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stereotomy
2026 Jan 17, 10:34am
stereotomy
2026 Jan 17, 10:34am
HeadSet says
German bomb development was doomed in part because they had severe oil shortages. The ultra-pure graphite used as a moderator in most reactor designs is made by burning petroleum and collecting the carbon ash. The Nazis didn't have oil to waste on producing high quality graphite, so they tried heavy water reactor designs instead. Initial reactor designs used natural uranium (0.7% U235) and had to be very large. Smaller designs use higher enriched uranium (2-3% U235), but all methods for separating U235 from natural uranium use massive amounts of energy, the excess of which was in short supply.
Ceffer says
The Germans didn't give a shit about the atom bomb
Actually, they were very much into a-bomb development. There is a well-known story about how the Norwegians sank a ship through sabotage that was carrying heavy water from Norway to Germany, despite the Germans having Norwegian hostages aboard that ship.
German bomb development was doomed in part because they had severe oil shortages. The ultra-pure graphite used as a moderator in most reactor designs is made by burning petroleum and collecting the carbon ash. The Nazis didn't have oil to waste on producing high quality graphite, so they tried heavy water reactor designs instead. Initial reactor designs used natural uranium (0.7% U235) and had to be very large. Smaller designs use higher enriched uranium (2-3% U235), but all methods for separating U235 from natural uranium use massive amounts of energy, the excess of which was in short supply.
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Tenpoundbass
2026 Jan 19, 2:54pm
Tenpoundbass
2026 Jan 19, 2:54pm
AI is dumb as a rock it really is. I feel like Mark Dice asking a college freshman about geography and politics when I ask AI anything.
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Ceffer
2026 Jan 20, 10:25am
Ceffer
2026 Jan 20, 10:25am
MolotovCocktail says
Yeah, women aren't that considerate to their beasts of burden. Phallus avoidance and shit testing requirements and extortion ploys make it difficult to be considerate.
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Yeah, women aren't that considerate to their beasts of burden. Phallus avoidance and shit testing requirements and extortion ploys make it difficult to be considerate.
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In development for 25 years.
Don't hold your breath for robot McD's workers running the place.