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pcprogrammer:

--- Quote from: Geoff-AU on March 19, 2024, 11:21:26 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 17, 2024, 09:04:35 pm ---Another option would be to send all our waste into orbit. I'm sure many would find that a good idea.

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Falcon 9 can put 18 tonnes in LEO orbit using a bit over 400 tonnes of propellant, or 22 tonnes of propellant for 1 tonne of payload.  You're way, way better off simply burning the garbage than burning enough Kerosene to put it in orbit.

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And how much poison would that put into the atmosphere.  :palm:

I know things can be filtered, but still it might the best solution to dump it in the desert nobody uses. Something for archeologists of the far future to discover and wonder why it was done.  >:D

But indeed it is absolute bullshit to send it to space. Would waste far more resources than benefits it might bring.

tom66:

--- Quote from: Geoff-AU on March 19, 2024, 11:21:26 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 17, 2024, 09:04:35 pm ---Another option would be to send all our waste into orbit. I'm sure many would find that a good idea.

--- End quote ---

Falcon 9 can put 18 tonnes in LEO orbit using a bit over 400 tonnes of propellant, or 22 tonnes of propellant for 1 tonne of payload.  You're way, way better off simply burning the garbage than burning enough Kerosene to put it in orbit.

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Not to mention Falcon 9 has only been proven to be reusable up to around 20 times and you dispose of the entire second stage in the ocean every time... yeah I can't ever see space-based disposal of waste making sense.

We're not necessarily short of landfill space, the problem is more the environmental catastrophe of having to create that waste in the first place, we need to stop!

Haenk:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on March 16, 2024, 09:54:01 am ---I hate shopping for clothes, and that has nothing to do with cost.  I usually wait for a weekday at opening time, which unfortunately is usually 10AM.  The stores are pretty much vacant then.   It's also safer.  Mall shooters in the US usually wait until much later.

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I german comedian once compared the shopping habits of women and men. Men usually shop "commando-style" - run into the shop, grab item, run to the cashier, and away you are. Usually takes less than 5 minutes.
Women on the other hand. ... Probably don't need to tell ;)
(Luckily my wife does not insist on my company while shopping any more. That has probably saved myself thousands of hours of lifetime.)

SiliconWizard:
Well as a generalization (oh yes I know those are bad), men have more of a "hunter" behavior, while women, more of a "gatherer" behavior.

switchabl:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 20, 2024, 08:51:07 pm ---Well as a generalization (oh yes I know those are bad), men have more of a "hunter" behavior, while women, more of a "gatherer" behavior.

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Indeed, if you observe closely, you will often see men track a wild pair of pants through a clothes shop for hours before going in for the kill. Personally, I do find the whole thing rather gruesome and I am not sure it still has a place in modern society. But who am I to argue with evolution.

On a more serious note, if you enjoy restoring electronic equipment, you might also find mending satisfying. It has gone out of fasion (pun intended) with new clothes getting so cheap but why throw something away if you can just fix it instead?

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