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by zbrozek 4y ago
CAISO hits about 100gCO2e/KWh during the day. And I run a solar surplus that I don't put back on the grid. I'd be really happy if there were a good way for me to turn excess electricity into something I could use later. Maybe
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by zbrozek 4y ago
22 parcels passed, 15 takers for service. Took us about 6-8 months.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I trip over coal in folks' backyards in Kentucky. You don't need more than hand tools to get at it.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
From a thermal physics and material science perspective, yes, bigger is definitely better. But there's a lot to be said of the value of being able to mass-produce a product in a factory and ship it in nearly ready-to-use state to its d
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by zbrozek 4y ago
What is your objection? The charts are all various fractional contributions to LCOE, which already captures and normalizes for things like plant life. You could argue that the size of the pie should be scaled for the total LCOE, but that do
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I live within a 15 minute drive of both Google's and Apple's headquarters but was in the same situation - no broadband available. I organized my neighbors, we trenched, laid fiber, and now we all have 10g/10g service.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
It's not beautiful, but it is very productive. I'm quite happy with the tool and am not really seeking an alternative.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
It's also just bad English. It's both more verbose and less precise than what it replaces. If I walk down the street in SF, I've experienced homelessness. But I'm not necessarily homeless. Unfortunately the same people w
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by zbrozek 4y ago
There's a wide gap between zero regulation and a bureaucracy that always says 'no'. A lot of our problems right now are the result of 'no'. Nationally we're short almost 4 million homes because zoning law has s
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Regardless of who you are in the government, the safest answer to anything is no. Permit housing? No. Permit power lines? No. Permit a nuclear plant? No. Permit an aviation fuel? No. Permit cross-laminated timber? No. Nobody gets fired for
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I hope that if V2G happens we'll start seeing electricity arbitrage from Santa Clara to nearby communities. We desperately need competition in that market.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
They haven't been $0.12 in PG&E territory since ~2010. Seems like the data source must be very misleading.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I disable all notifications from an app at first strike.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Where does the pricing data come from? The page for my own utility, PG&E, says the average residential rate is around $0.12, but no plan exists anywhere close to that. Residential plans start at $0.32.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Folks around here point to that scapegoat a lot, but our local vacancy rate is <3%, suggesting that foreign speculation is not a real issue.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Indeed it happens all the time, especially in the NIMBYest of places (e.g., CA and NY). The results speak for themselves. Are new residential high-rises getting built in Manhattan at a rate which is commensurate with demand and keeping pric
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Projects that don't pencil don't get built. Constraints are costs and reduce the number of projects that make sense. There is only one way out of our housing crisis and it's removing constraints to construction. The biggest o
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I'd support of a constitutional amendment that makes housing (any form, from a farmhouse to a high-rise) a by-right land use across the entire United States.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Let's say I'm a developer and there's unmet demand at all price points. Obviously I build the highest-margin product until I've satisfied that demand. Then I move on to the second-highest-margin product until I've s
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by zbrozek 4y ago
What is your objection, specifically? Is it that canvases are finite? That the default finite size is a paper size? That the background is white? Something else? I have a lot of complaints about inkscape, but this wasn't one of them.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I had also never heard of this device before and found that statement less than helpful. You don't learn what the device is until way down the page.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I'm merely pointing out that the lack of human license plate isn't much of a barrier.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
They do wear their face, however, and governments seem to be all-in on using that too.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I look forward to tens of thousands of fines being sent out whenever an aircraft goes by.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Definitely location dependent. Not in the SF Bay Area.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Yeah, the whole system has been fantastic. I'm so glad I did it. DIYing it was also fun.
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by zbrozek 4y ago
Cost plus isn't used just at NASA. It's even more evil in other arenas, like electricity in California. Our regulators allow for a fixed profit margin for opex and a higher fixed profit margin for capex. This has the twin effects
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I haven't checked the numbers lately, so I could be wrong by now. But while I was a student there and for some years after (administrators / (students + researchers + educators)) got worse at a rapid pace. It's hard for me to
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by zbrozek 4y ago
I got 14 residents of Los Altos Hills to join me to ask for changes to local zoning law. The council completely ignored us. You have to be on the council, along with a like-minded majority. It'll be a full time job for all of you.
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by zbrozek 5y ago
Yup, exactly! I am up to a little over 6 kilowatts peak and 20 KWh installed and I haven't drawn from the grid in months. My next stop is 14 kilowatts peak and 36 KWh. With any luck I'll be able to leave my pool warm for 6 months

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