hotair

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[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

That's nice and makes a dent. 18,248,000 MWh/year so 49,994MWh per day. The batteries at this site are 3,287MWh, so they can store about 6.5% of the average daily Californian use. 875 megawatts peak power for maybe 5h per day is 437MWh almost 10% of CA daily consumption. And it's highest in summer, when the ACs are running, so that's nice. Please check my math! EIA

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That movie came out in 1986. How could he possibly have known about Elon Muska and Twitter, and the violent takeover and ensuing disintegration of the platform?

It's quite the relevation. It's all right there.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

:) This one is the monk and the robot book:)

 

I really enjoy "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. It's a nice, serene escape to what could be. What other books help you relax and maintain a positive outlook?

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

I read that a long time ago, and it seems still quite spot on. That was amazing work.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read somewhere that it is normal of humans to overestimate progress in the short term, and underestimate it in the long term.

That gives me hope, assuming we have a long enough term for all this progress to manifest.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Years ago I learned that tribes people often create large herds (a sign of wealth) that then lead to desertification, famine and poverty. Seems like we do the same thing, but at a higher level.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Is this moral stance somehow correlated to skills and capabilities of the people? Will there be more spills because only the incompetent are left or is there no such link?

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Charm Industrial likes Switchgrass I think. To make oil to pump back under.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While it's too much, it's surprisingly small - 66kg. It's like 8 Gallons of Gasoline. Not sure how I would send the phone from China to anywhere for that much fuel - I suppose transport is extra.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Right, I should read the article. Sorry.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe for a long tail - but I think there were a few reports from other places that phaseout can happen faster than expected :) I am just worried that fossil prices drop because nobody buys them, making it super cheap again.

[–] hotair@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you propose a sort of metric of "energy utility"?

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