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The number 13 is considered to be unlucky because of religious superstition. The christian story of the disciples of Jesus has it that there were originally 13 of them. Now the Romans had a price on Jesus head. For them he was a troublemaker to be got rid of. So up popped Judas the thirteenth disciple, who told the Romans where the disciples and their leader Jesus were having a bit of a bash. So the Romans turned up and captured Jesus and we all know what happened after that. The 13th disciple therefore rendered the number 13 to be incredibly unlucky from that day on.

Sodium ion batteries have been around for quite a while now. They are better, in some respects, than other better known technologies and of course they do have some down sides. China, being at the forefront of solar technology and power storage have recently switched on the biggest sodium ion battery ever. https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-sodium-ion-battery-china

When is a subsidy not a subsidy. I did a bit of fact checking on government subsidy of solar and found only two countries, Spain and Italy, make direct subsidies. The other countries listed, make tax breaks, VAT exemptions and FIT (feed in tariff) rules none of which, to my mind. costs the taxpayer anything. Source: https://www.maysunsolar.com/blog-european-countries-photovoltaic-pv-subsidy-policies/#:~:text=These policies promote energy independence,energy and protecting the environment.

The ozone layer, for those unaware, is what protects us from the worst ravages of the suns relentless energy. Without it there would be no life as we know it. Holes in this ozone layer let in huge amounts of unwanted energy from the sun, far more than that which can escape from earth into space.

Silly Bgr........

Cooling the planet is not the aim. The aim is to stop it getting generally too hot to support life. The problem is the so called Greenhouse gasses which are preventing heat from the sun being radiated back out into space.

As long as the government owns the electricity companies (some partially and some wholly) there will be no change. The revenue stream is what it's all about. Solar, in private and commercial installations is seen as depriving the government of this valuable money making enterprise. The government should not own any utilities in any way shape or form.

Looking at the video I notice something falling from where the boom likely is. Can't see properly because of trees, but if that is what happened, then the crane likely became suddenly unbalanced and it's collapse inevitable.

A bit like lemmings? There is, I think, the use of biometrics which seems to be fairly new. It could be that the Thai system is easy for the powers that be to sort out and, once they get that right, the foreign passports might be problem free. Not a good idea to be seen to cock-up foreign passport control I think.

My oh my. How different

I really must get my eyes seen to. I first read that as reflux of visitors.

Do you think that makes it an OK thing to do?

Sounds like the village I came from in the UK...........

She probably did receive commendations but I question who commended her. Probably her father and his cronies.

Whilst looking for something vaguely related to epoxy flooring I stumbled across this. https://www.epoxydee.com/15848403/โพลียูรีเทน-โค้ทติ้ง-pu-coating Hope this helps.

In Thailand Dubai seems to be the go-to place.

That's the story I heard from angry railway enthusiasts. Your question and curiosity took me to Wikipedia. It seem he had nothing to do with roads atall. He was a scientist who worked on armament and zip fasteners in amongst other things.

Happens all over the world. Anyone from UK remember Dr. Beeching? He was the roadbuilder politician tasked with remodeling the railways.

So he's done this a few times before has he? Liar. He will be at it again as soon as he gets out.

Well done Ben. Perhaps I should clarify that since we are talking of batteries, the dendrites are also battery related. "Dendrites in batteries: The invisible danger" https://www.qa-group.com/en/glossary/dendrites/

Accompanied by colourful language too I expect because something didn't go quite according to plan. Physical damage of that nature rarely causes harm (to the battery). The problem is internal within the battery. If you are interested you might like to Google up "dendrites". They are the enemy but not the only one.

You are concerned about e-vehicles? They are relatively safe by which I mean they are now all LiFePO4 powered. Thermal runaway starts at about 250oC internal temperature. Power tools on the other hand are NMC powered (NMC is a type of lithium battery) and the thermal runaway temperature is in the region of 170o C How many cordless power tools do you have? We don't know what type of batteries were in the container but power tool batteries are all over the place.

Unfortunately being in Thailand as long as I have doesn't necessarily mean I would have knowledge of what goes on in the educational system hence my question. Of course, you're right about the lack of educated craftsmen but that's due mainly to potential craftsmen, especially in the rural areas, not attending any formal tuition classes. Let us hope for a change for the better.

Following on from the comments about including technical subjects I have a question for all you educators out there. We, in the UK, had such lessons as woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing as well as the three R's. Is this not something schools do in Thailand?

Reptiles? Suggest you switch off auto correct.