Compared to deaths at sea for any other reason (ran over by water bike, ran over by surfer, ran over by motorboat, drowned by currents,...) in which position are white sharks? Next to deaths by stepping on a rusty nail while running at the beach?
Inaccurate risk perception is way too pervasive in our society. Our schools need to get much better at teaching kids how to assess it.
Also, for others, they will release Google Fat. Which will help the consumer find restaurants with extra large helpings, identify the transportation approach that requires the least walking, and includes smart deep fry timing technology.
RE OTA Tuners.... I can still see keeping tuner functionality even though an ever shrinking percentage of folks actually use the tuners. There are plenty of tuner options out there, including HDHomerun's latest network tuners with DLNA support, tuner STBs, etc.
The issue regarding netflix and sports is a separate topic, IMO, that is a fact regardless of having smart TV built in or separate.
Nobel prizes are often handed out for being "first" rather for being "right" or "most knowledgeable". In some cases, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
^Sure, as long as you are OK with the inability to upgrade the "smart" part with better hardware, or new functionality. But as for space, their are many very small products that can mount out of sight directly on the back of the TV. I do use Netflix on my Sony TV, which is not very old, but its smart functionality is already "outdated" by newer hardware with much better performance, like the Roku3.
China is already moving in the right direction and a hard cap is definitely in their future....
The industrialized countries that do the most to protect the environment are also the ones with the strongest, healthiest economies. Trying to weaken China's economy to reduce their carbon emissions is a backward step. As you stated, they are fully aware of their pollution problems and are actually doing a lot of this to improve.
These simple "tax them" proposals are for the simple minded ones that don't consider all the resulting impacts. You can't just choose to tariff China without doing the same for other countries with similar per capita or per GDP pollution. Many US manufacturers use Chinese parts. If we increase their costs, then they will be less able to compete globally. Simply raising the cost of debt could offset a tariff, causing double harm to the US. So, unless the whole world goes along, which is a pipe dream, a tariff approach would do more harm than good.
Good point. How many people are watching terrestrial broadcasts, a particular station, with one of the vulnerable Smart TVs in a given area at any particular time? My guess is its probably very few.
Right. There is little need for TVs that tune or are smart anymore. Just need a monitor. Let separate upgradeable or replaceable devices handle video sources. Today's Smart TVs are like yesterday's TVs with the built in DVD player.
Its hard to find a consistently funny comic strip. I'm stuck with a few on-line ones. "The Duplex" is the only classic style strip that makes me really chuckle. "Randolph Itch" has some gems between the misses. I've found nothing else that suits me.
So tired of the "cute kid" said something funny strips.
For something really different... check out Santa vs. Dracula.
But, if I'm gonna get killed by my driver, I want him to be well insured.
I know some folks are thinking I was being funny/sarcastic, but I really did mean it. I want my family to be taken care of. I gotta work on my presentation.
Once the actual recycle/build cost is known and proven to be reasonable, we'd have to consider the other process costs come which in to play, which include shipping the batteries back to the smelting/manufacturing plant, the shipping back out to the outlet stations all over the country. A cost other solutions may or may not entail.
Some solutions may require a distributed shops and technicians to perform a swap. Conversely, something a consumer could take care of as a 'self service' without a shop would be less costly to initially deploy.
The question would seem to be how cheaply these batteries cores can be recycled compared to the energy costs.
Which is exactly the intent of the question I led off with. Knowing the total process cost is key, and you have to understand the efficiency of the cycle to determine that cost, because the "stored" energy is the central element to the process.
Then you can balance against other solutions and the various 'functional' benefits of each approach.
What I don't understand is that when a company lies on its ads, it gets fined, but when it lies via other means, nothing gets done, and it's even considered free speech by some. Why? It's all the same to me. There should be no free speech for companies.
They get away with it because individual citizens are not held accountable for lies. Lobby and activist groups on both sides of issues can pretty much send out any message they want, and both are guilty of misleading.
But that's not the real problem. The real problem is many individuals that just believe which-ever group they initially feel comfortable with, and don't think critically, get the facts, and decide for themselves. Everyone thinks they are an expert, but they can only repeat headlines. As long as the lemming vote exists, the lies will serve their purpose.
Yes, that is reasonable. I made an error and used the wrong numbers when I concluded that my original estimate of 600kWh/100kg was too high. If you trust wiki, the 'optimal theoretical ' achievable energy densities for Al-Air batteries is 6000-8000 wh/kg, or 600-800 Kwh/100g.
I should have stood by my first estimate of 600kWh/100kg , although it appears that it is still on the optimistic side. Achievable, but I would not say "easily" achievable.
Correct. The assumption that the sale price of the team is inflated in any way due to the owner's racist comments is beyond ignorant. The owner benefited not from racism, but from owning a team that was a loser when purchased, and a championship contender when sold. Add that the opportunities to buy a franchise are extremely rare, and you have a hefty price tag. If the owner had never done anything offensive, the price would have been the same, or possibly higher since he would have less incentive to sell.
Sometimes I think there is subset of people who hate him more for his money than his comments. He's one of a shrinking of number people in his generation that was brought up in a racist environment and never adjusted. He does not represent anything more than that. He is irrelevant. Get over it.
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If you want a chuckle, read the Dr. Paul McArthur "bio" post.
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And all that happens... 0,2 times per year?
Compared to deaths at sea for any other reason (ran over by water bike, ran over by surfer, ran over by motorboat, drowned by currents, ...) in which position are white sharks? Next to deaths by stepping on a rusty nail while running at the beach?
Inaccurate risk perception is way too pervasive in our society. Our schools need to get much better at teaching kids how to assess it.
Also, for others, they will release Google Fat. Which will help the consumer find restaurants with extra large helpings, identify the transportation approach that requires the least walking, and includes smart deep fry timing technology.
Its not that hard to recover data from a crashed drive most of the time.
RE OTA Tuners.... I can still see keeping tuner functionality even though an ever shrinking percentage of folks actually use the tuners. There are plenty of tuner options out there, including HDHomerun's latest network tuners with DLNA support, tuner STBs, etc.
The issue regarding netflix and sports is a separate topic, IMO, that is a fact regardless of having smart TV built in or separate.
DD/DTS audio for one reason. Profile compatibility for another..... and whatever future changes occur.
Nobel prizes are often handed out for being "first" rather for being "right" or "most knowledgeable". In some cases, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Of course, most of those affluent folks will be watching cable or satellite, not broadcast.
^Sure, as long as you are OK with the inability to upgrade the "smart" part with better hardware, or new functionality. But as for space, their are many very small products that can mount out of sight directly on the back of the TV. I do use Netflix on my Sony TV, which is not very old, but its smart functionality is already "outdated" by newer hardware with much better performance, like the Roku3.
China is already moving in the right direction and a hard cap is definitely in their future....
The industrialized countries that do the most to protect the environment are also the ones with the strongest, healthiest economies. Trying to weaken China's economy to reduce their carbon emissions is a backward step. As you stated, they are fully aware of their pollution problems and are actually doing a lot of this to improve.
These simple "tax them" proposals are for the simple minded ones that don't consider all the resulting impacts. You can't just choose to tariff China without doing the same for other countries with similar per capita or per GDP pollution. Many US manufacturers use Chinese parts. If we increase their costs, then they will be less able to compete globally. Simply raising the cost of debt could offset a tariff, causing double harm to the US. So, unless the whole world goes along, which is a pipe dream, a tariff approach would do more harm than good.
Good point. How many people are watching terrestrial broadcasts, a particular station, with one of the vulnerable Smart TVs in a given area at any particular time? My guess is its probably very few.
Right. There is little need for TVs that tune or are smart anymore. Just need a monitor. Let separate upgradeable or replaceable devices handle video sources. Today's Smart TVs are like yesterday's TVs with the built in DVD player.
Its hard to find a consistently funny comic strip. I'm stuck with a few on-line ones. "The Duplex" is the only classic style strip that makes me really chuckle. "Randolph Itch" has some gems between the misses. I've found nothing else that suits me.
So tired of the "cute kid" said something funny strips.
For something really different... check out Santa vs. Dracula.
But, if I'm gonna get killed by my driver, I want him to be well insured.
I know some folks are thinking I was being funny/sarcastic, but I really did mean it. I want my family to be taken care of. I gotta work on my presentation.
All that time and you still couldn't think of anything worthwhile to post?
Taxi companies are monopolies? Most placed I've been there are several companies to choose from.
But, if I'm gonna get killed by my driver, I want him to be well insured.
Once the actual recycle/build cost is known and proven to be reasonable, we'd have to consider the other process costs come which in to play, which include shipping the batteries back to the smelting/manufacturing plant, the shipping back out to the outlet stations all over the country. A cost other solutions may or may not entail.
Some solutions may require a distributed shops and technicians to perform a swap. Conversely, something a consumer could take care of as a 'self service' without a shop would be less costly to initially deploy.
The question would seem to be how cheaply these batteries cores can be recycled compared to the energy costs.
Which is exactly the intent of the question I led off with. Knowing the total process cost is key, and you have to understand the efficiency of the cycle to determine that cost, because the "stored" energy is the central element to the process.
Then you can balance against other solutions and the various 'functional' benefits of each approach.
What I don't understand is that when a company lies on its ads, it gets fined, but when it lies via other means, nothing gets done, and it's even considered free speech by some. Why? It's all the same to me. There should be no free speech for companies.
They get away with it because individual citizens are not held accountable for lies. Lobby and activist groups on both sides of issues can pretty much send out any message they want, and both are guilty of misleading.
But that's not the real problem. The real problem is many individuals that just believe which-ever group they initially feel comfortable with, and don't think critically, get the facts, and decide for themselves. Everyone thinks they are an expert, but they can only repeat headlines. As long as the lemming vote exists, the lies will serve their purpose.
Yes, that is reasonable. I made an error and used the wrong numbers when I concluded that my original estimate of 600kWh/100kg was too high. If you trust wiki, the 'optimal theoretical ' achievable energy densities for Al-Air batteries is 6000-8000 wh/kg, or 600-800 Kwh/100g.
I should have stood by my first estimate of 600kWh/100kg , although it appears that it is still on the optimistic side. Achievable, but I would not say "easily" achievable.
Correct. The assumption that the sale price of the team is inflated in any way due to the owner's racist comments is beyond ignorant. The owner benefited not from racism, but from owning a team that was a loser when purchased, and a championship contender when sold. Add that the opportunities to buy a franchise are extremely rare, and you have a hefty price tag. If the owner had never done anything offensive, the price would have been the same, or possibly higher since he would have less incentive to sell.
Sometimes I think there is subset of people who hate him more for his money than his comments. He's one of a shrinking of number people in his generation that was brought up in a racist environment and never adjusted. He does not represent anything more than that. He is irrelevant. Get over it.
Hydrogen is a loser. I'm just a 'practical solution' guy.
I think a shock collar hit every time the ISS is overhead would ensure we don't ever get too complacent about it.
^and turn off automatic updates if you do go roaming.