Since I started watching F1 races with my boyfriend I always had this question and no one has yet to give me a convincing answer. Why can't the tracks be covered with roofs to make them rain proof? They can be made of glass or transparent plastic material to facilitate TV broadcasting from all angles and heights. It can help reduce accidents, allow the cars to run the fastest they can on dry surface and the races don't have to be suspended when the tracks are flooded with torrential rain. People tell me it's difficult to construct or the cost is too high. hey guys, to start with F1 is a multi-billion dollar industry and second what's so difficult engineering-wise about setting up a roof?? It's not building the Parthenon or the Pyramids. It must be something else. Can anyone here answer this?
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Flammable Water!
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 March 2008 by member goliath
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Seattle is about 3,000 miles from New York. Spread oil on the ground on a 3,000 mile straight line that connects Seattle to NY. Light a match in Seattle, drop it on the starting point of the line and fire will finally make it to NY because oil is flammable. Oil will not only carry fire through, it will also create a total amount of fire much larger than the initial small amount found on the match. What if we could replace fire and oil with water and another water-"flammable" substance?
Why can't we come up with a water-flammable compound that works on water the same way fire works on oil? A substance that can carry water through from Seattle to NY and in the process produce a total amount of water larger than the initial drop amount.
Can the property that is causing flammability in oil when it comes into contact with fire be re-engineered and transferred to other substances?
Water shortage could be solved, large forest fires could be put out in a few minutes on a single drop of water or spit. Just think aboud id :)
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Seattle is about 3,000 miles from New York. Spread oil on the ground on a 3,000 mile straight line that connects Seattle to NY. Light a match in Seattle, drop it on the starting point of the line and fire will finally make it to NY because oil is flammable. Oil will not only carry fire through, it will also create a total amount of fire much larger than the initial small amount found on the match. What if we could replace fire and oil with water and another water-"flammable" substance?
Why can't we come up with a water-flammable compound that works on water the same way fire works on oil? A substance that can carry water through from Seattle to NY and in the process produce a total amount of water larger than the initial drop amount.
Can the property that is causing flammability in oil when it comes into contact with fire be re-engineered and transferred to other substances?
Water shortage could be solved, large forest fires could be put out in a few minutes on a single drop of water or spit. Just think aboud id :)
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