I'd say it is misleading reporting. It is attention grabbing hype. This is simply a heat pump, which as you say must be powered by the local electrical source which, in Alaska, is often fossil. This heat pump uses seawater instead of air as the heat source, which makes sense in places where the water is warmer than the air. Super critical heat pumps are nothing new, they were being talked about back in the 90s. I'm sure their have been efficiency improvements since then.
The savings cited are over using electric boilers, which are not exactly efficient to begin with. They would not see savings over something like natural gas heating.
Many people do not start their own company because they can't afford to not make any money during the development stages, and they don't want to simultaneously take on debt. Its risk to do so. If the company you work for is willing to take all that risk, then they get the reward, or pay the price of failure.
Taking advice from Greece on societal economics probably isn't that smartest choice. Seems like this guy wants to double down on the already failed bet.
It says something like 15% of applicable area, so if only 25% of your roof is solar capable, then you only need to cover about 4% of it. Its a way for the politicians to say they are doing something wonderful, without really doing much of anything.
I think I'll do some art that depicts the money that could be going to help the poor underprivileged kids instead flowing over to the big fat wealthy people to help them pay their power bills via solar credits, and then some of that money being sucked over the evil Chinese child labor camps. Those poor kids reaching for that money but they don't have the energy because they are starving.
You are correct, there are chemical testing methods and others to define the source, but as I said it can not be done with radiation detectors/Geiger counters as were used. I didn't mention the fact that background radiation actually varies while staying in one spot.
If it was meant as 'art', they why limit to areas near Chernobyl and Fukushima, and promote with those title? Why does it try to distinguish background vs non background radiation? Niether of those has any artistic purpose, so the 'its just art' excuse is complete bullshit.
Do this for general areas, everyday areas, and don't claim what is background or not, then publish as art. That might actually help people really better understand the world around them, but I suspect no attempt to do so using the same methods and scales will be even attempted.
mdsolar has proven that credibility and truth are not important to him simply by reading the stuff he promotes. It gives a bad name to those that work in the solar industry.
The problem it illustrates is the utter ignorance of Greenpeace and those that push this crap around like it has some merit. Think how many people will look at this and believe the creator actually could distinguish between background and non-background radiation. Or that the levels shown need be even remotely concerning.
Its not art, or at least not without a political purpose, as it intentionally chose Fukushima and Chernobyl, and intentionally (but incorrectly due to ignorance) tried to blame some of the radiation on those events. If it were just art, then it would not try to show a difference between background either. If it were art, there would be no reason to use Chernobyl or Fukushima areas.
As the creator stated in the story. It was attended as art not hard science to push decisions.
The story is fiction. There is no way to distinguish between background and Chernobyl radiation with a radiation detector, so the line was just arbitrarily made up. Assuming all variances are due to Chernobyl radiation is the obvious sign of ignorance. Background radiation varies a lot as you move around. And, with no actual radiation measurements numbers shown, it can't be used for anything policy related.
It appears the idiot even assumed there is no background radiation indoors.
Its even worse than that. They claim they can distinguish between background and Chernobyl radiation, but that is impossible to do with a radiation detector. What they erroneously assume is that background radiation is steady, and that all that changes while you walk around are due to Chernobyl. This demonstrates the ignorance of the author, because background radiation varies as you move around, and probably accounts for all of the measured radiation they show.
Evidence of their ignorance is even further shown in the schoolhouse, where they assume there is no background radiation.
Basically, they just arbitrarily decided what to call Chernobyl radiation. They have no clue.
Imagine one person doing the equivalent work required to feed, house, entertain, transport, defend, provide health care for, and educate 9 others. Doesn't take much to realize how stupid this is.
Its not just about learning techniques and/or copying, its simply knowing as much about our competition as possible, which is why they pretty much do this for every car from every competitor. Sometimes, you also find a weakness, sometimes you find out that your IP has been violated.
Tesla would be wise to do the same with other EVs. They probably have.
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I'd say it is misleading reporting. It is attention grabbing hype. This is simply a heat pump, which as you say must be powered by the local electrical source which, in Alaska, is often fossil. This heat pump uses seawater instead of air as the heat source, which makes sense in places where the water is warmer than the air. Super critical heat pumps are nothing new, they were being talked about back in the 90s. I'm sure their have been efficiency improvements since then.
The savings cited are over using electric boilers, which are not exactly efficient to begin with. They would not see savings over something like natural gas heating.
Many people do not start their own company because they can't afford to not make any money during the development stages, and they don't want to simultaneously take on debt. Its risk to do so. If the company you work for is willing to take all that risk, then they get the reward, or pay the price of failure.
The summary and article imply that using power from the RFID reader is something new. It simply isn't. And neither are low powered sensors.
So, you see the potential for things you haven't thought of? OK.
UNI has major issues. Reproductive rights and limits on number of children is just one. Try to not pay for extra kids and you are now a racist.
This Battery-Free Antenna Receives Power From Radio Waves
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Hah, you think that's impressive, wait till you see my breakthrough for extracting energy out of thick air.
RFID tags use the energy from the reader to provide a RF response. This seemingly useless project is not exactly some breakthrough.
Taking advice from Greece on societal economics probably isn't that smartest choice. Seems like this guy wants to double down on the already failed bet.
You don't even need a degree to call yourself a scientist. At least in engineering you need to show something.
It says something like 15% of applicable area, so if only 25% of your roof is solar capable, then you only need to cover about 4% of it. Its a way for the politicians to say they are doing something wonderful, without really doing much of anything.
Right. The first thing I do when I am going to create art is call Greenpeace. Go ahead and rationalize it however you like.
I think I'll do some art that depicts the money that could be going to help the poor underprivileged kids instead flowing over to the big fat wealthy people to help them pay their power bills via solar credits, and then some of that money being sucked over the evil Chinese child labor camps. Those poor kids reaching for that money but they don't have the energy because they are starving.
Its OK though, its only gonna be art.
You are correct, there are chemical testing methods and others to define the source, but as I said it can not be done with radiation detectors/Geiger counters as were used. I didn't mention the fact that background radiation actually varies while staying in one spot.
If it was meant as 'art', they why limit to areas near Chernobyl and Fukushima, and promote with those title? Why does it try to distinguish background vs non background radiation? Niether of those has any artistic purpose, so the 'its just art' excuse is complete bullshit.
Do this for general areas, everyday areas, and don't claim what is background or not, then publish as art. That might actually help people really better understand the world around them, but I suspect no attempt to do so using the same methods and scales will be even attempted.
mdsolar has proven that credibility and truth are not important to him simply by reading the stuff he promotes. It gives a bad name to those that work in the solar industry.
The problem it illustrates is the utter ignorance of Greenpeace and those that push this crap around like it has some merit. Think how many people will look at this and believe the creator actually could distinguish between background and non-background radiation. Or that the levels shown need be even remotely concerning.
Its not art, or at least not without a political purpose, as it intentionally chose Fukushima and Chernobyl, and intentionally (but incorrectly due to ignorance) tried to blame some of the radiation on those events. If it were just art, then it would not try to show a difference between background either. If it were art, there would be no reason to use Chernobyl or Fukushima areas.
As the creator stated in the story. It was attended as art not hard science to push decisions.
The story is fiction. There is no way to distinguish between background and Chernobyl radiation with a radiation detector, so the line was just arbitrarily made up. Assuming all variances are due to Chernobyl radiation is the obvious sign of ignorance. Background radiation varies a lot as you move around. And, with no actual radiation measurements numbers shown, it can't be used for anything policy related.
It appears the idiot even assumed there is no background radiation indoors.
Its even worse than that. They claim they can distinguish between background and Chernobyl radiation, but that is impossible to do with a radiation detector. What they erroneously assume is that background radiation is steady, and that all that changes while you walk around are due to Chernobyl. This demonstrates the ignorance of the author, because background radiation varies as you move around, and probably accounts for all of the measured radiation they show.
Evidence of their ignorance is even further shown in the schoolhouse, where they assume there is no background radiation.
Basically, they just arbitrarily decided what to call Chernobyl radiation. They have no clue.
62 hours and $20M instead of 5 hours and $500 or less. Sounds like a bunch of PhDs burning through grants.
and some pretty long layovers.
Imagine one person doing the equivalent work required to feed, house, entertain, transport, defend, provide health care for, and educate 9 others. Doesn't take much to realize how stupid this is.
Don't know why scientists always get credit.
It's simply 'cause they always get the hot chicks.
Or is it the other way around?
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Agree, no scientists needed to create this. Just a designer and/or engineer. Or like you say, hobbyist. Don't know why scientists always get credit.
Its not just about learning techniques and/or copying, its simply knowing as much about our competition as possible, which is why they pretty much do this for every car from every competitor. Sometimes, you also find a weakness, sometimes you find out that your IP has been violated.
Tesla would be wise to do the same with other EVs. They probably have.