Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

overeducated jackasses from hell...………...don't worry,they wont pay your bills,,just demand what you do…………..

Tell us how your really feel Oly

 

[rarefish383]

If I had a dime for every mile I’ve put on one.........!!!!!!
My dad rest his hard working soul got burnt on an expensive transfer case repair in his youth and vowed to never own a 4 wheel drive again and he didn’t! That meant whatever tree he found, no matter how far off the road or how steep the hill was, it came out in a wheelbarrow!!!
He said it built character. Maybe so but all the same I vowed to never own a 2 wheel drive and I haven’t!! Lol

Three Mile Island.... I know how business works and the payoffs that are involved we are no different than the Japanese. You rarely know or hear about the problems until an upper investigation is done and then the stuff really comes out of the woodwork. Stuff is hidden swept under the rug, ignored. We are no different than any other country. Believing nuclear energy is safe is a fallacy. A reaction that cannot be controlled or stopped once it goes catastrophic should never be used. Clearly you were not involved in any of that, But not all people are honest. Go online there's been over 56 accidents in the US via improper maintenance or operator error. In my opinion its a ticking time bomb. Just my opinion nothing more. But catastrophic nuclear accidents have happened and they will happen again.

A friend was one of the nuclear engineers that inspected Three Mile after it blew. He said every failsafe was in place and worked as it should. If you check the records, every legal case brought against Three Mile lost. If it was anyone besides Ollie, I would say that was just a cover up. But he trusted the government about as much as I do. He said if there was any cover up, it was how well Three mile worked, and the media was given free rein to say what they wanted and to hell with proof. The truth was covered up.

 

[rarefish383]

Anyone in the MD area interested in an old Ford N series. One of my friends said any fair offer takes it, has a decent mower on it. Hasn't run in a good long while, but ran when parked.

 

[JustJeff]

Everything ran when parked

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[Vtrombly]

A friend was one of the nuclear engineers that inspected Three Mile after it blew. He said every failsafe was in place and worked as it should. If you check the records, every legal case brought against Three Mile lost. If it was anyone besides Ollie, I would say that was just a cover up. But he trusted the government about as much as I do. He said if there was any cover up, it was how well Three mile worked, and the media was given free rein to say what they wanted and to hell with proof. The truth was covered up.

In some ways that makes me feel better that you knew someone that said the failsafes worked as intended...On the other hand somewhat makes me feel worse that even with all the failsafes and safety features nature still finds a way to circumvent man made devices. I still feel that using a process that it's half life of cesium 137 is 30 years and if there is ground absorbion is 20000 years. To me is one wrong move away from a disaster every day of the year. Even with all these inspections clearly things slip through the cracks or go unnoticed because there are accidents if it was 100 percent these things wouldn't happen and to me it's too dangerous for it not to be 100 percent. A natural gas or coal plant is not making an exclusion zone if it blows up.

 

[svk]

I feel *fairly* safe with nuclear power however what I wonder is how much we’ve be never been told.

 

[morewood]

I like firewood. I even hoard it.

But, if we are to develop into this figment of imagination electrified utopia then nuclear is probably the only viable way presently available. Yes, it is incredibly dangerous. Yes, the long term costs of any mistake are almost indescribable. There isn't another choice though. Two interesting to watch/read. "The Toxic Pigs of Fukoshima" is an interesting documentary. Didn't seem overly politicized, interesting on a personal level. The other, and much more interesting to me was the book "Midnight in Chernobyl". You will never believe we are that bad, you will also never believe that communist/socialist ideas on everyone having a job is a good idea. The reactors used in Chernobyl were nothing like anything used in the West.

Also, since it's on topic. I don't argue that climate change is happening. Scientists know the Earth's climate has cooled and heated up. I want to know how much the human population has impacted it. Simply saying the oceans are rising and temps are up doesn't cut it.

Shea

 

[Brufab]

I like firewood. I even hoard it.

But, if we are to develop into this figment of imagination electrified utopia then nuclear is probably the only viable way presently available. Yes, it is incredibly dangerous. Yes, the long term costs of any mistake are almost indescribable. There isn't another choice though. Two interesting to watch/read. "The Toxic Pigs of Fukoshima" is an interesting documentary. Didn't seem overly politicized, interesting on a personal level. The other, and much more interesting to me was the book "Midnight in Chernobyl". You will never believe we are that bad, you will also never believe that communist/socialist ideas on everyone having a job is a good idea. The reactors used in Chernobyl were nothing like anything used in the West.

Also, since it's on topic. I don't argue that climate change is happening. Scientists know the Earth's climate has cooled and heated up. I want to know how much the human population has impacted it. Simply saying the oceans are rising and temps are up doesn't cut it.

Shea

I drive past one of those solar panel farms that are sprouting up everywhere, they put them next to the freeway so people can see them. Well for the past month or so 90% of all the panels are covered in snow. I am no solar panel specialist but I'm thinking a few inches of snow means the panels are working on real slim margins at best. Now we're getting 6-12/8-14 inches of snow. There's atleast 10 acres of them and are on the DTE energy grid

 

[Vtrombly]

Here's an article in which know it's a media writen article but it has sites to sources showing that the NRC does change regulations and miss companies altering guidelines to continue operating faulty and failing equipment. That could potentially result in a catastrophe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/business/energy-environment/08nrc.html

 

[Brufab]

Maybe the prizmatic effect of snowflakes increases solar panel output .

 

[MustangMike]

And then your food will cost more because so many farm fields were used for solar/wind energy generation!

 

[Vtrombly]

And then your food will cost more because so many farm fields were used for solar/wind energy generation!

Absolutely I agree with that 100 percent.

 

[Brufab]

If I can I will try and get a pic tomarrow..

 

[Philbert]

This probably won't impact too many guys here, but Dewalt recalled some of their corded chainsaws.

https://www.finehomebuilding.com/20...c-1NKE-1LI222-l75yECAyi7-25orRt&om_mid=103307
On January 26, 2022, DeWalt recalled approximately 8500 units of its 18-in., 15-amp corded chain saw (model DWCS600) due to a hazard involving the tool continuing to run. According to a release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), “The chain saw can remain running when the switch is on the off position or turn on when plugged in, posing an injury hazard to the user.”

The chainsaws were available nationwide from June 2021 through November 2021.

Didn’t some start a whole thread on this issue with this saw?


Philbert

 

[Brufab]

Didn’t some start a whole thread on this issue with this saw?


Philbert

I believe so, but its always good to let guys know there could be a major issue with a saw. Thanks philbert.

 

[mountainguyed67]

 

[Brufab]

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Don't be giving @H-Ranch any ideas that he could apply to a wheelbarrow, I can picture him now welding some wheelbarrows together

 

[bob kern]

Going for a record!!

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insert Tim the tool man grunt!!

 

[bob kern]

Nah, we are ALL guilty as charged!

What do you mean??? I never ever stray off topic!!!lol

 

[cantoo]

I worked in our local Nuclear plant. Safest place I have ever worked. Most of my family has worked there or in Darlington and still have lots of family who work there. It's far more dangerous driving there than it is working there. I also worked in a gas refinery, most dangerous place I have ever worked. Very good safety record but was a total house of cards. Built in 1954, leaking fittings everywhere, most inefficient place I have ever seen and would never work there again. You fellas living in Michigan are aware of this little slice of heaven. I worked in this area. I knew a guy who wore a gas mask as soon as he drove onto the worksite. Wore it all day long. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chemical-valley