Caffeine is hydrophobic?
Does that mean it's purely in suspension in my espresso? How does caffeine get from my intestine into my blood? Do I have to consume olive oil?
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Aren't there far simpler ways to use the heat of the Sun or the World's interior to raise steam and spin turbines.?
I'm all for nuclear fusion research, but hope it can do rather more than just raise steam.
Could it generate exotic isotopes , new subatomic particles or new elements?
Isn't pushing the limits of experimental parameters an end in itself?
Reminds me of the 70s/80s winters in East Anglia when I used to crawl in the snow to point a blowlamp at the sump and the (derv) fuel tank. Maybe Tesla could provide a "patch" to do the same with their batteries? Maybe a small coke stove with flues through the battery?
Oi! Get your place names right. Norfolk has a US airbase at Feltwell and some presence at Marham but no naval bases. Which Norfolk are you referring to?
If you just write "Norfolk, without qualification, it has to mean the original Norfolk, not one of the many places"named" by uninquisitive and unimaginative colonists. (When you move to a new country, it's polite to discover what the locals call your new location.)
That sounds very like my Victorian terrace. I've replaced the gruesome concrete tiles with proper insulation and ceramic pantiles.
The 77 mm of PIR external insulation* is covered in brick slips, rather than whole bricks.
Above and beyond, I've replaced the ancient double glazed windows, with Acoya draught sealed wooden sash windows and modern double glazed units.
There's no reason why our government couldn't facilitate this for whole terraces.
*More would be better, but Planners don't think that very deep "reveals" are acceptable when the neighbouring houses don't have them. (In an ideal world I'd have used Spacetherm, but until more of us use it, the price will remain eyewatering.)