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by barney54 4y ago
Being able to say things that others disapprove of is the essence of free speech. Or, as Voltaire said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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Energy Density of Li-ion Batteries Grew by More than 8x Between 2008 and 2020(energy.gov)
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by barney54 4y ago
No bailout weren’t required. We shouldn’t have support their risky behavior by bailing them out. They and their counterparties deserved to lose their shirts. Instead the consumers who took did imprudent cash out refinances lost their shi
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by barney54 4y ago
Or they could have just not bailed them out. Just because the finance guys way they are the most important thing in the world doesn’t mean we have to believe them.
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The operators will make more money from renewables, so of course they don’t want to run fully depreciated nuclear plants.
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by barney54 4y ago
The point is that the people didn’t need to be evacuated.
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by barney54 5y ago
I agree that Buzzfeed should not have gone public. For those of us who are more cynical, we see Buzzfeed News as the reputable veneer on the listicle business. The actual news organization was started 5 years after the listicle business.
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by barney54 5y ago
Both GRRM and Rothfuss are great beginners of stories, but neither has shown the ability to end a big story. It’s sad. While they don’t “owe” us anything, not finishing shows a certain contempt for the fans.
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by barney54 5y ago
Not anymore. I’ve flown business a few times in American and other airlines over the past 5 years and they all had good power ports.
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by barney54 5y ago
Why? Because they are American? The case against the Russian oligarchs is better because they are quasi state actors, however, but the case against the Russian oligarchs looks bad too.
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Where is the electricity going to come from? Especially if they are closing nuclear and coal-fired power plants. They are building some renewables, but prices for electricity were high this year because wind speeds were low.
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by barney54 5y ago
This is one reason I’m happy I live near a Microcenter. I haven’t bought anything from Newegg since they changed owners a few years ago and don’t plan on buying anything from them now.
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by barney54 5y ago
The challenge here is cheap electricity. We can do amazing things with cheap electricity (green steel, green hydrogen, etc), but we are moving backwards on electricity prices. For example, we are seeing large electricity prices increases i
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by barney54 5y ago
When the government asks Spotify to censor Rogan, and Spotify does, that’s censorship. https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-surgeon-general-suggest...
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by barney54 5y ago
Exact same story with me. For years the Apple Podcast app was fine and I had no issues with it. One day I didn’t understand the redesign, switched to Overcast and I have been happy ever since.
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See Elon Musk's claims from Battery Day: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/elon-musk-reveal-battery-...
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The Geysers is one of the handful of places in the US that has all the ingredients—the heat, the water, and the right amount of fractures. Forge is trying to figure out how to enhance geothermal systems so you can have viable geothermal in
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by barney54 5y ago
Yes, I understand that. My point is that many in Congress want these companies to preemptively censor what happens on their platforms and these subpoenas is an attempt to build that case.
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That’s still 47 years assuming the Vogtle is actually finished this year.
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by barney54 5y ago
No worries. That’s only 47 years. Not too long in terms of new energy technologies.
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by barney54 5y ago
This is a huge issue for nuclear power generally. It is incredibly expensive to navigate the regulations. Oklo thought they were good and now they need to spend millions and millions more to apply again. (I’m assuming good faith on Oklo’s
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by barney54 5y ago
Not necessarily. The First Amendment is implicated if the federal government is trying to get these companies to act on their behalf and censor speech.
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Boaty McBoatface’s new mission is more serious than its name(popsci.com)
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But where has this led to actual savings for ratepayers?
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People used to say that nuclear would lead to power to cheap to meter. That never happened. I’m not sure it’s going to happen with renewables because of the large land use requirements. Also is there anywhere in the world where adding wind
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by barney54 5y ago
…in California. People will be able to drive to Arizona, Nevada, or Oregon and buy generators.
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by barney54 5y ago
Countries like South Africa? Steep increase in cases and now a steep fall in cases. Some increased deaths, but nothing like delta or alpha. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-afri...
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The story makes you wonder how the police knew the drugs were on the ship. There is an interesting story there.
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But is solar + batteries cheaper than nuclear or solar + long duration storage cheaper than nuclear. This is the real question. Solar’s great, but the grid has to be balanced 24/7/365. If we are going to electrify, will we need m
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15-20 years ago I naively thought that many of the Big Tech companies would stand against this type of censorship. Sadly I was wrong and didn’t understand how important it was to have access to the Chinese market and the importance of Chin

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