That was the best they could do. Their design emitted high NOx because that wasn't a priority. But they went ahead and built millions because of the money. London reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year
They designed the cars for high efficiency and they knew their design increased NOx so they designed the emissions control system to hide that fact from regulators. The high NOx was their design.
The have undertaken a large scale test of diesel fumes on humans. Their "clean diesel" cars were designed to emit large amounts of NOx. Major cities around the world have been subject to these tests and are showing a predictable rise in deaths.
It's not constant electric supply. It's very short term grid stabilization which is worth a lot more. Recent bids for solar electric with battery backup for constant electric supply come in at about 3-4 cents/kWh (without battery, it's about 2 cents/kWh).
If it's so easy to disable the protection in a Microsoft patch, I'm sure that anyone who wants to exploit the microcode bug could also disable the protection. This is a fundamental flaw with the microcode and the only fix is a new processor. Intel needs to give everyone a new processor or motherboard... (and a pony).
Germany has a solid, well managed grid. Australia has a weak grid with frequent instabilities. The battery has helped stabilize the grid and that is why they installed it. It provides a valuable service for short periods of time. The cost per MWh is high but it's only for a short time.
The battery was installed primarily to provide stability to the grid. Australia has a poor grid and the previous year had several costly blackouts. The battery can respond within milliseconds to grid instability whereas traditional power plants take minutes at a minimum. The battery has saved the grid multiple times in the few months it's been operational. When you want to stabilize the grid, it doesn't require a lot of power for a long time... just short bursts of power when it detects problems. So, paying a lot of money for a small amount of power for a short period of time makes perfect sense if it keeps the grid from going down.
I dug a drainage ditch along the road. Water from all of my neighbors runs down this ditch every single day and they pay me nothing! Where do I apply to force them to pay me?
I have replaced batteries in a musical birthday card. It wasn't easy but my granddaughter loved it until the batteries ran down so I replaced them. Yes, it was irritating but worth it for the dancing hamster.
Teslas have the battery in a flat pack under the middle of the car ("skateboard design"). Electric motors are located front and rear low next to the wheels. This gives a very low center of gravity and ideal 50-50 weight distribution. Much better than a mid-engine ICE car.
I've purchased a few "refurbished" Nexus 5 phones to replace family phones which have been dropped too many times. They are cheap and work great. Usually they look just like a new phone. I'm sticking with the Nexus 5 until there is a compelling reason to upgrade. It's plenty fast, has all the features I need (and none of the bells and whistles which just irritate me). I'll let the bozos who have to have the latest and greatest phone dump their old gear on me.
CHD? I assume you mean Coronary Heart Disease. This can be caused by butter (or other synthetic fat) and eggs but you don't need either to make pancakes.
You should realize that most of the donations to Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc. don't end up in the local thrift store. Most of it is bundled and shipped to the third world where it's dumped on their doorstep, destroying local markets and filling their landfills. https://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Even people in Trump's *hole countries people have plenty of clothes. That's not the problem. The problem is that we dump our trash on their market and destroy any local market for clothing. This prevents them from "lifting themselves up by their bootstraps" (or similar neoliberal articles of faith). Poor countries are finally saying stop sending us your trash. We need to develop our own economies.
No, just stop buying new stuff. Stop throwing away your perfectly good clothing. Everybody has too much stuff. Don't buy more. Just stop. (I realize that on this site, many people here are not "fashion conscious" so this may not apply. However, in the real world lots of people just keep buying new stuff and throwing away perfectly good clothing.)
Fossil fuels always have a cost. Wind and solar have unlimited free fuel... forever. Now that the capital cost of wind and solar have come down, the fact that they run on free fuel means they will take over. I recently read that only half the coal power plants in the US are breaking even. Economics will drive fossil fuels out of business. It's just not cost effective to build a fossil fuel plant (even with all the subsidies they receive and considering that they don't have to pay for all of the health and environmental damage they cause).
Also, electric power companies get rewarded (guaranteed return on investment) when they build a big power plant. They get nothing when I install solar panels on my roof. This is a powerful incentive to discourage decentralized renewables and to build fossil fuel plants.
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I know this might be a stretch for you but: VW - NO2 - Death
Some people can't process that middle step. My apologies if you can't.
That was the best they could do. Their design emitted high NOx because that wasn't a priority. But they went ahead and built millions because of the money.
London reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year
https://www.theguardian.com/uk...
They designed the cars for high efficiency and they knew their design increased NOx so they designed the emissions control system to hide that fact from regulators. The high NOx was their design.
Since you don't seem to be able to use the Google, I'll get you started,.
https://phys.org/news/2015-09-...
https://www.epa.gov/no2-pollut...
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/1...
The have undertaken a large scale test of diesel fumes on humans. Their "clean diesel" cars were designed to emit large amounts of NOx. Major cities around the world have been subject to these tests and are showing a predictable rise in deaths.
I am sure.
If Microsoft can disable the patch. I am sure that your average hacker can disable the patch.
It's not constant electric supply. It's very short term grid stabilization which is worth a lot more.
Recent bids for solar electric with battery backup for constant electric supply come in at about 3-4 cents/kWh (without battery, it's about 2 cents/kWh).
If it's so easy to disable the protection in a Microsoft patch, I'm sure that anyone who wants to exploit the microcode bug could also disable the protection.
This is a fundamental flaw with the microcode and the only fix is a new processor.
Intel needs to give everyone a new processor or motherboard... (and a pony).
Germany has a solid, well managed grid.
Australia has a weak grid with frequent instabilities.
The battery has helped stabilize the grid and that is why they installed it. It provides a valuable service for short periods of time. The cost per MWh is high but it's only for a short time.
The battery was installed primarily to provide stability to the grid. Australia has a poor grid and the previous year had several costly blackouts. The battery can respond within milliseconds to grid instability whereas traditional power plants take minutes at a minimum. The battery has saved the grid multiple times in the few months it's been operational. When you want to stabilize the grid, it doesn't require a lot of power for a long time... just short bursts of power when it detects problems.
So, paying a lot of money for a small amount of power for a short period of time makes perfect sense if it keeps the grid from going down.
I dug a drainage ditch along the road. Water from all of my neighbors runs down this ditch every single day and they pay me nothing!
Where do I apply to force them to pay me?
No animals were harmed during this performance.
No, literally a dancing hamster.
I have replaced batteries in a musical birthday card. It wasn't easy but my granddaughter loved it until the batteries ran down so I replaced them. Yes, it was irritating but worth it for the dancing hamster.
Teslas have the battery in a flat pack under the middle of the car ("skateboard design"). Electric motors are located front and rear low next to the wheels. This gives a very low center of gravity and ideal 50-50 weight distribution. Much better than a mid-engine ICE car.
I've purchased a few "refurbished" Nexus 5 phones to replace family phones which have been dropped too many times. They are cheap and work great. Usually they look just like a new phone. I'm sticking with the Nexus 5 until there is a compelling reason to upgrade. It's plenty fast, has all the features I need (and none of the bells and whistles which just irritate me).
I'll let the bozos who have to have the latest and greatest phone dump their old gear on me.
I'm even older than that... I live in the 60s
Now, get off my lawn.
CHD? I assume you mean Coronary Heart Disease.
This can be caused by butter (or other synthetic fat) and eggs but you don't need either to make pancakes.
Shop at Old Navy, H&M, Uniqlo, etc. You can buy new stuff really cheap there.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Most of the donations don't go to the thrift store. They are dumped in landfills, "recycled", or shipped to poor countries.
You should realize that most of the donations to Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc. don't end up in the local thrift store. Most of it is bundled and shipped to the third world where it's dumped on their doorstep, destroying local markets and filling their landfills.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Even people in Trump's *hole countries people have plenty of clothes. That's not the problem.
The problem is that we dump our trash on their market and destroy any local market for clothing. This prevents them from "lifting themselves up by their bootstraps" (or similar neoliberal articles of faith). Poor countries are finally saying stop sending us your trash. We need to develop our own economies.
No, just stop buying new stuff. Stop throwing away your perfectly good clothing.
Everybody has too much stuff. Don't buy more. Just stop.
(I realize that on this site, many people here are not "fashion conscious" so this may not apply. However, in the real world lots of people just keep buying new stuff and throwing away perfectly good clothing.)
Fossil fuels always have a cost. Wind and solar have unlimited free fuel... forever.
Now that the capital cost of wind and solar have come down, the fact that they run on free fuel means they will take over.
I recently read that only half the coal power plants in the US are breaking even.
Economics will drive fossil fuels out of business. It's just not cost effective to build a fossil fuel plant (even with all the subsidies they receive and considering that they don't have to pay for all of the health and environmental damage they cause).
Also, electric power companies get rewarded (guaranteed return on investment) when they build a big power plant. They get nothing when I install solar panels on my roof. This is a powerful incentive to discourage decentralized renewables and to build fossil fuel plants.