For instance Democrats tend to like big companies with unionized workforces, and pushed through the GM bailout in the face of mostly Republican opposition. For more complicated reasons, the Democrats voted for the bank bailout, while most Republicans opposed it.
Don't kid yourself. The republicans opposed these bailouts because they knew that the democrats would be able to pass them anyway, and they can go to their constituents and say how bad the democrats are for supporting the bail-outs. Completely ignoring the fact that they would have done it as well, if there hadn't been enough democrats to pass it. Nobody, other than some of the tea party members, was going to let those bail-outs fail to pass.
The July 2013 article discusses an old model that used a 27 kilometer resolution new model that used a 13 kilometer resolution. The new article discusses moving from that to a 2 mile (3.21 kilometer) resolution.
Those new cases may have already been in isolation due to suspected exposure. If so, then there is little risk that they had passed it on to anyone else.
The fatality rate has been reported to be around 60% for this strain, though that might only be for those that get some amount of medical care. Not sure.
That HIV has not acquired other methods of transmission does not guarantee that Ebola will not. Ebola has infected far fewer people, and we simply don't know the likelihood of it doing so.
So, right now there's at least few thousand people carrying the virus. At least a few of them probably have other cold/flu viruses in their systems. If both Ebola and flu infect the same cell, they can exchange genetic information, potentially resulting in a much more easily transmitted strain of Ebola. The more people that are infected, the greater the chance such genetic exchange could occur. It wouldn't take much for Ebola to become a first world threat.
There isn't much point in worrying about this. About the only people that would be spared on the side of the earth that was exposed would be people that were already underground/under water at the time. How far underground/under water would depend on the intensity of the gamma rays. Even if we detected a burst of neutrinos to alert us that something was coming, it wouldn't be enough warning for anyone to take shelter that wasn't already there. I guess if you really wanted to be safe you could live a few hundred feet down in an old mine, but that would rather suck.
If you were directly exposed to cobalt 60 (ex: holding a lump of it in your hand) you'd probably be in pretty rough shape, though that isn't used for nuclear power.
They never said that they made solar panels (though this purchase changes that). They are an installer and financier of solar panel installations. Part of the reason they are moving into solar cell and panel manufacturing is so that they can assure access to high efficiency panels at a reasonable price. They have stated that this is necessary for the business to be viable after solar incentive programs wind down.
Regarding obsolete panels, I wouldn't be surprised if solar city has plans for upgrading existing clients and re-purposing old panels as technology improves. (We can now provide 75% or your electrical usage instead of the original capacity of 50%!). It would be a win-win, assuming that they have a use for the older panels.
Less significant (but not evidenced in the DNA or fossil evidence) would be multiple independent species making the transition from sea to land
We don't need fossil evidence. There are species of crabs that live on land. Mud-skippers live mainly in the water, but could easily evolve to land based animals.
No, the 3000km is assuming that you are using the lithium battery in addition to the normal lithium battery. The aluminum air battery is only to extend range by a total of 1600km. the other 1400 is from the lithium battery that you are charging each day.
Also, we're not talking about 1000 to 0, there are parachutes to do most of the deceleration. The "regenerative" style braking would be for something like 200-0.
The "car" is traveling at high speed. It should be relatively simple to divert some of that fast moving air through the resistive coil to cool it. Probably a LOT easier than trying to dissipate the same amount of heat from the brake disks.
In order for friction to destroy steel, it needs to actually wear it away one particle at a time. Being so much heavier/denser, there are that many more particles to wear away.
Or, you know, heat it up so much that it starts to melt. That's a real possibility for this application. A previous poster suggested rheostatic brakes (basically regenerative braking, where the electricity is dumped into a big resistor instead of being stored for later use). It would add weight and complexity, but if regular brake disks can't dissipate the energy fast enough, then something like that might be necessary.
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For instance Democrats tend to like big companies with unionized workforces, and pushed through the GM bailout in the face of mostly Republican opposition. For more complicated reasons, the Democrats voted for the bank bailout, while most Republicans opposed it.
Don't kid yourself. The republicans opposed these bailouts because they knew that the democrats would be able to pass them anyway, and they can go to their constituents and say how bad the democrats are for supporting the bail-outs. Completely ignoring the fact that they would have done it as well, if there hadn't been enough democrats to pass it. Nobody, other than some of the tea party members, was going to let those bail-outs fail to pass.
...discusses transitioning from an old model that used a 27 kilometer resolution to a new model...
The July 2013 article discusses an old model that used a 27 kilometer resolution new model that used a 13 kilometer resolution. The new article discusses moving from that to a 2 mile (3.21 kilometer) resolution.
Now that it has "Hey Siri", I use it pretty much whenever I need directions somewhere in my car. Works pretty awesome for that.
Those new cases may have already been in isolation due to suspected exposure. If so, then there is little risk that they had passed it on to anyone else.
The fatality rate has been reported to be around 60% for this strain, though that might only be for those that get some amount of medical care. Not sure.
The model 3 will be marketed against things like the BMW 3-series and Audi A4, so we're still talking about luxury cars.
That HIV has not acquired other methods of transmission does not guarantee that Ebola will not. Ebola has infected far fewer people, and we simply don't know the likelihood of it doing so.
Ebola is not as infectious as the flu.
Yet.
So, right now there's at least few thousand people carrying the virus. At least a few of them probably have other cold/flu viruses in their systems. If both Ebola and flu infect the same cell, they can exchange genetic information, potentially resulting in a much more easily transmitted strain of Ebola. The more people that are infected, the greater the chance such genetic exchange could occur. It wouldn't take much for Ebola to become a first world threat.
The three times in 200 years is for really large CMEs. Smaller ones hit the earth much more frequently.
Or there could be a nearby gamma ray burst.
There isn't much point in worrying about this. About the only people that would be spared on the side of the earth that was exposed would be people that were already underground/under water at the time. How far underground/under water would depend on the intensity of the gamma rays. Even if we detected a burst of neutrinos to alert us that something was coming, it wouldn't be enough warning for anyone to take shelter that wasn't already there. I guess if you really wanted to be safe you could live a few hundred feet down in an old mine, but that would rather suck.
If you were directly exposed to cobalt 60 (ex: holding a lump of it in your hand) you'd probably be in pretty rough shape, though that isn't used for nuclear power.
Crabs certainly did. The mudskippers could, given more time. I'm not sure what would convince you. You seem to have already made up your mind.
They never said that they made solar panels (though this purchase changes that). They are an installer and financier of solar panel installations. Part of the reason they are moving into solar cell and panel manufacturing is so that they can assure access to high efficiency panels at a reasonable price. They have stated that this is necessary for the business to be viable after solar incentive programs wind down. Regarding obsolete panels, I wouldn't be surprised if solar city has plans for upgrading existing clients and re-purposing old panels as technology improves. (We can now provide 75% or your electrical usage instead of the original capacity of 50%!). It would be a win-win, assuming that they have a use for the older panels.
Climate change is certainly a problem, but it's far from eliminating human life on planet Earth. I'd be more worried about an engineered pathogen.
Less significant (but not evidenced in the DNA or fossil evidence) would be multiple independent species making the transition from sea to land
We don't need fossil evidence. There are species of crabs that live on land. Mud-skippers live mainly in the water, but could easily evolve to land based animals.
We can't rule out a great number of things. That doesn't mean that they have any credence.
The only event of that magnitude that we have evidence of created the moon.
So what is to say that there wasn't a technical civilization on earth before the creation of the moon?
No, the 3000km is assuming that you are using the aluminum air battery in addition to the normal lithium battery."
No, the 3000km is assuming that you are using the lithium battery in addition to the normal lithium battery. The aluminum air battery is only to extend range by a total of 1600km. the other 1400 is from the lithium battery that you are charging each day.
It was the other way around. Theory first, then a working laser.
Also, we're not talking about 1000 to 0, there are parachutes to do most of the deceleration. The "regenerative" style braking would be for something like 200-0.
The "car" is traveling at high speed. It should be relatively simple to divert some of that fast moving air through the resistive coil to cool it. Probably a LOT easier than trying to dissipate the same amount of heat from the brake disks.
In order for friction to destroy steel, it needs to actually wear it away one particle at a time. Being so much heavier/denser, there are that many more particles to wear away.
Or, you know, heat it up so much that it starts to melt. That's a real possibility for this application. A previous poster suggested rheostatic brakes (basically regenerative braking, where the electricity is dumped into a big resistor instead of being stored for later use). It would add weight and complexity, but if regular brake disks can't dissipate the energy fast enough, then something like that might be necessary.