The AI-generated cat pictures thread
Imagine a room full of 100 people with 100 dollars each. With every tick of the clock, every person with money gives a dollar to one randomly chosen other person. After some time progresses, how will the money be distributed?
Video of simulation in link.
http://www.decisionsciencenews.com/2...-happens-next/
Video of simulation in link.
http://www.decisionsciencenews.com/2...-happens-next/
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I used to work for West Texas Utilities when the Federal Fuel Use Act forced us to build our first coal-fired power station. Previously we had been natural gas (including one of first combined cycle plants built in the 1960's). I was impressed by the massive difference in the local fuel processing differences between the two:
Gas yard:
And no slag, fly-ash disposal, or SO4 scrubbers on the back end.
Coal yard:
Including acres of storage in case of a shortage of supply. For the gas plant, we had a couple of tanks of fuel oil for curtailment periods. Rarely used.
Coal Processing pulverizers (along with complex burners, pneumatic conveyors, "clinker" cleaning in the boilers, waste disposal, etc.)
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Nearly 120 wind turbines catch fire each year, according to new research - ten times the number reported by the industry.
The figures, compiled by engineers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, make fire the second-largest cause of accidents after blade failure.
The figures, compiled by engineers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, make fire the second-largest cause of accidents after blade failure.
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Agreed. The figures given are technically accurate, but fail to account for capacity factor, which is around 90% for most nuclear generating stations, and 30-35% for most US wind-turbine installations. So multiply the 260 mi^2 number by three for a true estimate of overall land-use-to-energy-production ratios.
Also, I am officially a suburbanite:
Also, I am officially a suburbanite: