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18-02-2010, 19:11
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#151
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: W Florida
Boat: Still have the 33yo Jon boat. But now a CATAMARAN. Nice little 18' Bay Cat.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TaoJones
From the Babcock and Wilcox website:
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Thanks.
Now what to do..........
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18-02-2010, 19:51
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#152
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Endeavour 42CC
Posts: 1,182
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but that nuke you bury in the back yard will burn a hole all the way to china!!!!
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19-02-2010, 17:02
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#153
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Eastern Shore, MD
Boat: Homebuilt Paddlewheeler, 36'
Posts: 118
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HA!
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Originally Posted by David M
I guess Hell has frozen over. Just kidding!
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Did I miss it? Did the Cubs win the series?
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19-02-2010, 17:04
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#154
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Eastern Shore, MD
Boat: Homebuilt Paddlewheeler, 36'
Posts: 118
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or.....
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Originally Posted by Hiracer
It appears that worldwide oil production has been stuck in neutral for one of the longest periods in history. This failure to increase production started before the world economic slowdown:
According to U.S. D.O.E. numbers:
2009 72,105 (ten month average)
2008 73,709
2007 72,989
2006 73,546
2005 73,791
2004 72,512
2003 69,448
2002 67,168
( x 1,000 barrels per day)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/ipsr/t11d.xls
It is significant, I think, to note that the oil price spike of a few years ago was the first world wide oil price spike NOT accompanied by reduction in production. First time in history. Not many people know that.
We are no where near running out of oil, as reserves are still plentiful. But it does appear that much of the low growing fruit has been picked . It may well be next to impossible at this juncture to increase production rates world wide. Of the 98 oil producing countries, 63 are now in declining production.
The last three years have seen the Saudis putting in a plethora of new wells like mosquitos on a sunbather, and all they have been able to do is maintain current production.
Mexico's elephant field, the second largest field in the world, went into declining production two years ago.
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Or: Why I own a sailboat
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19-02-2010, 17:08
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#155
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: The Eastern Shore, MD
Boat: Homebuilt Paddlewheeler, 36'
Posts: 118
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anything.....
That covers my alcohol consumption for a year can't be bad
Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
The problem with conspiracy theories is that the claims usually can't withstand the most basic fact checking. The "GE raises our taxes by massive wind lobbying" conspiracy is laughable.
GE is a distant 4th in wind. The #1 is Vestas with twice the wind kilowatts installed. I believe GE is biggest for natural gas and nuclear power generation. My guess is that's where the lion share of their lobbying is going and it seems to be working. Two days ago Obama announced $8B for new nukes (which I think is a good idea).
Today's Wall Street Journal had a piece on a new "small" nuclear reactor (125 megawatts) not from GE but from little (relatively) Babcock and Wilcox. It's a 15ft diameter cylinder. The completed reactor gets delivered on a rail car and the whole thing is dropped in a hole and buried. It even has room to store all of the spent fuel it generates during it's lifetime. Cool! (and the stock is up 5% today).
I also realize I made an error on my previous LED savings calculation (damn arithmetic). It's $750/year savings instead of $250. That covers the single malt scotch for this winter.
Why would you not want to be part of this consensus?
Carl
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07-07-2010, 07:00
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#156
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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CRU climate scientists 'did not withold data'
➥ BBC News - CRU climate scientists 'did not withold data'
Independent Climate Change Email Review found nothing in the e-mails to undermine Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.
This is the third and most comprehensive review into the CRU issue, and has reached similar conclusions to the previous two.
Dutch review backs UN climate panel report
➥ BBC News - Dutch review backs UN climate panel report
A review commissioned by the Dutch government into the IPCC's projections of climate impacts found "no errors that would undermine the main conclusions" - that man-made climate change poses a significant threat in many regions of the world.
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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07-07-2010, 08:32
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#157
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,409
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Florida?? It was 104 degrees yesterday on the upper chesapeake bay florida does not get that hot!
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27-01-2011, 07:06
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#158
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wherever the boat is!
Boat: Marine Trader 34DC
Posts: 4,619
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gettinthere
The majority of those charts stopped in 2000. Are they afraid to publish the data after 2000?
As I said, it has been cooling for the last 10 years while co2 has cointinued to climb rapidly. All the GW scientists said 10 years ago we would be 2 to 4 degrees warmer by 2010 according to their climate models. All their climate models were wrong then and they are wrong now.
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Ed, tried to send you a PM but your box is full. Chuck
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27-01-2011, 07:18
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#159
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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By all means, let's ignore globalwarming and deny it is happening and whether we might be making it happen more than usual.
There's no recent data on record since 2000, sure. Except "Lastly, seven of the eight warmest years on record have occurred since 2001 and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1995." from scurious sources [sic] like the US NWS at NOAA | NESDIS | NCDC | Frequently Asked Questions
Global warming SHOULD be ignored. It'll help thin the herd, and that's a good thing.
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27-01-2011, 07:48
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#160
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Marathon, FL
Boat: Hans Christian 33
Posts: 652
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I work for B&W. We spun off from McDermott back in July and we trade as BWC.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TaoJones
From the Babcock and Wilcox website:
From the Babcock and Wilcox website: Quote:
McDermott International
The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. [NYSE: MDR]. McDermott is a leading engineering and construction company, with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities.The Company provides its services to a variety of customers in the energy and power industries, including the U.S. Government. McDermott operates in 23 countries and has over 20,000 employees.
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27-01-2011, 16:47
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Winnipeg is facing Australia type floods his spring. The rivers , under ice, with no melting yet, is still 2 meters above average , with the land saturated, and record snow on top.
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28-01-2011, 06:08
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#162
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 49,130
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent Swain
Winnipeg is facing Australia type floods his spring ...
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A preliminary flood projection issued Monday said there's a one-in-10 chance Manitoba could see flooding on the scale of the so-called "Flood of the Century" in 1997.
➥ Province of Manitoba | News Releases
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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28-01-2011, 07:07
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#163
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hellosailor
Global warming SHOULD be ignored. It'll help thin the herd, and that's a good thing.
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You would enjoy our breakfast table discussion. My wife's a Darwinian biologist (not many other types, really...) and I'm a herd-thinner to the point that I want airbags repealed to solve the organ donor shortage.
Seriously, some frank things are said that would make Attila the Hun gag when we get into "fix it" mode.
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28-01-2011, 07:09
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#164
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
A preliminary flood projection issued Monday said there's a one-in-10 chance Manitoba could see flooding on the scale of the so-called "Flood of the Century" in 1997.
➥ Province of Manitoba | News Releases
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To be obtuse, it IS a new century. There's no rule that says natural disasters have to follow a calendar.
Of course, some may wish to debate the level of "natural" in some disasters.
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28-01-2011, 07:16
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#165
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Erie Canal between Rochester & Buffalo
Boat: 1970 23' O'day pop-top
Posts: 471
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I'm still recovering from Y2K.
We can't even get President Obama to quit smoking!
Climate change? Should it stay the same, as when?
How's that cure for the common cold coming?
Stop climate change?
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