Every furnace I have owned was gas or oil but still required AC power to run.
My thoughts too, but Churba knows his stuff so if he says he's got hot water...
I do not doubt he may have a reservoir of hot water in the water heater. I know during Sandy I had hot water for about three days without power due to a well insulated water heater and proper rationing.
I have simply never heard of a water heater that did not require electricity for its operation and if he has such a thing I want one too!
Your hot water system is 100% gas powered? Never heard of that before.
Yep - It runs directly off the gas main, and it's lit by a continuous pilot light, rather than a mains-powered sparker. If the pilot goes out - which is rare - You can still light it manually, and I'm pretty sure in this unit, flow control comes from a mechanical flow-rate meter within the unit moving a valve, though there are more modern systems that use different methods. It's not a furnace or a boiler(and it doesn't have any home-heating capability, as that's absolutely pointless to have in Queensland), it's called a Continuous flow Gas hot water system. They're common here, though I don't think they're quite as common in the US, especially in the north.
The hot water response is a bit slower than pure electric or boilers, but the units are fucking bombproof, even the newer ones.
Edit - the not needing electricity thing might be a function of the unit being 25+ years old, rather than being a continuous flow gas system. Check out what's available on the market today.
Monsanto IS kind of evil. But not because they are selling GMOs. It's because they exploit the cost of the legal system to steamroll small farmers even when the farmers are in the right.
I can't find the specific pic, but they were making the allusion that since Monsanto also manufactures pesticides then how good can GMO be for us?
Monsanto IS kind of evil. But not because they are selling GMOs. It's because they exploit the cost of the legal system to steamroll small farmers even when the farmers are in the right.
I can't find the specific pic, but they were making the allusion that since Monsanto also manufactures agent orange then how good can GMO be for us?
Monsanto IS kind of evil. But not because they are selling GMOs. It's because they exploit the cost of the legal system to steamroll small farmers even when the farmers are in the right.
I can't find the specific pic, but they were making the allusion that since Monsanto also manufactures agent orange then how good can GMO be for us?
FTFY. Still haven't forgiven them for Vietnam.
I knew it was one of those two. I scrolled right past like those pics saying you love satan if you scroll past. Point was the assertion was ridiculous.
I knew it was one of those two. I scrolled right past like those pics saying you love satan if you scroll past. Point was the assertion was ridiculous.
I thought you were being seriousface. I don't think that the fact that they make/made both means anything, but I sure as hell ain't letting my money go to war criminals.
I knew it was one of those two. I scrolled right past like those pics saying you love satan if you scroll past. Point was the assertion was ridiculous.
I thought you were being seriousface. I don't think that the fact that they make/made both means anything, but I sure as hell ain't letting my money go to war criminals.
No MY point is the assertion is ridiculous. I'll grant you your hate for their activities in the Vietnam War, but just because they make herbicides doesn't automatically mean they're trying to kill us all with GMO.
Edit: AS ridiculous as posting "Like if you love Jesus, scroll if you love satan!" pics.
Power has been our for fifteen hours now, no signs of getting fixed any time soon. Energex is saying 36-48 hours for restoration at least, but they might just be pulling a Scotty.
Mine went out at around 10pm on Sunday, but it got fixed at around 7pm Monday.
Power has been our for fifteen hours now, no signs of getting fixed any time soon. Energex is saying 36-48 hours for restoration at least, but they might just be pulling a Scotty.
Mine went out at around 10pm on Sunday, but it got fixed at around 7pm Monday.
The worst part? They were unaware of the problem as at 5AM, because there were two power outages in the same area on different sections of the grid, at the same time. So they fixed the other, marked the area off as fixed, and apparently therefore they didn't know that the problem wasn't adressed. The only small mercy in it is that the section they did fix covers the family business, so I only have to go two streets over to at least get the most basic connectivity.
Left 4 Dead 2 is playing a video ad when I join an official server.. which doesn't stop playing in the background when you press ok, so you're playing with the audio over the top.
I can't tell you how many ways this is wrong, and I'm not a full Biologist. Latest stupidity passed around facebook.
I don't understand.
Viruses (like HIV) can only replicate in living cells, and have a very short lifespan. A used needle, while not pleasant to be stabbed by, is more likely to give you tetanus than AIDS unless it had literally been placed there just before you reached for it. Which means you'd have noticed the person placing it there, and therefore would have had ample warning to NOT get stabbed by it. Now other STDs are more likely to be transmitted by needles, but the chance of catching AIDS from such a trap set is practically nil.
As always if I've gotten something wrong I hope a real Biologist will correct me.
I know that when I worked as a cleaner for an arcade I had to wear some pretty thick gloves and check every possible place with a broom in the public bathrooms to make sure that none of the junkies had left needles or crammed them into something. Fun story we caught one guy who used to put them in the baby changing area, the same dude that used to try to poop in the bowling ally strangely enough.
Viruses (like HIV) can only replicate in living cells, and have a very short lifespan. A used needle, while not pleasant to be stabbed by, is more likely to give you tetanus than AIDS unless it had literally been placed there just before you reached for it. Which means you'd have noticed the person placing it there, and therefore would have had ample warning to NOT get stabbed by it. Now other STDs are more likely to be transmitted by needles, but the chance of catching AIDS from such a trap set is practically nil.
Viruses are not independent living organisms, and thus don't have a set lifespan compared to host cells. Viability of any virus outside of host cells depends on the type of virus, enveloped vs non-enveloped, environmental conditions, viral load, etc. Influenza viruses are viable for months at freezing temperatures in bird feces/lake sediment, but in a warmer environment will only last a week.
This study (abstract only unfortunately) from 1995 looked at HIV particle survivability from HIV+ individuals with end stage renal disease. They found dialysis tubing with infectious virus 48 hours after drying at room temperature. The dialysis fluid itself was also infectious up to seven days after removal from the patient. Hypothetically if a needle contained a high enough concentration of infectious viral particles it could last for a few days in a favorable environment.
I'm not disagreeing with how stupid facebook memes are, just that I needed to correct your science as the FRC virologist.
Always possible I suppose, but people with the inclination to spread this kind of mayhem (and it sounds a bit too far fetched to begin with) probably don't do enough research to find out the amount of blood needed for it to be transmitted.
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I have simply never heard of a water heater that did not require electricity for its operation and if he has such a thing I want one too!
The hot water response is a bit slower than pure electric or boilers, but the units are fucking bombproof, even the newer ones.
Edit - the not needing electricity thing might be a function of the unit being 25+ years old, rather than being a continuous flow gas system. Check out what's available on the market today.
Edit: AS ridiculous as posting "Like if you love Jesus, scroll if you love satan!" pics.
I can't tell you how many ways this is wrong, and I'm not a full Biologist. Latest stupidity passed around facebook.
As always if I've gotten something wrong I hope a real Biologist will correct me.
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Here's some information; it looks reliable:
http://www.aidsmap.com/Survival-outside-the-body/page/1321278/
This study (abstract only unfortunately) from 1995 looked at HIV particle survivability from HIV+ individuals with end stage renal disease. They found dialysis tubing with infectious virus 48 hours after drying at room temperature. The dialysis fluid itself was also infectious up to seven days after removal from the patient. Hypothetically if a needle contained a high enough concentration of infectious viral particles it could last for a few days in a favorable environment.
I'm not disagreeing with how stupid facebook memes are, just that I needed to correct your science as the FRC virologist.
Hep-C and Tetanus are the ones to watch out for if I recall correctly.