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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
way to miss the point. What use is hundreds of hours of weather records when the climate is changing in ways we do not yet understand? "somewhere" on the continent being windy is useless unless we have the transmission capacity to
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
yes, i am. Are you aware of the context of this bat killing "problem"? it is almost entirely a problem for older, unregulated wind farms in Germany. The "problem" has a simple solution, which has been proven to work - st
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
the comment you replied to is a homophobic dogwhistle. The tech sector is rife with blatant homophobia, racism, and a false sense of intellectual superiority. Hacker News is an excellent cross section of the typical techbro culture.
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
no, this is not an "actual" problem. It is a problem in the sense that it happens, but not at a meaningful enough scale. The bats and birds is an issue that the oil and gas industry regularly pushes because it sounds concerning, b
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
every single one of Ember's analyses are based on historical situations. That is certainly useful, and serves to demonstrate an important point - that wind and solar make economic sense. There is not a single analysis out there that ta
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
china has confirmed building new coal plants until at least 2030.
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
Is china building new coal plants or not? Do you want to hazard a guess as to why? The answer is because we still do not know how to supply expanding electricity demand with wind, solar and batteries. The side of the story that people on th
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
people making this argument always forget the most critical aspect - people generally need healthcare when they are not working, almost always when retired. Your argument is then essentially that people should be working indefinitely.
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
Football in Brazil has history, legacy, and mind share. I can name several professional teams from Brazil - Flamenco, Corinthians, Santos, etc. I also know of River Plate, Rosario and Boca Juniors from Argentina. This points to the fact tha
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
Respectfully, it is you who should be more open to learning history and the story behind how things ended up the way they are. The modern education system is far from perfect, but it did not evolve in a vacuum. These supposedly better ways
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
this is exactly how you create a population that is mathematically illiterate and ripe for manipulation by foreign powers and marketing agencies. Our society and any democracy relies on a shared minimum level of competence. If you cannot co
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
That is not what your link says?
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
How do you explain the fact that the average residential electricity price is higher in Australia than in most of the US? This is not as simple as people here make it out to be. Consider also that solar is profitable today because it does n
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
LCOE is a terrible metric for the power grid because it does not capture the cost of balancing the power grid. Excess renewable power is great but it creates a problem and the cost of that problem is not borne by the generators that created
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
I am an electrical engineer based in Ontario, Canada. I'm very interested in the energy transition, especially the shift to electric vehicles, electric heat and the opportunities this creates in the electricity sector. Looking for cont
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by eldaisfish 4mo ago
Correct. Expressing your opinion about Palestine to the general public is not hate. Directing the expression of that opinion at random Jewish people, in a targeted manner is hate.
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by eldaisfish 5mo ago
sure, but Brazil is a net importer of refined petroleum. That exposes them to the global oil price. Even though you cannot buy 100% ethanol in the US, the US alone is responsible for over half of global ethanol production, mostly from corn.
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by eldaisfish 5mo ago
this is the exact kind of misinformation that prevents progress. Brazil does not "fuel" cars on sugarcane any more than the US fuels its cars with corn. No one is missing any forests or trees. What you are missing is that the cost
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by eldaisfish 6mo ago
I'm not questioning the merit of heat pumps. I should know because i have two in Ontario, Canada, one rated to -35 C and the other rated to - 25 C. What i remain opposed to is this persistent idea that heat pumps work in all situations
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by eldaisfish 6mo ago
things have not improved. Too many folks here do not understand or care to appreciate the constraints of the real world. Heat pumps are excellent and relatively cheap but have limitations. One of the biggest limitations is that a heat pump&
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
that is beside the point. The reality is that operating an EV is a hassle unless you can deal with the hassle or have sufficient privilege (e.g. live in a detached home) to be able to offset some of the hassle.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
the short answer is that it depends. I did the maths on my situation and it did not work out. It is currently cheaper to pay the $120 / month or so on insurance and maintenance for the second car as opposed to renting a car for the onc
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
I will offer you a realistic answer - the uncertainty and need for planning are the killers. An EV dropped my transportation fuel bills by 90% but even i will admit that an EV is a hassle. On any trip that exceeds the range of the car, we m
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
A screen is cheaper to design and easier to modify. That’s the motivation for auto companies.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
ok, now please explain whether any plastic is more or less brittle than aluminium.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
Does this mean it is now possible to run OS X on an ipad? Those also tend to use phone processors.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
I have. Plastic is great, until your laptop falls and the plastic shell shatters. That's the weakness of plastic - it's brittle. I have a ten year old macbook with a dinged aluminium chassis. The structure of the shell is still in
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
The best platform, provided the games you want to play actually work and work well. Many do not, even some popular ones. I own a steam deck and love it, but please, let’s temper the enthusiasm with realism.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
Not really. Both AMD and intel have several models where the names are similar but differ in an important way such as one being pervious generation.
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by eldaisfish 7mo ago
Fine, but how is anyone supposed to divine all that nuance from a single letter? As much as I hate Apple, they really do have product names down to a science.

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