Comments by "Michael Lenczewski" (@kayakMike1000) on "Real Engineering" channel.

  1. Chlorine Trifluoride? Bafwa! That is the most potent oxidizer ever. I hear a Chlorine Trifluoride tank ruptured and caused a meter of cement pavement and dirt to burn for six hours.... It's remarkably hard to contain it, I think it requires stainless steel tank... But one minor defect in the tank and it burns right through!!!
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  2.  @DoubleClickHD  timing requirements are insane, all lines probably need to be the same length within micrometers.
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  3. There's a theoretic max efficiency to wind, solar, and hydro that is determined by raw physics and thermodynamics. They're not too far out from diminishing returns now, so it's just going to be nukes
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  4.  @buzzshocker1069  I prefer my fusion aneutronic, Boron-11 and a proton. BRILLIANT!
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  5. ​ @adiyn_ don't worry, neutrons from fusion will create plenty of radioactive isotopes. These won't be the heavy awful ones that last forever, but anything with high energy neutrons activate other elements.
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  6. No, you're better off composting it and using the results as fertilizer. You're just wasting time and energy.
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  7.  @Eric1-373  Carrington event. We're over due. We missed a big one by a few days... Only a matter of time, this would seriously disrupt EVERYTHING. SHTF scenario for sure. Get a few liters of coconut cooking oil. It's okay to eat or supplement your food with more calories AND function as a biodiesel in a pinch. It's shelf stable too.
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  8.  @madmanjoe  waste of time that could be spent on something more productive. Let it decompose and use it as fertilizer.
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  9.  @FlyMeAirplane  👍 correct sir. It's nearly impossible to do a net energy gain on ethanol
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  10.  @madmanjoe  you could check the data in an unbiased objective way. I recommend reading the Scout Mindset by Julia Galef. It's not about climate change, it's about thinking clearly. Anycase, there is enough evidence to say scientists really don't know what the cause of slight warming trends over the 20th and 21st century are. There ARE some things that suggest strongly that anthropogenic CO2 is not the cause. For example, the tropical troposphere would see a remarkable warming trend if CO2 concentration were a major driver of global climate temperature increases. This is predicted by many of the climate models, however it is not observed. Furthermore, there is evidence that glacial ice mass has increased slightly on the Greenland ice sheet, despite the last few years being "the warmest on record". Why, then, are "scientists" telling of existential doom? I really think it's because it gets clicks... People do really strange things to get rewards, and many aren't aware of hidden biases. I will edit with a link to the tropical troposphere info later. I really hope you become informed, see the issue clearly and make up your own mind.
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  11.  @madmanjoe  i posted a link... but its not going through...
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  12. Abstract pretty much says... the warming trend predicted is not apparent in the data, but we can manufacture a warming trend by using wind speed measurement as a proxy.
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  13. Why doesn't the rest of Europe just build nuclear power plants?
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  14. star trek technology becoming reality. Those things on the ends are the "plasma injectors" that O'Brian needs to rebuild or replace all the time. Maybe I should study on how to make an awesome plasma injector. I wonder if helion would hire me if I invented a super sweet plasma injector and got a patent on making it super clever.
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  15. We have fission in the LFTR Reactors... we pretty much just need to scale out the design figured out back in the 70's
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  16. Oh.... Right. Running fuel rich isn't efficient, so it doesn't get as hot.
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  17.  @Kyle-gw6qp  yes, the CO2 from them makes plants grow better.
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  18. Hurricane Sandy wasn't the first time this happened.
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  19. Are the using super conducting magnets?
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  20. No touchy capacitor! No touchy no touchy!!!!
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  21. Fusion reactors operate under vacuum. Fission reactors operate under pressure Pressin' down on you, no man ask for Under pressure that brings a building down Splits a family in two, puts people on streets Mm-ba-ba-beh, mm-ba-ba-beh
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  22. ​ @twistedyogert uhh, night time, uhh, no wind. And it's cold. Uhhh... No grid scale batteries...
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  23. ​ @dadshah0286 that one little waste site will also be quite warm, we could harness energy
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  24. Carbon Dioxide is not changing our climate. It's is a very unlikely cause of whatever slight temperature increase the planet is experiencing.
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  25. How do we measure success of a carbon tax?
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  26. How close to unity are they?
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  27. Why would ask this? If you say something incindiary that turns people where they don't eat to listen to you anymore, that's your problem.
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  28. ​ @Elessar_Telcontar you're allowed to jump to any conclusion you want. Your allowed to comment whenever you want. If the author can't communicate in an unbiased civilized manner, it's not your problem, it is his problem.
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  29. China is being an international sized dooshbag
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  30. The amount of sea level rise is NOT what people are arguing. It's CO2 role in that amount. Seeing as glaciers have been melting for thousands of years without humans help, this suggests strongly that it's a somewhat natural process.
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  31. Humans needed 200+ years to raise the temperature by 1.1 °C which is niether catastrophic, nor was it all caused by human activity .
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  32. Why do we need to transition away from fossil fuels quickly? The IPCC actually said the impact of climate change will be small compared to othe changes over the next 100 years. Batteries are actually charged up by coal power plants any way, so batteries just help.
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  33. Well, that would require dilithium crystals.
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  34. ​ @edwardsmith7131  plasma injectors have different "flavors". Like deuterion, tritium and helium-3
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  35. Um.... Biofuels take more energy to make than they return?
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  36. Are there any other symmetries that work well?
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  37. There is no climate crisis, jerk face. Humans are not destroying the planet by using fossil fuels. If renewables were truly beneficial over fossil fuels and offered a real return on investment, the free market would actually USE It. How about you start doing some REAL research. Unsubscribed over your shitty opener
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  38. NO. It's NOT feasible. The European union is a screwed up socialist cesspool of corruption.
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