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Are you referring to the Hadean Eon, at the end of which is, when the Earth first began to solidify?

Something I find interesting is that Trump chose a guy, who thinks launching a brand new car into space is a worthwhile use of resources, to cut waste and inefficiency...

We have 3d metal printers now. My experience with those printers is pretty limited but the parts seem to mostly be ok but not nearly robust as the same thing cast or machined.

Do they eat sheep in heaven and if they do is that cannibalism?

When we were kids, one of my uncle's wooden porch caught on fire from the afternoon sun shining through a glass gallon jug full of water. Fortunately, it was put out before anything worse than leaving some charred wood and paint behind.

"Fusion will be commercially viable within a decade". I have been hearing this for at least the 50+ years I have known anything about the subject. =++

I would say not much, judging by how often seemingly a large plurality (if not most) of them violate the a host of the tenets of their faiths on a regular basis right now...

Well, I would believe Mr Ritter before I would believe virtually any of the other commentators I have heard pontificating on the matter and having been a UN inspector, probably has as good information as any of them He was spot on about WMD's in Iraq...

I am not even Canadian and I like both, although I would say some guy named Bobrovsky was a bigger impediment to a team from Canada ever winning the Stanley Cup again than Mr. Marchand. In about 60 years of making maple syrup, I have consumed it in every form I am familiar with and on/in many different foods. The bad thing is that it has made me a syrup snob and I won't eat Log Cabin or Mrs Butterworths on my pancakes, substituting honey or jam if real maple syrup is unavailable.

Well, after a couple weeks DPG seems to be basically the same as propylene glycol. The humidity measurements have been within about 2% of expectations (just under 70%) and well within the recommended 65-75%.

It could be if terms like "price gouging" and "unacceptable profit margin" were well defined and discouraged but that is regulation, anathema to the capitalist who will want to squeeze every dime they can from any transaction.

or survive being smashed into each other precisely enough to guarantee not breaking up

Not sure why it is necessary to bypass shaded cells. Unless they are in nearly nighttime like darkness, it seems to me, the shaded cells would still be adding energy to the system albeit at a significantly reduced efficiency

grrr

Seems to me, some people are made very happy by being unsafe. Skydiving, auto racing and bicycle dual slalom immediately come to mind.

AFAIK nobody has ever made hydrogen without putting more energy into the process than you get from burning the hydrogen produced. If you are trying to do it in something like a car this is a really big deal and not going to be easily overcome since the extra energy has to come from somewhere. On a grid, however, sources that sometimes can produce more energy than required may use the excess to make hydrogen for backup or other purposes. This is about as close as we get to practical perpetual motion ATM.

I don't care anything about the pope other than how he tries to push church teachings into laws around the world, hopefully minimally. The thing is, people on this forum (me included) seem to be in a relative minority when it comes to religion, so it seems to me, worthwhile to discuss the direction of around 1/5 of the world's population.

Well, these guys, and all of the other cosmetic sites I looked at, seem to think DPG is a humectant. Skincare LabDipropylene Glycol - Is It Safe | Skincare LabDipropylene Glycol is a type of alcohol popular in skincare, cosmetics, and personal care products to improve the stability and texture of products.

How about corporate price gouging (yes, I know the term is ill-defined but is still apropos for illustration)? Since the turn of the century corporate profits have quadrupled. How many people do you know have had their salaries and compensation quadrupled? StatistaAnnual corporate profits U.S. 2023| StatistaIn 2023, corporations in the U.S.

I don't know about a moving finger but there's always the flying fickle finger of fate...

Pretty sure Disney has been doing this for decades. https://twolittlesparks.com/vacation-advice/iconic-disney-world-smells/

Sure, exactly the same use as propylene glycol, the recommended liquid for in a humidor. So far it seems like the DPG works fine but I just wondered if anyone here knew much more about it than I do. Thanks, I was going to try it anyway unless somebody knew of a good reason not to.

No. The assumption is that American Catholics will give more if the pope is viewed as being "American" rather than from "over there" somewhere. I guess we will see.

Actually, DPG IS a humectant and commonly used in hair and skin care products. I just have no idea how it compares to PG but, so far, there seems to be little difference while curing the humidor.

IMO the reason we have an "American" pope is $$$$. It is still a fact that there is nowhere with more money than the US and the Catholic Church is said to be having serious financial problems. https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-xiv-financial-vatican-headache-2069912