Tommy Edison (previously at Neatorama) takes a challenge: identify the colors of markers by their smell. Edison has been blind since birth, so he only knows colors by what he's heard about them. Then, because he's about my age, he did not grow up smelling Mr. Sketch markers, so he's not used to the smells of each color like younger people are. How will he do guessing each color? What I learned from this video is that artificial scents don't stand up well outside of their context. -via Viral Viral Videos
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besides, the infrastructure to deliver power to individual homes is a long way coming, even if the dam is built. look how long it took for rural homes in america to get on the grid
What's the point of building the plant (even assuming it gets sufficient military protection), when the transmission lines are certain to be sabotaged or stolen?
Brilliant!!!
The damn would destroy a huge amount of land from flooding for the reservoir. This would remove animal habitat and farming land. There is also the terrible disruption to the river dams cause.
I agree with fsmarch lets focus on food not electricity production.
Oh and anyone have problems logging in today? Lots of PHP errors for me.
I believe they are hoping to get an economy started and join the rest of the world. You don't build transmission lines first and then build power plants.
It also seems like exporting power would provide needed cash.
I don't know all the details obviously, but it seems to me this has a good chance of being a win-win. Unless you just want them to remain a fifth world country with no hope.