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I'd be interested to know what the mechanical and chemical strengths of the products are compared to traditional methods of production. They've got a way to go before making serious structural pieces. I recently read about the method of "printing" stainless steel. They print a layer of gl...

Still, there are perhaps reasons to think that things won't be symmetrical. Even if gross energy appears to be initially symmetrical, net energy won't be I don't think the last knockings of the oil age will have anything to do with energy. Liquid hydrocarbons will still be highly prized for their s...

Neither can I. Recommended reading "Without Conscience" and "Snakes in Suits" (in that order) two non-specialist works on psychopathy by Dr.Robert Hare, one of the worlds foremost experts on the subject.

emordnilap wrote:He lurks.

Not so much lurking as doing the once in a blue moon swoop through.

Much ado about nothing... again. Long time no post Skeptic. Everything all right? Peter. Todo bien, gracias. Big life changes, other occupations. Realisation that the 'bumpy plateau' was going to take a long time to play out (in terms of 150 years of oil industry to date, and possibly the same on t...

Much ado about nothing... again.

You buy the currency in one of the issuing outlets

Sounds like a good scam to me. Will my Epson printer do? How long do you think I'll have as an 'issuing outlet' before people figure it out and come after me with pitchforks? (I'll want to be in Paraguay with the real money when that happens)

I was yawning back in April when this thread was young, and I'm still yawning. It's only the flu. What's the problem? Just keep taking the vitamin D. http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/Health_topics/novel_influenza_virus/2009_Outbreak/Outbreak_new_table.aspx I bet the death rate from falling off ladders is hi...

Bit on the small side but looks very cool: Cool? looks like a tampon disposal unit to me. I dont think I need a white plastic device permanently running off the mains to grow my basil. It seems to do just fine in a conventional pot on the window ledge. And with the price of electricity as it is her...

Verleger Sees $20 Oil This Year on ‘Devastating’ Glut Excerpt: July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil will collapse to $20 a barrel this year as the recession takes a deeper toll on fuel demand, according to academic and former U.S. government adviser Philip Verleger. A crude surplus of 100 million barre...

"This very exciting development in the inevitable move to electric two-wheelers will cost around EUR 25,000 (US$39,000) and will be available in limited quantities in 2009." Source Right... 25,000 Euros. They have to be joking. You can pick up a cheap chinese motorscooter for 500 Euros. Le...

No info on servicing costs or battery lifetimes. Battery lifetimes won't be quoted since AFAIK, this is the achilles heel of the electric car and will make them unacceptably expensive. On the website. Servicing costs estimated the same as a petrol C1 and battery life of 3000 cycles, depending on us...

Papillon wrote: Even dogs come in different sizes

A friend of mine offered to look after a dog like that while the owner was away on holiday. Unfortunately her cat ate it during the night.

... and on the sunny Costa Geriatrica, I filled up my scooter today. The regular petrol (95 octane) which I use was exactly €1 per liter. = 87.6p. This just happened to be at a popular Cepsa garage on a main road. Slightly cheaper at the Eroski supermarket where I normally fill up.

Mexico hurries deep Gulf oil, gas search http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN0642932720090506 Excerpt: HOUSTON, May 6 (Reuters) - Mexico has found commercial oil and gas in the deep Gulf of Mexico and expects to move rapidly into the arena, aiming to have five rigs drilling 10 wells a...