EnigmaFlare

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   by EnigmaFlare 3y ago

   In some houses, the hot water is fed by an open header tank in the ceiling. Whatever dust, dead mice or bird poos fall into that, can contaminate the tap water. I went off drinking hot water as a kid after seeing the deep layer of fine dust
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   by EnigmaFlare 3y ago

   My rough estimate of the amount of naturally occurring lead in the air is 5 million tons. So 113 000 tons makes it 2% more than what it would have been with no human activity. Doesn't seem terribly serious, but not nothing either. Natu
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   by EnigmaFlare 3y ago

   > Weight in particular is hard to counteract because going around a corner relies on being able to redirect that mass using only the friction generated by the contact patch of the tires. Are you sure about that? Tyre friction force is at
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   by EnigmaFlare 3y ago

   That's not a hard problem for an honest researcher. Just explain the risk of that data point in the grant application and if the funders decide not to take the risk, that's their perogative.