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Originally Posted By: MNgopher Positive Train Control has been repeatedly delayed for years and years. The initial law requiring implementation by 2015 was signed into law in 2008. The deadline was extended to December 31, 2018 in October of 2015. Larger crashes within a short timespan helped...

Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi They probably didn't have enough of them, but the Finns developed the outstanding Suomi KP31 submachine gun before WWII. Neglecting production cost and time issues, it may have been the finest weapon of its kind at the time...it was also quite heavy for a SMG...

Originally Posted By: andyd Much respect for Finns. Their defense against the Russians was pretty amazing. They didn't have much ammunition. They wrapped themselves up in sheets and skied into the Russians and killed them with knives. That one went little too far, finnish infantry had clumsy...

Finnish police officer Mr P. Schroderus sings Finlandia hymn for his country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW0bfpgsyXU (Christmas greeting from the same man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6EiVmA3tuo )

So they are going to build 30 cars this month, and 100 during august. Can you run a production line designed for 20,000 cars per month like that, or are these handcrafted?

http://d1arsn5g9mfrlq.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2016_vds_rank_1.jpg Not that bad for GM? I wonder why they won't sell Volt Mark II in Europe, friend of mine owns Mark I (Opel Ampera in EU) and he likes it a lot.

www.iea.org/stats/WebGraphs/japan2.pdf Cheaper nat gas after those reactors are online?

Originally Posted By: PandaBear Urban legend says that TEPCO wants to preserve the reactor instead of rushing sea water in to flood / cool it, partly because once you do that the reactor and fuel are pretty much poisoned beyond future use, and partly because the nuclear waste has valuable source...

Originally Posted By: turtlevette They almost passed a law that you must have an energy audit to sell your house. This nonsense is applied in EU. One must pay 700-1 000 usd to get "energy certificate" to be able to sell his house. From this paper one can find theoretical energy consumption...

Originally Posted By: KingCake I don't understand the math here. Why are their peak times? If he's not consuming 100% of his solar shouldn't it be sold back to the electric company for credit? Since when do utilities charge more during peak hours? In my state it's flat $ per kwh no matter what...

Maybe VW engineers have seen this?

On some diesels there's a choke valve in intake manifold/piping to increase EGR flow. If you block EGR, and choke valve is not jammed open increased pumping loss will decrease MPG.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-c...&nid=101708 Vladimir Vladimirovitš invites Turkey to join BRICS? Some people in EU couldn't be happier about that, no need to fight about it's EU membership anymore.

Originally Posted By: Nebroch Erdogan could do anything if coup fails and he stays in power. He's mad and furious.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

Erdogan could do anything if coup fails and he stays in power. He's mad and furious..