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by teamonkey 5mo ago
They’ve not been defaulting on government bonds, therefore they’re paying the debt.
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by teamonkey 5mo ago
It is a really bad idea to half-ass this. A nuclear disaster in Europe would likely kill off any positive sentiment the public has for nuclear power. And that’s ignoring all the physical effects of the disaster.
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by teamonkey 5mo ago
I think the series of actual nuclear disasters from the 1950s to 2000s - plus the fear of a hot nuclear war in the ‘70s - had more impact on the collective consciousness than The Simpsons.
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by teamonkey 5mo ago
Yup, nuclear waste also includes all the hazmat suits and apparatus used at the site, all the fabrics and plastics that have built up sufficient levels of radiation, fluids and chemicals that can’t be treated, vehicles and equipment, irradi
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
I don’t think it’s dragging feet so much as sprinting towards maximising profit above all else
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Also if you are able to charge at home you can subscribe to a smart tariff that gives you electricity for 4p/kWh overnight. That’s £3.20 to fill an 80kWh battery that on a modern car will take you up to 320 miles.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
It’s getting better. https://transportandenergy.com/2026/04/16/42-of-councils-to-...
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
I don’t think it’s that surprising. People will pay for software that has better usability and better functionality.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
It is a feature of most game engines. Unreal has a standard SetGamePaused function, for example. But like most things in game development there is no solution that fits every use case.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
The SR-71’s star tracker was so sensitive it could track stars during the day. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-sr-71-blackbird-astro-na...
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
There are always those trying to discredit scientists who do not reinforce their personal beliefs.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Scientists are not lying. Reich is notable in his field and no-one is disputing his genetic research. What scientists are wary of is how any discussion in the field gets jumped on and twisted into ammunition to reinforce racist beliefs, whe
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
I would dearly love to be as busy as I care to be.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
See the adjacent link I posted about projected land use.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Perhaps we should be using ‘apocalyptic threat’ instead?
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
I can no longer edit my comment to add this, but this article really hammers the point home. In the UK, by 2050, less than 1% of land will be needed for solar and wind production. Similar to what is currently used by golf courses. The infog
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Agreed. As a kid it felt there was so much energy to make things better, to fight the system. So depressing growing up and seeing so many peers and idols becoming the same inward-looking grey old farts they used to mock. Perhaps this is ine
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
There is grass. Grass is allowed to grow around the panels. It’s great for biodiversity.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Are you sure it’s arable land? The majority of solar farms in the UK are built on low-grade land that aren’t suitable for growing food.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/NL/12mo/monthly
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
The framebuffer size for a single 320x200 image with 16 colours is 32k, so nearly the same amount of memory as this entire game. 320x200 being an area of screen not much larger than a postage stamp on my 4k monitor. The technical leap from
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
There’s no real hatred of farmers on the left, other than the fact that farmers generally vote small-c conservative. There’s certainly a hatred of land owners, and vast amounts of UK farm land is privately owned, renting the land to farmers
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Do you mean Luftrausers?
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
> This takes time, though. If we want things to go quicker, then we need to guarantee return on investment for longer, which is exactly what the government does by guaranteeing prices to renewable energy producers. Yes exactly. The incen
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
It’s not the same thing. Customers on some of Octopus’ tariffs get occasional zero or negative pricing to spur demand that can help balance the grid or reduce curtailment. This trial is different. I think the real goal is to incentivise loc
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
They are very patient with us
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
It’s not currently happening in the UK. A lot of wind power is generated in Scotland, for example. The power conduits that transmit power along the country can often not deliver all of that power to the South on a windy day. There is an exc
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Yes, but here’s the thing: you don’t have a monopoly over your potato farming method. Lots of new farms are built, and the more that do, the more the average price of a potato drops. Your expected return starts to drop. Yours - and everyone
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Because if you have enough renewables and storage to eliminate gas from the mix you are no longer paying gas prices. The more often that happens, the cheaper your bills get.
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by teamonkey 6mo ago
Yesterday it was announced that a trial would take place so that regions near wind farms can receive free energy from them in periods of curtailment. https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodNewsUK/s/jG5OCSWTTy

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