“climate emergency”

[McDad]

It was a margarine commercial.

posted seconds before i did. so happy for you.

 

[Orangeburst]

posted seconds before i did. so happy for you.
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The great butter debate!

 

[Weezer]

posted seconds before i did. so happy for you.
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[AM64]

Oh. Back to the harmonic vibration on roadway bridges we discussed years ago. Like a dark science.
Correct me if I am wrong, but you cannot just throttle a discharge valve off a centrifigal pump or you would be on the edge of the pump curve. My prior centrifugal compressor experience tells me that. I think..lol. What day is it?

It sounds like a bad thing to do, but I'd have to defer on that to somebody better. If I'm reading you right, I'd have the thought that no flow and local heating would definitely cause cavitation in just about any pump.

 

[AM64]

Margarine masquerading as butter???s

Remember there were two doing that - the Parkay and butter talking back and forth because Parkay was supposed to be indistinguishable from butter

The other was Chiffon and "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"

There were actually a few decent commercials over the years - my favorite was the Budweiser frogs.

 

[McDad]

Remember there were two doing that - the Parkay and butter talking back and forth because Parkay was supposed to be indistinguishable from butter

The other was Chiffon and "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"

There were actually a few decent commercials over the years - my favorite was the Budweiser frogs.

I remember!]

Parkay had the talking containers, right?

 

[Orangeslice13]

The best thing about that gif is the kid in the bottom left corner flipping birds too.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Wayback machine...Cannot even remember the commerical product

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[Carl Pickens]

Remember there were two doing that - the Parkay and butter talking back and forth because Parkay was supposed to be indistinguishable from butter

The other was Chiffon and "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"

There were actually a few decent commercials over the years - my favorite was the Budweiser frogs.

I used to like the old Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull commercials

 

[Wireless1]

You know, maybe, as I am new to the pump world. I assume you are talking cavitation possibly. Incidentally I was at a chicken facility today for 2 hours on what might be going on as the moved their feeder pump 12' elevation up a hill to another pond which feeds to a primary pump, yet lost 35 psi discharge at their spray system about a 1/2 mile away. So they picked up NPSH to the primary pump yet lose discrage pressure at POU. Dealing with guys who know their stuff and one of which is an engineers with decades of experience.

impeller is running backwards

 

[Orangeburst]

impeller is running backwards

Air pockets are out, I think, as they have bleed valves and have evacuated air. Waiting on the pump curves.

 

[AM64]

I remember!]

Parkay had the talking containers, right?

Yes - I even remember a joke about a coffin opening and saying "Pour quoi?"

 

[AM64]

It was a sad day when the old beer commercials died and drug commercials came into being. At least the beer commercials were entertaining, and they didn't need to tell you not to drink beer if you were allergic to beer ...

 

[82_VOL_83]

Not surprising. I've met a lot of humans. We suck. Don't know who would wanna procreate with us.

 

[82_VOL_83]

LOL

I have 256MB memory in a gigabit world. Learn something new, something is getting pushed out.

Ah, the ole "brain is full" syndrome. I can sympathize there.

 

[lawgator1]

You don't really believe that.

I do believe that Republicans reject science if it inconveniences them.

Track record seems pretty clear on that. See eg masks

 

[McDad]

I do believe that Republicans reject science if it inconveniences them.

I guess the pot does call the kettle black after all.

You don't believe the previous post because you answered with a non-answer.

 

[volinbham]

I'll add to the margarine wayback machine

 

[volinbham]

I do believe that Republicans reject science if it inconveniences them.

Track record seems pretty clear on that. See eg masks

see liberals on masks too, including the POTUS.

both parties reject science if it inconveniences them.

 

[Weezer]

see liberals on masks too, including the POTUS.

both parties reject science if it inconveniences them.

It's all about whatever helps them maintain control, and the sheep eat it up. Politics have become religion to some.

 

[volinbham]

back on topic

TANSTAAFL

Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns

 

[LouderVol]

back on topic

TANSTAAFL

Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns

lol. I didn't even know our government even operated in terms of tens of millions anymore.

"Despite the size of the task, slowly but surely, some shifts are taking place. At the end of April, for instance, the U.S. Department of Energy said it had awarded $19 million of funding to 13 projects focused on the production of rare earth elements and critical minerals. "

thats 1.4 million per project. I doubt you are getting much production out of those. I don't know how much a typical refinery runs, but it aint in the single millions.

 

[TheDeeble]

back on topic

TANSTAAFL

Electric vehicles and renewables will need a dramatic rise in mineral supply, IEA warns

And how much of that stuff will we have to buy from China? I know the US produces some, but isn't China the far away leading producer of rare earth minerals?

 

[LouderVol]

And how much of that stuff will we have to buy from China? I know the US produces some, but isn't China the far away leading producer of rare earth minerals?

Yes. And it's what a lot of their Belt and Road Initiative is focused on in other countries.

 

[Orangeburst]

Our gov is officially stupid