Monday, September 16, 2019
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Framing square tips
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This is a lot bigger than I imagined. It is a big project, I mean. But I've been working on it for over five years now, so it has to be a bit big. For me, that is.
This is a lot bigger than I imagined. It is a big project, I mean. But I've been working on it for over five years now, so it has to be a bit big. For me, that is.
Friday, September 13, 2019
Green new deal won't work, but this could
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For those who are so hell bent to end fossil fuels, why don't you support something like this? Anti-nuclear activists don't want to go this direction, but their reasoning doesn't hold water.
Molten-salt reactors can reduce long term wastes by 99 percent. Aneutronic fusion can do even better than that. Nuclear is the way to go. Solar is not the answer. Neither is wind.
For those who are so hell bent to end fossil fuels, why don't you support something like this? Anti-nuclear activists don't want to go this direction, but their reasoning doesn't hold water.
Molten-salt reactors can reduce long term wastes by 99 percent. Aneutronic fusion can do even better than that. Nuclear is the way to go. Solar is not the answer. Neither is wind.
Sen. Pennachio Introduces NJ Fusion Energy Bills, Tracking Down FF-2B's Problematic Oscillations, Subscription Drive Starts, and New Contest!: https://t.co/ZX11y1mY5q— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) September 13, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Friday, September 6, 2019
Meet the Open Lunar Foundation
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The article says that this field of endeavor is bustling with activity. Maybe it will happen sooner than anyone will imagine.
The article says that this field of endeavor is bustling with activity. Maybe it will happen sooner than anyone will imagine.
Meet the Open Lunar Foundation: A group of tech executives and engineers who have serious ambitions to create a settlement on the moon https://t.co/qdilr80hrt via @technology— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) September 6, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
All the more reason to switch to molten-salt reactors
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A Carrington Event will cause havoc in conventional reactors. It would have no effect upon a molten-salt reactor.
It makes sense to shut down conventional nuke reactors. But it doesn't make sense to not switch to molten-salt reactors.
But people will do nothing because the danger is not obvious. It is inevitable though that an event of this type will occur. It is a matter of time.
A Carrington Event will cause havoc in conventional reactors. It would have no effect upon a molten-salt reactor.
It makes sense to shut down conventional nuke reactors. But it doesn't make sense to not switch to molten-salt reactors.
But people will do nothing because the danger is not obvious. It is inevitable though that an event of this type will occur. It is a matter of time.
ON THIS DAY IN 1859, the Carrington Event. Something like that would be devastatingly destructive t… https://t.co/U7QR0UtL8Q— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) September 3, 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019
Building roof truss systems for shed, barn, or tiny house
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One of these days I will finalize a plan for building out there. One of these days.
One of these days I will finalize a plan for building out there. One of these days.
Freaking Huge
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Can you imagine a rocket this frickin' big? One million kg to low Earth orbit. The second stage by itself could get to orbit on its own??? Maybe. Dozens of engines on the lower stage?
Clearly, Elon Musk could be thinking economies of scale in his rockets. The more the merrier.
He'd better find some other place to launch this thing because the "gubmint" isn't going to allow something this massive to take off from the Florida coast.
Can you imagine a rocket this frickin' big? One million kg to low Earth orbit. The second stage by itself could get to orbit on its own??? Maybe. Dozens of engines on the lower stage?
Clearly, Elon Musk could be thinking economies of scale in his rockets. The more the merrier.
He'd better find some other place to launch this thing because the "gubmint" isn't going to allow something this massive to take off from the Florida coast.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Fission fragment rockets not a new idea
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Aw, shucks.
Aw, shucks.
Don't feel bad. This week I discovered the dusty plasma fission fragment rocket was first proposed in... get this... 1946! By Lockheed!— Beyond NERVA (@BeyondNerva) July 11, 2019
WTF?!?
SpaceX's Starship to get bigger?
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Perhaps one way to "nuke" the nukes would be to scale up the rocket to an unbelievable size.
But I still like the fission fragment concept.
Perhaps one way to "nuke" the nukes would be to scale up the rocket to an unbelievable size.
But I still like the fission fragment concept.
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