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by Xixi 4y ago
Unless Tesla figures out how to manufacture cars with much lower carbon emissions (I mean, the manufacturing of the cars themselves), Tesla is not going to fare that much better than the legacies. I hope they do figure it out...
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by Xixi 4y ago
Fossil fuels are responsible for about 60% of greenhouse gases emissions (in CO2 equivalent), the remaining 40% being split between: deforestation, farming and various chemical processes (to make concrete, to reduce iron ore, to make fertil
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by Xixi 4y ago
Absolutely none whatsoever. Financial concerns didn’t weight at all on my mind when deciding to move here, so I can’t tell you if it’s better or worse. I strongly doubt it’s better, especially for retirement, but I could be wrong. So I’m no
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by Xixi 4y ago
Not a specialist at all: I relocated to Japan, and have only worked about one year in France... But you are missing a (big) piece of the French pension scheme: the Agirc-Arrco system, which is mandatory and complement the base system your l
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by Xixi 4y ago
The way salaries are expressed in France is needlessly complex, and doesn't translate to anything in the USA. So when you see 60k€, what it really means is: 84k€ (before taxes, healthcare, retirement, etc.) and 40k€ (after all taxes).
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by Xixi 4y ago
I think this article is missing the elephant in the room by putting too much emphasis on efficiency: the biggest issue with EVs is in the manufacturing, and the reason why I often hear Tesla and other big EVs referred to as tools to ease on
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by Xixi 4y ago
Mathematically if the supply of goods and services go down, but the supply of money stays fixed, prices will go up. I would expect that reducing the supply of oil (and to a lesser extent natural gas) would cause that sort of things, by redu
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The ID.4 Leads the Volkswagen Group’s EV Sales That Are Up 65% in Q1 2022(carscoops.com)
1 points by Xixi 4y ago|0 comments
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by Xixi 5y ago
Also keep in mind, a lot of the cost of Hinkley Point is not so much the cost to build the reactors, but the financing. Speaking from memory, we are talking about borrowing at something like 10% over 35 years. If France finances these new p
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by Xixi 5y ago
It took more than 300 years to build the cathedral [1] in my home town (albeit with a 60-year pause in the middle). So indeed it might take another 4 or 5 generations to master nuclear fusion, but I see no issue with that. We should not shy
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by Xixi 5y ago
Off-topic as it's neither a paper magazine, nor particularly varied, but I recommend Carbon Brief [1]. This is how they define themselves: "Carbon Brief is a UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, cl
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by Xixi 5y ago
Just speculating here, but doesn't it have something to do with accumulation in the body? Your body obviously can't accumulate radiations. It also does process and eliminate the like of ethanol and many other substances. That&#x27
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by Xixi 5y ago
It's more of a philosophical question really, but are AlphaGo and AlphaFold "producing" knowledge? AlphaGo plays go, AlphaFold predicts protein structure. They are useful tools, but I wouldn't call what they produce know
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by Xixi 5y ago
EDF has been quietly acquiring land around existing nuclear power plants for many years (like Cattenom, near Luxembourg), with the unstated but likely goal of expanding them rather than going for brand new sites. In some cases EDF even plan
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by Xixi 5y ago
It's important to first note the obvious: physics didn't change when Einstein came up with his theory of relativity. Where classical mechanics had proven to be very accurate, Einstein's relativity had to be in agreement. It c
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by Xixi 5y ago
The roadmap has always been: ITER, DEMO [1] and then PROTO [2]. "DEMO refers to a proposed class of nuclear fusion experimental reactors that are intended to demonstrate the net production of electric power from nuclear fusion." [
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by Xixi 5y ago
Nickpicking: the CCP foundational congress was held on 23 July 1921, making it 100 years old in a couple of month. The Red Army was founded on 15 July 1927, which is why it is generally assumed (seriously or not, I don't know) that Chi
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Gaia-X: A Federated Data Infrastructure for Europe(data-infrastructure.eu)
2 points by Xixi 5y ago|1 comments
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by Xixi 5y ago
I've definitely seen TGV sell out in France, and would recommend buying your ticket in advance, depending on the trip. SNCF is sadly taking the airline fare route, with intricate pricing and non-sensical fare (sometimes 1st class is ch
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by Xixi 6y ago
Earthquakes and typhoons. Historically buildings in Japan have been transient out of necessity, so it permeates Japanese culture. Even shrines and temples are periodically rebuilt. For instance the Ise Grand Shrine (one of the most, maybe e
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by Xixi 6y ago
My understanding is that the problem are broadcasters and sponsors. If Japan pulls the plug, they are likely on the hook to pay back billions to broadcasters and sponsors. So thinking purely in terms of USD, it might actually be cheaper to
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by Xixi 6y ago
Spies that are foreign citizens acting to help their own country are not usually considered traitors. Even if they assume a fake identity. So a Russian citizen spying US on the account of Russia would be a spy, but not a traitor. These spie
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by Xixi 6y ago
Slack and Spotify went the direct listing route, but indeed it’s pretty rare compared to IPOs.
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by Xixi 6y ago
This is a short version of what may be taught outside of the US. Japan knew it had lost the war. The only question remaining were the conditions of surrender. Japan hoped that they would be able to negotiate a conditional surrender, with th
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by Xixi 6y ago
Time is not free. If it's too expensive that I won't use it for my own projects, I'm not going to even bother with a free trial. Same if you don't tell me your price up front, I'm not going to bother with the free t
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23% Plugin Vehicle Share in Europe(cleantechnica.com)
2 points by Xixi 6y ago|0 comments
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by Xixi 6y ago
Direct democracy = popular vote, representative democracy = elected representatives. China, Russia, USA, France and Switzerland are all republics: two are dictatorships, two are representative democracies, and one is a direct democracy. Can
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by Xixi 6y ago
Volkswagen (the Group [1]) was very late to the EV game, yet in 2020 they sold 231,600 EVs [2]. About the same numbers as Tesla in 2018 (254,530 EVs). So they are only two years late. We will see if they manage to catch up, but they are cer
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by Xixi 6y ago
The way I was taught is that ao (青) covers all shades of blue and green, although depending on context its meaning can be limited to blue. So for instance if both ao (青) and midori (緑) are used to designate sports teams, then the ao (青) tea
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by Xixi 6y ago
There's a ton of sugar in Japanese food. Usually it's added either directly as sugar (sucrose) or as mirin (sweet sake), although food from the south of Japan might be sweeter than in the north. I personally never add sugar to any

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