Talk:2992: UK Coal - Revision history

Yorkshire Pudding at 13:59, 13 June 2025

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172.71.154.105 at 06:54, 27 December 2024

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172.70.49.16: request for category

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request for category

172.69.79.138 at 19:59, 14 October 2024

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42.book.addict at 19:23, 14 October 2024

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172.69.23.76: How about the ash produced by burning that coal?

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How about the ash produced by burning that coal?

Nitpicking: Wikipedia: the best citation

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Wikipedia: the best citation

These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For: I can't wait a billion years for an answer.

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I can't wait a billion years for an answer.

162.158.91.59 at 08:04, 6 October 2024

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NiceGuy1 at 04:24, 6 October 2024

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 nuclear power is better in all aspects anyway [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.105|172.70.90.105]] 19:40, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
 : Not true - the rabbits can't get into the radiation suits.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.62|172.70.85.62]] 14:11, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
 Here before the explanation :) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.154.9|172.71.154.9]] 20:12, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

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 :I don’t think so; I believe it’s simply that Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant is the last UK coal plant to be shut down.
 ::The 1990 comment in particular.  [[Special:Contributions/172.68.36.171|172.68.36.171]] 15:07, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
 Randall uses SI units in the formula, as every person with the tiniest bit of tech/science education would, but then gives the result in inches (3.15) instead of centimeters (8.0). Americans are weird. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.110.162|162.158.110.162]] 20:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

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	I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.76\|19:01, 14 October 2024}}		I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.76\|19:01, 14 October 2024}}
	:Obviously, the ash should be used to consistently and systematically raise the seabed surrounding the UK until it is above {{w\|Chart datum#Lowest astronomical tide\|High Tide}}. look forward to the calculations necessary (with reference to accurate depth-charts) to determine exactly how 'thick' this extra band of reclaimed land will be as it extendes evenly perpendicularly 'offshore' from the convoluted HAT line. And also the effective creation of a lagoon immediately 'inshore' of significant (variably-wide) stretches of the coast where the non-land-filled surface of the UK falls below the HAT line by those few inches of enforced subsidence, and thus collects both water draining off the rest of the landmass and occasionally gets flooded with storm-surges passing over the HAT-level infill. (Yes, I know. I have such simple wishes.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.138\|172.69.79.138]] 19:59, 14 October 2024 (UTC)		:Obviously, the ash should be used to consistently and systematically raise the seabed surrounding the UK until it is above {{w\|Chart datum#Lowest astronomical tide\|High Tide}}. look forward to the calculations necessary (with reference to accurate depth-charts) to determine exactly how 'thick' this extra band of reclaimed land will be as it extendes evenly perpendicularly 'offshore' from the convoluted HAT line. And also the effective creation of a lagoon immediately 'inshore' of significant (variably-wide) stretches of the coast where the non-land-filled surface of the UK falls below the HAT line by those few inches of enforced subsidence, and thus collects both water draining off the rest of the landmass and occasionally gets flooded with storm-surges passing over the HAT-level infill. (Yes, I know. I have such simple wishes.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.138\|172.69.79.138]] 19:59, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Can we create a category of comics that (ab)use dimensional analysis, like this, [[Oily House Index]], and [[Dimensional Analysis]]? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.49.16\|172.70.49.16]] 05:21, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

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	I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.76\|19:01, 14 October 2024}}		I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.76\|19:01, 14 October 2024}}
		+	:Obviously, the ash should be used to consistently and systematically raise the seabed surrounding the UK until it is above {{w\|Chart datum#Lowest astronomical tide\|High Tide}}. look forward to the calculations necessary (with reference to accurate depth-charts) to determine exactly how 'thick' this extra band of reclaimed land will be as it extendes evenly perpendicularly 'offshore' from the convoluted HAT line. And also the effective creation of a lagoon immediately 'inshore' of significant (variably-wide) stretches of the coast where the non-land-filled surface of the UK falls below the HAT line by those few inches of enforced subsidence, and thus collects both water draining off the rest of the landmass and occasionally gets flooded with storm-surges passing over the HAT-level infill. (Yes, I know. I have such simple wishes.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.138\|172.69.79.138]] 19:59, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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	:Wikipedia says 50-400 million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 11:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)		:Wikipedia says 50-400 million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 11:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

−	I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account.	+	I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.76\|19:01, 14 October 2024}}

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	:Wikipedia says 50-400 million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 11:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)		:Wikipedia says 50-400 million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 11:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I don't think his calculations take into account the ash produced by burning all that coal. I wonder how much less the average subsidence would be if you took this into account.

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal Coal] is of organic origin and there are still quite a lot of organics running around the planet today. Perhaps Randal, or someone here, could calculate the time needed for the extracted coal to be naturally replenished? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 00:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal Coal] is of organic origin and there are still quite a lot of organics running around the planet today. Perhaps Randal, or someone here, could calculate the time needed for the extracted coal to be naturally replenished? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 00:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	:Wikipedia says 50-400 million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 11:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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	I'm quite amused at the "citation needed" on "There's no documented evidence of a rabbit-run plant". Yes, provide documentation on how there's no documentation. :) I like that one. [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)		I'm quite amused at the "citation needed" on "There's no documented evidence of a rabbit-run plant". Yes, provide documentation on how there's no documentation. :) I like that one. [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal Coal] is of organic origin and there are still quite a lot of organics running around the planet today. Perhaps Randal, or someone here, could calculate the time needed for the extracted coal to be naturally replenished? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 00:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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	finally made my own account, can someone help create my user and talk pages??? [[User:CalibansCreations\|CalibansCreations]] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations\|talk]]) 10:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)		finally made my own account, can someone help create my user and talk pages??? [[User:CalibansCreations\|CalibansCreations]] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations\|talk]]) 10:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
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		+	There may have never been a coal plant run by rabbits, but there's been at least one spontaneously-forming nuclear power plant. And coal seams can of course light on fire. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.59\|162.158.91.59]] 08:04, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

	;(Inexplicably was in Community Portal/Miscelaneous) I'm getting a factor of 10 difference in the calculation		;(Inexplicably was in Community Portal/Miscelaneous) I'm getting a factor of 10 difference in the calculation

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 I understand that Watership Down is sometimes categorized as "children's literature", but it always catches me off guard.  The Wikipedia page for it calls it an "adventure novel" and it's in the adult fiction section at my library.  I'm just wondering if perhaps the explanation here should be a little less specific in its categorization of the book.[[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 21:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
-:I don't think it's ever '''''categorized''''' as children's literature (I'm surprised at no mention of the more well-known and more likely reference of the movie), they're often '''''MISTAKEN''''' as being for children, considering the fluffy bunnies and animated feature. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
+:I don't think it's ever '''''categorized''''' as children's literature (I'm surprised at no mention of the more well-known and more likely reference of the movie), they're often '''''MISTAKEN''''' (or mis-categorized, if you will) as being for children, considering the fluffy bunnies and animated feature. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
 From the perspective of someone who lived through the 1980s Miner's Strike (not directly affected, my father worked at a steel-works, not at a pit like my friends' fathers) and then the decline of the steel manufacturing industry (which ''did'' affect my father, obviously), I have rather naturally kept a general eye on the extraction and use of coal. There still are working coal-mines (though there isn't going to be that new one, in Cumbria), and there are still uses for UK coal (enough to import to add to tht which we dig out). It's really a bit early to say that the layer of total coal dug out ''won't'' deepen slightly (very, very slightly) in the future. And coal that is dug is only loosely associated with coal which is turned into electricity, so the last coal-generator stopping seems like an oddly off-topic detail for Randall to leap into the amortised accumulation of extracted volume. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.205.165|172.68.205.165]] 22:01, 30 September 2024 (UTC)