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901.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Ban commercial ownership of residential properties. That's the headline, but more complex to implement than the headline. To be able to fund and build large residential apartment or condo complexes, you need cities to be able to charte
902.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Small nitpick, they weren’t from lack of capacity it was reported as a planning problem. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-10-06/califor...
903.
by dv_dt 4y ago
CA has had blackouts, not for lack of power, but recently, rather for liability reduction vs wildfires sparked by woefully behind the times maintenance of the grid.
904.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Not sure what your ctrl-f is hooked to: https://brandessenceresearch.com/blog/top-5-lithium-ion-batt...
905.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Almost all of the energy density advantage disappears in an ICE powertrain via largely unavoidable thermodynamic loss.
906.
by dv_dt 4y ago
How is immune protection measured? It would seem like you can't skip serology measurements - otherwise how would one know if the participants even had an immune response to the variants you were studying? But it does make sense to furt
907.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Previous released papers have found that the earlier Omicron variants did not provide protection from middle variants. (Original omicron vs BA1/2). So some bA.2 to BA4/5 immunity protection would be a new behavior. https:/&#
908.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Aren’t competitors in a small land network by definition wasted equipment Capex if they’re actually completing. And if they’re not actually competing it is a waste by balkanization.
909.
by dv_dt 4y ago
For infrastructure, especially in smaller markets, it seems like a public monopoly would be the most cost efficient - even if you contracted out periodic private operational and upgrade contracts.
910.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Also no mention of the Cuba-China pan-Corona vaccine. https://countercurrents.org/2022/06/cuba-and-china-file-pate...
911.
by dv_dt 4y ago
A lets say 1GW nuclear reactor is much more central vs 1000 1MW solar utility grade installs. If you say some portion of them are residential scale 24-40kW installs, then it would be incredibly difficult to remove electrical power from a na
912.
by dv_dt 4y ago
It would be pretty ridiculous if the lesson of energy after the disruption of energy during the war in the Ukraine is to build more nuclear plants, creating more central points of high disruption in potential conflicts.
913.
by dv_dt 4y ago
That doesn't make any sense because Russian companies are significant suppliers within the nuclear power production logistics footprint. edit: eg. https://www.wired.com/story/the-nuclear-reactors-of-the-futu...
914.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I think this embodies the experience behind Greek mythological Muses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses
915.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Exactly. And it not just a generic hiring question. If you want engineers experienced in building leading edge compute systems - one may need to consider what it takes hiring those that have built them in highly compensated areas.
916.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Also isn't escaped methanol a worse greenhouse gas than CO2 (86x worse by a quick search).
917.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I would be interested in seeing if that stays true in an increased number of niches, especially with fertilizer shortages and prices likely to play into the near future.
918.
by dv_dt 4y ago
New reactor designs, even with closely regulated designs, are very unproven. The next gen French EDF design recently had some units come online, but they had to figure out some unexpected buildup in some byproducts. You are also validatin
919.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I don't think financial interdependence is exclusively what prevents conflict. Shared values and cultural exchanges develop when you spend more time interacting, and financial connections are one excuse to spend more time interacting.
920.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The difficult thing about even very good prevention is that the absence of events is difficult to prove. Is interconnection perfect? obviously not. Does interconnection prevent more conflicts vs fully independent nations? Likely yes. I thin
921.
by dv_dt 4y ago
For some chemistries, but there are multiple grid battery contenders which do not involve rare-earths. Even in chemistries that use it, Rare earth materials are being minimized or designed out. https://rmi.org/rmi-reality-ch
922.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The fact is separate but it’s just one hint that maybe it really isn’t a simple matter to store and contain nuclear waste for long periods of time.
923.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Rare earth is also not a necessary component for wind turbines. https://www.evwind.es/2017/05/31/rare-earths-and-wind-turbin...
924.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I think this is only partially true. Yes you can measure it, but you also do not want even low radioactivity dust inhaled into ones body for example.
925.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Commercial nuclear utilities could build their own private facility - but one of the fundamental problems with nuclear technology is that it would not be cost effective. Renewables are much better in this respect - through there is still a
926.
by dv_dt 4y ago
It’s odd to say never when you can see on the chart there was a twenty five year break in any new capacity. Their new reactor designs have been going over budget and having startup problems like many other modern nuclear builds.
927.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Why? Multiple studies have concluded that renewables can power 100% of grids, and they seem to be scaling from a manufacturing and installation basis much faster than nuclear.
928.
by dv_dt 4y ago
In talks hiring onto to a F500 company and they seemed to be leaning into remote, getting rid of some sw offices - which to me is a real sign of acceptance and even building it into the operating outlook.
929.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I wonder as global battery availability becomes more commodotized, if this brings down the level of development needed for EV autos. There might be an explosion of boutique fashion autos built. It's sort of happening already, except th
930.
by dv_dt 4y ago
But it was over in multiple nations that did take the precautions seriously ... only to come back when they somehow were convinced to relax the recommendations.

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