All of a sudden, our neighbourhood might be getting a little more crowded. Next week the International Astronomical Union will meet at its annual convention. The hot topic? What defines a “planet”!? This is a very important question because thanks to more powerful telescopes… we have discovered a number of very large “rocks” (a.k.a. asteroids) …
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El Nino, Antartic Snowfall, and Hot Summer Nights
A few weather-related notes for tonight. Live Science has a few interesting stories. #1: Looks like we might be headed for an El Nino year this winter in North America. That’s the warm ocean current that hangs out off the West Coast of South America. Some of it’s known effects.. across North America Wet and …
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Electrification of Vancouver Island — Addition
Prompted by questions in the comments of the last thread, (here) It just occured to me that it would be quite easy to figure out the theoretical peak load of such a system. All you have to know is the number of locomotives on the system and their maximum rated horsepower and convert it to …
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