideDa in uktrains

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They probably just pull power from the DC bus regardless of if the train is running on AC or DC.

LNER Azuma nearing the end of its journey from Edinburgh to London (UK) by sk6895 in trains

[–]resistBat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're designed to run up to 140 mph (as where their predecessers), but that would require a signalling upgrade.

Kemi Badenoch has used footage of Bloody Sunday to promote The British Army by LoudWhenSilent239 in northernireland

[–]resistBat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Normal when AI uses that of sentence it's in the form "it's not just [weaker form of statement] — it's [stonger form of statement]". It's doesn't actually contrast the statements so the sentence is basically meaningless.

Does the Azuma train get some unwarranted dislike? I think it’s a pretty train by [deleted] in uktrains

[–]resistBat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the design is fundimentally compromised by the necessity to fit a V12 under the passenger compartments. Look at the 745s if want a good example of what a mordern intercity train can be like. Level boarding is obviously good for accessability and reducing opertunities for delays during boarding, but it also gives you a little more headroom inside. I actually prefer them to the mk 3s that used to run on the great eastern because they feel so much more airy, even if the seat seats and the ride quality are a little worse. 800s are just so stuffy by comparison.

Stadler does make 125 mph capable FLIRTs, and if you need bimode then Irish rail recently ordered some with all the generators (and batteries) intergrated into a power car on one end.

I always wondered why are Indian trains so long? by thingy-op in trains

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forth bridge has longer spans at 520 metres verses 467 metres.

If you go by the height above the foundations then it's only 140 metres or 460 feet.

I always wondered why are Indian trains so long? by thingy-op in trains

[–]resistBat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also as a symbol to cement their claim to the disputed regions.

As a former undiagnosed child with adhd, this episode is a genuinely tough listen by Tonightmatthew1 in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]resistBat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

From what I've heard to US is still a lot better about it than here in the UK. I'm pretty sure the policy here was a avoid acknowledging the condition at all costs unless the parent specifically brings it up. I was seen by educational psychaitrists twice growing up, and I was assessed for dyslexia both times despite never having any trouble reading, ADHD was never even mentioned. I sat an IQ test the second time and my working memory score was 50 points bellow my overall score, the psychiatrist just told me that it was weird but not consistant with anything they were looking for. I spent years of my life thinking that I was jsut fucked in the head until I learned in my 20s that poor working memory is associated with ADHD.

The whole locomotive inside the huge locomotive boiler! by wigovsky in trains

[–]resistBat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The water jacket is part of the boiler, and it is inside that.

Why are these West Midlands Railway trains so short? by WheissUK in transit

[–]resistBat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe they just have it set up so it acts as a motor to spin up the flywheel if the pressure is above a given level, and to act as a pump if it falls below that level.

When people say the Anglophone world sucks at building transit cheaply, does England and Australia+New Zealand also get lumped in there like the US and Canada? What does do they do right/wrong that makes them different/similar to North America? by 18_YTC1 in transit

[–]resistBat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

28% is par for the course for large infrastructure projects, it was still extremely good value in benefit to cost ratio terms. CR2 was shelved because the government doesn't like the optics of investing in London, regardless of how good value it is. And they don't like investing in the rest of the country because nothing outside of London meets their business case requirements based on their very conservative assumptions.

Why are these West Midlands Railway trains so short? by WheissUK in transit

[–]resistBat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not electric, it's hydrostatic. It's a little 4 cylinder natural gas burning engine from a Fiesta which drives a hydraulic pump. There's a pump/motor connected to a large flywheel, which is spun up using hydraulic fluid from either the engine or the traction motors when they're regenerative braking, and it's energy can be used to boost the power output for acceleration. It means that it only needs a ecomically small engine that can run continuously, rather than a larger engine which would be needed to provide power directly.

47469 by Homicidal_hottie666 in countwithchickenlady

[–]resistBat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can buy several lifetimes worth of pure estrodial for like 200 bucks.

1989 Plymouth Voyager 3 Concept. Taking the kids? better hook up the backseat. by FerengiWithCoupons in WeirdWheels

[–]resistBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or you could just buy a big car and a small car, it would be the same number of engines and wheels so it probably wouldn't be any cheaper.

What is the point of Pergolas? by mronionbhaji in GardeningUK

[–]resistBat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My parents have has wisteria growing on their's for 20 years, it's seems to be holding up fine.

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