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speakeron
·il y a 5 mois·discuss
The temperature of the cosmic microwave background can be used as a universal clock.
speakeron
·l’année dernière·discuss
It's actually Act 2, Scene 1 and is spoken by Polonius.
speakeron
·l’année dernière·discuss
Oblate spheroids are round.
speakeron
·l’année dernière·discuss
> Heathrow is massive and uses a lot of power (1-2MWh/day)

It's 3 orders of magnitude more: 1-2GWh/day.

https://www.heathrow.com/content/dam/heathrow/web/common/doc...
speakeron
·il y a 7 ans·discuss
Hambini has a good article on this[1]. The basic problem (apart from cost) is that only the ball bearing itself is ceramic; the inner and outer races are made of steel and the ball wears a groove into them which increases friction over time. Near the bottom of the article there's a 'power consumption vs kilometres' chart which illustrates this nicely.

"Hybrid ceramic bearings are the equivalent of trying to run a locomotive on an asphalt road - the hardness differential causes the road (raceway) to become damaged."

[1] https://www.hambini.com/blog/post/ceramic-bearings-vs-steel-...