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An interesting discussion about why weights aren't widely used (gravity is weak) that also includes several other methods, including flywheels.------ "You can use dead weights, but you need a huge amount of weight. For example the biggest pumped hydroelectric system in the world (the Gianelli Hydroelectric Plant in California, USA) uses water stored in a reservoir about 9 miles long by 5 miles wide, lifted through a height of about 300 feet. Even then, it can only supply about 5% of California's electricity usage for less than 2 weeks before running dry - and given the current long term droughts in California, it can't even do that, because there would be no water available to refill it. Trying to build devices like this for individual homes would be hopelessly uneconomical." https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/305563/why-dont-we-use-weights-to-store-energy

I wonder how many of those likely to do this have been drummed out of the military in the past year or so.

I am in no way an expert on this subject but it seems to me that CME's are not that specific. When we used to have "rabbit ears" (antennae) on the TV, if one channel was being affected, all were.

I am a fan of raising weights for potential energy. There are no storage losses and requires less space than water. Just wish I could find how it compares to other storage methods for energy loss during reuse.

I wonder how Sweden made the list. I have always been under the impression that all of the Scandinavian countries were more egalitarian than most of the rest of the world

Not sure what is being pointed out here. The first number is even, so obviously not a prime number, and they are already smallest to largest using standard method of reading (L to R & top to bottom). Are you saying they are all semiprime or something else?

True, but if they "felt endangered" by any of the people they shot, it seems to me they would have either used a lot of deadly force or fled the scene at the capitol.

Can you imagine how many people would have been killed and injured during the January 6, 2021 attack on the capitol if the same tactics were used? Some of those people actually were armed and attacking police doing their jobs, unlike anyone in Minnesota.

Ya, but in the minds of many (if not most) people outside the USSR, soviet=red, even though they probably have no idea what a soviet is.

There, fixed it for you. If they hadn't misspelled it everyone would understand.

My political positions all get 100% approval.........from me. Seriously tho, imo, the political elite are those who can afford the time and money to be involved in politics, especially when talking about positions beyond local governance.

The problem is, look how many treaties and agreements our President has unilaterally changed without notice, even ones he had negotiated (think trade agreements with Mexico and Canada). The speech in Davos to some of the most prominent people in the world was identical to the ones he gives to yokels in rural America; the election (2020 but not 2024) was stolen, US gets nothing out of NATO, immigrants are destroying the fabric of society, US is "entitled" to Greenland and Canada would be better off as a state, "sleepy Joe Biden was the cause of everyone's problems and I've solved them all, I've solved 8 wars and should have gotten a Nobel prize, etc, etc. for a solid hour. Really happy it was just background noise while doing something actually useful. I couldn't imagine having to sit there and seem to pay attention, he reminded me of Biden during the debate that caused the latter's exit from the race.

Just one question Mr President. How will we know when America is great again?

In the state of Pennsylvania, AFAIK all of the electric utilities make a profit with typical return on equity rarely going below 5% and often near 10% or above. All rate hikes have to be rubber stamped looked into and approved by the Public Utilities Commission with a period for public comment before approval. Sometimes the increase is less than requested or one is put on hold for other reasons but I can never recall a decrease or outright rejection of a hike, though it probably has happened.

Surely you aren't talking about monopole magnets that don't exist? In any case the strongest part of any magnet I am familiar with is always the poles. These guys xxxxxxx sell magnets but their site answers a lot of questions in a fairly concise manner