Great, if you have a coal power plant sitting on top of bedrock... Capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and transporting it to a sequestering facility will most likely be prohibitively expensive.
Equality in pay for the same job and the same hours is already the law.
Just because it's the law it doesn't mean that it's followed. Salaries are private so there is no way for employees to know that they are paid less and thus the law is not enforceable.
In fact it has been repeatedly proven that women make more money in the same job as men when they work the same hours and have the same backgrounds.
I would love to see a peer reviewed study to that effect. Study after study have shown significant gaps even among salaried employees.
You don't know what you are talking about. Hundreds of thousands of women enlisted and served during WWI and WWII. The ban on women serving in combat roles was lifted in 2013 and women have applied for those roles.
I think new advances in battery technology will lead to higher capacity and lower weight at significantly lower cost.
If the cost of car battery packs goes down by a factor of 10 (which is common as they become commonly mass produced items), it will be very difficult to make the case for wireless charging while driving.
5.295 million in 2011 if we have to be exact. Still more populous than 30 US states and only 6 states have higher percentage of their energy from renewables (VT, WA, SD, IA, OR, ME).
That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
I work 32 miles away from where I live. By car, it takes me 37 minutes with no traffic, 55 minutes with traffic and 3h 3 minutes by public transportation - which includes 51 minutes of walking, 3 buses and a light rail ride. That's according to Google Maps.
This is suburb to suburp commute but the public transportation goes through the city. If there were shuttles suburb - city, city - suburp with reasonable schedule and price, I wouldn't mind riding my bike on the last leg.
The problem is that public transportation is designed to serve people who don't have a car, not to compete with them.
NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration project demonstrated the concept back in 2013. There is a follow up project called LCRD (Laser Communications Relay Demonstration). The only difference I see here is that the brits are using absorptive coating instead of optical telescopes.
I have a problem with them prosecuting a person in another country. Does that mean I am subject to foreign laws?
Yes it does. If you commit a crime in a country that has a treaty with the USA, that country can ask that you are extradited to stand a trial there. That includes North & South America, most of Europe, some (or maybe most?) Commonwealth states (India, Egypt, Australia etc) and some other.
The article is not talking about solar cell efficiency, it's talking about power per unit of weight. I guess your reading comprehension is not that good, so let me try
"As a bonus, [the new cells] puts out 400 times more power [than the old cells] per gram"
Let's do some math, because math is fun.
From the article: "The generation capacity of wind farms newly built in 2015 was a record 63.01 GW" 470 / 63 = 7.4 years. Let's round that to 8 years to account for growing demand. Done.
Even if we account for the generation factor being let's say 1/3, it's still 8*3 = 24 year and not 40.
And who says we need to generate 100% of electricity from wind?
The issue of variability for renewables will disappear once we've developed energy storage systems. The solar panels on my roof can charge a battery while nobody is home during the day and I can use the electricity in the evening when there is no sun.
The technology is being developed as we speak and will probably become commercially viable within 5 to 10 years. In the meantime, renewables are supplemented by highly efficient natural gas plants that do not have the problems you are talking about.
Make sense that the production capacity for wind is growing. The wind is free - once you pay the fixed costs, there is virtually no variable costs. Nuclear and coal on the other hand have to pay for the fuel and also have to deal with the waste. Same is valid for solar. Once we have reliable storage options, the renewables will explode.
Make sense that the production capacity for wind is growing. The wind is free - once you pay the fixed costs, there is virtually no variable costs. Nuclear and coal on the other hand have to pay for the fuel and also have to deal with the waste.
Same is valid for solar.
Once we have reliable storage options, the renewables will explode.
In this case NotDrWho is completely right. The Rs are strongly against making Internet access a public utility as well as opening the TV market for more competition.
The set top boxes you get from Comcast, Verizon or whatever all complete crap. The interfaces are horrible, the boxes are bulky and ugly, yet the cable companies charge $10 per TV for it. And why not? They have virtual monopoly; the can have substandard product and still charge premium for it.
Cablecards are no more. Congress, in their infinite wisdom, decided to remove the mandate, so as of Jan 1 2016, cable companies are no longer required to provide them as an option. They would gladly rent you a set top box of course. In my area, set top box that supports HDTV and NO DVR is $10 per month.
You can learn the software portion OK, but you do need the hardware to get the full experience.
Are you familiar with Hackerspaces? They are basically clubs for people who share interest in programming / robotics and tech in general. They get together on regular bases to learn and do projects. If you can get a couple of people who share your interest in robotics you can each contribute some money and buy the components you need.
Alternatively you can improvise and build / scavenge the components you need. That might turn out to be a lot more fun actually.
Oil prices are very volatile. I think it's foolish to assume that they'll stay at $30 per barrel indefinately. Most likely in 2, 3 years they'll be much higher.
Russia has taken to space representatives of many of the former Eastern block countries. Having sent a man to space is a matter of national pride and for the Russians it's easy (and cheap) way to honor their allies and cement their relations with them.
The US resents the legitimacy that such an action will give the Iranian regime and the propaganda that it will generate. I don't think anyone will object having Iranian cosmonaut if not for those 2 reasons.
The continents are called North America and South America or "the Americas" (plural) when referring to both at the same time. America is short for United States of America - the only country in the world that has "America" in it's name. It's pretty standard to shorten the country's official name by removing the form of government portion. For example the People's Republic of China, is shortened to simply China, Russian Federation to Russia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia simply as Macedonia. Nothing controversial here.
The N word is highly offensive in English. The original word might not be, but due to centuries of slavery and white supremacy, the meaning of it in English has changed significantly.
Brazilian, Argentinians and Mexicans are regularly referred as such by the media. "Latino" seems to be a catch all, especially for the Central American countries. I suspect this stems from the assumption that the average American is not able to differentiate between the Central American (and to lesser extend South American) countries.
France on the other hand is a large, well established country, a former colonial power, with significant cultural relevance to western culture. Not to mention that the term "Latin America" is of French origin...
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Great, if you have a coal power plant sitting on top of bedrock... Capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and transporting it to a sequestering facility will most likely be prohibitively expensive.
The flux capacitor requires 1.21 Gigawatts, 88Mph is the speed of the delorean.
That's exactly what I thought. Coincidently, there have been very strong solar flares the last couple of days.
Equality in pay for the same job and the same hours is already the law.
Just because it's the law it doesn't mean that it's followed. Salaries are private so there is no way for employees to know that they are paid less and thus the law is not enforceable.
In fact it has been repeatedly proven that women make more money in the same job as men when they work the same hours and have the same backgrounds.
I would love to see a peer reviewed study to that effect. Study after study have shown significant gaps even among salaried employees.
You don't know what you are talking about. Hundreds of thousands of women enlisted and served during WWI and WWII. The ban on women serving in combat roles was lifted in 2013 and women have applied for those roles.
I think new advances in battery technology will lead to higher capacity and lower weight at significantly lower cost. If the cost of car battery packs goes down by a factor of 10 (which is common as they become commonly mass produced items), it will be very difficult to make the case for wireless charging while driving.
5.295 million in 2011 if we have to be exact. Still more populous than 30 US states and only 6 states have higher percentage of their energy from renewables (VT, WA, SD, IA, OR, ME). That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
I work 32 miles away from where I live. By car, it takes me 37 minutes with no traffic, 55 minutes with traffic and 3h 3 minutes by public transportation - which includes 51 minutes of walking, 3 buses and a light rail ride. That's according to Google Maps. This is suburb to suburp commute but the public transportation goes through the city. If there were shuttles suburb - city, city - suburp with reasonable schedule and price, I wouldn't mind riding my bike on the last leg. The problem is that public transportation is designed to serve people who don't have a car, not to compete with them.
NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration project demonstrated the concept back in 2013. There is a follow up project called LCRD (Laser Communications Relay Demonstration). The only difference I see here is that the brits are using absorptive coating instead of optical telescopes.
I have a problem with them prosecuting a person in another country. Does that mean I am subject to foreign laws?
Yes it does. If you commit a crime in a country that has a treaty with the USA, that country can ask that you are extradited to stand a trial there. That includes North & South America, most of Europe, some (or maybe most?) Commonwealth states (India, Egypt, Australia etc) and some other.
Flexible and light yet as efficient - perfect recipe for replacing fossil fuel generators in combat zones where fuel costs up to $30 per gallon.
The article is not talking about solar cell efficiency, it's talking about power per unit of weight. I guess your reading comprehension is not that good, so let me try "As a bonus, [the new cells] puts out 400 times more power [than the old cells] per gram"
Given that we are having this discussion online, needing electricity is a given.
Let's do some math, because math is fun. From the article: "The generation capacity of wind farms newly built in 2015 was a record 63.01 GW" 470 / 63 = 7.4 years. Let's round that to 8 years to account for growing demand. Done. Even if we account for the generation factor being let's say 1/3, it's still 8*3 = 24 year and not 40. And who says we need to generate 100% of electricity from wind?
The issue of variability for renewables will disappear once we've developed energy storage systems. The solar panels on my roof can charge a battery while nobody is home during the day and I can use the electricity in the evening when there is no sun. The technology is being developed as we speak and will probably become commercially viable within 5 to 10 years. In the meantime, renewables are supplemented by highly efficient natural gas plants that do not have the problems you are talking about.
Make sense that the production capacity for wind is growing. The wind is free - once you pay the fixed costs, there is virtually no variable costs. Nuclear and coal on the other hand have to pay for the fuel and also have to deal with the waste. Same is valid for solar. Once we have reliable storage options, the renewables will explode.
Make sense that the production capacity for wind is growing. The wind is free - once you pay the fixed costs, there is virtually no variable costs. Nuclear and coal on the other hand have to pay for the fuel and also have to deal with the waste. Same is valid for solar. Once we have reliable storage options, the renewables will explode.
They are actually doing that. The FCC now classifies Internet access as utility.
In this case NotDrWho is completely right. The Rs are strongly against making Internet access a public utility as well as opening the TV market for more competition.
The set top boxes you get from Comcast, Verizon or whatever all complete crap. The interfaces are horrible, the boxes are bulky and ugly, yet the cable companies charge $10 per TV for it. And why not? They have virtual monopoly; the can have substandard product and still charge premium for it.
Cablecards are no more. Congress, in their infinite wisdom, decided to remove the mandate, so as of Jan 1 2016, cable companies are no longer required to provide them as an option. They would gladly rent you a set top box of course. In my area, set top box that supports HDTV and NO DVR is $10 per month.
You can learn the software portion OK, but you do need the hardware to get the full experience. Are you familiar with Hackerspaces? They are basically clubs for people who share interest in programming / robotics and tech in general. They get together on regular bases to learn and do projects. If you can get a couple of people who share your interest in robotics you can each contribute some money and buy the components you need. Alternatively you can improvise and build / scavenge the components you need. That might turn out to be a lot more fun actually.
Oil prices are very volatile. I think it's foolish to assume that they'll stay at $30 per barrel indefinately. Most likely in 2, 3 years they'll be much higher.
Russia has taken to space representatives of many of the former Eastern block countries. Having sent a man to space is a matter of national pride and for the Russians it's easy (and cheap) way to honor their allies and cement their relations with them. The US resents the legitimacy that such an action will give the Iranian regime and the propaganda that it will generate. I don't think anyone will object having Iranian cosmonaut if not for those 2 reasons.
The continents are called North America and South America or "the Americas" (plural) when referring to both at the same time. America is short for United States of America - the only country in the world that has "America" in it's name. It's pretty standard to shorten the country's official name by removing the form of government portion. For example the People's Republic of China, is shortened to simply China, Russian Federation to Russia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia simply as Macedonia. Nothing controversial here. The N word is highly offensive in English. The original word might not be, but due to centuries of slavery and white supremacy, the meaning of it in English has changed significantly. Brazilian, Argentinians and Mexicans are regularly referred as such by the media. "Latino" seems to be a catch all, especially for the Central American countries. I suspect this stems from the assumption that the average American is not able to differentiate between the Central American (and to lesser extend South American) countries. France on the other hand is a large, well established country, a former colonial power, with significant cultural relevance to western culture. Not to mention that the term "Latin America" is of French origin...