WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!

[Gwilo365]

So what you're saying is the old adage: If you can't afford to buy it new, you can't afford to own it second hand?

Just like an Elgrand....

 

[Lpgc]

And we complain about our mpg

A380 has 320000 litres = 70390.1595 gallons fuel capacity, 8000 miles range divided by 70390.1595 = 0.114mpg

Hello Airbus / Emirates airline, I bet you'd like to save some money in fuel costs, can I interest you in...

Also I could put you in touch with a few camper conversion companies, I imagine a full size rock n roll bed would fit. Side or rear conversion?

 

[Gwilo365]

What cost comparison LPG/kerosene(AVGAS)?
Relative calorific value per litre?
Could be a winner there.....(You do the refits, Calor and Flogas nail the supply market.....

 

[Lpgc]

What cost comparison LPG/kerosene(AVGAS)?
Relative calorific value per litre?
Could be a winner there.....(You do the refits, Calor and Flogas nail the supply market.....

I was obviously kidding but it could be done and would likely work out cheaper than running on jet fuel.

I won't go into the maths, LPG has higher energy density by weight but jet fuel has higher energy density by volume. Jet fuel can be stored in odd (wing) shaped lightweight tanks, for intents and purposes (capacity versus tank weight, cylinders and toroids can be made lighter due to inherrent pressure holding strength) it is only practical to store LPG in cylinder or toroidal shaped tanks and due to the shape limitations wouldn't be able to carry as much volume because those shaped wouldn't fit as neatly into the wing shapes.

Sod Calor and Flogas, would rather see independent gas firms supplying if it ever took off (heh pun!). I don't expect an enquiry from Airbus or Arab Emirates airline anytime soon though

 

[Elgraman]

Donald Trump watches SpaceX launch with Elon Musk, but test flight does not go well.​

Musk who has a strong interest in securing government support for SpaceX and Tesla hosted the president-elect in south Texas to watch the launch. But the reuseable booster did not return to the launch pad as expected, instead it fell into the sea.

Can you imagine inviting your new best friend to your new toy launch party, flexing your rocket design prowess.....and, oh dear, it didn't work.

In our world that is a bit like inviting a friend ( with benefits ) around to set fireworks off in the garden, but the biggest rocket you saved until last just made a farting noise when you lit it.

It's all part of the process in that line of research. You have many failures before it's 100% secure. They use the failures for ongoing computational research when modifying the process. It really is all part and parcel of how space launch tech research goes.

 

[ElCurio]

WTF indeed...


More than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion have So Far Gone up in Smoke


The PPE scandal shows no sign of ending after it was revealed this week that over one million pallets laden with unusable Covid protective equipment have so far been destroyed by the Government.


In response to a Parliamentary questions from Reform MP Rupert Lowe, Health Minister Karin Smith confirmed: “As of the end of September 2024, approximately 1,049,700 pallets, or 23%, of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been recycled through energy from waste and recycling. The original cost to purchase was £8.644 billion, and all stock categorised as excess has no residual market value”.


The purchase price of the unused PPE that has now been destroyed to date sits at £8.6 billion. In total the Department of Health and Social Care has written off nearly £14.9 billion spent on unusable medical goods it procured during the pandemic.


During the pandemic the last Conservative government established a so-called VIP lane that prioritised offers to supply PPE from companies with access to political connections.


Billions of pounds were paid to suppliers who were referred down this procurement route – often with disastrous consequences.


An investigation revealed that 50% of companies who were awarded PPE contracts via the VIP lane supplied goods that were not fit for purpose and were subsequently labelled “do not supply”. An astonishing 475 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth over £1 billion fell into this category.


These figures include 25 million gowns supplied by PPE Medpro that cost the taxpayer £124 million. The firm were referred to the VIP lane after Barone Mone repeatedly lobbied Government ministers. The controversial deal is the subject of an ongoing legal case with the DHSC as well as a criminal investigation by the National Crime Agency.


The scale of the waste is staggering. If you were to line up 1,049,700 pallets of PPE that have been destroyed to date it would stretch for 780 miles – For comparison the distance between London and John o’Groats in Scotland is 692 miles.


About £1.4bn worth of PPE was destroyed or written off from just one contract – the deal with Full Support Healthcare has been labelled the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic.


Despite the PPE being manufactured to the proper standard, officials have confirmed some 749 million items have already been incinerated, and a further 825 million were earmarked for further incineration or recycling.



Lets hope the inquiry led by Baroness Hallett can force some accountability and transparency over the decisions that resulted in £8.6 billion worth of PPE literally going up in smoke

No wonder the NHS is on its knees.

Don't forget, the fees for storing and disposing of that faulty PPE was paid to.... yep, you guessed it, friends and acquaintances of a certain party's members. The same party that ignored the bids and in some cases, literal pleadings of suppliers who had the equipment and could supply it, in favour of their friends and acquaintances. After all, why let the chance to steal, I mean, profit, go by?

 

[Up&Dn]

This is amazing WTF

https://fb.watch/vYOa22YixK

All good and well...but can the bots give your loaf a squeeze and check the "Sell by" dates...?

 

[ELSib]

Donald Trump watches SpaceX launch with Elon Musk, but test flight does not go well.​

Musk who has a strong interest in securing government support for SpaceX and Tesla hosted the president-elect in south Texas to watch the launch. But the reuseable booster did not return to the launch pad as expected, instead it fell into the sea.

Can you imagine inviting your new best friend to your new toy launch party, flexing your rocket design prowess.....and, oh dear, it didn't work.

In our world that is a bit like inviting a friend ( with benefits ) around to set fireworks off in the garden, but the biggest rocket you saved until last just made a farting noise when you lit it.

If we take the statistics of the number of spacecrafts of the USSR era, for example, SOYUZ. There were about 40 Soyuz, there was a tragic moment with the death of an astronaut during landing... I think this is an important part. I like that in the world there are such people who are passionate about their work as Musk.

 

[Matchi15]

Just posting a post to get up to the 10 post required to view technical. I'm pretty sure I already did this ages ago, so a bit annoyed. (That's why I'm posting it here). I used to be able to view everything.
If posts get deleted does it bring you back down to newbie status?

 

[ci_newman]

Having had the Great South Run cancelled last month due to poor weather, it looks like my race scheduled for this weekend is heading for the same path Dammit.

 

[WhatsThisFor]

If we take the statistics of the number of spacecrafts of the USSR era, for example, SOYUZ. There were about 40 Soyuz, there was a tragic moment with the death of an astronaut during landing... I think this is an important part. I like that in the world there are such people who are passionate about their work as Musk.

Musk looks like a James Bond Villain to me, even more so when he is in cahoots with Trump…..
“Do you want to see my Rockets, Trumpy?”…..somethings not right there.

 

[LeStempy]

 

[Gwilo365]

I can believe this too.
It's bad when booze is tagged, wrapped in a steel mesh and then still put behind locked doors and you have to push a button to ask for permission and to be handed the grog you came in for, then have to scan it yourself and still wait to be authorised to buy it....

I know money is tight and theft is wrong, but it's a wider symptom of the basic fundamental flaw of "profits before people" and the erosion of community cohesion via "me first/my rights" mindset.

 

[WhatsThisFor]

The enemy is out...

 

[LeStempy]

Same here...

 

[WhatsThisFor]

Same here...

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Ah, snide, sneaky tactics......camouflage

 

[Elgraman]

So many posts of late result in:
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[Elgraman]

Epic

Colin Price Cars - Specialist Japanese Imported cars, used car sales, service and MOT in Maesycwmmer, Hengoed

 

[ELSib]

Musk looks like a James Bond Villain to me, even more so when he is in cahoots with Trump…..
“Do you want to see my Rockets, Trumpy?”…..somethings not right there.

New item by Boris TheBlade

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[Elgraman]

Musk looks like a James Bond Villain to me, even more so when he is in cahoots with Trump…..
“Do you want to see my Rockets, Trumpy?”…..somethings not right there.

Imagine how he#d have looked if he was in cahoots with that candidate who lost by a landslide!