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Ca pourtant l'air prometteur: A poorly constructed, derivative sci-fi stinker with a weak script and poor action sequences. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babylon_ad/

C'est la seule raison pour laquelle quiconque fait quoi que ce soit. (TM Dr House)

Sais pas si ça peut être rentable. C'est une solution de plus par rapport à celle très eprouvée de pomper de l'eau dans des lacs de rétention (75% de rendement avec cette méthode). La question à laquelle ceci cherche à répondre c'est l'adéquation entre le production d'électricité et les différentes niveaux de consommation dans la journée (baseload / medium / peak) comme représenté sur ce graphique: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Tagesgang.png* August 27, 2008 9:58 AM PDT Compressed-air storage coming to wind power Posted by Martin LaMonica 7 commentsShare Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Facebook Email Print A New Jersey company said on Tuesday it will invest $20 million over three years to develop an underground compressed-air storage system for wind turbines and other power sources, a sign of growing confidence in the technology. Energy Storage and Power is a joint ventured formed by energy developer PSEG Global and Michael Nakhamkin, who designed the only compressed air-storage facility in the U.S. With Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), air is pumped into underground formations, such as depleted natural gas wells or salt caverns, using a natural gas-powered machine. The pressured air is released later to drive a turbine to make electricity. A diagram of a compressed air storage facility. Click on the image to see a photo gallery of different grid energy storage technologies. (Credit: CAES Development Company) The system allows for several hours or even days of stored energy, which allows power producers to deliver electricity during peak hours when the demand for electricity--and price--is highest. The two CAES plants in operation right now--one in McIntosh, Ala., and the other in Huntorf, Germany--use several hours of storage to generate electricity during the middle of the day. Energy Storage and Power said that it intends to develop equipment for storing renewable power resources at a large scale. Utilities are already using more wind and solar, but energy storage means that they can be used more broadly since electricity can be "dispatched" as needed. "We have learned a lot since building the McIntosh plant in Alabama, and I believe the time is right technically, environmentally, and economically for a large-scale deployment of Energy Storage and Power's CAES technology," Nakhamkin said in a statement. It's not the only commercial company pursuing compressed-air storage of wind energy. General Compression is designing a wind turbine that has a compressor built into the nacelle, the housing at the top of a wind turbine tower. The company hopes to test a machine with utilities in the next few years. With the growing use of renewable energy on the power grid and a push toward energy efficiency, energy storage is getting serious attention from investors and utilities. Lithium-ion battery company A123 is working with utility AES on grid-tied energy storage devices. These 1- or 2-megawatt devices can be used to stabilize the grid's frequency and store enough power for less than an hour. One advantage of CAES technology is that it can be used for longer periods. The Iowa Stored Energy Park plans to use a natural gas compressor in conjunction with a wind farm that it expects to go online in 2011. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10026958…tag=mncol;posts * en France, la partie base load (couverte en Allemagne principalement par le gros paquet mauve, la lignite + du nucléaire et de l'hydraulique) est bien entendu couverte principalement par le nucléaire, dont la production ne peut pas être régulée pour correspondre à la demande.

Bravo au Standard qui a fait jeu égal avec LFC. Malheureusement, ils n'ont pas marqué de but en 3h30, c'est le détail qui tue (pour être rpécis, ils en avaient marqué un qui a été refusé sans raison, mais on connait le foot, ça arrive. Ils ont eu assez d'occasions à part ça pour en mettre un). Mais belle équipe et beaux matches.

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Sur le marché politique Français aujourd'hui, un parti libéral aurait beaucoup à gagner à mener une action agressive ciblée en direction des militants de la droite traditionnelle. Il doit bien y en avoir quelques % qui sont suffisamment dégoûtés pour être prêt à changer de navire. Je ne sais quel est le meilleur moyen pour les toucher en masse mais il faut le trouver, ce moyen, et s'en servir.

Les Scorpions dans l'espace avec des filles dénudées. On a un peu de mal à voir le rapport mais ne laissez pas ça gâcher votre plaisir. The Rythm Of Love. Trop classe.

Ozzy Osbourne en Loup Garou. Bark at the Moon.

Bon allez, il est libre pour le moment. Mais je reste vigilant. Wesley Snipes is free on bail pending an appeal of being sentenced to three years in prison. The charges for which Snipes was convicted stemmed from his involvement with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, who allegedly advised Snipes that he was not required to pay taxes on income earned domestically. By: Eric Fulcher Aug 25, 2008 12:56 PM EDT Despite recently being sentenced to serve three years in prison on charges of willfully failing to file tax returns for three years, a judge granted Wesley Snipes' request to remain free on bail pending an appeal. Snipes' legal team had argued that he was not a flight risk and that he was working with the IRS to remedy his remaining debt. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges agreed to let Snipes free so that he would not finish serving his term before his appeal was heard. The charges for which Snipes was convicted stemmed from his involvement with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, who allegedly advised Snipes that he was not required to pay taxes on income earned domestically. The "861 argument," based on language contained in the Internal Revenue Code, is favored by tax protestors, but has been historically rejected by the courts when used as a justification for non-payment of income tax. http://www.halflifesource.com/topnews/lear…rticle2451.html

UK 'should end biofuel subsidies' The government should stop funding biofuels and use the money to halt the destruction of rainforests and peatland instead, a think tank has said. Policy Exchange said the switch would have a bigger impact on climate change because trees and peatland remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The government currently spends £550m annually on biofuel subsidies. The Conservatives said biofuels "may be damaging the environment and endangering food security". Under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), the government had said that by 2010, 5% of all UK ethanol and diesel should come from biological sources - primarily crops including corn, sugarcane and rapeseed. But last month, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said the UK would slow its adoption of biofuels because there were "increasing questions" about them. 'Halve the costs' The RTFO is designed to cut up to three million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, but Policy Exchange said investing in the protection of peatland or rainforests could result in a "50 times greater amount of avoided emission". The think tank said tropical deforestation contributed about 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions - similar to the amounts generated by the USA and China. To be truly effective a global response is needed, but the UK has an opportunity to lead the way Ben Caldecott, Policy Exchange Ben Caldecott, editor of the report, said changing tack "would halve the total costs of tackling climate change". "To be truly effective a global response is needed, but the UK has an opportunity to lead the way," he said. "In the UK alone, biofuel subsidies cost £550m annually. In 2005, a similar investment in preventing deforestation and peatland destruction could have offset the equivalent of up to 37% of all UK CO2 emissions. "In the UK we can dramatically increase funding for forest and peatland projects domestically and with key partners, especially in South-East Asia, as well as lobbying at an international level for the right global policies. "All this can be done within our current budget, by ending wasteful and damaging biofuel subsidies." Critics say encouraging biofuels could prompt farmers, especially in poorer countries, to abandon food production in favour of growing fuel crops. This could lead to food shortages and higher food prices, as well as encouraging deforestation of areas to make way for biofuel crops. 'Hypocrisy crticism' Last month, ministers said they would consult on delaying the RTFO's 5% target from 2010-11 to 2013-14. But shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the government was still guilty of "staggering hypocrisy". "While ministers are calling for the international community to look at the impact of biofuels, here in the UK, the government's policy means people are filling up their cars with biofuels that may be damaging the environment and endangering food security," he said. "Time and again the government has been warned that their policy of targets without safeguards is madness. "When will it admit it has got this wrong and bring in proper sustainability criteria for biofuels?" Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7581436.stm

GM set to bring Volt electric car to Europe By Bernard Simon in Toronto Published: August 18 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 18 2008 03:00 General Motors is planning to rebadge its Chevrolet Volt electric car as an Opel and bring it to Europe as part of the US carmaker's plans to expand the model range of its highly anticipated new vehicle. GM is sufficiently encouraged by the development of the Volt that it has begun work on several other similar vehicles. Bob Boniface, the Volt's design director, said more than two other models were at the scale-model stage of development. The Volt design studio, which employs close to 50 people, is being expanded to cope with the increased work. One of the follow-up models will be an Opel for sale mainly in Europe. GM is also looking at producing different types of vehicles to the Volt, a mid-sized sedan. The Detroit carmaker has staked its reputation on the Volt, heavily promoting each stage of the car's development since a concept version was displayed last year. The redesigned production version is due to roll off the assembly line in late 2010. The Volt and its derivatives will share many components, including a five-foot-long 400lb battery, enabling GM to achieve economies of scale. Over the past decade carmakers have increasingly used a single platform as the basis for a variety of vehicles as a way of speeding up development and holding down costs. GM promises that the Volt's lithium-ion battery will have a range of at least 40 miles with a minimum life of 10 years. The car will be recharged either by plugging it into a normal power socket or, when it is in motion, by a four-cylinder internal combustion engine. Petrol consumption is estimated at about 150 miles per gallon. Toyota also plans to unveil a plug-in car in 2010. Unlike the Volt, it will be driven both by the battery and the petrol engine. Toyota has said its design will cost far less while delivering almost the same performance. GM said last week that it would choose the Volt's battery supplier before the end of the year. Two groups led by South Korea's LG Chem and A123Systems of Boston are vying for the contract. Frank Weber, who heads the Volt project, said the batteries would have enough power. The biggest challenge is maintaining the cells' stability. "Batteries are like human beings, they like room temperature," he said. GM has yet to disclose the retail price of the Volt but is lobbying for some form of government subsidy to bring the car within reach of the average Chevrolet customer. Electric vehicles are ex-pected to have limited mass-market appeal in their early years. Robert Bosch, the world's biggest automotive parts supplier, estimates 3m petrol-electric hybrids and between 300,000 and 500,000 electric vehicles will be in operation worldwide by 2015. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c34ce8a-6cbb-11…00779fd18c.html

Japan fuels electric car revolution By Jonathan Soble in Tokyo Published: August 25 2008 17:16 | Last updated: August 25 2008 17:16 Japan is preparing for the arrival of plug-in electric cars next year with plans to build hundreds of “quick recharge” power stations and other infrastructure to accommodate the vehicles. Drivers in Japan will be the first in the world to be offered battery-powered cars by large automakers. The transport and power system upgrades, which are supported by the government, carmakers and electricity utilities, are designed to promote rapid adoption by easing concerns about the cars’ convenience and driving range. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the utility giant that supplies Japan’s capital region, said it had developed a recharging device that could provide enough power in a five-minute stop to drive a small electric car 40 km – a big advance over current experimental systems. A 10-minute charge delivered 60km worth of power, it said. The company, a big promoter of electric cars, has been testing the Y4m ($36,500) device with Mitsubishi Motors and Subaru – which will roll out the first plug-in cars in 2009 and 2010 – and hopes to install it in supermarkets and other public places. “We got involved in electric cars to try and sell electricity at night,” Tepco said, noting that most drivers would recharge their cars at home during the utility’s off-peak hours using regular power sockets. “But it has become a way to contribute to society.” Kanagawa prefecture, the region adjoining Tokyo, has committed to providing 150 of the quick-recharge stations as part of an effort to put at least 3,000 electric vehicles on its roads within five years. The national government is backing the technology. Next month it will begin accepting applications from cities and towns wishing to become “model districts” for next-generation vehicle infrastructure, a programme that will involve installing power outlets at pay car parks, supermarkets and restaurant chains for drivers to use free of charge. The government also plans to encourage private enterprise to offer discount rates to electric vehicle drivers on everything from parking to insurance and loans. It is pushing Japan Post, the recently privatised postal service, to convert its fleet of 21,000 delivery vehicles to electric cars. Yasuo Fukuda, prime minister, wants half of new cars sold by 2020 to be powered by non-petrol sources. Japan pledged at the G8 summit this year to cut overall carbon dioxide emissions by 60-80 per cent by 2050. Mitsubishi plans to offer the MiEV, a small five-door electric hatchback, for commercial sale next year, while Subaru, a unit of Fuji Heavy Industries, is to introduce its two-door R1e electric microcar soon after. The Nissan-Renault alliance is planning an electric car for Japan and the US in 2010 while Toyota is working on a plug-in version of its Prius hybrid to go on sale the same year. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eea9c5a0-72be-11…0b5df10621.html

On ne va pas lancer un débat sur les préférences personnelles de chacun pour la consommation. Si j'achète mes slips chez Aldi, que ça ne t'empêche pas de t'envelopper dans dans de rutilants caleçons Versace. Si tu veux mettre un moulin à vent, des panneaux solaires et un chauffe-eau solaire sur ta maison, sans toucher de subvention, soit. Tu ne trouveras personnes ici qui soit contre.

C'est pour dans trente ans. Promis. Et ça c'est une promesse qui est faite avec grande cohérence : ça fait cinquante ans que c'est promis pour dans trente ans. C'est une pure saloperie étatiste. Si des capitaux privés veulent s'y investir, pas de problème.

Ah ça c'est sûr, quand un interlocuteur commence à répondre avec faits et données. Pour les autres: qui pourrait répondre à l'article posté par Taranne selon lequel le réchauffement est en train de se stocker dans les océans, et c'est pour ça qu'on ne le voit plus, mais quand ça va être relâché dans l'atmosphère ça va se faire sentir?

Tiens tu dois avoir un MP de moi au sujet de l'Univ d'été. Dis moi si je dois dire à la personne d'oublier.

Ahlan wa sahlan. Tu vas me dire, c'est du profiling de merde de mettre les trois mots d'arabe que je connais à cause de ta religion, mais en fait c'est parce que je suis désespérément en quête d'occases de faire l'intéressant.

de mauvais coton.

Mangez du Kangourou. Pour les libéraux, des bébés kangourou. Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet' Switching from beef to kangaroo burgers could significantly help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says an Australian scientist. The methane gas produced by sheep and cows through belching and flatulence is more potent than carbon dioxide in the damage it can cause to the environment. But kangaroos produce virtually no methane because their digestive systems are different. Dr George Wilson, of the Australian Wildlife Services, urges farming them. He says they have a different set of micro-organisms in their guts to cows and sheep. Sheep and cattle account for 11% of Australia's carbon footprint and over the years, there have been various proposals to deal with the problem. Now Dr Wilson believes kangaroos might hold the answer. He said: "It tastes excellent, not unlike venison - only a different flavour." The country already produces 30 million kangaroos farmed by landholders in the outback. But Dr Wilson is keen to see that population dramatically increased to produce the same amount of kangaroo meat as that currently produced by conventional livestock. Methane is about 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide molecule for molecule. But the much greater volume of CO2 generated by human activities such as industry and transport means that it is the largest contributor to modern-day global warming. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm Published: 2008/08/09 14:03:18 GMT

La bande son du new age : Mannheim Steamroller. J'espère que cette vidéo est jutse la concoction d'un internaute pas doué, mais de toutes façons elle est parfaite.

Dans mes bras, noble individu.

Bon sang. Dinsdale. Monty Python?

Je crois que tu trouveras ici d'autres amateur de South Park. Bienvenue.

Je comprends mieux l'hystérie généralisée alors même que le réchauffement s'est arrêté depuis dix ans: Leur SEULE chance d'arriver à leurs fins est d'agir vite (i.e. appauvrir le monde de dizaines ou centaines de milliards), comme ça quand tout le monde dira, bon, mais ça ne se réchauffe pas, ils diront ha ha, heureusement que nous sommes intervenus; Mais payez encore plus, sinon la catastrophe va revenir, et en pire.