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Old 04-22-2014, 04:52 PM
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Happy Earth Day
I wish I could actually find a good reason to celebrate. Oh, well - at least we aren't pouring lead out of our tailpipes anymore.
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Old 04-22-2014, 05:23 PM
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Took some scrap in to recycle today. Old electronics that will never get fixed, BPC!




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I wish I could actually find a good reason to celebrate. Oh, well - at least we aren't pouring lead out of our tailpipes anymore.
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I wish I could actually find a good reason to celebrate. Oh, well - at least we aren't pouring lead out of our tailpipes anymore.
Printed Circuit Boards and assemblies are mostly lead free.
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Printed Circuit Boards and assemblies are mostly lead free.
Yup. A good thing there. Did you catch the latest 'Cosmos' Rajoo? The good doctor spent a good amount of time on the old lead additive we used to have in our gasoline.
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Effect of leaded gas was known for decades yet the oil companies ignored it.
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Plutonium still has this huge half life...24,000 years I believe.
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Plutonium still has this huge half life...24,000 years I believe.
What do you mean Half Life?
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What do you mean Half Life?
With respect to radioactive material: The time it takes to lose half its mass due to radioactive decay.

Plutonium is deadly..is for the most part man made, did not exist in any meaningful quantity before 1944, is a by product of nuclear reaction and has many isotopes one of which has an half life of 80.8 million years.

We really f--ked mother earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
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With respect to radioactive material: The time it takes to lose half its mass due to radioactive decay.

Plutonium is deadly..is for the most part man made, did not exist in any meaningful quantity before 1944, is a by product of nuclear reaction and has many isotopes one of which has an half life of 80.8 million years.

We really f--ked mother earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
Given recent weather patterns she may well be getting even.
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