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Teck Resources agrees to sell steelmaking coal business in deals valued at $9B US
  • Last year, coal accounted for 60 per cent of Teck’s revenue and 75 per cent of its profit. (from the Globe and Mail)

    This sounds like a massive downsizing. Is Teck in need of cash or is this a strategic move? Most of these mines produce metallurgical coal so not used for power generation. Do they see that steel production wil switch off coal? Are there even good alternatives to metallurgical coal?

  • Bookwyrm but for local business reviews?

    I feel like Bookwyrm has proven the idea of a federated review platform. Could this be extended to local business reviews?

    I vowed long ago to stop contributing to closed platforms such as on Google Maps or Yelp. Could a federated alternative be a good solution?

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    How to deal with rats coming from neighbour's yard?
  • Good point about switching up the bait. I have some old cheese I might try.

    I tried a trap-door bucket trap but they never went for it.

    I have avoided netting because it sounds like it could get tangled. Would you apply the netting around a frame or lay it on the plants?

  • How to deal with rats coming from neighbour's yard?

    I love growing my own food but I have had to limit the types of plants I grow because rats always come and eat them.

    In previous years I have had rats devour my entire beet, carrot, pea, and strawberry harvests each in a matter of one or two nights.

    I set snap traps every night with peanut butter (and trip them every morning so I don't kill any birds). Last year I killed 17, this year I have already killed 5.

    I am now growing peas that climb taller so the rats can't reach them. Next year I plan on hanging my strawberry plants off the ground. I have started removing all the lower branches of my tomatoes so they can't climb them. I have given up on carrots, beets, and daikon...

    Has anyone found any effective methods to manage this? My neighbour won't do anything about the rats and their property is entirely overgrown.

    I have heard spreading hot pepper flakes can discourage them from coming around.

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    What's one thing you've always wanted to learn, but haven't had the chance to yet?
  • I have been slowly learning to speak Mandarin. I haven't been able to give it the time it needs to get to my goal of being able to have a basic conversation.

    One of my goals is to travel around rural China but I doubt I will be able to do that without basic Chinese.

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