My Grandma liked doing the same thing back in WWII 7 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
@flyingoctopus : "Your aunt sounds dangerous, but tell me more..."
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The upper is a typical bus stop 1 comments
Blood, Sweat and tears to seperate 6 comments
Why You Literally Can't Overcook Mushrooms 1 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
I was honestly not expecting actual science in that video. It's like a much calmer, more delicious Science Of video,
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Windmill powered by highway traffic 8 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
If you're wondering about the cost to the car, the quote continues:
"Granted, the turbine is better than that, but it is still sucking a tiny bit of energy from each passing vehicle. For a vehicle to move, it has to push the air in front of it out of its way. If there are obstructions to the air moving out of the way, the resistance to the vehicle is higher and it needs to expend more energy to move. Again, it is a tiny amount per obstruction, but it is not zero."
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"Granted, the turbine is better than that, but it is still sucking a tiny bit of energy from each passing vehicle. For a vehicle to move, it has to push the air in front of it out of its way. If there are obstructions to the air moving out of the way, the resistance to the vehicle is higher and it needs to expend more energy to move. Again, it is a tiny amount per obstruction, but it is not zero."
Windmill powered by highway traffic 8 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
Quote from someone on Reddit more knowledgeable than myself:
"The turbine is taking energy directly from each vehicle passing by. Yes, its a tiny amount, but it is not zero.
There was a fast food place about ten years ago that installed a system to generate "free" electricity from the cars going through it's parking lot. There was a speed bump that was pushed down by the cars driving over it. To overcome the tiny bit of resistance of pushing down the bump, the cars had to burn a tiny bit more fuel. Sure, it was a tiny bit from each individual car, but it was directly sapping the energy from each car that went over it and was not "green" like the company selling it claimed it was." ~ u/nemom
Basically, these things are not free energy; they're windmills powered by petroleum.
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Edited 6 years ago
"The turbine is taking energy directly from each vehicle passing by. Yes, its a tiny amount, but it is not zero.
There was a fast food place about ten years ago that installed a system to generate "free" electricity from the cars going through it's parking lot. There was a speed bump that was pushed down by the cars driving over it. To overcome the tiny bit of resistance of pushing down the bump, the cars had to burn a tiny bit more fuel. Sure, it was a tiny bit from each individual car, but it was directly sapping the energy from each car that went over it and was not "green" like the company selling it claimed it was." ~ u/nemom
Basically, these things are not free energy; they're windmills powered by petroleum.
You are well folded 5 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
If you lay out all the blood vessels in your body end to end, it would kill you.
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My magical crystals will save you, honest 7 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
If you use pure uranium you're more likely to GIVE yourself cancer than cure anything you may have.
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Choose wisely 17 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
Damn, I only have $998.
Guess I'll buy a llama and use the remaining $48 to buy a charger for my new pho-
wait...
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Guess I'll buy a llama and use the remaining $48 to buy a charger for my new pho-
wait...
Getting bamboozled 5 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
Since 2007, Senate Bill 378 states that:
"Residents lawfully occupying a dwelling may use deadly force against a person who "unlawfully, and with force, enters or attempts to enter the dwelling"... ...or who commits or attempts to commit a "qualifying" felony such as "aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery""
I couldn't find (in the 3 minutes I spent googling) anything prohibiting guns in stores by owners. All this information may be false as I have no understanding of american legal speak.
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"Residents lawfully occupying a dwelling may use deadly force against a person who "unlawfully, and with force, enters or attempts to enter the dwelling"... ...or who commits or attempts to commit a "qualifying" felony such as "aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery""
I couldn't find (in the 3 minutes I spent googling) anything prohibiting guns in stores by owners. All this information may be false as I have no understanding of american legal speak.
And January will last 87 years 12 comments
What's your wifi name 10 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
I have two channels on my router named "The LAN down under" and "Winternet is Coming."
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Yust another title 5 comments
Well, hasta la vista Susan 7 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
(Not guest) I'll say off the bat I can't get a source for this, but US varies so much from state to state that it would be pretty difficult to nail down. However, in the more religiously governed states it is quite possible that the original husband would be on the hook for CS for a child that isn't his due to the traditional nature of some laws, especially those regarding family.
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Yeah, he got 'em good 6 comments
Jellyfish look like they're from another planet 3 comments
aphelion
· 6 years ago
If you think that's alien, look up their life cycle. They have this weird thing they do where they essentially spend a portion of their life as a plant.
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Yes of course 8 comments
