The linked article is "Iran's president warns America to 'stay away' as it unveils long range missiles that could strike US bases" (Yahoo News), and that photo is there, with the caption, "Iranian Turkmen Basij militia members marching during the annual." The annual what, I don't know. But who are the Turkmen in Iran? I look it up. Wikipedia says:
Turkmen rulers, successively of the Black Sheep Turkomans and White Sheep Turkomans, ruled much of Persia and surrounding countries before Shah Ismail I defeated them to begin the Safavid dynasty in 1501. Tabriz was their usual capital. There remains a relatively small population identifying as Turkmen in modern Iran.So it makes zero sense for Yahoo to use that photograph for the article, which has nothing about the Turkmen other than that caption. Jesus said "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed." In fact, I was not alarmed. My reaction was to look up Tabriz in Google maps and take a look around. I caught this wonderful sight:
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Illinois, Narciso but yeah. And excellent.
Very different from Stephenson's normal style, both books.
But tip-top and super-duper
John Henry
Wind and solar didnt satisfy when we were 1/10th our population, hence the industrial revolution.
Narciso,
Now you have to tell us the name of the book! It sounds interesting and you teasing me like this will drive me nuts.
To the point where I might have to fly up there and choke it out of you!!!!
Just kidding but name and author, please.
John Henry
Electric cars are a nice fillip, but the energy required to mine the minerals to run the generators that charge the batteries.
Which one, terry hayes is called i am pilgrim, or 'yo soy peregrino'
They were a truly horrible idea but they got people thinking that maybe there really is a better way than incandescents. This ain't it but perhaps we can find something.
Meant to say that the curly bulbs led to LED.
Would we have made the jump directly from incandescent to LED? Maybe, maybe not. I think the curlies did make it happen much faster.
I am a huge fan of LED's in so many applications and for so many reasons. One (I am in the midst of an article about this) is that they can be 12 volts which makes them intrinsically safe under electrical codes.
John Henry
Hes supposedly working on another which is a philadelphia experiment type thriller but hes postdated it far into the next decade
You know tesla has not a single engineer on their board, so they signed on most anything musk put forth
Conforming energy use to codes/dictates has the benefit of being driven by realities...even if irrelevant to their supposed schema.
Blogger narciso said...
Electric cars are a nice fillip, but the energy required to mine the minerals to run the generators that charge the batteries.
Would that not be coal, oil and gas to run the generators?
And lots of fossil fuels used to mine the minerals for the batteries.
BTW, last week marked the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Maria. One of the things it did was shred the blades of the 18MW windfarm in Naguabo. Did no other major damage to 12 of the 13 windmills.
They still stand derelict today. Even though:
The cost of the towers and heads has been spent
The cost of the 5 mile transmission line to interconnection has been spent
The cost of site acquisition, permitting, engineering etc has been spent
The cost of negotiating a contract with the power company has been spent
There is a contract in place paying them a very high rate with a guarantee to take all the power they can product
It does not make economic sense to replace the blades. It makes more economic sense to abandon the site, leaving the eyesores in place to remind us why wind is a bad idea.
The money from windmills is in the building of them with the subsidies and tax benefits. There is no money in actually generating electricity apparently.
John Henry
Well thats a fine pickle, how do they actually generate electricity then?
Well, John Henry.
Clearly, not enough money has been thrown that way....
Blogger walter said...
Conforming energy use to codes/dictates has the benefit of being driven by realities...even if irrelevant to their supposed schema.
If you are talking about the National Electrical Code, you will find no stronger supporter than me. 12v systems are covered by it but, because there is no hazard from 12v in most cases, you can do a lot of things and put it in a lot of places that you could not use 110V or would have to jump through hoops.
You probably know but most people don't that the National Electrical Code is the "Code" people mean when they talk about wiring etc in their houses. It is promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association, which also writes codes for things like sprinkler systems, fire doors and the like.
NFPA is a private organization, owned by insurance companies. It has nothing to do with govt at all at any level.
John Henry
Thanks, Narciso. Just downloaded the sample.
It's about 192 on my list of downloaded samples to read.
John Henry
Blogger walter said...
Well, John Henry.
Clearly, not enough money has been thrown that way....
No Walter, it was privately built and owned. The PR govt and PR Power Authority have nothing to do with it other than tax schemes and purchase agreements.
I used to know who owned it but didn't really know much about them. Some energy development consortium that does these kinds of projects all over. I do know that Banco Santander, a Spanish bank with a large presence in the US and PR, provided a lot of the financing.
I don't know why insurance would not cover the repairs. I've not been able to get a straight answer on that. Not that I've dug very deeply.
John Henry
Well a private corporation following unicorn dreams is not much better than a public entity.
Here's a picture of the windfarm taken shortly after Maria. It looks the same today.
It was an eyesore before Maria, it is an even worse eysore today.
http://darkislandpr.blogspot.com/2017/12/naguabo-windmill-damage.html
I drive by it 3-4 times a week as it is about 7 miles from my house.
John Henry
Not enough magical guvment money.
Oh my.
It must be getting late.
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger
Hmm wonder if that coral contractor had something to do with this lack of follow through
It is really hard to match your modesty.
I will sleep on it though..
The thievery that has gone on in puerto rico for decades is criminal negligence on a grand scale
The scion of one of the dynasties, maurice ferre, who was mayor in miamj for the better part of a decade, passed away at the age of 84 last week, complications from cancer
It's funnier to think about the Republicans who all want to end those carcinogenic windmills and radioactive solar panels.
It's funnier still to think of the moronic analysis that leads some to believe that intermittent electricity production using industrial bird and bat slicers in the remaining wild areas, photovoltaic modules paving other parts of remaining wild areas, and muh future batteries is adequate to power any modern society, let alone to fund the skim for all their grabbling from those still productive.
Those LEDs ain't lasting the years and years that were claimed, but they are great for the lumins per watt. They were lighting up buildings and traffic lights in Asia before the congressional intervention to create a sluice of funding for the mandatory purchase of inferior products that contain hazardous materials from the failing General Electric Company and consolidated subsidiaries.
Well a private corporation following unicorn dreams is not much better than a public entity.
One would not do so without the tax schemes and purchase agreements, and in fact don't when the tax schemes and purchase agreement offers are discontinued.
I gave away 20 percent of my salary,and I spent a lot of time telling people God loves them.
Is this what is referred to as a public display of "virtue signaling?" If so, it's gross.
Althouse should do a post about lightbulbs — you know, the bright ones and the dim ones. I know it’s on her radar because she’s posted before on incandescent v. fluorescents.
Light sources are part of appreciating art.
I have reservations about LED warmth — I think their wavelengths are a bit too blue.
Jon,
I'll see your badger and raise you one Footie
https://youtu.be/3w_vz8SdxUM
John Henry
Narciso,
When you said coral did you mean Cobra?
The Cobra theft involved non-puerto ricans stealing money targeted to pr. No Puerto Ricans involved in this. So far. I think Cobra may explain why Yulin and Ricky were so anxious to get rid of Whitefish and we may eventually see them pulled in.
But yeah, in general we have enough corruption that if Chicago runs short we cwj help them out.
John Henry
There are various kinds of LED bulbs. The best ones have a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 90 or more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index
Not the easiest to find and you generally have to pay more for them than lower CRI bulbs.
But IMO they're definitely worth it.
Every LED bulb in the house is a "warm white" 2700K with a high CRI...except the bedroom, which has a GE 2300K. Don't know if GE make them anymore.
Some LEDs are more dimmable than others. I've had problems with the high CRI Crees, but they're fine if you don't need to dim them.
Eh, it's unseemly to brag about your giving (assuming your statements are true) on here, off-topic. It's also a bit spammy the way you post repetition. You stated no information to support your claim that I am a negative person. Making such an assertion without reasons in addition to your other mentioned conduct gives an initial assessment that you are a tool.
Getting rid of hot short-lived halogen ceiling units with LEDs was a pleasure.
Remember the good old days when LEDs were barely good enough for indicator lamps,
and came in 3 pukey shades of red, green and... amber?
https://www.usa.lighting.philips.com/consumer/led-lights/led-myths
answers a few
Who is the more virtuous: (1) he who gives 20% of his income to someone thereby removing the recipient's immediate need and the impetus to get busy getting, or improving his, productive capacity and therefore retarding the recipient's growth and development and destroying in some part the recipient's productive future, or (2) he that does not so give but rather exchanges?
Sample myth from that website: "LEDs don't get hot." Who has ever made that dumb claim besides these myth busters in marketing? The claim is that they don't get as hot as other types. And they state:
"LEDs do give off some heat, but much less than energy-saving sticks, twisters and traditional light bulbs. Just as importantly, when used in your light fittings at home, LEDs don’t emit infrared (IR), only visible light. You can’t see IR so it doesn’t add to the brightness of the light; it just makes bulbs hotter and wastes energy. Another plus point is that LEDs don't emit ultraviolet (UV) light either."
It's like they're just populating character fields on a website. Also the site's cookie disclosure hijacks the site. Oh well. The Dutch. Whaddya gonna do?
Sheila Jackson Lee exploded! How dare he call another member an "idiot".
It is truly amazing to see her and Hank "Guam" Johnson both on that committee.
I am a huge fan of LED's in so many applications and for so many reasons. One (I am in the midst of an article about this) is that they can be 12 volts which makes them intrinsically safe under electrical codes.
I was using LEDs in my sailboat when they first appeared. Just for that reason and the slow battery drain.
I also had a small solar panel to charge batteries when the boat was on a mooring. That doesn't mean they are practical when scaled up.
Jon Ericson said...
Remember the good old days when LEDs were barely good enough for indicator lamps,
and came in 3 pukey shades of red, green and... amber?
The red ones were the ones I used in the sailboat. Before that, I had red fluorescent tubes. To keep night vision good.
Etch a sketch 'Coop! has hit and run..again
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