The renewable energy changes and policy

Fogdog

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News of the “wut”


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It wasn't genetic engineering, Wut he did was illegally import a non native species and conduct an unlicensed breeding program. The effort was for monetary gain but could put at risk wild native stock in the US.

Throw away the key after locking the nutjub up. He knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal.
 

Sativied

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Throw away the key after locking the nutjub up. He knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal.
He's 80 year old though.

What really bothers me though.... there's wild sheep!?

"There are three species of wild sheep that are native to North America. There is the bighorn sheep, the Dall sheep, and the Stone (also Stone's) sheep. The Dall and Stone sheep are known as thinhorns. The bighorn sheep has a few subspecies, including the desert bighorn and the California bighorn."

TIL there's wild sheep. Makes sense though, gotta have wild sheep before you can have tame sheep. Still... wild sheep. Who knew.
 

Fogdog

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He's 80 year old though.

What really bothers me though.... there's wild sheep!?

"There are three species of wild sheep that are native to North America. There is the bighorn sheep, the Dall sheep, and the Stone (also Stone's) sheep. The Dall and Stone sheep are known as thinhorns. The bighorn sheep has a few subspecies, including the desert bighorn and the California bighorn."

TIL there's wild sheep. Makes sense though, gotta have wild sheep before you can have tame sheep. Still... wild sheep. Who knew.
Bighorn sheep in Idaho. I've seen them looking down at me from the cliffside they were standing on as I floated past them on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

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OldMedUser

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TIL there's wild sheep. Makes sense though, gotta have wild sheep before you can have tame sheep. Still... wild sheep. Who knew.
We see them all over driving out to BC thru the Rockies. 20 cars pulled over taking pictures and trying to pet the damn things.

I was in Jasper to visit a friend and had to stop this Asian tourist from putting his little granddaughter on the back of a rutting Elk. 3 cameras around his neck and not a clue. They wander all over town there. Plenty of deer, a few moose and all sorts of smaller critters all over.

Jasper is a big mountain tourist trap like Banff. Used to party a lot in Banff and even worked there for a couple of months back about 1977. Now it's shoulder to shoulder tourists summer and winter.


:peace:
 

Sativied

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Bighorn sheep in Idaho. I've seen them looking down at me from the cliffside they were standing on as I floated past them on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
Looked up size and weight, that's an imposing sheep... words I never expected to combine.

We had about 400 mouflons, which is a small wild sheep with regular hair, not woolie. Imported but they took good care of a natural park in NL for the past 100 years. Until in 2015 the wolf came back from Germany and the EU in its sometimes twisted wisdom decided the wolf's level of protection trumps everything else. Since a few years ago after people cut holes in fences keeping wolves out of certain areas, there's now 30 mouflons or so left in a small protected area.

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cannabineer

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He's 80 year old though.

What really bothers me though.... there's wild sheep!?

"There are three species of wild sheep that are native to North America. There is the bighorn sheep, the Dall sheep, and the Stone (also Stone's) sheep. The Dall and Stone sheep are known as thinhorns. The bighorn sheep has a few subspecies, including the desert bighorn and the California bighorn."

TIL there's wild sheep. Makes sense though, gotta have wild sheep before you can have tame sheep. Still... wild sheep. Who knew.
In the Middle Eocene there was a relative of sheep that was huge and carnivorous. Behold Andrewsarchus, a veritable battlesheep.

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OldMedUser

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Not sure Greta would approve?

If it can pack 12X the load of a 747 and do it using half the fuel of 12 747s then it makes sense.

I don't click on .amp links so didn't read the article therefore have no idea of it's fuel consumption.

:peace:
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
If it can pack 12X the load of a 747 and do it using half the fuel of 12 747s then it makes sense.

I don't click on .amp links so didn't read the article therefore have no idea of it's fuel consumption.

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That 12x number is bs.
It claims a max payload of just under 73 tons.

A Boeing 747-400 cargo hauler can pack a load of 128.5 tons, and shlep it 5000 miles.

The Windrunner only goes 2000 miles. Its cargo volume is immense, but it is purpose-built to carry wind turbine blades.

In the 180-200-meter class being developed, a blade (90-100m long) is projected to weigh 37 to 57 tons. So it’s gonna be 1 flight = 1 blade. All that volume is to accommodate the awkwardly-shaped blade and its transport cradles.

Look at that wing. It is designed for low-speed operation and doesn’t have much more area (maybe less) than a 747. Those big engines are primarily to power it off short airstrips.
 
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ooof-da

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If it can pack 12X the load of a 747 and do it using half the fuel of 12 747s then it makes sense.

I don't click on .amp links so didn't read the article therefore have no idea of it's fuel consumption.

:peace:
I was kinda kidding on the Greta fuel economy bit, it’s not even built or tested yet but is being designed around existing aerospace engineering so it’s not really a question of if it will work just when.
 

Ozumoz66

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looks good, i've heard of those kits. They do it for the bugs, ghias, type 2's, and the type 3's. I've personally seen a kit installed in the type 34 viariant....nice looking cars btw
My Sunday driver is a topless '81 CJ7. A few years ago I was contemplating converting it to electric due to the 258ci engine having over 340k km and was getting sluggish. But then I found a replacement engine (1976) with only 17k km for $400. Costs determined my decision.

I do love my e-bike though - great assist on the hills while navigating the countryside.
 

BudmanTX

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My Sunday driver is a topless '81 CJ7. A few years ago I was contemplating converting it to electric due to the 258ci engine having over 340k km and was getting sluggish. But then I found a replacement engine (1976) with only 17k km for $400. Costs determined my decision.

I do love my e-bike though - great assist on the hills while navigating the countryside.
yeah i can see cost being the decision maker there.....i had a 76 short bed chevy pickup one time, i was rebuilding it at a friends of the families place...told the man i was finally time for the motor, the guy told me to look out back and pick a 350 i can rebuild, i said ok.....got the motor into the shop a low and behold the one i picked wasn't a 350, it was a 383 and i didn't tell anyone......i'm a stinker....

btw those kits for the Vw's are about 20g to do.....here:
 
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