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OJO

puedo optar por bomba de humo
y batirme
en retirada...

{ bbs dixit }

Obama

CHE

De tu querida presencia...


COMANDANTE CHE GUEVARA.


{ seguiremos adelante... }

An Energy Lesson

Energy = the ability to do work

About half a million years ago human beings learned to make fire. By collecting and burning wood they were able to warm themselves, cook food and manufacture primitive implements. Thousands of years later the Egyptians discovered the principle of the sail. Later still came the invention of the water wheel. All these activities utilise various forms of energy - biological, chemical, solar and hydraulic.

Living standards

Energy, 'the ability to do work', is essential for meeting basic human needs, extending life expectancy and providing a rising living standard.

We have progressed over many thousands of years from a primitive life, which depended for energy on the food that could be gathered, to the hunters who had more food and used fire for heating and cooking, to the early farmers who used domesticated animals as a source of energy to do work.

We took our first steps in the use of mechanical energy with the harnessing of wind and water power. Later, the industrial revolution, based on coal and steam power, laid the foundations for today's technological society, with significant developments such as the internal combustion engine and the large-scale generation of electricity.

Population

Together with this increasing energy consumption, it has been possible for the world to sustain an ever increasing population. At present, however, three quarters of world energy production is consumed by the one quarter of the world's population living in the industrialised countries.

Continuing rapid growth is foreseen in the near future, with the world's population rising from the present 6 billion to about 8 billion over the next 25 years, and perhaps 10 billion later in the century. Most of the population growth will be in the developing countries, which is where more than three quarters of the world's people already live.

Such a population increase will have a dramatic impact on energy demand, at least doubling it by 2050, even if the developed countries adopt more effective energy conservation policies so that their energy consumption does not increase at all over that period.

Energy

can be considered in two categories - primary and secondary.

• Primary energy is energy in the form of natural resources, such as wood, coal, oil, natural gas, natural uranium, wind, hydro power, and sunlight.
• Secondary energy is the more useable forms to which primary energy may be converted, such as electricity and petrol.

Primary energy can be renewable or non-renewable:

• Renewable energy sources include solar, wind and wave energy, biomass (wood or crops such as sugar), geothermal energy and hydro power.
• Non-renewable energy sources include the fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas, which together provide over 80% of our energy today, plus uranium.

The availability of energy

There is no shortage of primary energy. The sun pours an abundance on to our planet each day. We see this energy in a variety of forms, ranging from solar radiation, through wind and waves, to trees and vegetation which convert the sun's rays into plant biomass. In addition, there is an enormous amount of energy in the materials of the earth's crust, the fossil fuels also storing energy from the sun. Uranium is an energy source which has been locked into the earth since before the solar system was formed, billions of years ago.

The challenge today is to move away from our heavy dependence on fossil fuels and utilise non-carbon energy resources more fully. Concerns about global warming are a major reason for this.

Fossil fuels

have served us well. Coal was the first to be widely used industrially and to increase people's standard of living. Oil is a convenient source of energy. Because of its easy availability and low price, it played an important role in the economic development of many countries during the past century. It remains vital for much transport. Natural gas is widely used alongside coal and oil, as a very versatile fuel.

But the question of "Why Uranium?" puts the focus on energy sources which are suitable for electricity. Generating electricity already accounts for 40% of primary energy use, and at 2.7% per year, demand for it is growing twice as fast as for total energy worldwide.

Where should this come from? To put the choices into perspective, let us look briefly at the potential and limitations of each source of electric power, beginning with 'renewables'.

Hydro-electric

generating facilities have the attraction of providing electricity without polluting the atmosphere. They harness the energy of falling water, which can occur naturally, but more often has to be engineered by the construction of large dams with lakes behind them. The advantages of hrdro-electricity have long been appreciated and today it provides 18% of the world's power. In many countries most of the suitable dam sites have already been used, thus limiting further major development of this source.

Other renewable energy sources have more potential for increased use, but also have characteristics which limit their ability to play a major role in meeting electricity needs, bearing in mind that much of the demand is for continuous, reliable supply:

Solar energy

has considerable logical and popular appeal. However, for electricity generation solar power has limited potential, as it is too diffuse and too intermittent. First, solar input is interrupted by night and by cloud cover, which means that solar electric generation plant can typically only be used to a small proportion of its capacity. Also, there is a low intensity of incoming radiation and converting this to high-grade electricity is still relatively inefficient (less than 20%), though this has been the subject of much research over several decades.

On a small scale (and at relatively high cost) it is possible to store electricity. On a large scale any solar electric generation has to be worked in with other sources of electricity with full back-up. While it is true that sunlight itself is free, the capital, energy and materials costs of conversion, maintenance and storage are extremely high. The main role of solar energy in the future will be that of direct heating.

Wind

like the sun, is 'free' and is increasingly harnessed for electricity. About 20,000 megawatts capacity is now installed around the world. However, in meeting most electricity demand, similar back-up issues arise as for solar. It is not always available when needed, and some means is required to provide substitute capacity for windless periods. Nevertheless, costs have come down, and contracts for electricity from some new US plants are as low as for conventional sources.

Geothermal

energy comes from natural heat below the earth's surface. Where hot underground steam can be tapped and brought to the surface it may be used to generate electricity. Such geothermal sources have potential in certain parts of the world, and some 8000 MWe of capacity is operating. There are also prospects in other areas for pumping water underground to very hot regions of the earth's crust and using the steam thus produced for electricity generation.

Biomass

Most forests and agricultural crops are technically capable of being converted into some form of energy, even if the primary purpose of the crop is to provide food. There are also some 'energy farms', where crops are produced solely for energy production. Such farms however compete with other crops for water, fertiliser and land use, thus requiring some choice between fuel and food. Biomass does provide a useful and growing source of energy, especially for rural communities in third world countries, and organic waste and water plants can be used to produce methane or 'biogas'. Nevertheless, it is only likely to play a very small role overall.

Thus as we head into a new century, the only energy resources available for economic large-scale electricity generation are likely to be gas, coal and nuclear.

Oil

has generally become too expensive to use for electricity and it has the great advantage of being a portable fuel suitable for transport. Wherever possible it is conserved for special uses, such as transport and in the petrochemical industry.

Gas

can be seen in the same way as oil, as being too valuable to squander for uses such as large-scale electricity generation. But after the oil price shocks of the 1970s, increased exploration efforts revealed huge deposits of natural gas in many parts of the world and today these are extensively used for power stations. The main virtue of gas however is that it can be reticulated safely and cheaply to domestic and industrial users and burned there to provide heat very efficiently. It is also a valuable chemical feedstock.

Coal

is abundant and world production is about 3.5 billion tonnes per year, most of this being used for electricity. It dominates the scene, and produces 38% of all electricity worldwide, while uranium produces 16%. In OECD countries the figures are closer together: 38% and 24% respectively.

Uranium

is also abundant, and technologies exist which can extend its use 60-fold if demand requires it. World mine production is about 35,000 tonnes per year, but a lot of the market is being supplied from secondary sources such as stockpiles, including material from dismantled nuclear weapons. Practically all of it is used for electricity.

Economics

The difference in fuel requirements between coal fired and nuclear power stations also affects their economics. The cost of fuel for a nuclear power station is very much less than for an equivalent coal fired power station, usually sufficient to offset the much higher capital cost of constructing a nuclear reactor. Consequently, in practical terms, electricity from nuclear reactors in many regions is competitive with electricity produced from coal, even after providing for management and disposal of radioactive wastes and the decommissioning of reactors.

As gas prices rise and coal faces the prospect of economic constraints on its emissions, nuclear energy looks increasingly attractive.

Electricity generation - the future fuel mix

For most countries the questions that need to be answered are: What are our likely electricity requirements? What forms of generation are available to us? Which combination will affordably provide our needs with maximum security, and the least harm to our population and environment?

In mid 2001, there were 31 countries of varying size, political persuasion and degree of industrial development, which included nuclear power in their energy mix and were operating nuclear reactors. Over 16% of the world's electricity is being produced by more than 440 reactors, with 30 more under construction. Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, UK and USA are just some of the countries with major nuclear energy programs.

In 2000 there was as much electricity produced from nuclear energy as from all sources worldwide in 1961 (2438 billion kilowatt-hours).

No country would want to be too dependent on a single energy source. For many it is therefore not a question of coal or nuclear for their main supply of electricity, but a combination of both, with as much help as possible from renewable sources, and back-up from gas.

To quote an Indian physicist, the late Dr Homi Bhabha,"No energy is more expensive than no energy".

To Investigate or Consider:

• How important is it to provide for all the world's population to enjoy living standards comparable with those in developed or western countries today?
• What is the role of energy in providing for high standards of living? Is it more or less important with high population densities?
• Since 1960 the proportion of electricity in total energy use has almost doubled. Why is this?
• There is a view that increasing the proportion of electricity in total energy used is the most effective form of energy conservation. Why might this be?
• What factors are likley to affect the price of fossil fuels over the next 20 years?
• What will be the effect of increased prices for them, especially oil?
• What are the different waste management strategies for spent nuclear fuel in UK, France and Japan on the one hand and USA, Sweden and Switzerland on the other?
• What are your answers to the three questions in the fourth last paragraph in the main text above?

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Of course, left aside of this article learn about the current crisis food with a direct relation in the production of "bio fuel" based on natural "green" oil.

Next chapter.

Actitud Naufrago

... en una hipotetica isla paradisíaca luego de haber sobrevivido a un naufragio en algun lugar de la polinesia en el Pacifico no menos fabuloso que el supuesto inicial:

Listita >

• Una chica re contra re fuerte: Joven Rubia Virgen Caida del Heaven.
  
• El palito y la piedrita para el fuego evidente: Apagarlo cuando pase algun tipo de civilización cerca y no sea necesario ser rescatado.
  
• Papel para escribir + lapiz: Para luego publicar el relato de mi supervivencia y hacerme extremadamente famoso.

Si que es que ... porque si no, y no.

Definite

Como buen jugador del Halo.
Fanático de Star Wars.

Listo. Ahí tenés »

Todos Saben

"Que te quiero.


Que lo haré a cualquier forma.

Que lo haré a cualquier precio.



Cuando el viento cobra...


Yo te pago en besos.

Siento tus labios en mis labios morir...


He cruzado descalzo los salares en invierno.
He tomado la planta, he resuelto el misterio!"

• My Best Of Babasonicos aquí

HP C4100

Siiiiii Nonita que dejaste la guita para comprar los cartuchos de la HP la semana pasada, que estás exigiendo las pics anuales del malón diabólico pero sabes qué?...
NO NO NO cobré por razones que EXplicaré más adelante por este mismo canal, el cheque fucking cheque de 4 cabezas...grrr
I hate viva hate cobrar los trabajos en cheques, esas colas en el banco son terro ri fi cas.

Y me gasté tu guita mal en otras cotidianas domestiqueces...

La puta que los parió, de paso.
No porque hayan hecho el pago mal esta gente nah.
No me voy a putear en vivo, sa be lo.

Cuando hago mal las cosas: silencio oficial.

Tres meses sin cámara for pics! vamossssssssss!!!
Así estamos che.

300 patadas en el coolo

O sea está re OK porque somos humans viste.
Esto de separarse. Esto de divorciarse.
"Dale gas que no veo la hora" se llama el lema.
Bien.
Pero no pará.
Se me ocurren tannnnnntas cosassss.
No solo sexo nah no ni ahi.
NO es eso si no que...

Cuando me pedís la casa que tannnnnnnto me costó conseguir.
La ley te ampara.
El juzgado. Abogados defensores.
Las cosas, la alineación de los planetas. Todo a tu favor.

ETC.

O sea, cómo puede ser si no es así como debe ser, por qué razón no te vas a la mierda vos???
PO NE LE. SE ME OCURRE.
Y yo me quedo justamente con la casa que yo conseguí, que es hermosa, que pago, que trabajo, que le pongo todo encima para reciclarla, y vos te vas a un caño a vivir tal cual, y listo.
Un capo total!

Y venime a buscarrr.

Digamos que tenemos suerte y es ahí donde me imagino al emisario persa cayendo al pozo de una patadaza...;P

Imaginate

Hoy sabado hermoso a la mañana, me fui con las ladies a hacer el "último" trámite de la Zafira, bien y resulta que entre medio de lleno de canas mal viste ahí en la planta verificadora de autos de la poli en Juramento, bueno bien, resulta que me lleno el formu con tinta ROJA o sea i mean ROJA, yo sin saber claramente que NO podes llenar NINGÚN formulario oficial claro está (not for me of course) con tinta roja, bien: $ 40 de mássssssssssssssss por OTRO formu.

Bien mientras hacíamos con las chicas Belgrano a tope que tan bien conozco AND Nuñez ni te cuento (les conté a las chicas toooooooooodo mi rollo con PSM que no es otra que Paula [como si fuera la primera vezzz...pero en FIN], quizás porque el día estaba lindo oh mi amorrrrr what a nice day!), no tenía un mango más ni uno más porque además de pagar un cuarenta de + que NO estaba en mi presu, bien, nos hicimos con las pocas monedas para la nafta que teníamos, se las pusimos a la nave, y nos fuimos rauuuuuuuuuudamente a Lugano a ver a la abuela Chela, bien hete aquí que mi mom querida como pocas nos tira un cien y ahi SI hicimos supermarket mal, nos gastamos casi todo, antes pusimos una poca de nafta, y aquí estamos AÚN viendo pelis en este sábado que estaba herrrrrrrrmosi, pero que se puso gris, frío y puto como tantos en winter.
SIGAMOS con el nuevo DISCAZO de los BA ba ba ba so nicos!


PORQUE ESTOY RABIOSO!

MUY.

Pd: A esttttttttttta hora de la noche SI, mucha birra nueva Quilmes: red.

Un día

Te voy a dejar de querer.
Y mirá, viste que yo no dejo de querer a NADIE.

Bueno zas, viste, pum, andá a cagar.

NO te abro más la puerta mono.


Viste. Cortala.
Yo soy yo, y vos sos una tipa aparte.
Luego de quince juntos. Viste.
Deberías ponerte las pilas eh,

I.

*****
Por mi cama pasa un río sabes.

MUSE en Argentina

24/07

More info>>

NO ME LO PIERDO POR NÁ DEL MUNDO.

Tickets>>



UPDATE: me los recontra re perdí. Parenthood first.

Cassandra´s Dream: a Woody Allen Movie

WOW!

Mientras suena en este tope de post:


{apretados:}
MICRODANCING!


Subite al caballo negro que te llevo a tope!

Bird day

O día pajaro.
Yo que tigre.
Yo que Geminis.

Cumplo 34 en par de semanas. OhYeah! : treintaycuatro.
Cumplo dos años en la compañía (y no quisiera).
Feriado justo esa semana.

Puedo pedir que te quedes conmigo también.
Pero sería mucho pedir.

Y para eso prefiero otras cosas.

Como conducir ahora que si, que puedo, escuchando los Pixies como se me canta.

Sing blue silver.

Ps: O un flash Bian que está re Ramones. She's A punk rocker...ni hablar.

Mama I'm coming home

De Ozzy.
Canción permanente del día que queda forever.

Para me and for u 2.

Mucho Babasonicos

La verdad es que dije pavadas.

Antes. Que no es ahora.

O...

El nuevo disco de Babasonicos tiene una vibra abajo low fi si se puede ranchera americana que tanto apesta etc.

Pero bien, aquí el top, el extracto del juice que ellos no quieren de su gente:

• Microdancing


• Cómo eran las cosas


• Cuello rojo


• Estoy rabioso


• Pijamas


• Escamas


• Yo anuncio

Si, en este orden che.

Y que ya tengan unos cuantos videos rolando por ahí del nuevo disco better yet!

Zafira Jade

Well... a esta familia le estaba faltando algo che...

A mi, al perro, al garage, a los chicos, a la monia, etc...




Zafira GLS 2.0 2002















{ mata eh? }

HR + Demi New Campaign

Si. La primer persona en BA en tener la primer imagen de la nueva campaña de Helena Rubinstein.
Ahí tienen chicas...

And boys.

Caerse

Fernandez Vallejos

Fernández

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fernández is a common surname derived from the Spanish language meaning "son of Fernando."
It is the second most popular name in Spain. [1]
Fernández - (Son of Fernando, from Germanic Fredenand or Fridnand. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during centuries V-VII by the Visigoths, so almost all of them are from the Visigoth tradition) [2]

Vallejos

Algunos tratadistas dicen que este apellido es castellano y originario de la provincia de Burgos. Otros dicen que es de procedencia asturiana, con casa solar en el lugar de Gera, perteneciente al Concejo de Tineo; posteriormente una rama pasó a Castilla, y se instaló en las montañas de Burgos, en el Valle de Mena; en las Encartaciones del Señorío de Vizcaya, principalmente en el lugar de Vallejuelo, desde donde el apellido se fue extendiendo por toda España, para enlazarse con otros ilustres linajes, como lo son los Villanueva, Díaz, Velasco, Cabeza de Vaca y Ovejas. A este respecto puede citarse a D. Juan de Velasco y Vallejo, Mayorazgo de la torre y solar de Cuellar que casó con Dña. Violante Cabeza de Vaca. Éste es un solo ejemplo de los distintos entronques de este linaje que, por los mismos, dio lugar a numerosas ramas de la más acrisolada y rancia nobleza.

La decadencia de un blog

Es cierto que ya este blog no transgrede. No en la forma en la que estaba acostumbrado en los orígenes allá en el 2004.
Es cierto y qué?

Qué feo disco el nuevo de los Babasonicos.


*****

BEsos a las chicas, abrazo a los chicos. Yo sé que quieren rock n roll.

Diosa Rabiosa de las Pistas

Jitón.
Disquito WOW.

Top top top house:

• 4 Minutes feat Justin Timberlake + Timbaland
• Beat Goes On feat. Kanye West
• Voices
• She's not me
• Miles Away
• Devil Wouldn't recognize you

No faltarán hitazos inside the Zafira...

{ just 1 week my love }

The Beauty Room

Discazo.

Sasokos.com

Re nice site!


>>

Juan Cruz Cumple 10!

Feliz cumple nerrro chuchio...

Quiero comer tu torta. Ir a tu cumpleaños. Festejar juntos.

Dejar estos dos trabajos que casi no me dejan dormir.
Jugar con vos con los transformers.
Al fútbol más seguido.

Y gracias a Dios que se fue este humo horrendo...


FELIZ CUMPLE NEGRONCHO LEENDO!
{ una década no todos los días eh! }

Babasonicos new single: Pijamas

New song >

< New artCover


BABASONICOSTV >>

Christian Jacq

Acabo de terminar el cuarto libro de la serie La Piedra de Luz.

Que es lo que estuve leyendo todo el summer 08.
Hallucinant.
Todo, todo lo que sea Antiguo Egipto me gusta.


Paneb el Ardiente...qué pedazo de carácter que se inventó este tipo...

Perdidos

Sin LOST...
Estamos perdidos.

Dejamos el episode 8 como otros muchos millones de zombies de una forma humillante.


*****

No hay nada hasta el 24 de APR.
Y sabes qué?
HEROES and Gossip Girl vuelven con nuevas seasons justo TODAS a fin de Abril.
O sea i mean, me tendes?
Enllamecido porque puro trabajo y nada de distractions.


Besos.

{mejor ... sigamos con el Callia }

The Pierces

Nuevas chicas, nueva disco favorito.
ABR08

Luego de terminar de ver por fin Gossip Girl Season 1.
Perversa si las hay, esta serie al fin.


Topissimo:

• Sticks and Stones
• Boring
• Three Wishes
• Secret