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Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling
Date 2016-02-24 06:12 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling
>> http://phys.org/news/2016-02-button.html#nRlv
> 
> 
>> Gather your patience and put the old "a watched pot never boils"
>> saying to the test. The experience might rival watching paint dry,
>> but of course the water will eventually begin to boil. When it does,
>> you'll see a flurry of bubbles form and quickly rise to the surface
>> of the water. Once it kicks in, it builds at a furious pace and
>> quickly creates a roiling cauldron on your stovetop. Time to add the
>> pasta.
>>
>> People have been boiling water to make dinner for ages, but it is
>> also used in our refrigerators and even in the international space
>> station as a method for cooling its systems. Ninety percent of all
>> electricity in the United States is generated with steam turbines

Wrong answer.

30% is natural gas turbines and that number is climbing.

Then there is 7% hydroelectric, 5% wind, and 1% solar which makes boiling
water less than 57%.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-23 23:01 -0600
  Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-24 06:12 +0000
    Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 06:20 -0500
      Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 04:20 -0800
        Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 05:40 -0800
          Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 05:59 -0800
            Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 15:41 -0500
        Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 15:30 -0500
          Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-24 23:02 +0000
    Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-02-24 07:17 -0600

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