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I think this is rather an alternative electricity generation project to replace all nuclear and coal power plants. :D

 

Duel-Purpose mobile power stations and special infantry units :lol:

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I think this is rather an alternative electricity generation project to replace all nuclear and coal power plants. :D

Duel-Purpose mobile power stations and special infantry units :lol:

 

Hey, USS Lexington (I think) was used as a floating power station once.

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I think this is rather an alternative electricity generation project to replace all nuclear and coal power plants. :D

Duel-Purpose mobile power stations and special infantry units :lol:
Hey, USS Lexington (I think) was used as a floating power station once.

Didn't take long to confirm with google. Interesting, didn't know.

 

http://www.navyhistory.org/2014/03/going-ashore-naval-ship-to-shore-power-for-humanitarian-services/

 

In 1929, Washington State suffered a drought that resulted in a loss of hydroelectric power to the city of Tacoma. The U.S. Navy sent Lexington, which had been in the shipyard at Bremerton to Tacoma to provide power to the city. A considerable amount of coordination was required between the city and the ship in order to allow Lexington to provide power. The hookup consisted of twelve cables connected to circuit breakers and a bank of transformers located on the dock with a total rating of 20,000 kVA. The ship then provided a total of 4,520,960 kilowatt hours from one main propulsion generator between 17 December, 1929 until 16 January, 1930, at an average rating of 13,000 kW until melting snow and rain brought the local reservoirs up to a level where normal power could be restored.

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One of the new fields Japan is trying to introduce robots like the one in the video is caretaking or some nursing work. Japan currently has many foreigners doing this kind of work for taking care of the elderly. Most being from the Philippines. Those coming from Vietnam is in the works. Note the clothes. It's for a caretaking job. The words the robot said were "How is your physical condition?" "Please return home safely".

 

It's essentially an early vision of

 

 

For me personally, I don't think I would care for either the metal robot or the human imitation. I guess the Japanese feeling that their robots need to be more human-like or cute.

 

Of course being Japan, you can count on robots being made for sexual work as there will be a market for it. Who knows where that will lead to. Could be no issue, good or bad, depending on how it is handled.

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I think this is rather an alternative electricity generation project to replace all nuclear and coal power plants. :D

 

Someone here definitely did NOT play Pokemon games. There were Voltorbs and Electrodes in the power plants, not Pikachus. ^_^

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I think this is rather an alternative electricity generation project to replace all nuclear and coal power plants. :D

Someone here definitely did NOT play Pokemon games. There were Voltorbs and Electrodes in the power plants, not Pikachus. ^_^

Nitpicker. :P

 

I can pick nits, too! Zapdos can be caught at the Kanto power plant. :P

 

 

And All electro pokémon like it close to electric power. As long as they got the ability static, one can siphon electric current. ;)

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I suppose courtesy "aids" will be offered.

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I don't entirely think along with it giving the full circumstances of kamikaze but it's the prettiest Poland Ball I've seen yet.

 

100% agreement on both accounts.

 

I was listening the other day to an old interview of a kamikaze (to be) pilot and he was very bitter about the amount of coercion that the pilots received.

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I don't entirely think along with it giving the full circumstances of kamikaze but it's the prettiest Poland Ball I've seen yet.

 

100% agreement on both accounts.

 

I was listening the other day to an old interview of a kamikaze (to be) pilot and he was very bitter about the amount of coercion that the pilots received.

 

 

Yeah, the final years of the empire were very ugly because of the enormous pressures from losing the war. Before war with the US, they were a typical bad empire like the other main powers.

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