kgabis

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by kgabis 2y ago
> The EU estimates that in a 80% renewable grid you need approx 30% storage capacity. So let's assume we need 40% storage capacity for a 100% grid. Fortunately there's no such thing as diminishing returns and we can just make a
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by kgabis 2y ago
By uninhabitable I mean it would make no economic sense for people to live there.
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by kgabis 2y ago
I'm not downplaying global warming, but I do think the general public still is.
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by kgabis 2y ago
I meant serious as in "this place is no longer habitable".
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by kgabis 2y ago
I imagine it will happen when heatwaves and droughts start to be a serious issue.
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by kgabis 2y ago
You can't pay for something that doesn't exist. You just can't store enough energy to turn renewables into a baseload energy source because it's orders of magnitude more than existing storage solutions.
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by kgabis 2y ago
Installed capacity is a silly metric when you want to compare intermittent energy sources like solar and wind with baseload ones like nuclear.
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by kgabis 2y ago
Datteln 4 is not new?
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by kgabis 2y ago
Shutting off nuclear power while commissioning new coal and gas plants is anything but being on the right track.
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by kgabis 2y ago
nice
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by kgabis 2y ago
You can, and often do, reuse plastic bottles. Water dispensers are very popular in some places and they use recyclable 19l plastic bottles. Glass is just too heavy and fragile for transporting water and if I understand correctly metal still
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by kgabis 2y ago
Even if hydro is a viable option, it's still terrible for the environment.
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by kgabis 2y ago
It's wasteful.
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by kgabis 2y ago
Migratory birds might disagree. I'm strongly against industrialisation of wild landscapes - every wind turbine requires ground infrastructure and service roads, I'm surprised that some people are okay with that but strongly oppose
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by kgabis 2y ago
Having looked at those bike lanes with streetview it appears most of them are simply painted and don't provide any physical separation from traffic. Also, this: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3428225,-121.8868874,
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by kgabis 3y ago
And requires you to sing-along to reach desired floor.
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by kgabis 3y ago
So the more advanced the AI, the more human-like it becomes. Senior Programmer level AI will spend all computing resources browsing memes.
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by kgabis 3y ago
Well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTS9XaoQ6mg
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by kgabis 3y ago
Tactile * * ** would be ideal in this case (red to blue might be hard for people with colour blindness).
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by kgabis 3y ago
It all sounds quite dystopic, from credit voodoo to having to pay for education.
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by kgabis 3y ago
I think pneumatic tires are the single most important invention when it comes to making bicycles comfortable and allowing smaller wheel sizes.
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by kgabis 3y ago
You can make it work under pressure and/or add salt.
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by kgabis 3y ago
Yea, it's silly to talk about reforesting Sahara when we can't even manage to stop deforestation in the Amazon.
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by kgabis 3y ago
Low carbon electricity should be the metric of progress, not share of renewables. Especially since burning trees for some reason counts as renewable.
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by kgabis 3y ago
Yea, good luck with that in places that barely get any sun during winter.
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by kgabis 3y ago
My current car lost maybe 10-15% off it's original price over the last 3.5 years and it's a Skoda. Mostly thanks to inflation and supply chain issues.
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by kgabis 3y ago
In a few years it'll be like "Oh, it's BYD, they're everywhere right now, of course I'll buy it second hand".
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by kgabis 3y ago
I don't think plastic coffee brewers can be a source of micro plastics unless they're ground into dust which is far from their intended use case.
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by kgabis 3y ago
What's your reasoning behind avoiding coffee made in plastic? Is it a form of plasticophobia?
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by kgabis 3y ago
I'm afraid to ask whether he was brewed after the ceremony.

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