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by grecy 3y ago
Without a doubt people give up for a host of different reasons, but I don't actually think that is what we should focus on or is the key takeaway. The important part to focus on is not giving up.
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by grecy 3y ago
> Nobody else got to fail as much as Jobs and kept getting free passes though Stephen King had his first book Carrie rejected 30 times. The author of Dr Seuss had his first book rejected by 27 different publishers. Walt Disney was fire
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by grecy 3y ago
Who wants to take bets on it getting extended?
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by grecy 3y ago
It would be very helpful if you told us the use cases that have friction so we know if they apply to our use cases
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by grecy 3y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22594235/toyota-lobbying-...
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by grecy 3y ago
I already divided the nameplate capacity of solar by 6 to account for night and seasonality. So 7mW of solar is "equal" to 1,114 mW of nuke.
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by grecy 3y ago
> You’re comparing the largest solar plant in the world to a SINGLE reactor at a nuclear plant. I'm using that as an illustration of what is possible. You know, be inspired to do new and better things. The National Renewable Energ
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by grecy 3y ago
> For starters, you took near the bottom range from your source, and omitted the 25% labor fee. Here's the National Renewable Energy Laboratory site saying large solar farms are $1.06 per watt, fully installed and operational. [1]
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by grecy 3y ago
Let's do some more math From the article, this new reactor is "estimated to cost more than $30 Billion." (Let's call it 30) & It generates 1,114 Mega Watts. This article [1] says solar panels cost between $0.90 and $
910.
by grecy 3y ago
What I mean is China are installing vastly more solar than any other country. i.e the person I'm replying to is falling behind, which they didn't want to.
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by grecy 3y ago
Yes, because it is extremely sick, and their DNA is severely damaged. it would be a very bad thing to pass that on to future generations
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by grecy 3y ago
Is it the kind of wildlife we want to be reproducing? Is it the kind of wildlife you want as a pet? Is it the kind of wildlife you want to eat? No, this is not actually a good thing.
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by grecy 3y ago
Wind resistance is by far the biggest use of energy when moving at highway speed. Without it, you're not testing anything useful in the real world.
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by grecy 3y ago
So the first nuke power reactor went live in 1951. In the 72 years since then, in what meaningful ways has "Nuclear tech" improved? It's not cheaper to build. It's not cheaper to operate. It's not cheaper to dispose
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by grecy 3y ago
Based on everything he has said to date, he would just cover a few square km with solar. In that one talk he said building enough solar to power the entire world is similar in effort to all the cars that have ever been built. So we can cert
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by grecy 3y ago
If I'm up against you in a beer drinking contest and I drink more beer AND more whisky than you... I still win the beer drinking contest.
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by grecy 3y ago
> China also builds nuclear reactors, and we can't fall behind them I, uh, have some uncomfortable news for you. China are currently building 22 nuclear reactors [1] China installed 230GW of solar and wind in 2023 [2] China has ov
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by grecy 3y ago
The Leaf is very well know online for this being a very easy direct swap.
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by grecy 3y ago
Jon Edwards (VP of Falcon Launch Vehicles at SpaceX) said: "We are planning to salvage the engines and do life leader inspections on the remaining hardware. There is still quite a bit of value in this booster. We will not let it go to
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by grecy 3y ago
Interesting it makes no mention the federal loans were repaid in full, early, with interest.[1] As apposed to GM & Chrysler who got billions in bailouts that were never repaid. [2] [1] https://money.cnn.com/2013/05&
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by grecy 3y ago
> Say it takes 5min, that's 5min of being right there holding the pump (or babysitting it), Also worth remembering that time is spent inhaling carcinogenic fumes. I try hard to stand away from the pump, and will jam my gas cap in
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by grecy 3y ago
> Those latter two are, in modern cars anyway, lubricated for "life". I don't believe there is a modern gearbox where the manufacturer of said gearbox says it never needs oil changes. The vehicle manufacturer might say t
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by grecy 3y ago
> and government subsidies What government subsidies has Tesla received to date? Please post links to sources.
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by grecy 3y ago
> A functioning subway and rail system in LA > California's population Goalposts go in the ground. They stay fixed in place.
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by grecy 3y ago
> A functioning subway and rail system in LA would dramatically cut down on the number of cars on the roads, which would be reflected in fewer cars sold. This fairly straightforward and logical: Musk loses if there are more trains built
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by grecy 3y ago
OK. In your assessment it's not a good thing to build. Evidently the rest of the world agrees. Again, that is perfectly fine and someone putting an idea out there that doesn't work should not result in attacks and name calling. It
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by grecy 3y ago
> I was open minded, until I read the white paper. OK, so your feedback is "I don't think this will work for reasons x, y and z." We can learn from that and either modify the design until it does work, or move on with o
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by grecy 3y ago
Heaven forbid someone has a radical new idea for fusion power or to reduce carbon in the atmosphere or to cure cancer. They may just keep it to themselves knowing the reaction they'll get. I think it's a sad state of affairs when
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by grecy 3y ago
> Why risk your reputation on something high-risk or likely impossible You mean like the world's first reusable rocket, the only private company to sent astronauts to the ISS, the world's biggest rocket, or mass producing EVs
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by grecy 3y ago
I was in the Tesla loop last month in Vegas. The drivers said Nevada won't let them run driverless yet, but they're working on the permits to get there. They also just announced the massive expansion to include the whole strip ht

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