Alright! First snow of the season!

Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:57 am by Indy11

Well, let's see.

Our politicians are hot air powered.
Some truck brakes are compressed air powered.
Many NY tempers are steam powered.
Some elevat...er.... lifts are hydraulically powered.
But the City. She is NOT steam powered.

The power utility, Con Ed (formerly Consolidated Edison but then shortened, officially to, Con Ed ...don't ask) generates electricity which powers much of what goes on in NYC by good ol' fashioned boiler generated steam turbines. The steam waste then is piped under ground to provide heat for many but not all buildings in the City.

Kindly advise the Missus that she is incorrect and, as a consequence, now must comply to your every wish or fulfill your every desire

for the next 24 hours.

How's that for a GAG gift?

Edited by - Indy11 on 06-12-2003 02:58:03

Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:10 am by Tawakalna

RESULT!

Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:11 am by Sir Spectre

@Indy11

steam turbines

Are those not steam powered?

Sir Spectre

Edited by - Sir Spectre on 06-12-2003 03:11:49

Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:18 am by Indy11

@SnS

LOL

Why yes indeed. You have a point.

But, so as not to reverse the tables on Taw I would qualify that the boilers generate the steam AFTER having been heated by a fuel oil burner. So you might say that the City is oil powered to boot ... except that we also get electricity generated by a nuclear station 50 miles up river on the Hudson and, from our kind neighbors in the Great White North, from Hydro Canada as well.

Fear not Taw. You still prevail. Maybe ask for seconds?

Edited by - Indy11 on 06-12-2003 03:19:23

Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:05 am by Warlord Bob

@sS -

Thank me, I found it for him.

Yours is nice too! Do you have some vast smily resource website or somthing you might share with me?

Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:18 am by RILMS

@ff,

In MTL, we have a chain of studios that allow anyone to come in and do what they want. never been in them before...no need.

And there is little chance I'm getting married...but he's welcome to come visit me.

Life: No one gets out alive.

Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:29 am by Sir Spectre

@WB

Yours is nice too! Do you have some vast smily resource website or somthing you might share with me?

Hmmmm ... I really don't know what you're talking about.

Sir Spectre

Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:22 am by freighter fighter

this will happen to the next person who mentions more than 3 cm of snow has fallen during xmas

Edited by - freighter fighter on 06-12-2003 11:22:35

Edited by - freighter fighter on 06-12-2003 11:24:46

Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:05 pm by Tawakalna

by the same argument nuclear generators are steam-powered, as the controlled chain reaction is used to heat water to hot steam then that drives the turbine impellers which are used to generate the electricity.

anyway i printed out ur answer Indy and pinned it on the door. And we'll see for ourselves in a weeek as we're doing a Christmas shopping weekend in NYC.

Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:32 pm by Nickless V2

And nobody noticed the huge smiley?

Nice pic sS

It's better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...

Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:37 pm by freighter fighter

the steam engine wasnt invented by james watts, it was invented by a guy in ancient alexandria called heron, who also invented the piston, but didnt think to put the two together, and so he thought of them as a curious childrens toy.

imagine where we would be now if he had put them together and they caught on

Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:42 pm by Fear Factor

Then what kind of turbines are pure "steam-powered"? "Nuclear-powered" means using the chain reaction to heat the boilers, NYC uses oil for that purpose. What is steam-powered then?

Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:09 pm by Tawakalna

oo oo I know i know! geo-thermal hydro-electric power stations, like in Iceland, i've seen them, steam comes straight from underground and impels the turbines! that's why 'leccy is almost free in Iceland. I've got a picture somewhere (can't find it now, wife eBaying)

Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:17 pm by Fear Factor

But is that steam "natural" steam? I mean who put the water there? In the case of most geo-thermal plants, water is injected to the subterranean scorch plate (which acts as the boiler), making it kind of artificial.

Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:37 pm by Krazy Scout-Lord Of Hats

WARNING: This post may contain green hats

I hate snow more'n i hate green hats,all cold n stuff

To explain hats: Ever since I woke up to the image of a green hat i have been unable to remove the thought of green headgear from my mind,if anyone is offended i will gladly repaint the hat orange...

Life is a waste of time,Time is a waste of life,So get wasted all the time and have the time of your life.
As the 3 Anubii sped across the abyss they encountered what they least expected,purple howler monkeys riding dishwashers.

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