Clearly if you turn the image upside-down, it is a Whale-Gnome-Dustbuster-Pharaoh in the architectural style of the Goa'uld/Ancient Ancients with a blowhole-mouth surprise.
But I'm leaning toward Dustbuster, now that we know it's Hoovering up ships.
I feel compelled to point out this important bit of context for anyone who doesn't read the paper:
Overall, based on the four environmental indicators used in this study, home-washed reusable
nappies have the potential for the least environmental impact if washed in a water-efficient frontloading washing machine in cold water, and line-dried.
The UK study similarly found that colder water and line-drying would sufficiently reduce the carbon footprint to a lower level than disposables.
But seriously? Who does that?
For regular clothing, where you can use a more powerful detergent? Sure.
But for something that goes directly against your child's most sensitive skin, which will need to be laundered with gentle detergent?
Maybe we can find a paper on how to do all that without heat but with proper sanitation? Remember, laundry detergent is designed to clean, but not necessarily to sanitize.
I'll see if I can find some better ones. This was just the first one I plucked out of a random citation, because I knew I would get eviscerated without one. But I've been seeing the advice about disposables as far back as I can remember. It was even a trick question in an eco quiz when I was a child back in the 90s (i.e. "Which of these things are better ecological choices?").
Interestingly the 2006 study itself is an updated version. Disposables did even better in the 2006 study than in the older one: Due to advances in manufacturing and in materials science, they were able to start producing them using less material (which decreases the carbon footprint during manufacturing, shipping, and disposal).
The stations that carry it tend to only carry one brand to begin with. The owner of that brand is generally the one that pays, as they have to submit for testing at their own expense.
It's not always more expensive. All Costco gas is Top Tier, for instance.
They require the brand to use the 2x detergent level for every grade, at every location, to display the Top Tier logo.
I go through a tank of gas every 1-2 days. When I don't fill with Top Tier, my fuel economy goes down on that tank. When I consistently don't fill with Top Tier, my fuel economy goes down even on my next tank of Top Tier. That's when it's time to throw in a bottle of polyetheramine (Techron, Redline, Gumout Regane, etc.) to clean things up.
DI engines unfortunately require deeper, periodic cleaning, as the additive will not reach the valves. But I do not have a DI engine, so the detergent makes a significant difference.
It particularly makes a difference in how often I have to (or do not have to) replace lifters to keep them in spec. This engine has solid, non-adjustable lifters.
Top Tier is about detergent pack, not about regular versus premium, so I'm not sure why you bring that up. Top Tier requires 2x the EPA mandated minimum detergent.
Antivirus and firewalls aren't as useful when you can bypass shields and either physically beam or holographically project something directly into the override circuitry. You don't need to take over the computer if you can take over the controls.
Have you de-Googled or something? They only really nail you when you don't have a signed-in Google account with real-world web usage, particularly if your connection originates from a flagged IP.
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You're doing great. I'm proud of you.