Comment Re:Pirate attitude (Score 1) 309
Hey! Don't be so hard on the English!
Hey! Don't be so hard on the English!
...The latter typically contain 60-70% alcohol, and you're not going to be developing resistance to that.
I bloody well hope not!
More basic research is needed but renewables will become economical on their own eventually.
You mean like this: http://beyondzeroemissions.org/
Just a pity our (Australian) economy depends so much on digging up coal and iron ore to send to China.
I too prefer Firefox because I don't trust Google. Chrome sends so much data to Google (every keystroke that you type into OmniBar) and I prefer not to give Google any of my data. Firefox has no such issues.
Not if you turn it off.
Not sure of the age range, but when I was a kid my dad made me what was basically a board with a power source, some lights, switches, and some other odds and ends. It had contacts (bolts) and a bunch of alligator clips for connecting the stuff. I had a lot of fun playing with it, and I've seen commercial versions of this now.. so might be a good idea. Also rates high on the "learning without realizing" category.
They are a good idea, my son has one and loves it!
The desal plants (powered by coal) are an adaptation.
That's (at least partially) incorrect.
AGL has been chosen to provide energy from GreenPower accredited sources in SA to meet 100% of electricity
consumed by the ADP operatons for a 20-year contract period.
FWIW, South Australia is also getting 2 new gas-fired generators on Torrens Island for electricity needs.
Nice tag line though.
My point was that they do this for a very good reason, to prevent the spread of disease. An often quoted figure is ~80% of infections (everywhere, not just in hospitals) are spread because people don't wash their hands, or wash them properly.
http://www.cdc.gov/cleanhands/
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Handwashing_why_it's_important?OpenDocument
By washing your hands with just water, you are effectively saying you don't care about this for the people you do come in contact with. And I'm glad you have the ability to differentiate those with weakened immune systems.
You know the #1 thing that hospitals can do to prevent the spread of infection?
Get staff who are in contact with patients to use hand gel.
I sure hope you don't work in the service or heath industry.
His explanation is that soap doesn't just clear away dirt and micro-organisms; it also removes surface skin cells and destroys oils, and this isn't too good for the skin.
Our son used to get skin problems (dry, rashes), we stopped using soap and just went with water and facecloth for shower or bath. Problems gone.
That being said, I work on infection control software and as a result am pretty fussy about washing hands after going to the toilet and before eating meals.
Even if he is a filthy South Australian.
That's filthy *hot* South Australian to you mate!
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