Poll: Is there anything Rypt doesn't know?

[dbov22]

oxford...says it all lol

 

[sigma]

Rypt is my idol.

 

[Housey]

Types lot, creates wall of noise, never makes a point, will become consultant, will wear soft shoes and brown suit, probably will have beard at 30 and thick rimmed glasses. Will become mass murderer.

 

[FutileBreadMachine]

You forgot he is also an expert in pasty smashing. Just the other day he turned down a threesome! Ain't nothin' to a boss.

 

[rypt]

You forgot he is also an expert in pasty smashing. Just the other day he turned down a threesome! Ain't nothin' to a boss.

To be fair, I was in a crappy mood that night so was not thinking straight

Else I would have been on it like white on rice (even if both its were average)

 

["andy"]

atleast he bothers to wikipedia stuff , some people here think they are experts without even checking.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I no expert on the nuclear industry, but I know enough to say that we have not poured any concrete and are building too slow (or in Fox's case an opinion based upon nothing but the empty air found in his head)

Wait... what?

 

[asim18]

Wait... what?

I think he means you don't have a brain.

You're welcome.


Wait a minute. "Empty air"? what is empty air?

 

[Tute]

Types lot, creates wall of noise, never makes a point, will become consultant, will wear soft shoes and brown suit, probably will have beard at 30 and thick rimmed glasses. Will become mass murderer.

See similar topics:

- Drunkenmaster
- Stockhausen
- MikeHiow

 

[Muffin`]

atleast he bothers to wikipedia stuff , some people here think they are experts without even checking.

People who argue about stuff they've read but don't understand are worse, they're wasting my bandwidth.

 

[rypt]

Wait a minute. "Empty air"? what is empty air?

As opposed to air filled with useful objects

 

[asim18]

Rypt, do you know if a plane can take off from a treadmill?

Thanks.

 

[guyfawkes5]

Just stick a '[citation needed]' in your sig with pride, rypt.

 

[Ricochet J]

Depends how you view "too slow".

I see oil prices increasing and battery electric cars gaining popularity.
I see stupid global targets on reducing CO2 meaning that building/using coal powerstations will become harder/more expensive.

Flue gas desulfurization is becoming more wide spread. Conventional fosil fuelled stations will stay and upgraded. Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan is a good example.

Combined cycle gas turbine plants use fossil fuel and possibly power-from-waste. These are a strong competitor to nuclear. They have higher Carnot efficiencies due to the combination of both Brayton and Rankine cycles. West Burton CCGT is a good example.

I see China building 28 new nuclear reactors, which in total have 3x their current nuclear capacity.

I see our grid being already almost at the limit (weren't blackouts being predicted by 2012-2015?

Now tell me, if by 2020 50% of the cars on the road are battery electric - will the current grid (minus any stations that are being closed) + the new nuclear builds be able to handle it? (hell, will the new powerstations even be operational by 2020?)
What about 75% of cars battery electric by 2020?

China are building nuclear reactors because:
- They have a different regulator to the UK, and the rest of the world. Although fundamentally overseen by WANO.
- They have consortium's with the cash backing such schemes.
- They have a much larger energy deficit than the UK. They needed to act.

There are a lot of construction projects happening in the UK. Don't be fooled into thinking nuclear is the only build that is happening power station wise. There will not be blackouts in 2015.

You base your arguments on assumptions. Battery technology has been out for a long time, and less than 30% of the UK transportation is battery powered. Until the infrastructure for battery powered vehicles become more mainstream, 50% of the cars will not be battery powered by 2020.

I do not think we are building enough in volume, and I think we are late to the game as it is (aren't some of the component suppliers booked with orders from China & India for the next 10 years?).


I WANT to see us be in a position to be 80% nuclear by 2015-2020 (not happening as we are building too few and too late).

I want us to have a grid that can handle the volume it needs, plus allow us to experiment with new technologies and ideas that require plentiful energy

I want us to be actually leading research into next generation reactors (and building test reactors)

Your passion is admirable. The UK will not be 80% nuclear powered. You need a degree of flexibility in the Grid. To be able to shut down stations at an instant is a strategic importance. Something that is not easy with a nuclear station. Conventional fossil powered stations, with a mix of nuclear and renewables is the future. If you have access to journals I suggest you read some. A good start is Technologies for tomorrow’s electric power generation, by Prof. C.J. Lawn.

 

[Mr^B]

I don't know everything about everything, but I know something about most things.

I no expert on the nuclear industry, but I know enough to say that we have not poured any concrete and are building too slow (or in Fox's case an opinion based upon nothing but the empty air found in his head)

Having an opinion on things, based upon at least some level of understanding is better than having no opinion what so ever.

"It's better to keep quiet and have people think you stupid, than to talk and confirm it." - Mark Twain.

I wasn't aware of the vast selection of confirmatory matériel available on these forums. Could it be compiled into a sort of anti-wiki, where one goes for information that is in no way correct in any way shape or form?

In essence rypt is correct about there being mostly empty space in Fox's head, and infact everyone's head, infact "everything" in general - as we all know that atoms are comprised of a few particles and a HUGE amount of empty space in between them.

Although in this case he was only correct by accident and should not count as a positive score.

 

[THMRK]

He is most certainly not an expert in reasoning, as his dodgy arguments against religion contain so many fallacies that I've lost count of them.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

 

[Greenlizard0]

"It's better to keep quiet and have people think you stupid, than to talk and confirm it." - Mark Twain.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

 

[rypt]

Flue gas desulfurization is becoming more wide spread. Conventional fosil fuelled stations will stay and upgraded. Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan is a good example.

Combined cycle gas turbine plants use fossil fuel and possibly power-from-waste. These are a strong competitor to nuclear. They have higher Carnot efficiencies due to the combination of both Brayton and Rankine cycles. West Burton CCGT is a good example.

Still something that produces CO2, and I thought we are being told that CO2 is bad (for the record, I couldn't give a monkeys if it makes CO2 or not but the general political direction seems to be to penalise CO2 producing technologies).

- They have consortium's with the cash backing such schemes

Right, and UK didn't just have 13 years of "boom"?
If every penny Brown had wasted for the past 13 years was put into nuclear builds, how many reactors could we have?

There are a lot of construction projects happening in the UK. Don't be fooled into thinking nuclear is the only build that is happening power station wise. There will not be blackouts in 2015.

I know we are building other things, but to me it seems that nuclear is the technology that is most likely and most easily can power us long term.

You base your arguments on assumptions. Battery technology has been out for a long time, and less than 30% of the UK transportation is battery powered. Until the infrastructure for battery powered vehicles become more mainstream, 50% of the cars will not be battery powered by 2020.

Technology is quickly advancing, and infrastructure is following closely behind.
What if next year a huge discovery is made that allows for a huge jump in range or a huge reduction in price of battery electric cars - and we DO get to a very high % by 2020, can the grid cope?

Your passion is admirable. The UK will not be 80% nuclear powered. You need a degree of flexibility in the Grid. To be able to shut down stations at an instant is a strategic importance.

Afaik with nuclear you cannot modulate the output, so you want nuclear to provide the base and then the modulation via other sources.

With battery electric cars taking off you are going to find them being charged at night, which should bring up the base use.
Other countries are in the high % for nuclear, why is it that we cannot be?

You can also use the extra capacity at night to do other things, such as move water for things like Dinorwig.

He is most certainly not an expert in reasoning, as his dodgy arguments against religion contain so many fallacies that I've lost count of them.

The only fallacy is religion itself

 

[THMRK]

The only fallacy is religion itself

That's a logical fallacy in itself. Please, go read a book on reasoning. Your critical thinking skills will improve a hell of a lot.

I recommend Critical Thinking by Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp.