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killcat t1_j8pclqw wrote
Reply to comment by luaks1337 in US’s first solar panels over canals pilot will deploy iron flow batteries by For_All_Humanity
Maybe, but it's also often ignored by the progressive community as well, as in they ignore the need for massive storage capacity to back up renewable power.
killcat t1_j6amysa wrote
Reply to Thoughts on David Weber by ChickenDragon123
He suffers from bloat, he often writes himself into a corner, either through technological advancement (to the point that the good guys are not really threatened anymore) or being unable to progress the story because there's no real way to advance it.
killcat t1_j6634ef wrote
Reply to comment by ttystikk in Cryo-compressed hydrogen, the best solution for storage and refueling stations? by Hypx
True. But you will KNOW if it's leaking.
killcat t1_j5r64k6 wrote
Reply to comment by cybercuzco in Solar powered hydrogen facility being built in California by ForHidingSquirrels
As a percentage, yes, but it comes down to energy density per dollar of storage cost, and there are applications for Hydrogen gas that raw electricity can't do.
killcat t1_j3uzaer wrote
Reply to comment by Y34rZer0 in Australia’s big polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year, but can use offsets to get there | Greenhouse gas emissions by LachyWantsBrownies
Yeah this is political theater, and a tax grab, now if the money raised was used to get the country ready for the coming world.
killcat t1_j2ehw6w wrote
Reply to comment by sadetheruiner in Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production. With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass. by Zee2A
As long as you exclude the wires needed to get it to where you need it sure.
killcat t1_j1tbmxu wrote
Reply to comment by D-redditAvenger in NYC's AI bias law is delayed until April 2023, but when it comes into effect, NYC will be the first jurisdiction mandating an AI bias order in the world, revolutionizing the use of AI tools in recruiting by Background-Net-4715
5 will get you 10 that "discriminatory outcomes" will define if the AI has "bias" as opposed to the actual programming.
killcat t1_j1kubql wrote
Reply to comment by Red_Phoenix_69 in New Nio 500 kW ultra-fast Power Charger 3.0 can charge a car from 10-80% in only 12 minutes by Surur
Most manufacturers are moving to better battery chemistries, the new main stay LiFePo handles it better, and other designs such as solid state batteries are even better.
killcat t1_j1gjvvm wrote
Reply to comment by lame-borghini in Despite improvements in insulin formulations and delivery over the last 30 years, diabetes control has not improved among US adults, and disparities for minority and uninsured adults worsens by Ordinarymangodoctor
Also people in lower socioeconomic groups are far more likely to have co-morbidity, obesity, poor diet etc
killcat t1_izpy0af wrote
Reply to comment by jellyfixh in How did viral DNA become part of the human genome? by emelrad12
There are specific viruses that insert their DNA directly into the host genome where it "goes along for the ride" with it's DNA being replicated along with the hosts until times get tough whereupon the virus takes over the cells machinery to make copies of itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrovirus
However sometimes the inserted virus loses the ability to make full virus particles, and now it's stuck.
killcat t1_ix0ehum wrote
Reply to comment by Kebab-Destroyer in Writer wears Lizzo's dress to red carpet gala after an unusual request | CBC Radio by ChrisOntario
99% of the time it's a lack of will power, it's not easy but it is simple.
killcat t1_iwwrgk1 wrote
Reply to comment by Doug_Muler42497 in US can reach 100% clean power by 2035, DOE finds, but tough reliability and land use questions lie ahead by nastratin
It doesn't work everywhere, at least not economically at the moment.
killcat t1_ivn9os6 wrote
Reply to In House M. D. there is an episode in which the doc asked the lady who was concerned about weight gain. Doc asked her to raise their hand and by seeing that he was able to determine she was pregnant. Do arms and pregnancy have some correlation? by Abhinav_Mani
House was often.....questionable, cases where basic tests would have diagnosed the issues within a couple of days, such as a case of amoebic meningitis, with an altered mental state, so a lumbar puncture would have been one of the 1st things they did, and a lab would have spotted it.
killcat t1_itrp895 wrote
Reply to comment by LordSevolox in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog
This is a LIST seat, the party has absolute control of it, it's for an existing Labor seat, no one voted for her, it's absolutely for the optics.
killcat t1_is1r1qk wrote
Reply to comment by phil_style in A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced today by Wagamaga
Renewables aren't going to do it alone, you can't rely on them enough, nuclear power on the other hand can.
killcat t1_irzmaxl wrote
Reply to comment by platoprime in Geothermal May Beat Batteries for Energy Storage: Enhanced geothermal systems are well suited to store excess renewable power as heat. by filosoful
You need somewhere to pump it up TO, not always available.
killcat t1_irzm7ww wrote
Reply to comment by FinndBors in Geothermal May Beat Batteries for Energy Storage: Enhanced geothermal systems are well suited to store excess renewable power as heat. by filosoful
Depends on the salt mix, and alloys used.
killcat t1_iruwpm6 wrote
Reply to comment by riaKoob1 in NASA invents ‘incredible’ battery for electric planes by HaikuKnives
Short range and low carrying capacity.
killcat t1_iro7o9i wrote
Reply to New licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea "good for the environment” insists UK climate minister by WilliamMorris420
It could technically be true if the gas meant burning less coal.
killcat t1_j903tq4 wrote
Reply to comment by kittenTakeover in Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action by geoxol
It's about the positive feedback loops, as it gets warmer more ice and permafrost melts, lowering the albedo, releasing trapped Carbon as CO2 or CH4 etc