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by ElKrist 5y ago
The article also mentions a decline in energy production from wind, in absolute terms: "In contrast, renewables generated 114 billion kWh of the total, which represents an 11.7% drop on an annual basis and this was largely due to the d
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by ElKrist 5y ago
It's the case for France. Electricité de France (EDF) operates the nuclear plants and is owned at 84.5% by the French State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lectricit%C3%A9_de_Franc...
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by ElKrist 5y ago
If you edited your comment (I did not see first article mentioned), please show it with some kind of flag. Otherwise it can make the thread confusing
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by ElKrist 5y ago
In the article the batteries max power output is 30 MW It represents less than 10% of the max power output of the plant (380 MW) When I read "The battery section will provide four hours of storage capacity at full discharge" I und
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by ElKrist 5y ago
Yes they fluctuate enough that you can make a profit even with a "20% loss". Here [1] you can see today's prices on the electricity spot market for Europe (Changing the date does not work in my browser though) Another way to
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by ElKrist 5y ago
Honestly I don't see why it wouldn't work. All the steps of the process seem like old and proven technology to me. Perhaps the only innovation is this "elastic" CO2 storage for ambient temperature/pressure ? However
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by ElKrist 5y ago
In the article: Spadacini adds: “The system is totally closed. We don’t consume any CO2, it’s just the working fluid that goes back and forth… for the life of the system, over 25 years. So we have no emissions in the atmosphere.” So yes, it
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by ElKrist 5y ago
In the article: "Spadacini explains that Energy Dome uses CO2 because it can be converted into liquid under pressure at 30°C, compared to minus 150°C for air. Highview Power’s liquid-air battery therefore has to use cryogenic technolog
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by ElKrist 5y ago
This is a misrepresentation of the association. They existed way before this campaign and GDPR The first paragraph [1] of their About section mentions they started in 2008 to fight against HADOPI, which is the French authority created to en
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by ElKrist 5y ago
That's also the reaction [1] of "La Quadruature du Net", the association that brought the complaint "(...) this historical fine shows even more blatantly the complete resignation of the Irish authority for data protectio
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by ElKrist 5y ago
Summarized conclusions of the original complaint [1]: 2.2.3.1 claims that Amazon does not disclose anything proving they intend to get consent from their users to process their behavoural data for ad targeting purposes 2.2.3.2 is a rebutta
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by ElKrist 5y ago
"Why anyone holding usdc would exchange one for a usdt..." One possible explanation is that you have more pairs available for other cryptos with USDT than with USDC on some exchanges
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by ElKrist 5y ago
Yes that's very helpful. I cannot imagine any founder being deterred to start a company because of this wealth tax. With or without it you'd be very rich under PG's assumptions
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by ElKrist 6y ago
"The industry is moving so fast that arguments become stale very quickly but people are slower, it seems, to update their opinions." How fast is it moving? "For the first time in nearly a decade, annual installations of energ
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by ElKrist 6y ago
"struggle to make the shift away from fossil fuel AND nuclear (...) have to buy power from France (...) are able to sustain a large portion of our economy on renewables TODAY." Let's say 40% of Germany's electricity cons
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Germany did not go out of nuclear for CO2 emissions reasons
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by ElKrist 6y ago
I think you're mistaking Fukushima for the tsunami that caused the incident at the nuclear plant. Let's not forget the sheer magnitude of the earthquake/tsunami: most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, tsunami waves
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by ElKrist 6y ago
You may want to re-read parent I was replying to: "And so we are basically guaranteed to ruin the area where waste is stored at some point in the future"
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Yes I am aware of those. My question is: what makes you think that this poses a superior threat than other issues we face? When I think about the future and its risks I never think about nuclear waste. I think primarily about global warming
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by ElKrist 6y ago
"It also assumes that society will be sufficiently organized to provide the security and maintenance for the entire half life of the waste." Could you please provide a concrete example of a problem of security or maintenance on su
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Can you please expand on what makes you say that "storage (...) is a problem that's rapidly being solved" ? Have you read articles with scenarios about % electricity stored compared to daily consumption for instance? Are we g
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by ElKrist 6y ago
"The way you word this it sounds like renewables == bad" The point is that unfortunately renewables == good is not often true either despite the common perception. It all depends on how they integrate with the rest of the grid whi
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Yes when they hijack your earphones the sudden volume increase hurts. I once flew through Saudia Airlines and fell asleep with my earphones on (I was listening to some music from their system). Getting suddenly woken up by the start of the
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Sometimes it's just a practical matter The exchange I use only has instruments with USDT pairs (BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT), not with USDC.
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Excellent article posted on HN that explains why what we saw in 2020 is different than 2011: https://www.lynalden.com/money-printing/ Basically, after 2011 it was mostly for recapitalizing banks when in 2020 it's
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by ElKrist 6y ago
When comparing BTC to GOLD > First, gold is hard to fake and impossible to manufacture. > Second, gold (...) doesn’t rust or tarnish. > Last, gold is pretty to conclude > On the other hand, BTC lacks all these attributes. I pret
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by ElKrist 6y ago
STMicroelectronics is, according to Wikipedia, Europe's largest semiconductor chip maker based on revenue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronics
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by ElKrist 6y ago
I've lived both in France and Australia. Australians love 4 wheels drive and bigger cars. In some cases it's justified for obvious reasons: rough environments with less infrastructure (bush, outback..). In other cases it is for so
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Yes she reckons the enzyme works both for FOS and GOS. Things like onions and garlic were an absolute no-go before she found the enzyme. Now she can eat them She has to take an enzyme pill before each meal that includes this group though.
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by ElKrist 6y ago
Have you identified which fodmap group you're sensitive to? My girlfiend is a professional dietician, is suffering from IBS and has found a pill containing an enzyme that she swallows before eating a certain fodmap group. It helped

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