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Oh Shuckman has answered my point that Bandung plastic situation would be a lot better if #MarieAntoinette rich kids and foreign NGOs didn't keep blocking incinerator projects
He said "Any solution involves trade-offs.
Officials in Banding told me the incinerator plan was taking shape"

OK, he didn't block me at first opp, so that's a start ..he replied to one other person also

Apr 21, 2018 at 10:36 PM | Registered Commenterstewgreen

German Greens are going mushy

http://notrickszone.com/2018/04/21/green-failure-german-solar-industry-crashes-and-burns-solar-jobs-see-blood-bath/#sthash.geVEekRI.dpbs

Apr 21, 2018 at 10:32 PM | Unregistered Commentergolf charlie

Google "Tesla suspension failure"

This from 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/business/tesla-model-s-nhtsa-suspension-failure.html

"Tesla did not respond Thursday to requests for comment. [On Friday, the company responded in a blog post, saying there was no safety defect with the Model S nor any intent to discourage complaints to regulators.]"

If Tesla state there is no safety defect associated with parts of their cars going in different directions, we must accept their experience.

Apr 21, 2018 at 10:10 PM | Unregistered Commentergolf charlie

To paraphrase a well known event in history - for all the good she has not done recently It is time for May to depart .Here

Apr 21, 2018 at 9:52 PM | Unregistered CommenterKleinefeldmaus

@tomo

Tesla suspension failure cover-up ?
https://dailykanban.com/2016/06/tesla-suspension-breakage-not-crime-coverup/

Apr 21, 2018 at 8:46 PM | Registered CommenterPcar

@DaveS, Apr 21, 2018 at 12:08 PM

Tesla suspension failure is a recurring problem on all models:
http://teslabears.club/t/tesla-suspension-hall-of-shame/78/25

imho weight saving gone too far - aluminium arms/wishbones/rods at ball-joints & bushes is not thick enough.

Components look more like motor-sport where they'd be replaced after each race. Kudos to engineer who made Tesla drop idea to use rose-joints.

Apr 21, 2018 at 8:38 PM | Registered CommenterPcar

Re: STEM Degree course not requiring science/maths A level

See: Its students will be called “learners” because there will be no lectures, studying or traditional exams and they will not graduate with an honours degree. Nor will they specialise in a particular type of engineering, such as mechanical or electrical. Instead they will work on real projects in groups of five, for nearly a month at a time, and build up a portfolio proving their skills, leaving with a pass or fail in a masters degree.

Blogger Tim N's verdict

This isn’t about getting women into engineering; it’s not even about engineering at all. It’s about pretending dim middle-class women are cleverer than they are by having them play-act a serious role. They might as well take them to a petting zoo and a garden centre and call them farmers. I shudder to think what my female engineering colleagues think of this.

On "projects": I rather like Formula Student. What are your views?

See google and:
https://www.imeche.org/events/formula-student
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/formulastudent/

Apr 21, 2018 at 7:44 PM | Registered CommenterPcar

YP : Drax to drive biomass costs down from £75 to £50/MWh in 10 years
...well its subsidy ends in 2027

Apr 21, 2018 at 3:51 PM | Registered Commenterstewgreen

YP : Danish prof says 473mile cable to Boston UK is not viable to make a profit.

Apr 21, 2018 at 3:34 PM | Registered Commenterstewgreen

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