User talk:Snow storm in Eastern Asia/Archive 2

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Read this enzyme stuff!

--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 09:53, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

HS2

Approximate route of the London-Birmingham section based on the official description, also available as KML. It would pass just south and west of Southam and trough Brackley.

--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Tampers

Just a thought but in the Carillion article, rather than using a picure of a tamper in GTRM livery, why don't you use a picture of a tamper in Carillion livery (see Ballast tamper where you will find a good photo). That said I don't think the article justifies the use of two pictures of tampers as none of these contractors do rail maintenance any longer; so I think it is one or the other and I will leave it to you. Dormskirk (talk) 18:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

A Plasser & Theurer 09-32 CSM ballast tamper/track tamper / liner at Newport High Street railway station.

--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 18:27, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

it looks good. Well done and happy editing. Dormskirk (talk) 18:38, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

The end is nigh?

World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color.
  Five "nuclear weapons states" from the NPT
  Other states known to possess nuclear weapons
  States formerly possessing nuclear weapons
  States suspected of being in the process of developing nuclear weapons and/or nuclear programs
  States which at one point had nuclear weapons and/or nuclear weapons research programs
  States that possess nuclear weapons, but have not widely adopted them

--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 19:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Mineral superpowers

A mineralogical superpower is a state that has a monopoly on a valuable mineral resource like copper, nickel, gold or phosphorus, to the extent that an energy superpower has over energy sources, such as oil, gas, coal, oil shale and uranium. Australia has the world's largest Uranium reserves at 22%[1] and is the world's largest Coal exporter by short tonnes.[2]

Chile is the world's leading copper producer (30%), but the USA, Peru, Zambia, Indonesia and the People's Republic Of China also have major reserves.[3] 21 of the 28 largest copper mines in the world are not amenable to expansion.[4] Many large copper mines will be exhausted between 2010 and 2015.[4] [5][6][7] The Sudbury region of Ontario, Canada, produces about 30% of the world's supply of nickel, while Russia contains about 40% of the world's known resources at the Norilsk deposit in Siberia. Other major producers are the French colony of New Caledonia, France it‘s self, Australia, Cuba, and Indonesia. Both New Caledonia, Indonesia and China have sizable untapped reserves. Australia is an major producer of nickel and copper as well as being the world's leading exporter of uranium (22%)[8]. Both China, South Africa, Russia and the USA are also major producer of gold .[9].

A threat to end or the guarantee to supply these minerals could prove politically influential in the future, just like oil has done in the late 20th and in to the 21st century.

--Snow storm in Eastern Asia (talk) 04:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_reserves
  2. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_reserves
  3. ^ Samuel K. Moore (2008-03). "Supply Risk, Scarcity, and Cellphones". IEEE Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Leonard2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "pg. 54 - Copper" (PDF). USGS. 2004. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  6. ^ "pg. 56 - Copper" (PDF). USGS. 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  7. ^ "pg. 54 - Copper" (PDF). USGS. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  8. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_reserves
  9. ^ Mandaro, Laura (2008-01-17). "China now world's largest gold producer; foreign miners at door - MarketWatch". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
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