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I’ll probably get flamed, but Tito’s and coconut water with a lime wedge over crushed ice in a 24 oz. tumbler.

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This^^ is correct according to most Documentaries.

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What do documentaries and scholarly articles offering scientific data have in common?


You can pay someone enough to push through the bullshite you want pushed through.

See COVID vaccines.

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What is Musk’s actual position? What is his formal job title?

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“Hitler! Nazi!”

—Libs

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You don't think these cows are getting the covid vaccines it sounds like?

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No. I don’t see them administering a COVID vaccine to cattle in hopes of transmitting it to humans.

I really think the war on GMO crops and vaccinated/implanted livestock is blown way out of proportion.

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I'm on the pipeline engineering side. I sub out all the CP and E&I work.

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We typically sub out a lot of our big projects for, just as you mentioned, liability reasons. But, as technicians, we oversee the work and once complete, we maintain it and troubleshoot. I don’t know shite about HVAC, but they pushed us through training to obtain my 608 certificate. We sub all of that out anyway, but at least I can buy refrigerant for my house, if needed.

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I had a site supervisor who will give a prospective engineer or electronic technician hire during the interview a written quiz and the first question was "What is Ohm's Law?" You would be surprised how many Electrical Engineers and Electronic Techs would not answer correctly. If the prospective hire did not answer correctly they were not even considered.

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Some good follow-up questions would be, what remains constant across all resistors in a series circuit? What remains constant across all resistors in a parallel circuit?

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What type of Engineers were they?

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Electrical…

We also covered Watt’s Law during one of the interactions.

I contested that the electrical drawing was wrong. 480V, 15A breaker supplying a 240V, 40A breaker did not add up. It needed to be a 20A breaker on the 480 side, and it kept tripping throughout the year at random times.

They argued it was inrush current on strip heaters with FLA’s of 1A inside the 240V control box. 4 heaters on a 6A breaker. The 6A breaker never tripped throughout all of this. It happened during winter and summer (when heaters never turned on).

So they assumed it may be the fans. Then they questioned some of the resistors in a few circuits. We went through Ohm’s Law together to verify they were correct.

After two hours, there was a pause. I showed them the math:

9600W = 480V x 20A

9600W = 240V x 40A

Switched out the 15 for a 20 and haven’t had a trip since.

Shocking, I know.

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What's the full name of the career? What sort of technician?

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Electrical tech for a pipeline.

We do mechanic work and any other tasks associated with typical plant operator work. And flagging the line of course.

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How do you know this? Do technicians respond to 20-40 complaints/problems per day? Maybe they do.

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We’re on-call 24/7. Expected to respond to anything within 90 miles within two hours—sometimes further depending on the severity. We work in any weather.

We deal with more people than I’d care to deal with, and we have our own unique problems and conflicts. Oftentimes, if something doesn’t get done, management thinks we’re the problem. Efficient processes get ruined because we’re always creating bullshite positions for people who come up with their own “efficiency models,” and more often than not, they don’t last long; however, they disrupt everything in the process.

We don’t get near the respect we should get, but when it comes to job security, we’re in a good position. It’s not glamorous and it’s seldom rewarding, but we truly keep the lights on.

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Originally Broin named for the family of large family owned farm in Minnesota who began pushing and lobbying for ethanol in the 1980's. Also, Newtron's major financial backer for years.

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Yep. I’m in no way an advocate for ethanol usage. I’m pretty indifferent on it. I don’t like the federal mandate, and I’ve always believed consumers should dictate things—like EVs.

Rural areas in the Midwest can benefit from ethanol production, and the co-products certainly help diversify companies making ethanol. But we don’t have the infrastructure for EVs, nor any practical need to invest heavily in them.

So, on a local/regional scale, it has its place. Like I said, it’d be nice to see more refineries being built.