This video will take a close look at three-phase power and explain how it works. Three-phase power can be defined as the common method of alternating current power generation, transmission, and distribution. It is a type of polyphase system, and is the most common method used by electric grids worldwide to transfer power.
As college students, many of us become experts at living the frugal life. We cook dinner for friends using the one knife and two pots we bought from TJ Maxx or “borrowed” from Mom’s kitchen. We take the bus, tape broken items back together, and celebrate the luxury of our first apartment without roommates, even if it’s a 600-square-foot studio.
Then our income increases, and certain behaviors become outside our comfort zone. We get used to buying everything brand new and wonder how we ever survived without a $300 blender. We might have fond memories of staying in hostels while backpacking around Europe or Asia, or seeing a mind-blowing Broadway show on a $30 standing room ticket, but we wouldn’t do that now.
Because PFAS variants are found in a variety of common products, which can end up in landfills when disposed, low concentrations are consistently appearing in leachate as chemicals are released from naturally degrading material. Landfill leachate is collected and treated to remove regulated contaminants, but most wastewater treatment plants do not remove PFAS. Wastewater biosolids are often testing positive for PFAS, prompting changes in their use as a soil amendment, so continued landfilling remains one of the primary options. Additionally, U.S. compost facilities have found PFAS in soil products due to contamination in the material stream. MRFs are also sorting through materials containing PFAS on a daily basis – including paper, plastics and other coated products.
I wonder if Six Mile Waterworks has PFAS in it? I bet that is question that City of Albany hopes is never asked. They really should think about banning PFAS in all uses -- because if you put that chemical in products, it's going to be out there in environment.
I am opposed to glass bottles, because they frequently break and leave shards in the woods, potentially for a long period of times. Broken glass easily cuts hands and feet, punctures tires, and lead to severe injury. Not to mention that they are heavy. Aluminum (which is actually plastic coated with BPA or similiar less toxic resin to protect flavor), is probably my second favorite, especially with the bottle deposit laws taking back the cans. Aluminum also stays pretty cold in the coolers and is quite lightweight, although sometimes punctures and can tear and be a safety hazard with sharp edges. Aluminum cans can also last in the woods a long time. Plastic bottles I think get a bit of an unfair reputation -- they don't last as long in the woods as glass or metal, they aren't likely to cause cuts or injury (even if swallowed compared to metal or glass), they can be burned, and they are also recycable. Sure, plastic doesn't work for beer and certain other beverages, but it's the lightest, safest material out there.
Good morning! Today is the first 6:30 Sunrise 🌇. Three weeks to Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆. Days are getting noticeably shorter. Light drizzle and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear around 7 pm.
I was going to take the express to work 🚍 but I was running a little late late, so I am taking the local in. I have a stack of books 📚 to return to the library today so maybe it was best not to walk down to the express. 🚶
I actually walked down to the library 📙 last night but forgot to bring the books to the library. That’s fine, I’ll just drop them off at the Albany library downtown. I also went for my evening walk last night before retiring into bed fairly early after seeing that my credit payment cleared for August. Seemed high but included vacation expenses. 💵 November will also be a big month for credit card expenses after my October road trip. I guess food and fuel ⛽ isn’t that much of strain on the budget but everything is always so tight for me.
Today will have scattered showers. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 63 degrees at 8am. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 7th. It seems like we have lot of cloudy and damp days in October. 🍁Maximum dew point of 56 at 11am. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light drizzle in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1947.
The sun will set at 7:11 pm with dusk around 7:39 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 57 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.
I’m heading over to John Wolcott house after work 📂 so I left the light on at home so I can see to unlock the door when I get home with the earlier sunset. The LED bulb 💡 is on a light sensor but it may be dark enough today it will probably be on most of the day.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear ☁, with a low of 49 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 22nd. North wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was sticky. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1964.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.
They were talking about how all the leading candidates for president are of the geriatric set, today on the radio 📻. You would think that they would be able to recruit somebody who isn’t a million years old 👴 and should be enjoying their final years on the beach somewhere. I know if I was that age I’d be doing something useful with my life rather than working in some stuffy office building 🏢 downtown.
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:34 pm with dusk at 7:02 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 65 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 83 back in 1967.
