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Andreas

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  1. Fox News. WSJ. Just two liberal media outlets who covered up everything that was wrong about Obama's campaign only to help him get elected. But never let the facts get in the way of a weak excuse. All the best Andreas
  2. Is it playable in terms of speed? All the best Andreas
  3. Main thing is that we came out on top. As the Germans might want to say: Von Joachim and Andreas lernen heisst siegen lernen. All the best Andreas
  4. Thanks for the AAR Vark, very interesting read. Nice to see such small and old scenarios still attract such interest. I feel flattered. Thanks! All the best Andreas
  5. Good point. All the best Andreas
  6. They come with the Nvidia 9400. Does anyone know if this would run CMx1 either with Vista or XP? Many thanks! All the best Andreas
  7. Most socialist countries would not be able to spend this sort of money on their farmers. Another tripumph of capitalism, clearly. All the best Andreas
  8. The pipelines go through Turkey in any case, and by going through Armenia you avoid Georgia. Of course, the Turks and Armenians are not exactly in a love relationship either. All the best Andreas
  9. Afraid not. It was a case of the US farm lobby spotting a perfect new opportunity to feast on the public trough. US ethanol subsidies have nothing to do with the environment. They are about buying farming votes, dressed up either as: a) National security improvement (if you are a right-thinking, honest-to-God, stout patriot) or Environmental improvement (if you are a weak-willed, fifth-columnist, passport-holding, limp-wristed, atheist, Sierra Club member, multi-lingual liberal scum) Either way, the farmers and the agriculture industry in the US are laughing all the way to the bank. All the best Andreas
  10. You can geographically bring out resources through Armenia and Azerbaidjan. The reason this is not done is that Azerbaidjan and Armenia have a troubled relationship, AFAIK. All the best Andreas
  11. Murders are not conducted as matters of public policy, mostly in any case. Wars are. The dead are the consequence of the decision by elected politicians. That's why it is not TV porn. All the best Andreas
  12. I don't think they had shops before where Michael dwells. All the best Andreas
  13. How much have they risen since you first went shopping in 1867 Michael? All the best Andreas
  14. The Finns use a ring-fenced fund to finance storage. If you are creating nuclear waste, you have to pony up and pay into it. The fund is independently managed from the state budget and the nuclear industry. Disposal cost are estimated at 5-10% of total cost of Finnish nuclear electricity. All the best Andreas
  15. Bankers only touch renewables because there is tax-payers money thrown at them. The only reason a wind or solar industry exists on any meaningful scale are government subsidies, and the effect on investment is most visible in the USA. Bankers don't touch coal these days either. Large-scale utility energy projects are nowadays often balance-sheet financed, either directly, or by raising money against the balance-sheet, as opposed to against the project. In the US nuclear was created not so much by tax handouts but by elected regulatory commissioners allowing the investment money to be clawed back from rate-payers at no risk and a reasonable return. The situation was similar in many European countries. All the best Andreas
  16. The Finns have priced in HLW long-term storage. Desasters may or may not be priced in, depending on insurance arrangements and caps. Honestly, I do not think that a Chernobyl type desaster is a big risk at any reasonably-run nuclear station. All the best Andreas
  17. That claim was bollocks then, and it is now. All the best Andreas
  18. Which means it is probably unaffordable for anyone who is not spending taxpayer's money. By your logic, one has to applaud Lockheed for being able to produce the F-22, which is technologically far advanced over the Airbus 320, and wonder what that says about Lockheed's technological abilities compared to Airbus. All the best Andreas
  19. Is it mass manufacturable at a competitive price? How much does it weigh? What are the maintenance implications? What is the physical size? All the best Andreas
  20. "Some guy" - that would be me. Thanks for the feedback. Did he use my "deal of the century" soundbite? All the best Andreas
  21. In those temperatures, why would you need hot water? All the best Andreas
  22. Now for the facts on this one: Lithuania is not Central Europe. Central Europe as a whole does not face electricity shortages. Hungary has a problem that has nothing to do with nuclear shutdown, but with them messing up their energy market. Bulgaria had to shut down four units at Kozloduj, and that creates serious problems in Southeastern Europe, not in Central Europe, and it does so now, not from 2009. But these countries now complaining about the shortages is a bit silly - they knew for years they had to shut these plants down, and did bugger all to deal with it. My sympathy is strictly limited. Also note that I fail to see how this is relevant to the question at hand - new nuclear build to replace these units would be nuclear replacing nuclear. Not nuclear replacing gas, and they certainly won't build wind to replace them. All the best Andreas
  23. If the tax credit stays I think there is little doubt the US can surpass Germany this year or next. Here's the article: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45827516-5767-11dd-916c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 One should put that into context however. The US is a 4,300 TWh economy, Germany is a 620 TWh economy. So while the absolute number will become bigger than the German number, the share of production is still much less. Edit: having said all that, in terms of production, not installed capacity, I would not be surprised if the US were not already ahead of Germany. The economics of windpower (i.e. the average load-factor) is an awful lot better in the US than it is in Germany. All the best Andreas
  24. By being interconnected to countries with less nuclear. They export a lot of power to the UK, Germany, and in particular Italy, and Belgium. All the best Andreas
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