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    Coupled ODE for chemical reaction

    I'm not sure what you're asking for, but i think its the material balance to each component in a Batch Reactor, if that's the case, the solution is the following: For component A: \frac{dC_{A}}{dt}=-kC_{A}C_{B} component B: \frac{dC_{B}}{dt}=-kC_{A}C_{B} and component C...
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    News Defining Poverty: Absolute vs Relative - Which is the Better Measure?

    Hi everyone! My name is Rui. It's been a long time since my last post here. As for this post, i must say i haven't read it with detail (it's late :zzz: ) but i just wanted to add my view and re-affirm some things already said and posted. The following definitions were established by...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    You're either not well informed or you just took a quick look at what i have been writing. The site you provided shows that new oil wells are being drilled, but some posts ago i said "other un-familiar and abudant types of oil resources" not the traditional and familiar oil wells, on these...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    Are less speculative? I would say the speculation is likely the same. I am aware of the new technology for new nuclear reactors but the technology to provide a constant supply of uranium for a very good amount of time is highly speculative. What would be the point to search for an alternative to...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    I certanly am not ignoring thorium or how technology will evolve through the years. What I'm saying is that those reports are very speculative (also including the last links provided), it's easy to see that. And regarding proven and estimated uranium resources the main problem is not their...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    I just took a look at the links you provided. The first report from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency is highly speculative. Sometime ago i found several reports stating that even taken into account the unknown and undiscovered uranium resources, at current rate of uranium consumption, it would...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    Cliff, Thanks for the information. That's a good system for the carpool lane then, very intersting and imaginative. I took a look at the site you provided and also saw some information on what London did when was decided to keep cars out of the center of the city and for what i read it...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    Thanks for the information. It's really intersting and an imaginative solution. Now i can answer what Cliff said more properly regarding carpool lanes. It does sounds good the idea of people who are not qualified paying to have access to this lane but in practise i don't see it working...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    It's somewhat disturbing to me how people are against effective and positive measures but at the same time are not against big real problems... Cynism and hypocrisy (not referring to you) is how US citizens are perceived by the Europeans and it seems correct. Of course and fortunally not all US...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    Thank you for the words Cliff. I understand your concern, but i don't really know to what extent environmental studies would prevent the implementaion of tidal energy, I'm saying this taking into account the Azores example i stated because i don't recall hearing or reading objections in...
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    YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis

    Even not being american and therefore, not very aware of the energetic crisis that currently affects the US I think that my options fit the US as any other country, and because of this I’ll often use as an example what has or will be done where I live, in Portugal. First, there is a need to...
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    Why does adding a higher melting point metal lower the melting point of alloys?

    You can find some information on a Gallium/Indium allow in this site. It´s very intersting. Rui M.
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    Exploring Industrial Production of Compounds: A Research Report

    Thanks for the replys. In fact me and my friends managed to find out some information on yahoo or google on the explained process of the industrial production of sulfuric acid and we are doing the report about that. We also used the sciencedirect.com database, which i wasn´t aware of its...
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    Exploring Industrial Production of Compounds: A Research Report

    I´m doing a research for a report on industrial production of any compound, i say any, because we have to choose one compound and write a detailed production process and the equipment it´s needed to make that particular process happen, the thing is, me and my friends have done plenty of...
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