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Well, not the entire Society, but Lois Shumaker, was able to spend a day at Godfrey Library on her way to her 50th High School Reunion.
(Notice Lois is a true Root Cellar'er wearing her official T-shirt)
Lois says, "Godfrey Library has a great collection for Connecticut and Massachusetts history, both colonial and later. Lots of good local files". One day is not enough for any library. She will be back again. I need to check this out for my ancestors BRISTOL in New Haven, Connecticut. But I am now hearing that they may have originally come in through Massachusett and then down to Connecticut. Something new to research.
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Boy, does actually looking help. EVE doesn't need a new ship or a new weapon system. See, I'd never really looked at the bombers.
Now they're not cheap, not like T1 frigates. But the stealth bomber carries the bomb launcher – just one, mind. Each bomb does 6400 points of damage. A stealth bomber carries only one or two bombs as they're rather large. But, and there's a big but here…
The EHP (Effective Hit Points) of the largest ships run into the millions. It would take more than 600 bombers to take down a fairly well done Titan, assuming all bombs hit soon enough that repair cycles didn't get in the way. And this is why Drackar was speaking of such a radical system.
I'll want to think further. My first reaction was to just want a specialized bomb – double the size, quadruple both the damage and the explosion radius. But that's a bit ridiculous, first, and second it only cuts the number of bombers required in half. Bluntly, to effectively threaten megacorps I think a group of not more than 100 ships should be a viable threat — and depending on a number of factors I've not looked at in depth I can see the magic number being 50.
On the other hand I don't think CCP or anyone else really wants to see Titans totally turned into white elephants. So no three-shot kill-groups or truly magic bullets.
The titan costs money and time to build. The threat should be as expensive in effort, though I'm willing to say a number of individuals acting cooperatively bringing particular toys and the skills to use them should suffice.
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CoolIT's Domino ALC provides consistent, effective temperature control
Pros: Good monitoring of processor temperature, supports overclockingCons: LCD display requires windowed computer case to view; hard to fit into smaller system enclosuresPerformance: AEase of use: BFeatures: AValue: A+Price: $80
Almost all computers are cooled by air these days. But the most efficient way to bring the temperature down is by using liquid, if you do it right.
The problem with using water to cool electrical equipment is fairly obvious. If you do it incorrectly, you can short out the device, sometimes in very dramatic — and dangerous — ways.
That, along with the complexity and price of such a system, has kept most feds out of the liquid-cooling pool. In the not-so-distant past, you practically needed an engineering degree to get a system properly configured with liquid cooling.
The Domino ALC from CoolIT Systems is an attempt to bring liquid cooling into the mainstream. It's still a kit that requires some intermediate knowledge of how to remove and install physical components in a desktop PC. But it is extremely easy to use compared to most do-it-yourself projects. The hardest part could be uninstalling your existing air-cooled system to make room for the Domino ALC.
Of course, the first thing to consider is whether you want to give up your air-cooled system for a water-based one. If you are completely happy with the way your air-cooled computer is performing, you probably should leave it alone. In GCN Lab testing, computers that have been running for eight hours are slightly less efficient than when they were initially activated but not by a noticeable amount.
If you have an opportunity to get a water-cooled system out of the box, you might want to take it because it should be a lot more consistent at removing heat. But if your air-cooled system functions well, there is little need to upgrade.
But what about a PC that is reaching the end of its lifespan? If it is a little too slow to run the latest programs, you might face a large expense to replace it — something most people try to avoid. However, you could keep the system running new software for another year or two by using a technique called overclocking and adding a water-cooled system to prevent the PC from boiling over.
Overclocking is not an exact science and therefore requires some trial and error, but basic overclocking is not difficult. Any modern processor can be tweaked to go faster than its original design, a process called overclocking. For this review, we took a 1.5G Pentium 4 computer and overclocked it to 2G, a modest but measurable speed enhancement. But when we did this, the heat generated by the chip was off the charts. Had we continued using the existing air-cooled system, the processor would have quickly been damaged.
However, once the Domino ALC was in place, the chip's temperature could be maintained at normal levels indefinitely. For $80, we increased the performance of the system by 33 percent. That's better than buying a new one.
Installing the Domino ALC was not difficult. You will likely run into most of your trouble getting the old cooling system out, especially if the fans have been thermal glued to your old processor. But once they are removed, you simply screw the metal panel of the ALC directly over the processor, using the existing holes in a standard motherboard. The ALC kit comes with a couple of modified housings to accommodate different motherboard designs. We ran into a few that didn't fit any of the included couplings, but structures for the standard Intel Pentium and Advanced Micro Devices motherboards are included.
A blue status LCD on the side of the ALC tells you the temperature of the coolant, the speed of the exhaust fan — which replaces your current fan — and the pump speed. The device apparently is designed for installation in a computer case with a large glass window because a solid case blocks your line of sight. The system works fine if you can't see the display, but it would be better to know what's going on. You could also leave the case open, although we don't recommend that.
We ran into a problem when we tried to install Domino into a small computer case. If you have a minitower, the cooling pipes can get crimped, partially blocking the coolant from reaching the processor and overtaxing the pump. So make sure you have plenty of room.
Once installed, the Domino ALC was able to hold the processor's temperature at 23 degrees Celsius, or 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit, from bootup to shutdown over a period of eight hours with only a two-degree fluctuation. Temperature sensors placed on the processor confirmed it, though they were slightly warmer than the Domino ALC reported because the device's temperature sensor is near the top of the water cycle where the coolant is coolest.
When the coolant is circulating, heat from the water is removed at the back part of the cycle and vented out of the system using a fan, much like an air-cooled version but with more precision.
If nothing else, the Domino ALC proves that water-cooled systems can be fairly easy to install and are more consistent in heat management than most air-cooled systems. Whether you want to attempt the installation depends on whether you need more reliable cooling for your computer or would like to extend the life of an older PC by overclocking the processor, which requires a robust cooling system.
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Eli's is very proud of our long term partnership with the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences and Vaughn High School.
For our Thursday Farmers Market, we were delighted to have special needs students from both schools participating in the Market. This is just one more example of how programs in food, agriculture and science can benefit a wide range of students.
Students from Vaughn brought crafts celebrating the Bears first game this Sunday and students from CHSAS brought produce from the farm at the school as well as bottles of the honey harvested by the students and used in our dessserts.


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Pop star Bruno Mars reportedly faces up to four years in prison and $5,000 in fines if convicted of a felony drug charge in connection with his Sin City nightclub arrest last month.
The Clark County DA's office filed a criminal complaint Friday alleging the "Just the Way You Are" singer possessed 2.6 grams of cocaine when arrested Sept. 19, The Associated Press reported.
Following Mars' show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's Wasted Space nightclub, a bathroom attendant told cops the singer, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, had spent too much time in a stall with a bag of white powder, according to the AP.
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The attendant alerted a security guard, who confronted Hernandez as he left the stall. The security guard said he asked Hernandez to hand over any narcotics he had, and Hernandez removed a bag of cocaine from his left-front jeans pocket, the report said.
Hernandez, 24, was taken to a holding cell, where he was questioned by an arresting officer. When asked what was going on, Hernandez replied: "Can I speak to you honestly, sir?" He said he acted foolishly and had never used drugs before, the arrest report said.
Hernandez sang the hooks on B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" — both chart-toppers — and co-wrote and produced Cee-Lo Green's latest expletive-laden single.
"Just the Way You Are" is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
His label, Elektra Records, released a brief statement Friday: "We congratulate Bruno Mars on his chart-topping success, and provide him with our full love and support."
Hernandez's debut album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," is scheduled for release Tuesday.


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Donor Recognition
Tuve Award Honors Visionary Supporters
"In two significant areas in particular, the Boe Forum on Public Affairs and the Fantle Building, Gerry and Robert have helped the Center for Western Studies at Augustana advance in especially visible ways," said Rob Oliver, president.
Couple Understands Importance of Annual Giving
Joe and Jennifer Kirby have been quietly and consistently making an impact at Augustana for many years through their support of the Augustana Fund, the heart of the College's annual giving program.
New Endowed Chair Established
Nef Family Chair of Political Economy will advance the study of market economies and representative democracies.
New Faculty Excellence Endowment Established
The Carole Bland Cultivating Faculty Excellence Endowment has been created at Augustana to honor the life and work of Carole Bland, longtime Board of Trustee member, alumna and great friend of the College.
Kraig Mickelsen: Classmate Responds to Need
Kraig Mickelsen '91 believes in the importance of the work of his old college friend, Chris Croghan '91, who is the Director of the Luther House of Study at Augustana.
Lyle and Othella Christensen: Remembers Augustana in Estate
A gift of $872,000 from the estate of Lyle G. and Othella B. Christensen will be used to support Augustana's general endowment, the Lyle G. and Othella B. Christensen Scholarship endowment, and the proposed expansion and renovation of the Gilbert Science Complex.
Lee and Karen Larsen: That Augustana Bond
There are many ways to describe Lee and Karen Larsen: world travelers, committed and caring volunteers, Augustana supporters, reluctant role models. Thankfully, the Larsens' love for the College outweighs their humility when it comes to talking about their passion for supporting Augustana, both with their time and resources.
Soli Deo Gloria: Historic Gift to the Mikkelsen Library
The gift itself was given quietly, without fanfare or need for recognition. The impact of the gift, however, resounded clearly throughout the college community and beyond. In September 2007, anonymous donors made the largest contribution in College history when they donated $6 million for the Mikkelsen Library redesign and reconstruction project.
V.R. and Joyce Nelson: Friends Indeed
V.R. and Joyce Nelson were honored with one of Augustana's highest forms of recognition, the Friend of Augustana Award, in 2005. But Best Friends is probably a more accurate description.


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I've made it this far in life without owning a firearm, but that needs to change. I have a trap and that works well enough, but dispensing with the raccoon after trapping it isn't a very smooth process just yet. It is legal to shoot pest animals in my township.
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Everyone is an exception: Assumptions to avoid in the sex education classroom
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- ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION IS NOT ENOUGH. // USA Today Magazine;Jan2001, Vol. 129 Issue 2668, p7
Focuses on the results of a study conducted by The Alan Guttmacher Institute which focused on sexual education teachers in the United States.
- No sex is the safest sex. Hazelwood, Kim // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/19/93, Vol. 20 Issue 31, p26
States the Alberta school boards of Red Deer, County of Camrose and County of Lethbridge have voted to offer Teen-Ed as a supplement to or replacement for the liberal Alberta Education sex education program, which assumes many students will indulge in premarital sex. Teen-Ed encourages kids to...
- Surprising tips for sharpening your sexual skills. Haze, Dolores // Cosmopolitan;Feb1993, Vol. 214 Issue 2, p84
Gives tips on how to sharpen your sexual skills. How to intensify orgasms; Sex books and videos to help tune-up sexual techniques.
- Sex education for parents. // Children Today;Jul/Aug85, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p11
While the results of sexuality education programs for parents are not always tangible, educators and researchers agree that the enhanced family communication that often stems from participation in such programs does have an impact on children's sexual behavior.
- Conflict over sex education. // Commonweal;4/10/87, Vol. 114 Issue 8, p206
The New York City Board of Education voted to require every public school to implement a sex education program based on the revised curriculum, `Family Living Including Sex Education.' The Catholic Archdiocese of New York opposes the curriculum because it is value neutral, not teaching definite...
- Untitled. DeMoya, Dorothy; Begany, Timothy // RN;Jan93, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p77
Gives answers to questions relating to sex. Condoms for women; Improvement in semen quality during winter; Vaginal candidiasis as a possible sign of HIV infection; Early puberty; Improvement of male infertility by varicocele ligation.
- Distributing condoms in high school. Quinn, J.R. // America;11/2/1991, Vol. 165 Issue 13, p320
Disagrees with the plans of superintendents of schools in San Francisco and New York to distribute free condoms to high school students without the consent or knowledge of their parents. Gives misleading messages to teenagers; Assumes youth not capable of abstinence; Comparison to `Just say no!'...
- Sex ed for grown-ups. Karbo, Karen // Redbook;Nov93, Vol. 182 Issue 1, p62
Discusses a couple's attempts to improve their sex life by means of instructional sex videos. Tapes' promises of education in sex; Problem of using real people in tapes; Distractions; Detailing of sexual roadblocks; Repetition and lectures of self-evident information; Dependence of the...
- Reducing the risk of teen sex. Hayes, L. // Phi Delta Kappan;Mar92, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p567
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Welcome to the Hohenstaufen Route, a signposted, accessible route of approximately 340 km between Filz and the Rems tributary river, the Schurwald wood and Kalte Feld (the Cold Field), a rocky outcrop on a high plateau in the foothills of the Swabian Alb. The birthplace of the Hohenstaufen, one of the most significant and influential dynasties of the Middle Ages, lies between the towns of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Göppingen and Heidenheim.
Thank goodness for the Hohenstaufen Route, which tells the fascinating story of the Hohenstaufen, the most powerful dynasty of the High Middle Ages, and leads visitors in their footsteps through the legendary Stauferland and its distinctive Drei Kaiserberge (the Three Emperor Mountains): the Hohenstaufen, Rechberg and Stuife. The impact of this trio on the landscape of the Hohenstaufen dynasty's heartland is visible for miles around.
It all started in Stauferland
The Hohenstaufen were a dynasty of dukes, kings and emperors that intermittently ruled over half of Europe, and it was Frederick I von Hohenstaufen, who received a knighthood for accompanying the Emperor Henry IV to Canossa, who first brought the Hohenstaufen into the limelight in 1076/77. Two members of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in particular made their mark on the period between 1150 and 1250: Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and his grandson, Frederick II.
The Hohenstaufen erected memorials too
As one of the most powerful ruling dynasties in Europe, the Hohenstaufen already knew over 800 years ago where the best of life was to be found. Today the image of Hohenstaufen Castle (684 m) still evokes tales of its glamorous past as the ancestral seat of the dynasty and even Emperor Frederick I resided within its once powerful walls for a time. Another Hohenstaufen castle, the Wäscherschloss, is almost completely intact and can be found in the town of Wäschenbeuren. The romantic Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch, the burial place of the Hohenstaufen dynasty and a long-time spiritual centre, features an exquisitely coloured painting which depicts 200 years of Hohenstaufen history over its 30 m length and 4.5 m height.
A place where even emperors and kings felt at home
The Hohenstaufen Route runs through one of the most beautiful stretches of land in the east of the Swabian Alb: the legendary Wental valley, the bizarre Eselsburg valley and the Steinheim crater (Steinheimer Becken) which was formed by a massive meteor strike. Romantic churches and abbeys, bizarre caves and rock formations, palaces and the defiant ruins of Hohenstaufen castles blending harmoniously into the unique landscape, are just some of the sights waiting to be discovered along this route. And that's not all: visitors can also discover old towns such as Schwäbisch Gmünd or Bad Wimpfen, which became wealthy under the Hohenstaufen.
Length: approximately 340 km
Theme: the Hohenstaufen, history, culture
Adelberg: Abbey
Bad Boll: collegiate church (Stiftskirche)
Dischingen: Katzenstein Castle
Giengen: Charlotte Cave (Charlottenhöhle), the Steiff Museum
Göppingen: Hohenstaufen Castle (ruins), museum
Hohenstaufen: the Barbarossa Church (Barbarossakirche), Hohenstaufen ancestral castle, documentary centre
Lauterstein: Weissenstein Castle (ruins)
Lorsch: abbey
Oberstotzingen: manor house (Rittergut), castle
Schwäbisch-Gmünd: Hohenstaufer city
Wäschebeuren: Wäscherschloss Castle
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At select workshops, residents can purchase compost bins at a discount. Cash or check only. Limit 2 bins per household. Subject to availability. Arrangements could be made if supplies run out.
Worm bins include African Red Worms (Eisenia fetida), also known as Red Wigglers, which are the most common type of composting worm. They process large amounts of organic matter (up to half their body weight per day), reproduce rapidly, and are very tolerant of variations in soil conditions. As nature's soil aerators, worms improve and condition the soil as they burrow in search of food. Composting worms excrete a valuable natural fertilizer (called castings), which contain 5 times the nitrogen, 7 times the phosphorus, 3 times the magnesium, 11 times the potash, and 1.5 times the calcium as are normally found in 6 inches of top soil. Other names for Red Wigglers include Tiger worms, Garlic worms, Manure worms, and Brandling worms.
Backyard Compost Bin
Backyard composting bins are sold at select workshops for $40 each. Limit two bins per household. Cash or check only.
Price is subject to change.
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● Weight - 27 lbs
● Volume - 11.5 cubic feet
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Worm composting bins are sold at select workshops for $65 each and includes 1/2 lb of worms. Limit two bins per household.
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Dell Inspiron 17R full review
The Dell Inspiron 17R is a budget desktop replacement laptop, which sounds like it might be an oxymoron. After all, how can a laptop that's meant to replace a desktop be, well, a cheap laptop (listed at £559, to be exact)?
Our review model sports an Intel Core i5-3210M processor - a dual-core CPU running at 2.5GHz (3.1GHz in turbo mode) - and a rather small 3MB shared L3 cache. It's also equipped with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD-RW optical drive, and built-in Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. The 17.3-inch LCD panel offers 1600 by 900 native resolution, and has discrete Nvidia GeForce GT 630M graphics. OS chores are handled by the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. See also Group test: what's the best budget laptop?
Dell Inspiron 17R: Performance
In our WorldBench 7 benchmark tests, the Inspiron 17R scored a below-average 86 out of 100. This means the Inspiron 17R is 14 percent slower than our baseline model, which sports a second-generation Intel i5 desktop processor and 8GB of RAM. This score is particularly low for the desktop replacement category. In fact, it's safe to say that while the Inspiron 17R may look the part of a desktop replacement, given its hulking, 17.3-inch size, it's nowhere near the league of most desktop replacements we've reviewed recently. See also: Laptop Advisor.
For example, the Alienware M17x R4 scored 146 on WorldBench 7, while the Samsung Series 7 Gamer scored 123. Sure, the Asus G75VW scored just 97, but remember that all three of these laptops are much more impressive than the Dell in ways other than WorldBench 7 performance score. In other tests the Inspiron 17R really showed its weaknesses - it scored 1627 in our office productivity tests, which is nowhere near the 6045 that the category leader, the Origin EON17-S, scored. In our Web performance tests, it managed 13.5 frames per second (the Origin managed 21.3).
While the Dell Inspiron 17R's general performance is a little low, graphics performance is decent. The Inspiron 17R has a discrete Nvidia GeForce GT 630M graphics card, so expect decent gaming performance.
On another positive note, the Inspiron 17R does have slightly better battery life than do most of its competitors. In our battery life tests it managed to eke out 3 hours, 42 minutes, which isn't great, but isn't awful for the desktop replacement category. The last three laptops we tested in the category averaged 3 hours, 39 minutes, and the category leader (the Origin EON17-S) achieved only 2 hours, 33 minutes.
Dell Inspiron 17R design: chassis, keyboard, trackpad
The Dell Inspiron 17R isn't super-stylish, but it's also not bad-looking for a cheap desktop-replacement-size laptop. Our review model features rounded corners, plastic accents, and a switchable lid, like some other Dell laptops we've recently looked at. The lid features a silver brushed aluminum plate with a shiny finish, but if you flick a switch at the back of the computer the plate snaps out. You can then replace the plate with one of a different color or texture. This is a nice touch if you like to change up your laptop style every once in a while.
The interior sports a similarly luxe-looking brushed aluminum wrist rest (which is not switchable), as well as a black plastic bezel surrounding the glossy screen. Dell is clearly trying with the fancy aluminum plates, but the rounded corners and plastic edges just make the computer look a little cheap. And, well...it is.
The Inspiron 17R also has a full-sized keyboard with matte black island-style keys against a shiny black plastic base, as well as a 10-key numeric keypad. The keys are a little small, but are slightly indented to allow for more accurate typing. I found this keyboard one of the more comfortable I've used recently, as the keys are nicely spaced and offer good tactile feedback. They are initially a little stiff, which takes some getting used to, but typing quickly and accurately is easy.
Above the keyboard are three buttons: a settings button, which opens the Windows Mobility Center; a Waves MAXXAudio button, which lets you toggle through sound presets such as "movie" and "voice"; and a configurable "Instant Launch" button, to which you can assign your desired function.
A large trackpad with discrete mouse buttons is located below the keyboard, slightly offset to the left. The trackpad is actually a continuation of the brushed-aluminum wrist rest, though it has a slightly rougher texture. The trackpad is large and sensitive, and performs multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom and two-finger scrolling smoothly. The buttons are large, but a little difficult to press as they don't have much tactile feedback. They are pretty, though, and they look like they've been neatly cut out of the aluminum background. The trackpad can be turned off using the Fn F3 key, and a small orange light turns on when the trackpad is disabled.
Port-wise, the Inspiron 17R is acceptable: four USB 3.0 ports (two on each side), HDMI- and VGA-out ports, and microphone and headphone jacks, plus gigabit ethernet, a lock slot, and a multicard reader. This isn't the greatest port selection I've seen on a desktop replacement, but the USB 3.0 ports on either side of the machine are a nice touch.
Dell Inspiron 17R: Screen and speakers
The Dell Inspiron 17R sports a 17.3-inch glossy display with a native resolution of 1600 by 900 pixels. While this isn't the best resolution for a 17.3-inch screen, it's not truly awful, either. Other desktop replacements typically have 1920 by 1080 pixel resolutions, but other desktop replacements also cost a lot more than the Inspiron 17R. So you get what you pay for.
Apart from resolution, the Inspiron 17R's screen looks pretty good. It's very bright (almost overwhelmingly so at its brightest setting), so it's good for use outside or in brightly lit areas. Colors look good, if sometimes a little washed out. Images and text look crisp, and off-axis viewing angles are acceptable. The screen isn't too reflective, despite its glossy finish.
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Talk:1162: Log Scale
The fictional notation MAY BE a parody of Knuth's up-arrow notation - and uranium MAY BE an effective energy source. By the way, labeling the energy sources just with material name is insufficient: how good energy source is hydrogen? -- Hkmaly (talk) 09:17, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
- It has a calorific value of about 150 kJ/gm(much higher when compared to coal,etc.) but is too explosiveGuru-45 (talk) 14:24, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
- That is for burning it I assume? But what if you use it as fuel in a fusion reactor? Or an H-Bomb for that matter?
- is it really a parody? (well, probably arrow notation grows much more, here there is just a log log log etc) --.mau. (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
The calorie standard is defined by burning. So comparison doesn't fit with the graph as written. DruidDriver (talk) 20:46, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
It's true that uranium has an extremely high energy density, which is of great importance for mobile power plants; however, nuclear fission has a lot of safety issues, especially for mobile power, which is why it is used only for stationary power plants and large military vessels, such as aircraft carriers and subs.
Hydrogen is pretty good when highly compressed so as to get high energy volume density as well, but that leads to problems too. Also, hydrogen leaks more easily than almost anything else. That is especially a problem for an extremely flammable gas. On the plus side for hydrogen, nothing burns more cleanly.
- "The log scale can also be abused to make data look more uniform than it really is, so on a log scale sugar and other materials would look largely equal energy density when they clearly are not."
I think this is missing the point, which I take to be that displaying the data on a log scale would understate the vast difference between uranium and the hydrocarbons/carbohydrates:
E/m log(E/m) sugar 19 1.3 * coal 24 1.4 * fat 39 1.6 ** gas 46 1.7 ** uranium 76e6 7.9 ****.***
Uranium is clearly larger than the others, but only by a factor of 4, so the real magnitude of the difference may not be appreciated. With the stack of paper, he's proposing a way to show linear values for the data without having the uranium column simply shooting off the top of the page, with an arrow and the number. Wwoods (talk) 17:26, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
- or, he could just print at a scale that allows 76,000,000 to fit on the page, with the other values shown as near-infinitesimally thin lines. 188.8.131.52 18:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
A googolplex in Knuth's paper stack notation (based upon 3818 chr per page, and 25,824 pages to fill up a typical 8ft tall room), would be: 96.41816408 with a 2 pinned on it.
The algorithim is:
KnuthPaperStack(N): y = log10(N)/3818 If y >= 25824 Z = Z + 1 z = KnuthPaperStack(y) Return z,Z Else Return y,Z End if
--Markozeta (talk) 15:25, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
I think the name "Knuth paper-stack notation" sounds like "'Nuff paper-stack notation", meaning that it is a notation in which you need "enough paper" to stack up.
--NiccoloM (talk) 00:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Isn't there a pun on Log which is itself an energy source as well as being the source of any reams of paper used to record values. 184.108.40.206 06:58, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Am I the only one not seeing the glaring mistake on the comic? First thing I thought was "that stack of paper is not high enough!". Please someone double check my math: If the height has to be 6.6e6cm (stated above) at 29.7 cm each A4 (vertical), that would mean 222,222 sheets of paper one on top of another. Each stack of 100 pages is aprox 1cm high. That would represent the stack to be 2222cm high, ergo 22m, roughly a 7 story building. Unless there is the equivalent of 6 stories in the waving paper, or the length of the folding 7x that of an A4, or the stick figure is 7 times closer to the camera than the stack of paper is... THE HEIGHT OF THE PILE IS OH SO WRONG!!!!!! Please prove me wrong!
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Assumption #1) the graph is drawn on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of ordinary paper in landscape orientation.
Assumption #2) the graph is drawn in normal (linear) scale.
Assumption #3) Cueball is 6 feet tall.
Trusting MSPaint with the conversions, I read the first four bars to have about 5 units (megajoules per kg) per pixel. 76 million units divided by 5 units per pixel is a 15.2 million pixel tall bar.
Looking again to MSPaint, I read the 8.5" dimension of the paper to be about 193 pixels. 15.2 million pixels of graph bar divided by 193 pixels per page is 78756 pages.
Looking above, I read that 100 pages is 1cm, so our stack is going to be 787.56cm tall.
On this side of the pond, that's 310 inches, or about 25 feet.
So, the stack Cueball is looking at is too short to house an accurately long enough bar....
...IF the stack's footprint's longer dimension is only 8.5 inches. While the original graph paper appears to be 8.5x11, the ribbon of paper continuing the bar does not appear to be segmented. Again looking at MSPaint, it would seem the ribbon is about 4.75" wide. The stack is clearly much longer than it is wide. If the stack is 30" long and 4.75" wide, the stack would be whittled down to just over 6 feet tall.
So, making a gang load of assumptions, and scaling from an drawn image, it's reasonable to say the stack in the image could be accurate enough.
The explanation's assumption above that the gasoline bar is 4cm tall makes the piece of paper 96.5cm (38") tall, and that's just not practical. Using the scale I've based my statements on makes the gasoline bar just about 9mm.
-psychoboy22.214.171.124 19:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
What is the energy density of gasoline if it undergoes nuclear fusion? 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
This is similar to the iterated logarithm function, right? --220.127.116.11 21:28, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
I actually had to present this chart when I was ten years old, but I needed to use a split level to save paper due to the theme of environmentalism.22.214.171.124
The stated value of 76'000'000 MJ (76 Terajoules) per kg Uranium corresponds roughly to the energy released by the fission of U-235 nuclei of 202.5 MeV or 3.24·10-17 MJ per nucleus [[1]]. One kilogram of pure U-235 would release about 83 Terajoules. In a real nuclear power plant more energy is generated due to breeder reactions, so that per kg U-235 about 128 TJ are produced. One kilogram of natural uranium has about 0.71% U-235 and therefore the potential to produce about 910'000 MJ in a usual nuclear power plant. A fuel rod as used in a nuclear power plant (enriched to 3.5% U-235) has the potential to produce about 4.5 TJ. --184.108.40.206 01:19, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
What if the number of iterations doesn't fit the room? 22.214.171.124 21:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
- Case 1: The original paper stack doesn't fit the room. --> Pin a paper to it showing how many iterations you need to write it out.
- Case 2: The pinned paper stack doesn't fit the room. --> Pin a paper stack to THAT showing how many iterations you need to write it out.
- Case 3: That pinned paper stack doesn't fit the room. --> Pin a paper stack onto that showing how many iterations you need to write it out.
- etc.
625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8 (talk) 07:00, 8 March 2017 (UTC)


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Young children can use this chart to keep track of the books, stories, and magazine articles that they read. This organizer will also help them see differences in genres of different texts and begin to formulate opinions about the texts they read.
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Instill a love for reading by encouraging children to read books and magazine articles and to keep track of their reading. Children will begin to formulate opinions and ideas about different texts and genres that they read. Completing this chart will also help children evaluate what they read and explain to you how they rate each book.
- Print one or more copies of the "What I've Read" chart and make it available to the child or children with whom you are working. For each book or magazine article that they read, ask them to write an entry including the title, author, illustrator, reading date, and genre.
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On June 16, two Black, female, Seattle teenagers were arrested and detained for jaywalking.
Marilyn Levias, the 19 year-old perpetrator, unwisely chose to resist arrest. When her friend, 17 year-old Andrea Rosenthal, intervened on her behalf, the arresting officer, Ian Walsh, punched Rosenthal in the face. She was charged with third degree assault; after apologizing later that day, she was still forced to endure a lecture from the officer about keeping her hands to herself.
Many folks in the blogosphere and news outlets have debated the rights and wrongs of this issue. Certain things are clear. It is never wise to resist arrest, even when being arrested for something ludicrous, like jaywalking. It is never okay to put hands on an officer who has taken an oath "to protect and serve," even if he is more invested in protecting his power and serving his interest than taking care of your well-being.
No, Andrea and Marilyn did not make the wisest of choices. Prevailing wisdom says that lack of wisdom is a hallmark of late adolescence. And unlike Officer Walsh, these girls are not getting paid to protect the public trust. Their job is to be happy-go-lucky, carefree teenage girls. His job, I reiterate, is to protect and serve.
In our national conscience, however, Black girls are always servants, never served, always villains, never victims. Do you think two carefree, adolescent white women cruising the streets of Seattle would have been subject to this officer's harassment? Could he have so easily sucker punched a blonde, blue-eyed, co-ed?
The ease with which this officer responded to these girls as enemies, instinctually punching Rosenthal as though she had surprised him in a sneak attack, can only be explained by the pervasive operation of a white supremacist discourse that sees Black bodies as threatening and dangerous, and therefore worthy of excessive force.
When I watch the video of this incident, the only person I see attempting to diffuse the situation is a young Black man, who grabs Rosenthal away from the officer and from her friend. He is the one who de-escalates the situation. It goes virtually unnoticed, since Black men are visible in cases like this only when they are being criminal.
We will continue to see unjust, unchecked, excessive forms of violence against Black and Brown folks in this country until we rethink our methods of policing. I am reminded of the summer after I graduated from college, when an officer threatened to club me in a Wal-Mart parking lot because my friend and I parked briefly in a no parking zone, with the permission of store security, to retrieve a package that she had inadvertently left behind.
For that officer and many others, these encounters cease quickly to be about rationality. They become a power-struggle, which the officer can win because he has a state-issued gun and billyclub. If you choose to ask questions or insist an explanation be provided, more often than not, you are met with a threat.
While I recognize police officers risk their lives, everyday, for little fanfare and even less pay, I think they, too, are victims of a policing ideology demanding they "kick butt first and take names later." Force before thought equals needless carnage, pain and death. But that's taking a rational approach.
So, while I do not excuse the behavior of these young women, I sympathize with them. They reacted to this officer as though he were an enemy, because for so many people of color, police officers are public enemy #1. And, if the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then the enemy of my friend is my enemy. Andrea rolled hard for her girl. As do I. I commend her sentiment even though I vigorously reject her approach, desiring she remain in the land of the living.
If this had been two young Black men we would have been outraged, and rightfully so. Police brutalize Black girls, too. RIP Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Black girls, too, are worthy of our rage.
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This year marks the 61st anniversary of the Detroit Autorama, and when it comes to indoor custom car shows, this is the granddaddy of them all. Over the past six decades, iconic street rods and customs have left an indelible mark on the minds of car enthusiasts as they gazed at the candy apple metallic paint jobs, chrome wheels and fat tires.
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This past summer the Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church republished a series of popular lectures delivered by Dr. Edward J. Young (1907–1968), professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia from 1936 until his death. Dr. Young delivered these talks, entitled "The God-Breathed Scripture," at Grace Theological Seminary in 1966.
A decade earlier, Young published his pioneering study on biblical infallibility, Thy Word Is Truth (Eerdmans, 1957). Fifty years later, this book remains in print, and it continues to stand, in the judgment of theologian John Frame, as the "best resource for showing the rationale for inerrancy." Young was a remarkably calm and humble voice in the din of debate that developed over the inerrancy of Scripture. On the one hand, he was fully conversant with contemporary biblical scholarship, and he responded to the attacks of higher critics with the greatest of scholarly integrity. On the other hand, he resisted the temptation (to which many of the Bible's defenders yielded) to advance artificial harmonizations of problem passages. "When we meet difficulties in Scripture," he wrote, "it is well to be cautious about asserting the presence of error. We as Bible believers are not called upon to offer an answer to all the problems in the Bible any more than we are called upon to offer an explanation of the doctrine of the Trinity."
Young's lectures, which were delivered shortly before his untimely death, display continuity with the basic argument of his earlier work. As his son-in-law, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., also a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, explains in his foreword to this new edition of Young's lectures, Young understood that there were two ways to approach the infallibility of Scripture. An increasingly popular method emphasizes human authorship and focuses on the so-called "phenomena" of Scripture. The older and wiser approach, to which Young was committed, began with the divinity of Scripture and focused on its self-witness. In these lectures, Young outlines the Scripture's own claims about its divine nature.
This was no mere academic exercise for Dr. Young. Ultimately, he connected the doctrine of biblical infallibility to Christian discipleship. "To assume that [God] could breathe forth a word that could contain mistakes is to say, in effect, that God Himself can make mistakes. We must maintain that the original of Scripture is infallible for the simple reason that it came to us direct from God Himself." When the readers are armed with this confidence, the Bible is able to make them wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
The following pages present an excerpt from Young's treatment of 2 Timothy 3:16, in which he examines Paul's claims that Scripture is inspired and profitable. If this sample whets the reader's appetite for more, The God-Breathed Scripture can be obtained at the OPC website for $5 plus postage. In commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Dr. Young, the Committee for the Historian offers these lectures as an attractive, 112-page paperback, with hopes that Orthodox Presbyterians will continue to benefit from his scholarly and pastoral insights.
The author is the historian of the OPC. Reprinted from New Horizons, October 2007.
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There is always hope.
That is the guiding mantra of Gail Carpenter and Betsy Jones who have been working in women's jail ministry for decades.
"You're faith just keeps carrying you on, that maybe one of these days you won't see the same faces," Carpenter said.
The two are somewhat accustomed to see people return. They have even seen daughters of former inmates through their work. But they are pleased that recidivism doesn't seem to be as bad as in years past, and they are encouraged the amazing transformations of inmates.
They have seen a methamphetamine addict start going to church and a lady who was shot by law enforcement because she was driving drunk and wouldn't stop, give up alcohol.
"That's one of the beauties of the whole thing, you see them later," Jones said.
Now both give devotionals during Saturday afternoon jail church, which started in the late 1980s, but they were involved before it became formalized.
Neither one saw initially saw herself ministering to inmates, both were asked.
Carpenter was asked by a friend in at church to go see her daughter. Later, in 1973, a jailer asked Carpenter to talk with the female inmates regularly.
Over the years, Carpenter was involved as a translator, suicide prevention, and with a clothing charity that gave inmates the opportunity to order clothes by phone. She got know inmates so well she recalled: "Pretty soon they started calling me Auntie Gail."
Five of Jones' friends told her that she should try it out and she started working with inmates in 1987.
"It's so gratifying to able to talk to them, listen to them and remind them not to leave it all behind, what they've learned in there," Jones said.
Both are quick to laugh about minor mishaps in ministry. Carpenter, recalled with a smile, not even noticing the jailers had forgotten her for an extra hour in a cell.
For years, the two would go into the cells to meet with inmates for about an hour. Now jail church meets for 20 minutes in the gym, and Carpenter and Jones share the responsibilities with Karen Andrews and Susan Giannone.
When asked what is the most challenging part, the answer is not what one would expect.
"We don't have enough time," Carpenter said.
Despite having calling others might find depressing, the two have no intention of retiring.
"It's part of us," Carpenter said.


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28% of the respondents in Ireland, compared to 18% in Western Europe, reported that maintaining adequate cash flow is one of the biggest challenges they will be facing in 2015.
Survey results for Ireland
Sales on credit terms
Survey respondents in Ireland are very open to the use of trade credit in B2B transactions. Moreover, in contrast to the survey pattern, they seem to perceive the use of trade credit to be equally risky in both domestic and foreign B2B sales. According to responses in Ireland, 54% of the value of domestic, and 50.5% of the value of foreign B2B sales, is transacted on credit terms. Both these averages are far higher than the survey averages for Western Europe (44.9% domestic and 37.7% foreign).
The domestic percentage is aligned with those observed in Great Britain (52%), Sweden (53%) and Italy (56%). Over the past two years, the proportion of domestic B2B sales made on credit in Ireland increased by around 12 percentage points. This notable upswing is three times higher than the increase recorded in Western Europe over the same time frame. Foreign B2B sales made on credit have increased 14 percentage points over the past two years. This compares to an average increase of 3.3 percentage points for Western Europe overall. This extensive usage of trade credit may reflect the strong recovery in economic activity in Ireland, which started at the end of 2013 and has continued into 2015.
Average payment term
The average payment term set by Irish respondents for domestic B2B customers is 30 days, four days shorter than the average term set in Western Europe. Invoice payment terms extended by respondents to customers abroad (averaging 33 days) are almost in line with that of Western Europe overall (32 days). The minor difference between domestic and foreign average payment terms mirrors the almost equal propensity of Irish respondents to sell on credit terms to domestic and foreign B2B customers. Over the past two years, invoice payment terms in Ireland did not fluctuate substantially.
Overdue B2B invoices
43.3% of the total value of domestic B2B invoices in Ireland remained unpaid after the due date. This proportion is slightly above that for Western Europe (40.2%) and is as high as that recorded in Spain. The level of domestic overdue payments in Ireland increased by 8.8 percentage points over the past two years. This is below the average increase (10.3 percentage points) recorded in Western Europe over the same time frame. Conversely, the percentage of foreign overdue invoices in Ireland accounts for 28.4% of the total value of respondents' credit- based sales abroad. This is well below the overall figure for Western Europe (35.4%) and is the second lowest percentage of all the countries surveyed after that observed in Sweden (25.3%). It is worth noting that the level of overdue foreign payment in Ireland decreased by nearly 6 percentage points over the past two years.
This is in contrast to the increase of 6.4 percentage points recorded in Western Europe over the same time frame. Ireland and Sweden, however, are the only two countries surveyed in Western Europe, which recorded a decrease in overdue invoices from customers abroad over the past two years. A reflection of the finding regarding the levels of overdue foreign invoices can be seen in the rate of foreign delinquencies recorded in the country (invoices unpaid 90+ days after due date). This is lower (5.9%) than that recorded on the domestic market (8.6%), and well below the delinquency rate registered in Western Europe (7%). The above mentioned findings suggest that Irish re- spondents place a strong emphasis on foreign receivables management.
This is reflected in the average Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) figure of 54 days posted by Irish respondents. This is nearly 20 days shorter than two years ago and but remains above the 48 days average in Western Europe. The strong effort to manage receivables portfolios more efficiently to improve business profitability, evidenced by survey responses in Ireland, may explain why many of the respondents in the country (28%), compared to 18% in Western Europe, reported that maintaining an adequate cash flow is one of the biggest challenges they will be facing in 2015. This response rate is aligned with that in Great Britain.
Average payment delay
Domestic B2B customers of Irish respondents settle their overdue trade debts, on average, 25 days after the invoice due date (survey average is 22 days). The average time it takes respondents' foreign customers to make their late payments is 16 days (survey average is 20 days). This means that respondents in Ireland receive domestic payments, on average, within 55 days after invoicing (survey average is 56 days). This period is shortened to 49 days for foreign payments (survey average is 52 days). Over the past two years, the average domestic payment delay decreased steadily, falling from an average of 34 days in 2013 to the current 25 days. Even more significant was the decrease in the average foreign payment delay, which is around 20 days shorter than two years ago. As a result of these fluctuations, the average payment duration (domestic and foreign) is now two weeks shorter than two years ago.
Key payment delay factors
A higher percentage of respondents in Ireland (64.7%) than in Western Europe (51.4%) reported that insufficient availability of funds is the most frequent reason for payment delays from domestic customers. The figure for Ireland decreased notably (10 percentage points) in 2014 compared to one year earlier, and almost returned to 2013 levels this year. Domestic payment delays in Ireland (36.6% of respondents, compared to 34% in Western Europe) are also caused by buyers using outstanding invoices as a source of financing. This is the most frequent reason for foreign payment delays according to the majority of Irish respondents (33.3%, compared 37% in Western Europe). The percentage of Irish respondents citing this reason is nearly half of that recorded two years ago. Contrary to the survey pattern, however, more respondents in Ireland (30.3%) than in Western Europe (22.2%) reported that payment on foreign invoices is delayed most often due to inefficiencies of the banking system. After having decreased by around 10 percentage points in 2014, (compared to 2013) the percentage of respondents citing this payment delay factor has returned to 2013 levels.
Uncollectable accounts
Based on responses in Ireland, 1.7% of the total value of B2B receivables was uncollectable. This is above the average for Western Europe (1.2%). In line with the survey pattern, the proportion of domestic write-offs is larger than that of foreign ones, which may very well be a consequence of the higher domestic delinquency rate recorded in Ireland. Domestic and foreign uncollectable B2B receivables are most often reported on credit sales to the construction, food and services sectors. For 56.6% of the respondents in Ireland, compared to 66.4% in Western Europe, B2B receivables were mainly uncollectable because the customer went bankrupt or out of business. More Irish respondents (35.4%) than respondents in Western Europe (21.3%) reported that B2B receivables were uncollectable because the additional costs to pursue the debtors are too high. Similarly, more respondents in Ireland (28.3%) than in Western Europe (16.4%) reported that B2B receivables were written off mostly because the debts were too old. This finding can be linked to the observations regarding delinquency rates in Ireland. For more insights into the B2B receivables collections practices in Ireland, please see the Global Collections Review by Atradius Collections (free download after registration), available from April 21st 2015 on www.atradiuscollections. com.
Payment practices by industry
Respondents in Ireland reported extending trade credit mainly to B2B customers belonging to the following sectors: agriculture, construction, consumer durables, electronics, food and services (business, financial and overall services). The longest terms for invoice payment are given by Irish respondents to domestic B2B customers in the food sector (averaging 24 days) and to foreign customers in the agriculture and electronics sectors (averaging 60 days each). Domestic and foreign customers in the construction sector generate most of the late payments (around half of the credit sales in the sector were unpaid at the due date). Moreover, delay in payment of past due debts by domestic and foreign B2B customers in the construction sector together with foreign customers in the agriculture sector is twice as long as the country average. Domestically, invoice payment is most often delayed by customers in the consumer durables and the services sectors due to a lack of liquidity. This is mostly the case for foreign customers in the business services sector. Over the next 12 months, most of the Irish respondents expect a slight improvement in the payment behaviour of B2B customers in all the industries they mainly trade with. This is particularly the case for customers in the food sector.


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Currently, bioethanol is exempt from excise tax. This means that when bioethanol is blended with petrol, excise of 50.5 cents per litre is only paid on the petrol portion of the fuel, and no excise is paid on the bioethanol portion. Further information about biofuels and related government policy can be found at www.biofuels.govt.nz(external link).
What is biofuel?
Biofuel is a generic term for fuels that can be produced from or are made up of a renewable material of plant or animal origin. Often they are substitutes or partial substitutes for fossil or mineral fuels. Biofuels used in transport are typically bioethanol which is used as a petrol substitute and biodiesel which is used as a diesel substitute. These are the biofuels that are most likely to be used in New Zealand in the medium term. Biofuels have the major advantage of not contributing to overall greenhouse gas emissions.
What is biodiesel?
Biodiesel can be produced from any vegetable oil or animal fat and used as a substitute or partial substitute for mineral diesel. To produce biodiesel, these fats or oils are chemically converted to esters that have properties similar to mineral diesel. Biodiesel is often blended with mineral diesel and is available for retail sale in New Zealand in blends of up to 5 percent. Some commercial customers buying fuel in bulk may use higher blends of biodiesel. Blends of up to 5 percent in mineral diesel are suitable for use in diesel engines without modification. Higher blends may be used in dedicated fleets.
What is bioethanol?
Bioethanol is an alcohol made from sugar, starch and products containing sugars and starches, through a process of fermentation and distilling, and used as a substitute or partial substitute for petrol. Bioethanol has properties that are similar to petrol so it is often blended with petrol. In New Zealand bioethanol-blended petrol is available in blends of up to 10 percent, although it has also been introduced at a lower level blend i.e 3 to 5 percent in some petrol. Higher blends may be used in dedicated fleets.
What is the difference between first and second generation biofuels?
First generation biofuels are produced from sugars, starches, vegetable oils or animal fats from proven technology. Examples include bioethanol from whey and biodiesel from tallow.
'Second generation' biofuels generally refer to new methods of producing biofuels. They are not yet ready for commercial development but are the subject of extensive research and development internationally. Examples include the conversion of plant lignin and cellulose into fuels by enzymes and the gasification of biomass material followed by a "gas to liquid" Fischer-Tropsch process. Biomass that could be used in this process include all types of trees, grasses, agricultural plant wastes, straw and algae.
Can biodiesel and bioethanol be made in New Zealand?
Yes. New Zealand produces sufficient tallow, a by-product of the meat industry, which would, if converted to biodiesel, produce around 5 percent of our diesel fuel needs. Biodiesel can also be made from used cooking oil and rapeseed grown as a break crop. New Zealand currently produces bioethanol from whey, a by-product of the dairy industry. More bioethanol could be produced from whey or other waste and by-product sources. Maize is also a possible feedstock for bioethanol production in New Zealand.
What are the benefits of biofuels?
Using a biodiesel blend has a number of benefits, which are reduced net carbon dioxide emissions, reduced emissions of concern to air quality and human health, better fuel lubrication and reduced deposits in your diesel engine. Biodiesel is also non-toxic and biodegradable.
Using a bioethanol-petrol blend reduces net emissions of carbon dioxide and provides some air quality benefits. Bioethanol is also a relatively high octane fuel.
What countries currently use biofuels?
Biofuel blends are widely used around the world. The USA, Brazil, Canada, most European countries, Australia, China, India and Thailand all use biofuel blends and have done so for many years.
Can biofuels be used in all vehicles?
Modifications are not necessary for petrol or diesel vehicles using low level biofuel blends. Petrol engines tuned correctly for use on ordinary petrol would normally not exhibit any problems with using bioethanol-petrol blends of up to 10 percent ethanol. Diesel engines tuned correctly and regularly serviced would not normally exhibit any problems with using bio-diesel blends of up to 5 percent biodiesel. Most modern vehicles are compatible with higher biofuel blend levels.
Owners of new vehicles are able to find out whether a manufacturer supports the use of bioethanol in its new cars by asking their representative in New Zealand. A summary of relevant manufacturer's statements has been made available by the Motor Industry Association. It is available on the Motor Industry Association website(external link) or through the New Zealand Automobile Association(external link).
The Ministry has carried out corrosion testing on bioethanol blended petrol on aluminium engine components. These tests simulate the use of bioethanol blended petrol in vehicles previously used in Japan. Tests found that petrol blends containing bioethanol up to 10 percent do not cause corrosion in fuel systems of vehicles previously used in Japan.