barney54

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   by barney54 6y ago

   This secret DC grid is so secret, I talked to people from PG&E at your SF headquarters who didn't know about it!
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   by barney54 6y ago

   Yes, because telling people to "be less black" is racist.
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   It’s not easy to find good biodegradable alternatives for many types of plastics. See the example of Legos trying to replace their plastic with a more environmentally friendly version. https://www.wsj.com/articles/le
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   I came to say the same thing. NextDoor is toxic. In our neighbor we had the same sort of issue with a mentally-challenged teenager. He likely stole someone’s election sign and the neighborhood flipped out. Zero love. Zero compassion for
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   by barney54 6y ago

   Anything other than an unsupported accusation. It could be a link a to Hindenberg being wrong in the past, for example.
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   by barney54 6y ago

   mRNA vaccines are not your average vaccine.
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   With articles like these, I wish they would provide examples of what they they are talking about. As in, examples of likely bots, and examples of the problematic tweets. It's not too hard to provide the evidence to really make their c
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   Examples please. Specifically examples in this article would be nice. If there are so many problems here, what are they?
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   by barney54 6y ago

   This is an obviously correct result, it’s just a bummer it took a while to get here. Now the next step is to hold police personally liable for violations of people’s rights.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    I like to hear from a legal expert if Texas’ arguments here are any better than in their recent election lawsuit.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    This is driven by overly cautious attorneys. Twitch has obviously been attacked by some rights holders so they over compensate in an effort to protect themselves from future legal challenges.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Diesel is definitely part of the story. High fuel taxes in the EU help lead to more diesel given their superior fuel efficiency. But more diesels mean more particulate matter.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Those countries do have higher population density, but air quality in US cities is still better than air quality in European cities.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Here’s another interesting article about this: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-jakarta...
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Hacker News. Once upon a time, Digg was good for tech-related news. It became more popular and people switched to Reddit and now to HN. I’m here for the same reason I was on Digg years ago.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Should we tax bank economists even more to fund people who can't work from home?
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    Isn’t this well known? I thought that this has been well known since at least April, but apparently I’m wrong!
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    The US government spends over $150MM a year on hydrogen. https://www7.eere.energy.gov/office_eere/program_budget_form... It’s closer to $200MM when you include work from DOE’s Fossil Energy Office and Nuclear Energy Of
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Batteries are not well suited for medium and heavy duty trucking (or trains or long distance marine) because the weight of the batteries is too great. These are areas where hydrogen can be better than batteries.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    That site isn’t working on my iPhone. Does it work for others?
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    by barney54 6y ago

    In some locations there have been concerns about geothermal and induced earthquakes. http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/en/knowledge/things-to-know/geothe...
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    by barney54 6y ago

    I hoped this was an update from the 2015 article, but this is the article from 2015. I’d like to know if there have been any improvements in China on this issue.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Not all generators in wind turbines require permanent magnets (which are made from rare earths). In fact most generators in wind turbines in the US do not have rare earths. But it should be said that generators with rare earths are more ef
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    And here’s another video explaining the safety features: https://youtu.be/q3phjAQZdGg
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    by barney54 6y ago

    He does not have a fiduciary duty to kowtow to Belarus.
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    by barney54 6y ago

    Who is Graham Stephan? Apparently he's a Youtuber. But why should I care?
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    by barney54 6y ago

    It’s not that ASCE is a disinterested source since they their members make money when money on infrastructure.
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    How often is there excess power? To be economic there will likely be purpose built to run on wind whenever the wind blows, not just when the wind blows AND there is excess power. The capital cost of electrolyzers is substantial and will ne
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    The incentives for the PR team is to make news. They don’t have to spend a ton of time cleaning up the mess of misleading press releases.
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    I support vouchers because I support competition. However, even I’m skeptical things will get 10 times better.