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Is this a surprise, I think history has proven that the Chinese technology theft is part of their strategy. They let the American tax payer or "The West" shoulder the cost and then steal it.
Waiting for the whataboutism....junk away...
The Wing of Tomorrow programme is centred around creating longer, lighter, and more slender wings to maximise aerodynamic efficiency and reduce fuel burn. The wing extensions will be assembled at Airbus’ Wing Technology Development Centre in the UK and flight tested in Toulouse.
I can't say for certain, but I believe Boeing may have explored this concept at some point. The idea would be to equip aircraft with mechanically extendable wingtips that could expand outward by several meters during flight and retract while on the ground.
The primary challenge is that most airport gates cannot accommodate aircraft with a significantly larger wingspan. Retractable wingtips would allow the aircraft to benefit from the improved aerodynamic efficiency and fuel savings of a longer wing in flight, while still fitting within existing gate infrastructure during boarding, deplaning, and parking.
I used to drive by that gas station everyday, It was located at the bottom of Windermere and the Lakeshore area. They had saved it and moved it from what I remember but I could be wrong. Thre were a few more gas stations like that in Toronto. There was one on Bloor just before you got to High Park.
Does the authority that looks after these lakes take advantage of the situation and clean these lakes of debris? Every time I see a photo there is tires, boats, and just general garbage everywhere. It would be interesting to know what it would take to refill them. What kind of sustained rainfall could do this and how many years of favorable weather would bring them back.
Bloomberg links should be banned.
An explanation of it's features.
Israel?
You think so huh?
Did you considered how long it took for the new jobs to be created that the industrial revolution wiped out? Almost a century.....
I really am impressed with your optimism. That everything will be alright and there will be jobs we never dreamed of.....
Did anyone ever consider that people don't want those jobs? Educational costs, working shifts, stress, responsibility, physical toil....The problem is most of these jobs suck or require someone who really believes in what they are doing. Not everyone can be a doctor or Nurse or Mental Health Counselor. Most construction workers send their kids to school so they don't have to do construction work.
Companies want contractors, temps, H1B's, etc. They don't want graduates anymore or "company people" anymore. Yeah, I'm sure a kid getting out of school with a business degree or CS degree could easily find a job for 12 bucks an hour as a painter or lawn care professional. But those are jobs they don't want to do and that is why they went to school.
What kind of Sci and Tech?
What kind? Vegetable pickers, roofers, general construction, etc.
Unmanned system forces, can't you read?
It's a Ukrainian site with English selected. You couldn't figure that out?
If anyone here is into drones, manufactures, ideas, or wants to either use their drone piloting skills or learn how to pilot drones. Ukraine is recruiting for positions.
Fuck this guy, fuck Russia, fuck Putin. It is an Empire of Evil and Murder. This guy is trying to save his Oligarchy. In typical Russian style, he says everyone else has to come to some agreement and solution with the sewer of civilization.
I don't want a Russia to exist, it should have never existed in the first place. It s a culture of slavery, poverty and death. It needs to be broken up and all the countries it has enslaved need and deserve their freedom.
There should be no compromise with evil, Russia will lose and hopefully end up on the dung heaps of Asia where it was born.
Comrade, China has leveraged state-sponsored industrial espionage to steal trillions of dollars in research and development, looting proprietary technology from all major Western firms like Boeing, Google,Tesla, etc. They are responsible for the greatest transfer of wealth in human history, all from theft.
You are defending the indefensible.
China/CCP spends over 14 billion a year to change the narrative. Plenty of folks online that talk about it. There is a constant onslaught of misinformation and millions in the 50 Cent Army working day and night.
At the moment there is an all out online information war between India and China that most folks especially in the West have no clue about. I often tell people that if they think China is such a great place and believe everything they hear, go and experience it. Tell us how it goes, after you're robbed blind, harassed, fed god only knows what, and possibly killed by a street gang at night.
My grandfather was a master watchmaker and jeweler who learned his trade in the Soviet Union and then in Europe. After emigrating to Toronto after the war, he opened his own jewelry store, where he repaired watches and clocks, as well as crafted and repaired fine jewelry.
He was a true master of his craft and built a successful business based on his exceptional skill. He Was well known for his craftsmanship and his remarkable ability to repair virtually any watch or clock, no matter how complex.
Jewelers from across the city would bring him pieces that no one else could repair. For antique and vintage timepieces, he would often fabricate tiny replacement parts by hand when originals were no longer available. When he retired, very large companies would still come to his home to repair incredibly expensive pieces. He liked to tinker and would quietly work in his little home shop, pipe burning, radio playing, and visitors coming throughout the day to have him fix things.
When he passed, he had 10's of 1000's of watch parts in all these little bags that were all tagged and in boxes. We ended up giving them away to one of his customers who own several Jewelry stores. Had I known I would have offered them to this school along with 100's of watches he kept for parts.
They are feeding Russia's war machine. These quantities are minuscule, not even a days worth of gasoline that Russia typically uses. Kazakhstan has already backed away from some earlier statements from Russia that they will be supplying fuel. The Potato farmer is on notice. He is basically shitting himself and doing everything he can to try to save Belarus and his ass.
Ukraine has said that these tankers will be fair game. They only need to hit one to make a point, but I figure before those tankers make it to a Russian port, it will be too late. Omsk Oil Refinery will be burnt to the ground, it will be like a knife driven through Russia's heart, complete system collapse after that. Putin has a small window of time to find a way out, he is a fool not to take it.
Glory to Ukraine!
You could kill me with a rock easier than you could kill me with a drone
How about dropping a rock from a drone so it isn't up close and personal.
Perhaps, but this is definitely an issue/problem and the US should model it's policy after the EU on this specific issue.
Historical Ontario Hydro Debt: By the late 1990s, aggressive nuclear builds resulted in $38.1 billion of debt for Ontario Hydro, of which $20.9 billion was stranded.
The Bruce A refurbishment in the late 1990s and early 2000s saw five-fold cost overruns. Bruce A was originally projected to cost $0.9 billion but ended up at $1.8 billion. The Bruce B project was budgeted at $3.9 billion and ultimately cost $6 billion.
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/ontarios-costly-...
Safety and operational issues also plagued the industry. The four units at Pickering had been shut down because of safety concerns—and then shut down again. By 1993, the performance of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the shores of Lake Huron, had drastically declined. In 1997, Ontario Hydro announced that it would temporarily shut down its oldest seven reactors. By that time, the escalating costs of the newest reactors at the Darlington site were already a cautionary tale. Originally billed in 1978 at $3.9 billion the final cost in 1993 had more than tripled to $14.4 billion (1993 dollars).
A city like Calgary gets 233 days of sunny days a year. All across the prairies there is plenty of days filled with sun. British Columbia would probably not be great (like Seattle) but they could probably generate wind and hydro.
Should look at the the historical record and consider the scale of cost overruns and delays that major nuclear projects have experienced. While everyone involved may have good intentions, the reality is that these projects often end up costing significantly more and taking much longer than originally projected.
Wind and solar could be deployed for a fraction of the proposed $100 billion investment and should be considered as part of the interim solution, while nuclear remains a long-term strategic project.
Rather than pursuing such an ambitious build out, a more practical approach might be to scale back the plan and focus on constructing one reactor each in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as an initial phase.