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by barney54 5y ago
No, you are not looking at electricity generation. Here's the data: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec7_5.pdf So far in 2021, coal has generated 719,038 million kwh out of a total
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by barney54 5y ago
This is not accurate. This year coal has produced 23% of US electricity. See table 7.2a. https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/
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Yes. They closed Indian Point, a 2GW nuclear power plant. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center
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And I’m one of the randos!
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by barney54 5y ago
You aren’t nobody! Randos on Hacker News love you!
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No. Currently (20:56 UTC) there is no sun shining in Europe. As for wind, in the UK (it's the country where I know where to find the real-time data easily), wind is only producing about 1/3 of its capacity--about 7GW of 24GW capac
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6. Wholesale electricity rates have increased from 50 Euros/mwh to 250 Euros/mwh over the course of the last year. This isn't about averages. It's about meeting demand, which is especially important during the winter hea
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by barney54 5y ago
Averages do not matter when you need to keep the heat and lights on. Wholesale electricity rates are already 5 times as high as last winter. What matters is what generation can produce electricity when you need it and starting here in 10 d
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James Webb launch: Make-or-break moment for anxious astronomers(cnet.com)
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Inflation at the levels we are seeing it is certainly a problem caused by the pandemic and the reactions to the pandemic.
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Google is free to set their rules and we are free to complain about them.
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The article doesn’t say that. Where’s an article that says they had to come in despite the dangerous storms?
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And what does that mean?
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Peng Shuai: WTA announces immediate suspension of tournaments in China(bbc.co.uk)
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These are important skills for the profession, but many lawyers don’t have them. The good ones do, however.
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No. It was also really bad that people outside China couldn’t have any contact with her for a while. That’s pretty bad too.
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by barney54 5y ago
What numbers are you looking at to say the US has been in socioeconomic decline?
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So what’s the point? There is a copy of the Constitution that is owned by the American people. It’s on display in the National Archives in Washington, DC. So what’s the point of this DAO?
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Yes, and then they had to replace the batteries that suffered “irreversible damage” and that took several months to fix. These birds just keep on going.
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What does this ruling in the UK have to do with the US?
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This isn't really how "industry" weaponized science, but how the "tobacco industry" weaponized science. That's a story we call know. How about other examples?
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by barney54 5y ago
Yes. And the same for other products with small engines. People can buy them in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon.
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How was tobacco a monopoly? And if it were a monopoly why was it profitable to farmers instead of the monopolist squeezing the farmers?
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by barney54 5y ago
Here's his campaign ad. https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 South Jersey obviously isn't very happy with New Jersey's leadership.
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The energy balance is significant negative. The point is to take cheap renewables and renewable hydrogen to make the fuel so I can be carbon neutral. But basic thermodynamics says it will always be energy negative.
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The problem isn’t the proof of concept, it’s reducing the energy penalty. It takes a lot of energy to reverse combustion.
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The article states, “Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) said it had discovered far more data than investigators had previously been aware of.” The implication is that Tesla has not shared all of this information with investigators before.
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by barney54 5y ago
I don’t really like Facebook, but what is Facebook supposed to do? That’s what I don’t understand. What duty did they abdicate here? I read the article but didn’t see any evidence that people on Facebook beforehand stated they would break
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by barney54 5y ago
Since we are talking about the UK, as Adam Smith said, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest.“
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No. A CEO’s job is to provide value to shareholders. This doesn’t mean short terms profits at any cost.

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