Thread by @BobKerns

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Oh, you're going to double down are you? I don't have time to do this right, but what kind of power plant shall we compare with? Gas, coal, or nuclear?
Let's not do coal, because we'd have to do coal mines and it's going away anyway.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And nuclear brings in uranium, plutonium, vast amounts of CO2-intensive concrete, a massive stainless steel containment shell, reactor vessel, exotic alloys to withstand neutron flux, etc.

Let's keep it simple: natural gas combustion turbine.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Less efficient than Combined Cycle Gas Turbine which adds a steam stage with heat storage etc, but simpler. Typically used in peaker stations. Let's pick the Scattergood plant near Los Angeles International Airport.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack We'll ignore its CCGT and focus on one of its two GE LMS100 gas turbines. 105 MW, intercooled, 44% thermal efficiency when operated at peak efficiency. Here's a walkthrough:

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack The footprint there is 113 x 73 ft. The concrete pad has to be larger than that for service access, etc. We're already talking about a lot of materials—concrete and steel rebar, etc in the pad. Various alloys and coatings in the casings.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Austenitic stainless steel w/ Chromium, nickel, and iron, with the higher temperature parts probably having molybdenum. Copper in the generator. Insulation and all coatings petroleum-derived. Two battery systems (24 & 125V), nickel/cadmium.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack The generator will have large amounts of electrical steel, iron, silicon, manganese.

Switching gear, etc. for 11.5 KV 3-phase.

And a building to house all that, etc.

And then we come to the turbine.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack The body and combustor probably don't add anything new, but let's look at the blades and nozzles.

The blades will be GTD-111:
Nickel
Chromium
Cobalt
Tungsten
Molybdenum
Titanium
Copper
Boron
Tantalum

The nozzles GTD-222 add vanadium and aluminum to our list.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And now we have to bring in the gas. So we'll need a pipeline. Carbon steel or low alloy steel, corrosion coated, with galvanic protection (a way to apply a charge to the pipe so it doesn't corrode). Concrete anchor points. Bedding material. Yellow warning tape.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack In this case, our pipeline is relatively short. Just to the north of LAX is the Playa del Rey gas storage facility. Like the Aliso Canyon facility that leaked, it's an abandoned oil field repurposed for gas storage. Compressor stations, dewatering facilities...

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Fun fact: This is just off the end of where the private Hughes Airport once was, where the Spruce Goose was built. In recent years that hand has been redeveloped and there's no trace of the airport. YouTube Spaces is there.
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@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And down the coast to the south is the Chevron El Segundo refinery.
The town in which our turbine is located is named after the refinery. El Primero is located in Richmond near San Francisco, which is not named for the refinery but is even more dominated by it.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack But the gas does not originate here. LA was once covered with oil derricks, and a few are still active, exposed in a few areas, hidden in fake building facades in places like near the tony Beverly Center mall.

But you wouldn't know the abandoned ones are there, usually.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack But there are a LOT of them. Sitting there; connections from oilfield to surface, not always plugged as well as you might hope.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Until one day, a department store explodes. Next to a grade school. The one my older daughter later attended. Red arrows, well and store. Blue, another well on school grounds. Methane & sulfide alarms @ school.

Well records: evernote.com/l/AA_EER8hQOlD…

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack It was a big deal. It took days to put out the fire and even longer to get the situation under control.

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@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack But it takes a lot more gas to fuel a turbine than to blow up a store. So we pipe it in from across the western US and Canada. Compressor stations etc. along the way.

In other places, this may involve LNG tankers and associated specialized offshore docking facilities.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And at the other end, more drilling. Fracking. Fracking solutions pumped below the earth through long steel casings. Drilling mud. More compressors, filters. When they die, new ones are drilled, again and again. It doesn't end.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack So where were we? Oh, right, comparing with a solar photovoltaic farm.Riiight
Well, first you'd better make up your mind what KIND. It's concentrated or not. You don't find all those ingredients in any one. Arsenic is in concentrated. Cadmium in thin-film

https://twitter.com/riktheozfrog/status/1102468971628965888

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And say, haven't we seen Cadmium before? Ah, yes.

https://twitter.com/BobKerns/status/1102515584267251713

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack Other cells are made with silicon, with a tiny bit of boron.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And we've seen Boron before, too.

https://twitter.com/BobKerns/status/1102522374413475840

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And there's a bit of aluminum support and some plastic coverings. We've seen those before, too, but let's not get bogged down.

To be fair, we need to include the energy delivery chain.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack So, let's see. First, there's a thin atmospheric blanket, mostly transparent in the wavelengths of interest.

Then there's a long 93 million miles of ... nothing.

And a nuclear fusion reactor, with on-site stored hydrogen.

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack But still—maybe we don't need to count those. We...didn't have to pay anything. They were there.

That part is ... free.

https://twitter.com/riktheozfrog/status/1102403038218600449

@riktheozfrog @MirthDAL @jhonp54 @AltUS_ARC @exentrik137 @Boi_dBoi_d @PlanetLuvie @AtomsksSanakan @sueytonius @JaggerMickOZ @bmurphypots @MLBinWA @markbjardine @EddyKurrents @MHayden951 @DanielMcDonald4 @alcpjr @FilesOfDresden @jk76022 @PolAnimalAus @Tokyo_Tom @GPRacer51 @SylviaD32911201 @TheEndisFar @ILuvCO2 @AlaMerQld @ThingsIFindInt1 @ElectricElecti1 @RoyPentland @StagaZigfried @craigthomler @Lindhacker @3MIKE2 @jamieswilson @qualityhoofcare @priscian @seancunnion @DougBookwriter2 @KCTaz @StormSignalSA @DarrenGuthrie6 @GuyEric11 @_JG17 @AlexSabe5 @KidDenali @BruceWaTheTruth @tan123 @Over400ppm @Tangomitteckel @saykojack And there's hardly any accidents along that supply chain. An occasional solar flare. Well, they're a big deal, actually, but hardly affect us under that atmosphere and magnetosphere.

And if we put too much CO2 in the atmosphere, we'll overheat.
So maybe we shouldn't do that.