Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling

From	Sergio <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: New research introduces 'pause button' for boiling
Date	2016-02-24 07:17 -0600
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On 2/24/2016 12:12 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> 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%.
>
>

   "Fat Ass in-a cube making stuff up @phys.org" again

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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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