Ukraine

[happy daze john in oz]

What is special about Ukraine and does it matter?”



How the nation of Ukraine ranks:

1st) in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;

2nd) place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;

2nd) place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);

2nd) largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);

2nd) place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;

3rd) place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;

7th) place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)



Ukraine is an agricultural country:

1st) in Europe in terms of arable land area;

3rd) place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);

1st) place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;

2nd) place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;

3rd) largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;

4th) largest producer of potatoes in the world;

5th) largest rye producer in the world;

5th) place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);

8th) place in the world in wheat exports;

9th) place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;

16th) place in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an industrialized country:

1st) in Europe in ammonia production;

2-е) Europe's and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);

3rd) largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;

3rd) place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);

3rd) place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;

3rd) largest iron exporter in the world

4th) largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;

4th) world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;

4th) place in the world in clay exports

4th) place in the world in titanium exports

8th) place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;

9th) place in the world in exports of defence industry products;

10th) largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).



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[Graham Payne]

#284
John

Funny that, my number at "T S Indefatigable" was 68.
No wonder I was always getting into bloody trouble there.

[Rodney Mills]

Re. #287

How are this year's numbers going to compare?

Rodney Mills

[Doc Vernon]

2022 - Nectarios of Optina

More than a century ago, the Russian spiritual leader Nectarios of Optina made a prediction that shocked everyone who got word of it. According to reports at the time, God told Nectarios in a dream that mankind would end in the year '22.

Now this makes one Wonder does it not!??????

[j.sabourn]

#288 what a lucky miss Graham just think if you had got soixante Neuf , what did the lucky 69 get called as a nickname ? JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

John.
If Ukraine has that amount of coal reserves, why the hell is our idiot sending them 70, 000 tons of it? Which no doubt he has loaded himself, and is now hopefully one of the crew.
Des

[j.sabourn]

He soon will be Des if the recent election is anything to go by. What do you reckon DHU ? Or Kalassi 2 ? JS ... Topaz would be maybe too strenuous JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Depends on the type of coal there Des.

There are basically two types, coking and thermal.
Thermal for heating, coking for the making of steel.

To make steel carbon is required in the mix, if not all you get is cast iron.

But have no idea which type is being sent.
Could be that though they have enough it may not be accessable with the Russian army in the way.

[Colin Wood]

It is reported to be hard steaming coal for power generation. THis will help te eco mob as Australian coal gives far less ash and bad gases than the Russian coal now being used.

[Graham Shaw]

He soon will be Des if the recent election is anything to go by. What do you reckon DHU ? Or Kalassi 2 ? JS ... Topaz would be maybe too strenuous JS

Topazes-no,not those mineral gemstone thingies but a member of the crew.It could be from the Sanskrit word tapas,which you must admit does sound vaguely like Topaz.The word means heat or fire,but if you knew Topazes like I knew Topazes you might agree Topazes were anything but fiery !

Aah,the Topaz-memories of the lowest caste deck rating (an Untouchable?) on Indian crewed vessels-lower than a deck boy-' though he was usually a much,much older man.I'm not sure if he was officially paid a wage (JS will know) but was paid by the other crew ,like a paid servant,as happens in life back in India.
Visions of a very old man on deck,wearing a dhoti and flip flops (!),Gandhi-fashion , back bent,sweeping the deck with his besoms,one arm behind his back ,or doing all the sh* t jobs the other deck crew thought were beneath them. It was rather embarrassing,as a cadet to have Topaz when passing him on deck lean back into the hatch coaming,eyes averted,him virtually saluting and bowing with a cheery "Good morning sahib.Namaste !".(I soon got over it !.) Such a contrast from the white crewed ships where a cadet would be virtually ignored on deck ,and regarded as a 'spy' or a future boss in training who would likely cut their overtime or log them.... (joking)but ,who am I kidding,it was an archaic dying remnant of colonial days in some British companies,long past it's sell by date in 1969 when I first went to sea.Soon it would all be swept away-including the whole British Merchant Navy as we knew it.

Here endeth my succinct discourse on Sanskrit or Hindustani deck topazes -don't try saying that if you have a lisp.
I wonder if there could be a rank of DTU-Deck Topaz Uncert?,a bit like DHU'S that once caused a bit of dissent in the British crew ratings system?

I feel like a curry now ! I'll pop off peremptorily perchance for a poppadom.
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