News / Polish coal will be back [141]

Literally "public furnaces", installed for purpose of keeping people warm, and fired by coal.

I'm sure this is not a phenomenon present in Warsaw, Krakow, Gdańsk... but I have seen plenty of photos.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]

@Lenka

What horrifies me, even as a Russian, is the little coal furnaces Poles install throughout their cities - including bus stations.

Seriously?

It's not even that cold, what the hell are you protecting yourself from?

In St. Petersburg it can be minus 25 on a good day in the winter, and there are no coal burners.

The best place I saw for this was Oslo. They had glass tunnels throughout their city which were warmed by air conditioning.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


They are ugly... but most people will only notice them for 30 seconds as they drive past. Is it better to "uglify" the environment but breathe much cleaner air, or to let that land continue as pasture for livestock?

They also make buildings uglier, and then cities as a whole. A good example of this is Athens, where the tight Greeks almost all have solar panels on their roofs.

Everything comes with a trade off.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


No, not just cost.

When it comes to wind - Polish legislators made it so that it's practically impossible to build a wind turbine farm. Though recently this has been changing.

The initial regulation was that a wind turbine has to be located 700 meters from the nearest building. When taking into account all the protected nature preserves, and locations of certain population centres - this meant that 99%+ of Poland's territory was not fit for wind development.

After the Russian invasion, the Sejm made some changes and now it's 500 meters. This led to a 25-fold increase in the availability of land for wind investment (from 0.28 percent to 7.08 percent of Poland's area).

For solar, it is a more permissible environment, but also with huge amount of regulations. I'm not talking about people putting stuff on their roof, but large commercial operations.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


A huge percentage.

Poland has made huge strides in attracting investment and growing its economy - but its energy mix resembles that of a country from the 1950s.

I understand there are objective reasons for why hydro and nuclear are difficult to implement, but when the topic touches on solar or wind - Poland has only its own legislators to blame.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]

The only thread you need to read about Polish coal was the one Jon and I participated in several years back.

Why is this thread not being merged?

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


Disgusting.

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]

@johnny reb

Weak stuff, but I could not expect more from a b*tch like you.

I'll go and die in Ukraine, when you grow a pair of balls and begin behaving as a male older than 12 years old.

How old are you again?

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


Ahahahaha!

Liar?

B*tch I'm tired of you complaining like a child about people "diminishing" and "bullying" you.

Are you an adult, or some kind of handicap?

I'll "bully" you and "diminish" you until you understand fully and completely that you are as the dirt beneath my nails.

I got your number, you worm, and Novichok won't protect you.

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


Hey, fish f*cker.... I noticed you don't like responding to my posts, regardless of how deep in the sh*t I dip you.

What is it?

Some girl like Lenka or Paulina writes you, and you are effluent with diarrhea. I write you, and you tuck your sh*t-stained tail between your legs and disappear. What gives?

Maybe you enjoy the humiliation?

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


This is the snitching/ratting, snakelike abomination that you have decided to hitch your wagon too, Richard.

How can you look at this pathetic excuse for a human being, and think - "there's an ally there"?

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


I talk to anybody, Americans included, as I see fit to do.

You standing up for this moron, that alternates between pouring sh*t on you, and dancing the can-can for you - doesn't paint you in a positive light either.

I think my instincts regarding who is a good actor have been more on point, than yours - if we are to look back at the history.

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]


I just stopped to consider the factual veracity of this statement, and realized that it's likely correct.

Not gonna lie - that's a pretty impressive achievement. We have people with mental illness, here, and also Cargo Pants.... yet JR outshines them all.

Congratulations Johnny - you're a special kind of stupid - in a league all your own.

USA, Canada / Why Americans don't allow men to be in briefs at the beach/swiming pools? [90]


You sound like Gwyneth Paltrow.

She owns a whole company dedicated to wellness - it's called Goop.

You should found a competitor - and call it Poop.

Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]

I think I'm gonna write a book too.

"Debating With Poles: My Years in the Ring"

I will ask Novichok to write my foreword.

The cover art will be Pawian's portrait.

Chapter 1: "Into the Abyss"

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

True.

During his confirmation speech, he ended it by saying:

"I have always believed in an important principle in life, which guides my daily actions. That is, 'It's permissible to make mistakes, but it is not permissible to lie'."

This got many of us very excited.

The fact that he does not have hundreds of millions of dollars, or a yacht, or a villa, or a supermodel lover - and instead talks about his solemn oaths to the Virgin Mary.... well.

That's just f*cking scary.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


This man is a big change from the lover of ceremony and regalia that was Shoigu.

Ukraine should tremble.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

There have been leaks of the new Russian defense minister's text messages and emails...

Belousov writes to his wife about his commitment to the Mother of God.

I thought you might appreciate this.

The guy is a religious fanatic.

Here's a short description of some of the wild sh*t he does:

В 2013 году Белоусов также дал семь обетов Богородице, среди которых - читать по 30 страниц в день, не гневаться и не завидовать, правильно питаться, каждый день звонить маме, заниматься спортом и главное - соблюдать «правила секс-гигиены».

Ukraine is well and truly f*cked if we truly have an incorruptible and zealous new man in charge.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


Once upon a time, we all spoke one language, and then decided to build a tower reaching to the heavens.

Johnny can tell you more about this.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


English, Russian, Italian, and a little bit of Ancient Greek and Latin. I can understand people also in Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Turkish. Can read and write Polish and Ukrainian.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


I have a sharp legal mind, photographic memory, and infinite love for our fellow aquatic creatures.

Now, I must tell you that ignorantia juris non excusat.

You have committed grave crimes against skates and other marine wildlife. The time has come to pay.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


You too buddy...

Michigan Penal Code (Act 328 of 1931) under section 750.158 specifies that a person who commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature either with mankind or with any animal is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years, or if the other person is under 16 years of age, not more than 25 years.

You could be further prosecuted under several other animal protection statutes - some of them federal.

Federal means no possibility of parole, bro.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


No, no, you're confused! It's YOU that enjoys sexual relations with fish - I definitely remember this.

It's how I tell you guys apart: Strelecz likes to have sex with children, and JR with fish.

Not just fish, but specifically skates.

Are you trying to pull a fast one here? Say Jon likes to get intimate with fish, when it's actually you? Very sneaky!

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History / Monte Cassino 80th Anniversary [18]


Oh-ho-ho-ho!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [512]

Myślę, że PiS poprawi stosunki z Rosją, bo PiS jest partią konserwatywną, a konserwatyści też są teraz u władzy w Rosji. Oczywiście PiS to patrioci Polski i nie sądzę, że sprzedają Polskę Rosji, ale myślę, że mają wiele wspólnego z naszymi chłopakami.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@Torq

Kania, please forgive me, but I almost had an aneurysm looking at this photo!

My heart goes out to this man.

Travel / 5 days in Poland [19]


PRL was truly terrible, if it let Richard out to be an engineer in America, and you to explore London.

Your father must have been a colonel in the SB, and your mother the lover of Jaruzelski?

Off-Topic / Serbia etc. thread 3 [437]

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Off-Topic / Stock Market and Trading Talk [1011]


I get a kick out of your mere existence.