nacmacfeegle

"Probably dump it at a toxic waste disposal plant." Museum exhibit ??? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Yup, my thoughts exactly..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Soakaway...pour the nasty stuff into the ground and hope it disappears...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"The best option would have been, of course, to reduce the amount of energy used..." That's it Erno, in a nutshell. "And nuclear waste, which, properly stored, is no threat to anyone" Stored is the key word here...how much stored where, how and for how long? We in the UK are about to commence the decommissioning on our oldest nuclear installation at Dounreay, estimates currently run at between 50 and 60 years to safely dismantle these experimental reactors. http://www.ukaea.org.uk/dounreay/ Its not just the fuel, its all the bits and pieces as well. Currently the plan is to sink a shaft into the local granite, and just bury it....which is cool as long as there is no seismic activity for the foreseeable future, or that the storage facility isn't flooded by some sort of wild weather change... By the way, this plan is so safe, the location for it is about as far away from 'civilisation' as you can get on mainland Britain. Does the acronym NIMBY mean anything here? (not in my back yard) Personally, I favour geothermal generators, there must be an opportunity to develop the drilling technology we have for the petrochemical industry (as used on HP/HT wells) here.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Well the US won't sign the Kyoto agreement, and they absolutely won't tax their environmentally irresponsible gas guzzlers...... So whats left? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

So, does the waste oil just 'soakaway' into the ground? I've seen a lot of oil soakaways in Nigeria, and I really don't like them.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"And they purposely buy vehicles that use as much of it as possible. What does that tell you?" It tells me that America needs to rethink its dependency on the infernal combustion engine.... I read an interesting article at the weekend by Gore Vidal. It kinda implies that the Iraqi situation may be about oil....no surprises there then. The US currently has to import about half of its oil requirements, by 2020, it will need to import about 2/3 of its oil.... The sooner you guys realise that you are burning your way into dependence on the likes of Saudi Arabia, and other OPEC members the better....IMHO... If you are interested I could scan the article, as it doesn't appear online. By the way, the UK is in the same sticky future, recent studies indicate that we need more nuclear power stations, as, believe it or not, they are actually better for the environment than our hydrocarbon based generators...wtf???? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

What about the Last Continent. No worries...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Gary Larson -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

hehe, I'm glad somebody else is getting into my favourite author! A lot of his humour is wordplay, how does it translate, are some of the jokes lost? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Happy birthday Bile.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I read about the Bombing in Vantaa, glad your OK, pretty shocking stuff really. We normally assume Finland is a nice quiet place. I hope this was a "one off" crazy kid type thing. As for the bombing in Bali, well thats just horrific. Its still too early to point fingers or lay blame on organisations etc for either of these incidents, so I'm not goind to start that off. Just glad to see you are ok. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Nacmac the safety engineer shakes his head and walks off into the weekend.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Really bad..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Jump numbers do not impress me. Who the person is as a whole is what may impress me. " Dude, that applies not only on DZ.com, but out there on the real DZ too...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"intergalactic equivalent of cow-tipping" Bwaaaahahaha

I doubt if what you saw was a BLEVE Bunky, they are very destructive. They usually involve things like railroad tank cars, or the big storage tanks at chemical plants and such like. You probably saw what we call a UVCE or unconfined vapour cloud explosion, a much more tame affair. This is a bleve....... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Oh an Nac "Signs" has been out in the US for awhile now.. See what your missing!! " Its probably out here too, but hey, cinema ain't the only thing I'm missing Slappie.... A turbine and sunshine would be good... Doncha think the middle snap looks like a big way though.....makes you kinda wonder if a skydiver isn't involved in some way.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Okay, so we've messed with Erno's head over the fake moon landings thing. I think its time to talk about crop circles, seeing as how the "Signs" movies is upcoming..... Me? I think they are faked by people, but I do think they are kinda cool. For Us lucky Brits the local mag did a spread on a nice one near a DZ on Salisbury plain called Netheravon.... Here are some examples of what we are talking about... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Yeah, what the Slappie Dude said, and you'll get to hang with the TG, and some of friendliest jumping peeps I've seen for a long time.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I doubt if it would work, but if you try, can you post pics......... Seriously tho, I'd contact Bonehead direct or speak to Jeangenie, who posts here from time to time..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Hey, I thought you weren't into this sort of thing... And just 'cos you ain't paranoid, it doesn't mean they ain't out to get you....... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Dude your with the fire department and you are encouraging people to play with oxidising accelerants? And carcinogenics like benzene.... Cool! Get the overtime in man! And no, I'm not 'flaming' you, hehehe...... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Here http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html#crater In fact type in moon conspiracy to google and a whole heap of stuff pops up.....most it looks like typical paranoic conspiracy theory poop, but worth a larrf anyway.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Thank you.... I was starting get acedic waiting..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson