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by ppf 6y ago
Some simple back-of-the-envelope maths shows that, due to the massively increased amount of energy needed to manufacture an EV, it takes somwhere near half the life of the car (assuming 100k miles) to pay back that "CO2 debt". And
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by ppf 6y ago
I have so many issues with this, as it is just greenwashing at its worst. For a start - the latest EURO emissions regulations already make it practically impossible to sell a new ICE-only car. At this rate, ICE-only new cars will already be
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by ppf 6y ago
The lesson to be learned is "once the mob starts howling, you're done". The trick is not being part of the mob, as it starts so benignly.
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by ppf 6y ago
>meaning teachers shouldn't use it in the classroom They are banned from using it in the classroom. I wonder if one of the kids in that school mentioned (for the sake of argument, in an appropriate setting like a discussion group)
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by ppf 6y ago
I'm a little sorry to pick on your comment, but hopefully you now see the danger of naievly trusting a group of people because they self-identify as the "good guys". > I legitimately never thought “socially progressive” pe
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by ppf 6y ago
The chemistry and assembly of battery cells, and the system design of battery packs, are completely independent disciplines. I understand where the parent commenter is coming from - all the headlines make out that Tesla has some new batte
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by ppf 6y ago
You mean, like taxes?
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by ppf 6y ago
I'm glad you can see that one of the major benefits of EVs is you export the horrible pollution and mess of manufacturing and disposing to "remote industrial areas", in this case, mostly China / Asia. The US is a net oil
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by ppf 6y ago
USGS themselves say the US has 700,000 tons of proven lithium reserves , and 7 million tons of potential lithium resources https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-lithium.pd... The article you linked
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by ppf 6y ago
It's a nice, techie-sounding idea, but there isn't enough lithium in the world to make that many batteries. It also has the downside that most people with cars expect to use them daily, and not find they have been depleted while i
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by ppf 6y ago
I don't get the obsession with how EVs will change the world. Cars represent a fairly small percentage of our energy usage, and EVs take significantly more energy to manufacture. Do you also have electrically-powered domestic heating a
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by ppf 6y ago
You're talking like the current president of the USA came out of nowhere, and was not at all a public expression of dissatisfaction with the status quo. The president doesn't need to accept dissent from his staff. Just hypothetica
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by ppf 6y ago
I love this argument, just because it completely flips reality on its head. The intolerance that is being discussed is that of the Progressive US Left, who cannot tolerate any dissention from the current state of "politically correct&q
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by ppf 6y ago
Fortunately, I am one of those people. I also despair as I watch the tendrils of US-style partisanship spread here.
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by ppf 6y ago
>Why don't contributors openly reject this stupid system (not the rules themselves, which sound fine) and unseat these self-proclaimed procurators is beyond me. Have you tried doing that? How do you like being hounded out of your jo
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by ppf 6y ago
When Google itself cannot keep up with the moving target it has created, then it will be complete. I call it the Singularity.
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by ppf 6y ago
Many things are "readily available worldwide", if you ignore the cost.
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by ppf 6y ago
I don't live in a country that has such broad adoption of HVAC supplies.
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by ppf 6y ago
I don't live in the US.
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by ppf 6y ago
Neat design (especially the blades), but I have these issues: 1. It's only $30 of parts if you get most of the parts for free (especially if you consider the mounting hardware). 2. You're screwed if you can't get hold of thos
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by ppf 6y ago
>Yesterday we had 241 Covid-19 fatalities Yesterday, 241 Covid-19 fatalities were reported , with the actual dates of death spread out over the previous days/weeks. Edit: Just for extra clarity - we don't know how many died of
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by ppf 6y ago
>Cables work harden and eventually fail. I've never had a cable last as long as a device, or even up to the next upgrade. The USB cable that came with my Moto Defy+ only just died. It was a sad day. The charger is still going strong
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by ppf 6y ago
Funny you should bring up "Daemon", I just tried to read it. If anything, I found the writing focussed too much on accurate details at the expense of good storytelling. As the plot was no secret, and the concept fairly trivial, I
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by ppf 6y ago
>The unit should have shut down before letting itself get that hot. Wny? It already warned you something was wrong, for weeks. There's a reason you don't ignore problems with battery-powered equipment. >I realized it was unc
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by ppf 6y ago
It's not really bare-metal, given that a ThreadX OS controls booting of the raspberry pi and continues to run afterwards https://ownyourbits.com/2019/02/02/whats-wrong-with-the-rasp... Side note: Microso
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by ppf 6y ago
This is exactly why it won't work, according to the UBI "vision" that is usually promoted. There is no way that people who think UBI is a good idea, would also allow the recipients to blow their UBI on dumb stuff and end up o
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by ppf 6y ago
Edit: I meant "with". Hopefully was obvious mistake.
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by ppf 6y ago
It's quite clear they have decided they are a 'force for good'. It just so happens to also be very benefical to the bank balances of upper management. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto&#x
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by ppf 6y ago
Given that we've outsourced a lot of our pollution (in the form of manufacturing and disposal), and energy usage (again, in the form of manufacturing) to China, much to their benefit, I don't see how they can say this without a st
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by ppf 6y ago
>should have realized that you can't be leading a flagship of diversity And there was me thinking he was just leading browser development.

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