Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


I do not have anything in Poland. ;) I even was unable to bring polish coins for my collection last time - paid by card everywhere and never had polish cash in my hands. ;)

But we do have lots of them in Moscow. And many people is really annoyed.


Ask Britons about this.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

I think that Poles living in Russia _enrich_ russian culture. ;) Not because russian culture is poor by itself, but because russian and polish culture and traditions somewhat "compatible". ;) What I cannot say about people from Middle Asia and Caucasus.

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Yessss!!! Looks like if I will dispose my garbage under the window of my neighbour, I also will be able to pretend to "at least attempt to reduce trashing" of my own land...

And nobody yet seen the bill that will come from those 1.6 billion of people later...

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


Maybe, maybe... ;)

As I mentioned earlier, the last "siberian patriot" I seen in person was ukrainian by descent.. ;)

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


I and my colleagues regularily visit various parts of Siberia and Far East, and vast majority of people laugh very loud once another idiot starting to talk about "siberian nation" and/or invent "siberian language". ;) BTW, the last one I seen in person had family ending with -ko... ;)

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [59]


Yes, it is possible. But backup systems that does not require electricity must exist anyway - otherwise severe snowstorm or ice rain (like the one that almost paralyzed some cities around Moscow and Domodedovo airport this winter) may cause real disaster. Combined heater that can automatically switch to LPG in emergency situations looks like adequate solution.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [59]


It is equal to negative result, and you know it. ;) Even if you'll put obvious and really vital question to referendum, there will be a lot of people that will vote against. For a number of irrational reasons...

Vote of brainwashed drug addict is equal to vote world class scientist that may know correct solution for sure... This is greatest "acheivment" of democracy in their present form. Very convenient for someone who control mass media.

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


I don't like to live in garbage. But if there is some "garbage" produced, we deal with them, doesn't try to export pollution to China and other asian countries like german "greens" try to do (never declaring this, though).

Let's see report and forecasts about German metals production...

businesswire.com/news/home/20110512005893/en/Research-Markets-Germany-Metals-Report-Q2-2011

Aluminium...
[i]On the downside, high electricity and environmental costs are undermining the long-term viability of German smelters, with Norsk Hydro reportedly considering the closure of the country's largest primary aluminium producer. Consequently, primary aluminium output will reach around 605,000 tonnes in 2015, close to 2008 levels, while exports should reach 1.89mn tonnes. However, apparent aluminium consumption will surge to 3.35mn tonnes from an estimated 2.70mn tonnes in 2010. Most of this increase will be supplied by imports, which will rise to 3.29mn tonnes in 2015 in addition to domestic recycling.[i]

So, Germany will be forced to import lots of aluminium... Most likely from Russia and China. "We are paranoid about nuclear plants, and producing enough electricity for smelters by other means is too dirty for us. Let Chinese people die due to respiratory diseases and cancer near coal power plants... We are so green, so green..."

Similar story with steel, silicon, rare earth metals, etc, etc...

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

Yeah... Some people is really desperate. ;)

Some of them blindly believe that someone else, real genius, will invent method to extract 2 kW of electrical energy from ~1kW of light energy that come to a square meter of ground during sunny summer day.... Or will figure out how to turn cattle fart to endless energy source for whole continent. The only thing that necessary is to pay much enough and wait long enough... ;)

Others have cold-war era propaganda stamps so deeply imprinted in their brains, so it obstruct the flow of new ideas and opponent arguments to unaffected areas that still can process it. ;)

Time will show what is what and who is who, anyway.


So, should I come to conclusion that german "greens" is not normal people? ;)

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


For sure... What a brilliant idea is to use "clean Earth ideas" to avoid any competition and pull some funds out of everyone's pocket just to subsidize "right businesses and persons". ;)

No doubt that German industry and engineering traditions is really strong. I just trying to tell that atempt to move to 100% of "renevable energy" will cost too much to German industry.

I have some selfish motives here - I do not want to see Germany purchasing increasing amounts of russian gas during decades just to climb out of a$$hole once "green madness" will prove their inconsistency. It will slow down development of my own country, but will create more "fat cats".

Just a fraction of funds that now goes to pockets of heavily subsidized solar and wind generation equipment manufacturers and owners, invested to new technologies of safe sub-critical thorium nuclear plants and advanced fuel reprocessing technologies would make Germany energetically independent for centuries and provide basis to technological growth. There is plenty of thorium on Earth, no need for expensive enrichment, by-products of thorium fuel production is valuable rare-earth metals widely used by industry. Processes by itself is much cleaner compared to uranium fuel cycle, much less minor actinides that is long lived and have litle practical uses.

But, for now, high-tech suicide way is choosed. ;)

So, let's see what happens in a 10-20 years...

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Looks like "green" propaganda is so massive and successful, so Germans pay that "green energy tax", vote for nuclear plants shutdown, and not even asking questions (yet)...

Fortunately, there is people who don't forget basic math... ;)

Fritz Vahrenholt, who heads a subsidiary of energy group RWE that operates wind farms and biogas plants, says that the fluctuations of renewable energy could lead electricity prices to skyrocket and hurt Germany's economic competitiveness.

"If we set our goals too high and dream of renewable energy covering all of our energy needs, then in the end we're not going to have a steel, chemical, or machine-tool industry anymore - and then the Chinese will thank us," says Mr. Vahrenholt.

csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0928/Why-many-environmentalists-will-fight-Germany-s-green-energy-plan

Fortunately, France is not so brainwashed (to be a bit closer to topic). ;)

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Hm... If majority of French people see it that way, maybe it will be beter solution for that Muslim women to leave France and find better place to live?

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


As someone smart said - "So hard to find a black cat in a dark room... especially if it's not there."

Can you fool the nature and get some energy from wind generators if there is no wind? (BTW: When I driven from Belgium to Poland last time, I saw lots of such beasties along the roads - still or idling at about 1 rpm. No wind... We passed Berlin ring when I saw first one rotating at full speed).

Can you get some energy out of solar panel during night?

As some smart people calculated, large wind generator installed in windy area can generate about 20 times more energy than was used to produce materials and then build and install it, during their lifetime. Vibrations and powerful infra-sound from wind turbines is also not very good for neighbours. After 20-25 years you'll have to dismantle and rebuild it (for large ones, smaller turbines usually require rotor replacement every 5-8 years). New composite materials may somewhat prolong life cycle of rotors, but not very much, and for sure will make it more expensive.

Solar panels (with silicon produced using Siemens process) not even able to return energy spent for their manufacture during whole lifetime (!!!). In addition, processes used in production of solar panels is NOT environmentally friendly (really dangerous, to say the truth). There is some processes in devellopment that require much less energy to produce solar grade silicon, but feedstock materials for this processes is quite rare and expensive, compared to Siemens process. AFAIK, Germany does not have such resources at all.

All renewable energy sources is not guaranteed. Absolutely. So, if you have grid with generation only from wind/sun - you need some energy reserves, like hydro-accumulating stations or something similar. Which part of Germany you ready to flood to build such stations?

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Too long story to tell at once. Too much foreign currency in hand of government works not very good for average russian citizen. Too strong rouble is not making life in Russia cheaper as well, and definitely making manufacture of many things here not economical.

What is good for oil companies and Gazprom is not so good for russian middle class.


Russia never choose obvious ways. ;) Let's look after 10 or so years what really happens.

For now, germans is so heavily brainwashed with "renevable energy" tales so looks like they forgot how some basic mathematics work. ;)

Genealogy / Polish birth, death and marriage records in Russian scripts? [16]

It is not so big problems to read 19-th century pre-reform russian texts. ;) Much more problems to write something correctly according to old rules. ;)

If you need help like non-professional translation of reasonable amount of text to English - let me know by PM. I'm not so often visit PF but I hope forum script will notify me by email about new PM. ;)

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Nobody can stop the future. But the way that current German govt leading the country is way to nowhere (IMHO). Nearest 10-15 yrs will be very profitable for some businnesses... And then whole generation will work hard to get out of situation created by sect of "greens" and their (not so charitable) supporters.

It will be really good for Russia if demand for gas and oil will decline. (I mean good for Russia, but not for oil/gas oligarchy and politicians).

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Yeah... First yor govt make Germany a largest importer of electricity on continent, and then try to double load on electrical grid introducing electric cars that will need to charge very often.

As far as I know, average cost of wind-generated electricity is about 3 times higher than stock prices of kw/h. And at 7% of wind generation in grid balance your wind generators installers already crying that it is real problem to find places to install more.

Either I'm overlooked smth, either "Y2K problem" hoax that put billions in some pockets will look like child game soon.

PS: Real fun will be after 20-25 yrs, when you will "suddenly" figure out that you need to completely replace worn wind generation infrastructure... And you need _much_ more energy for this task that it can provide.

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


So, looks like Germany have too much extra bank clerks and lawyers.

It may change soon. Germany make "energetic sepukku" right now, stopping nuclear power plants. Soon german heavy industries will have much less demand in engineers, and much more demand in construction workers to demolish abandoned industrial buildings.

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Not, of course... It is much more interesting to make some exceptional vehicle for real hero to explore space or fight enemies, rather than look at average Bürger ass and invent something that make it feel good while driving 500 m from house to nearest shop. ;) ;)

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

;) Germany should have something to pride... It would be a disaster if Lada will beat MB... ;)

Small but important difference - it is enough to have some common tools and not very well educated mechanic to keep Lada running until they will rust completely. But it will be great fiasco if you try something similar on MB car. ;) Important thing for Russia, where you can easily find yourself in broken car >500 km away from nearest service station.

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]

Bratwurst Boy


Unfortunately, too many choose this way. And in Russia, too...

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


I perfectly understand your sarcasm. ;) Usually russian high tech is not useful for average household. It either flies too high for them, either leave too few survivors. ;)

But this guy is not the first people who telling me similar things. Looks like engineering career is not the most wanted way to go for smart and perspective youths. Not only in Germany, similar opinions from guys moved to UK.


Maybe, maybe... You need to fly to ISS to see functioning Russian-made toilet. ;)

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


One of my former colleagues (electronic engineer) recently moved to Germany (from Russia). A week or so ago he was back in Moscow for a few days to visit their parents. We got some beer and talked a bit...

Their first opinion after half year in a large German hi-tech company - there is about 5% is older German engineers, really smart and experienced ones, real "stars"... About 20% of remaining native German engineers is average-to-good, notning special. The rest cannot produce something new, good once you need to make DIN-standard paperwork or something similar, but no creativity at all.

As he said, it looks that 60% of new ideas and solutions come from 20% of immigrants working in their department. Serbs, Russians, Poles..

As to this topic - I was really shocked once I drive all the way from Lithuania to southern France and back late last year (first time in my life made such trip on a car). Belgium looks like patient with terminal stage of cancer for a "fresh eye".... In the middle of workday, I seen LOTS of blacks and arabian-looking guys, without any hurry walking down the streets and sitting in street cafe... More than european looking people..

And, maybe someone can tell me which business may nave a horde of 40-50 arabs (including 12-15 yrs ord girls and boys) on a gas station, near toilets, in the middle of the night? (It again was in Belgium, on my way back).

Life / cellphone: no data plan on Orange SIM card? [6]

I always buy local prepaid SIM once I come to different country. My phone is not locked to particular provider so it accept any SIM card. It turns out to be much cheaper than any roaming.

For incoming calls I use SkypeIn and call forwarding to foreign number.

PS: Don't forget that US use 850 and 1900 MHz bands for GSM, while Europe/Asia uses 900 and 1800. Be sure that your phone support 900/1800 MHz bands before taking it to EU.

History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]


This is not only russian problem. There is lots of cases when same mistake was done without russians ever been close.

News / CHERNOBYL...threat to Poland? [29]


AFAIK there was attempts to put some monitoring devices inside and get some samples. One interesting thing - there is something living inside. Some previously unknown (or maybe newborn) black fungi grow there. It is harvesting energy from intense radiation using melanine-based "radiosynhtesis" just like regular green plants use chlorophyll for photosynthesis to get energy from sunlight.

History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]


That was one of main problems of SU. Great looking ideas, but practical implementation....

May be my translation of following quote is not perfect, but... "Revolutions is planned by geniuses, performed by enthusiasts, and bastards use their fruits".

News / CHERNOBYL...threat to Poland? [29]

But there is some interesting notes in ancient texts, that make me think that our civilisation is not first on this planet.


Yes, especially for India that have lots of monazite...

But I would prefer sub-critical units, that need external neutron source for reaction and can be turned off almost as easily as light bulb. ;)

News / CHERNOBYL...threat to Poland? [29]


I think they will consider "nuclear waste" as valuable resource, there is a lot of isotopes that is extremely rare or not exist at all in Earth crust. But first 100-200 years anyway it is too radioactive to perform any reprocessing attempts.

AFAIK, submarine reactors is liquid metal cooled, so now they represent depleted active zone encased in chunk of solid lead-bismuth alloy. And all these still in submarine reactor compartment (it is cut out as a whole while sub is dismantled for scrap metal).

There was idea to launch well protected containers with active waste to pre-determined sun orbit out of ecliptic plane where they can rest for millions of years if necessary but will still be available for reprocessing (preferably on same orbit) if our descendants will ever need any unique materials that may be found there.

News / Pubs in Poznan kick out Roma? [256]


There is lots of opportunities to integrate into much beter position in society. Some Romas use it, but vast majority simply don't care. Most of them consider yourself "too good" for hard work.