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something i’ve pondered a couple of times – how efficient is electrolysis of water, in terms of the energy achievable from using the end products?
i.e. is it feasible to use large windmills to electrolyse water, and then use the hydrogen as an energy source, with the oxygen as either the oxidising agent, or as a revenue source as a raw material for other processes?
if this was feasible, it would get over the reliability issues surrounding wind supply.@tyrrp wrote:
Am I entitled to keep the privacy I had when I bought the house?
Am I entitled to keep the light I had when I bought the house?
If we find that being overlooked will devalue our property is that a valid objection?
from what i understand, no to all three questions.
you are entitled to light if the property is over a certain age, as far as i can remember.i assume people have seen this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4812836.stm
i’m just thinking of all the bemused pedestrians wandering past people taking photos of footpaths.
also, yesterday morning, there were workmen going at the new cobbles on o’connell street, near hamilton long, with a jackhammer.@jimg wrote:
Therefore, for example, at a red light I will always squeeze between lines of cars to get to the front of the junction
it annoys the hell out of me that where space in front of the cars has been designated for cyclists to wait at lights, that most drivers simply ignore this and sit over the area.
one of my favourite spots for bad cycle lane design (which i haven’t cycled on in two years, so it may have changed) was where the off-road cycle path dropped down onto the road on the inside of the bend where the lower kilmacud road took a 90 degree swing.
i’ve never liked the argument that road users should be pigeonholed into two types – pedestrians and everyone else. it’s that attitude which has led to road design in ireland being the way it is. there’s a continuum of types of road users, and i’d place cyclists somewhere between pedestrians and motorists. there are laws for trucks and buses which do not apply to cars. this is seen as safe and sane. yet to argue that there should be laws differentiating cars and bikes is seen as reactionary and dangerous. cyclists have a tiny fraction of the protection and of the weight of a moving car, and an minor fraction of the top end speed. yet we are treated as being as dangerous as a car. which is demonstrably untrue.
essentially, it’s a compromise between the rules of the road and my safety. i will not pay heed to someone quoting the rules of the road at me when the design of the road in question has made no allowances for my safety. and the “get off and walk” argument is simply an admission that road design has failed some of those who are legally entitled to use the road. for example – cycling out the n11, and wanting to take a right up brewery road – it’s only a very fit cyclist who will always be able to accelerate uphill and cross three lanes of traffic to get to the filter right lane. everyone else has to use the pedestrian lights. i’m not saying there should be right of way given to a cyclist across the n11, i’m just using it as an illustration that the rules of the road simply cannot apply to cyclists in that case.
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
Over on P45, one of the posters made a throwaway comment about being out there recently and that the window frames are rotting away.
this was earlier this year, but there seemed to be construction equipment in one of the side yards, so they were possibly going to start refurbishment.
must go back out – Paul, i can grab some shots there if you’re interested.the trees on the south east stretch – between lower abbey street and the quays – were lying around in three foot long sections as i passed by this morning.
has anyone else noticed the yellowing of the leaves on the trees opposite the GPO? spotted it yesterday morning, it’s quite visible.
apparently, a rule of thumb is that “the roof has to be falling in” for them to register it as a derelict site.
the houses aren’t ready to fall into the street – we’re talking more along the lines of broken windows and buildup of rubbish in the front garden, but he suggested maybe betting on to environmental health about it.dug this thread up while looking for advice on what options there are about two derelict houses on connaught street, near where i live. they’re beside each other, and are not grossly unsightly, but it’s a shame to see two nice rebricks slowly deteriorate. a neighbour who has lived in the area a few decades was telling me that as far as he knows, the houses were bought in the 80s and planning permission sought to knock them to provide an entrance to dalymount. permission was refused, and they’ve drifted in and out of occupancy ever since.
anyway (layman’s question), i take it the word “sites” mentioned above in relation to the law applies to houses, not just wasteland, say?
they’re widening the road by eating into the footpaths, not the median – which seemed an odd thing to do when the entire street will be remodelled sooner or later.
