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by hvb2 1y ago
> Just hasn’t happened yet because the benefit is too spread out to make it happen. No, it doesn't happen because you can't make money out of that. So there's nobody to pay/hire the lobbyist. Same reason why there&#x2
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by hvb2 1y ago
Yes, every single prius for example? The biggest engine that was produced with seems to be a ~100 bhp engine which isn't much for a 1.5 metric tonne car
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by hvb2 1y ago
Because disconnecting is so draconian, it comes with many more downsides than upsides. It's like saying we should all use helicopters if we don't like traffic. Smaller grids are harder to get right and more expensive to run becaus
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by hvb2 1y ago
It was never immutable? You can have collections on there that are perfectly mutable as well as being able to set values? You CAN use the with keyword, but that's a choice. I've seen people use records for value based equality and
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by hvb2 1y ago
Genuine question, what do you mean by small-scale fossil fuel What power output in megawatt are we talking about here? I'm struggling to think of a fossil power source efficient at small scale
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by hvb2 1y ago
It's hard to define 'better' Nuclear has significant downsides besides the waste and proliferation risks. You wouldn't want to build a grid on just nuclear. Let's assume that city takes 1.2MWh at its peak every day.
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by hvb2 1y ago
Batteries can be recycled though as the degradation is mostly on the kathode anode pair AFAIK
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by hvb2 1y ago
> You don't. Disconnect from the grid completely. If you don't need the power company then disconnect from them. That's not a fair argument. > The costs of the power company are in 2 parts. Generation and Distribution T
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by hvb2 1y ago
The Midwestern places probably lack the demand. Because solar isn't energy dense, you will probably be told that you picked an area with low land cost to make it look better. For England you can replace the word solar with wind and the
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by hvb2 1y ago
I think the real way to read it is: Renewables are at a point where, combined with battery storage, they can supply 100% if we chose to while being competitive on cost. The Birmingham case is a perfect example where solar might not be the s
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by hvb2 1y ago
That was a real plan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec
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by hvb2 1y ago
But if you're from Australia you should know that your country isnt exactly typical? There's a few big metros the rest of it is sparse, where sparse is a stretch? Isn't Perth like the most isolated city in the world?
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by hvb2 1y ago
Absolutely, but besides rooftop solar we don't have a single power source currently that does that. Traditional power generation was always centralized big plants. Most people wouldn't want to live next to them and from a health p
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by hvb2 1y ago
Which is perfectly fine? You're just using what's abundant to you? And even better, hydro has the ability to control how much it generates. You have a surplus? Let less water flow through the turbines. So it can regulate, somethin
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by hvb2 1y ago
Sure that wasn't the point. Your point was that healthcare (for profit hospitals) and grocery stores are equivalent. You've so far argued that they're not. Unless you also go price shopping for your groceries every time. I d
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by hvb2 1y ago
> Price shopping hospitals is a very much a thing In the US, sure. Where else? Because it's so expensive that literally one admission can bankrupt you Food is a more fundamental need. It's also available in many more places and
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by hvb2 1y ago
Healthcare is a concept that few people wish to compromise on. It's also an area that most people lack the background to make educated decisions for. For a grocery store, you're talking about 'a commodity' with many sup
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by hvb2 1y ago
I second this. The drunk people you find on a bus are just driving themselves home in the US. Not sure which option is safer. As a European it's mind boggling that you would find a big parking lot next to a bar
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by hvb2 1y ago
If you actually read that link you posted you would've found that it was discontinued in 1942. So no, you're not because its meaning became muddy at best