{"id":2562,"date":"2017-10-25T22:25:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T22:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2017-10-25T22:25:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T22:25:50","slug":"what-a-waste-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2017\/10\/what-a-waste-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Waste!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It probably costs a few tens of MW to light this London Bridge up at night.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2017\/10\/what-a-waste-2\/img_20171025_191211\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?fit=563%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"563,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KIW-L21&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1508958732&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.96&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1249&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20171025_191211\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?fit=563%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?resize=563%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?w=563&amp;ssl=1 563w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171025_191211.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It probably costs a few tens of MW to light this London Bridge up at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-Fk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/07\/stop-this-national-mourning-rubbish\/","url_meta":{"origin":2562,"position":0},"title":"Stop This National Mourning Rubbish!","author":"taxicle","date":"July 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Every time there is an accident and people die, or even just one well know person dies, people throw up their arms and run into the street screaming, and the government feels forced to announce a few days of national mourning. 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