This railway will happen exactly the same time as the railway from British Columbia to Alaska is built, remember Baffin is an ISLAND- - that is "Island"
BaltACDUnfortunately, we (the Wordl) have not developed the processes necessary to reclaim plastics and are now poisioning the oceans of the world.
When our town landfill was turned from a dump into a transfer site, recycling was relatively new, and there was a market for virtually everything folks could bring in. This created revenue for the township.
At some point that changed - there became a glut of some recyclables and the township is sometimes lucky they aren't charged for some of those materials.
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MidlandMikeScrap steel can't supply all the demand, so there will always be a need for some iron ore.
Especially in today's world where we seem to be creating much more 'scrap plastic' than we are scrap steel. Unfortunately, we (the Wordl) have not developed the processes necessary to reclaim plastics and are now poisioning the oceans of the world.
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Scrap steel can't supply all the demand, so there will always be a need for some iron ore.
Even at high grade however, the integratred mills have been losing market share to the minimills like Nucor and Steel Dynamics who use scrap steel as their primary input.. much cheaper.
Overmod Ulrich Price and demand for steel way down, not sure why anyone would be interested in iron ore out of Baffin Island now or into the foreseeable future. I think the likely key is in that 'high-grade' qualifier. I'm not going to pretend to know more about the economics of current steel production than others here. There is also the political effect of this being a 'minority'-concerned operation -- more power to them! There may be political financial advantages in spending capital on 'reducing carbon footprint' too.
Ulrich Price and demand for steel way down, not sure why anyone would be interested in iron ore out of Baffin Island now or into the foreseeable future.
I think the likely key is in that 'high-grade' qualifier. I'm not going to pretend to know more about the economics of current steel production than others here.
There is also the political effect of this being a 'minority'-concerned operation -- more power to them! There may be political financial advantages in spending capital on 'reducing carbon footprint' too.
The article seemed to indicate the high grade ore was furnace ready.
A lot of energy is used in milling low grade ore, and a lot of fuel is used in the pelletizing kiln.
UlrichPrice and demand for steel way down, not sure why anyone would be interested in iron ore out of Baffin Island now or into the foreseeable future.
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From their website, Baffinland's current operations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfP4JheT8gw
Those haul trucks must burn a massive amount of diesel fuel.
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Price and demand for steel way down, not sure why anyone would be interested in iron ore out of Baffin Island now or into the forseeable future. But who knows.. maybe its one fo those "build it and they will come" scenarios..
SD70Dude Apparently 0°F is supposed to be the freezing point of a equal mix of ice, water, and ammonium chloride salt. Here is a map of which countries currently use Fahrenheit (green). In Canada even the railroads have converted to Celsius.
Apparently 0°F is supposed to be the freezing point of a equal mix of ice, water, and ammonium chloride salt.
Here is a map of which countries currently use Fahrenheit (green). In Canada even the railroads have converted to Celsius.
It doesn't bother me at all.
York1 John
So when you go overseas their thermometers have 37 as normal and above 40 is dangerous. ( 98.6 and 104 ) . For math gurus the conversion is 1C = 1.8F . To follow the ICAO standard the US weather service finally converted. When the US weather service changed their reporting system hardware the reporting stations now give temp in 1/10 of a degree C on the expanded format. so the math gets harder converting to F. conversion is .1C = .18 F. Example
METAR: KATL 121752Z 32024G33KT 10SM BKN020 03/M02 A3010 RMK AO2 PK WND 33033/1749 SLP196 60006 T00331022 10061 20022 51010
Report shown BKN020 the 03 is rounded temp in C. The M02 is the dew point, The next shown is T0033 giving the temp as 3.3C.
NOW METAR: KORD 121851Z 29004KT 10SM FEW030 M09/M17 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP329 T10891172
This ORD Metar gives temp as minus 09 (rounded) and the actual temp as minus 8.9 C. The 1 just after the T means a minus and a 0 means +
So tree your closes is Griffits.
METAR: KRME 121853Z 29017G23KT 10SM SCT037 BKN046 M04/M08 A3004 RMK AO2 PK WND 29028/1831 UPE06SNB06E17 SLP178 P0000 T10391078
cv_acrThe story I heard before (possibly apocryphal/urban legend) is Mr. Fahrenheit based 100F on body temperature but he wasn't feeling well the day he made his measurement. ;)
Given the arcane standards he selected, I wouldn't doubt it.
tree68 Celsius is easy - freezing to boiling water. Fahrenheit is more arbitrary - zero was actually based on the freezing point of a brine solution, and Mr F used 96 as his best estimate of human body temperature. Curiously, it appears that Mr F used the coldest temperature in his hometown that year (around 1724) as the zero point, and then tweaked the scale from there.
Celsius is easy - freezing to boiling water. Fahrenheit is more arbitrary - zero was actually based on the freezing point of a brine solution, and Mr F used 96 as his best estimate of human body temperature.
Curiously, it appears that Mr F used the coldest temperature in his hometown that year (around 1724) as the zero point, and then tweaked the scale from there.
The story I heard before (possibly apocryphal/urban legend) is Mr. Fahrenheit based 100F on body temperature but he wasn't feeling well the day he made his measurement. ;)
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54light15 As we used to say on Lawn Gyland, "Hot enough faw yuh?" the reply was always, "It ain da heat, it's da humiddidy."
As we used to say on Lawn Gyland, "Hot enough faw yuh?" the reply was always, "It ain da heat, it's da humiddidy."
There's a lot of truth in that!
Back in 1976 I was at the Marine base of 29 Palms CA. Around mid-May the temperature at noon was typically 100 degrees, but since the desert air was so dry it didn't bother anyone at all, aside from the initial shock of walking out of an air-conditioned building into the heat. A minute or two, and I didn't notice.
The reverse is also true. One Christmas a few years back I was visiting my brother's home in Divide CO. I stepped out side for a smoke wearing nothing more than a flannel shirt and when I came back in he asked me "Guess how cold it is?" then pointed me to a window thermometer reading 14 degrees! Again, the air was so dry at that altitude (9,500 feet) I didn't feel the cold at all.
"It ain't da heat, it's da humididdy!" Truer words were never spoken!
blue streak 1Tree: 30 C is 86 F...
Hence, "around." Although I may remember that landmark now.
98.6F is 37C. I had to look that up - it's not something we in EMS usually concern ourselves with, other than the patient feels overly warm or cool...
Tree: 30 C is 86 F. For us the interval is 5c = 9 F . So 0C +32F. so the 5C increments go in progression 32, 41, 50. 59, 68, 77, 86. 95, 104. For our medical gurus what is the "standard temp" in C for humans and does it make you wonder who came up with that number ?
I've managed to memorize that 10C is 50F, 20C is 68F, 30C is around 90F (still to danged hot).
Of course, 0C is 32F, after that I don't remember until -40, which is the same on both scales.
This does come in handy if I'm listening to a radio station from across the River.
I learned a little rhyme recently to help us Fahrenheit users figure out the Celsius scale. By the way, does anyone still call it "Centigrade?"
Goes like this...
"30's hot, 20's nice, 10 is cold, 0's ice!"
That helps.
It is difficult to get up in the mornings when it's cold forever, especially as you get on in years. Another tough aspect is you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. We are way up there, sub Arctic, so our daylight hours are quite short. The cold is much harder to handle as well, it really can be quite uncomfortable.
Getting good attendance and motivating students daily is also a challenge.
Looking forward to a good home cooked meal gives you hope.
The float planes have converted to skis already.
Everyones in the same situation up here so we just buck up and keep going.
Miningman FYI -19C here , -2.2 F , only downhill from here and it will start rising again in May.
FYI -19C here , -2.2 F , only downhill from here and it will start rising again in May.
My personal HVAC doesn’t take a liking to hot and humid, so I like living in more northern climes. I don’t think I could hack the winters you folks have, though. What do you do, hibernate?
Overmod It's a balmy -24 in Mary River tonight, but the good news is that it will have risen to a sunny -14 by Wednesday. Of course, that's degrees C, so not quite as bad as it looks...
It's a balmy -24 in Mary River tonight, but the good news is that it will have risen to a sunny -14 by Wednesday.
Of course, that's degrees C, so not quite as bad as it looks...
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
SD70Dude Yep, last winter we had several weeks straight were the temperature did not get above -20°C. Nightly lows dropped below -40. But we have it easy compared to those poor guys up north. A winter night on Baffin Island is about as extreme as it gets, and you also have to watch out for Polar Bears!
Yep, last winter we had several weeks straight were the temperature did not get above -20°C. Nightly lows dropped below -40.
But we have it easy compared to those poor guys up north. A winter night on Baffin Island is about as extreme as it gets, and you also have to watch out for Polar Bears!
I hope you gents are enjoying all that global warming. It was 67 degrees F here today. Virginia summers don't go without a fight!
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