He is talking about Switzerland, not Greece. The Swiss are about to vote in a referendum on a $2500/mo basic income. They already have health care and housing and a high minimum wage. The cost of living in Greece has nothing to do with this Swiss referendum.
So... it looks like we've had plenty of warning of warming but our meagre response has left us vulnerable... change is happening. You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Tesla has made all of its patents free for anyone to use so I don't think they would have any problem with the Chinese copying the car. Tesla does not view other electric car companies as competitors. It wants lots of people making electric cars. It views ICE cars as the competition. Hopefully they will do a good job and make lots of cars. (My personal view is the same as Edison...Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration... they have a lot of work to do.)
Big snowstorm here, too. About 6 inches so far and still going strong. Should be a great powder ski day tomorrow. (However, I am not so stupid as to equate weather with climate.)
No, you can't get those 10 minutes back and you will spend even more time trying to sort this all out. One minute summary: It appears that they improved the wires that collect the electrons. (They tested this in a capacitor, not a battery) The breakthrough is that they were able to use nanowires which have a large surface area (more efficient) but are normally very fragile. They coated them with "gel" which kept them from breaking. This should lead to better batteries.
Here's one for $12 http://www.harborfreight.com/u... Uniformly positive reviews: It works great, I don't have to yell at my husband now to talk to him, the price was great to , the ear Dr. wanted $2800.00 a pair, yours are just $16.00. What a differns it has made.
So , the Tesla electric cars don't count? Or, the SpaceX launches of satellites and space station resupply? Or, millions of solar panels? What have you done... Ever.
We have two Nexus 5 phones and never a problem with the sim card... 30 months use on both. I've replaced a cracked screen in my wife's phone twice since she is hard on it.
In addition to up to 35x higher NOx emissions, VW also admitted that CO2 and fuel consumption were not reported accurately (i.e. they lied). I guess you will only care about NOx if you get lung cancer, asthma, emphysema or heart disease. Wikipedia has a good write-up on the problems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"The economic advantages of wind and solar over fossil fuels go beyond price.
This statement is correct. The price of fossil fuels does not include environmental and health damage which increases their cost to society beyond their price. OTOH, solar and wind have benefits which lower their cost below the price charged for them (and some use that as a justification for subsidizing their price).
You're right. He didn't say that solar was cheaper than coal. He said coal was more expensive than solar.
I know it's asking a lot but you have to read the whole article. At the end is a graph (in yellow) which shows that solar is cheaper than oil and gas in about half the states. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
Also, "The economic advantages of wind and solar over fossil fuels go beyond price.5 Still, it's remarkable that in every major region of the world, the lifetime cost of new coal and gas projects6 are rising considerably in the second half of 2015, according to BNEF. And in every major region the cost of renewables continues to fall."
You are right to ask about "other systemic costs". Coal and gas have an advantage in that they don't have to pay for the cost of damage to the environment or health. Even so, renewables are cheaper.
Actually, it's good fertilizer. Used for centuries... also by The Martian. Much better than the usual agricultural chemicals (which do poison the earth). So, they can't have electricity until we train them to shit indoors? It's called imperialism.
I know you aren't as stupid as this makes you look. I understand that you probably don't want to think that this could work but you might have some more fun with hypothetical math. Here are some things to think about:
How many EVs in OK today? How long will it take for OK to fully adopt EVs? How long does it take to install an EV socket? Are there any inhabited places in OK that don't have electricity?
So, are you saying that removing the source of CO2, CO, NOx (ICE cars) and replacing them with EVs won't improve pollution? What is the "largest problem" other than CO2, CO, NOx ?
You seem to think you know about this internet thingy but you could just try this thing call Google. It's amazing what it can find: http://www.theguardian.com/env... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03... BEIJING — China has released new statistics indicating that it used less coal last year than in 2014, lending support to the view that the country, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, may have reached a peak in coal consumption.
That would be a boon for global efforts to limit climate change, since industrial coal burning is the primary source of greenhouse gases. The new data, released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics, said coal consumption had fallen 3.7 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year. It was the second straight year of decline, according to the bureau, which said coal use had dropped 2.9 percent in 2014. Coal use fell 3.7% in 2015, following 2.9% drop in 2014, as China tries to wean itself off fuel that causes local air pollution problems and global warming
If the costs aren't paid for by the consumers and are paid for by taxpayers (or foisted on others), then they are subsidies. It's not a free market if you are not paying the cost of what you produce or consume and force others to pay for it.
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He is talking about Switzerland, not Greece.
The Swiss are about to vote in a referendum on a $2500/mo basic income. They already have health care and housing and a high minimum wage.
The cost of living in Greece has nothing to do with this Swiss referendum.
So... it looks like we've had plenty of warning of warming but our meagre response has left us vulnerable... change is happening.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
For whom does he get paid to shill?
"Known" shill? I don't know. Please inform me.
Flying cars! Where is my flying car?
Tesla has made all of its patents free for anyone to use so I don't think they would have any problem with the Chinese copying the car.
Tesla does not view other electric car companies as competitors. It wants lots of people making electric cars. It views ICE cars as the competition.
Hopefully they will do a good job and make lots of cars.
(My personal view is the same as Edison...Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration... they have a lot of work to do.)
Big snowstorm here, too. About 6 inches so far and still going strong. Should be a great powder ski day tomorrow.
(However, I am not so stupid as to equate weather with climate.)
Urban per person CO2 emissions 7 metric tons vs rural 19 metric tons annually
No, you can't get those 10 minutes back and you will spend even more time trying to sort this all out.
One minute summary:
It appears that they improved the wires that collect the electrons. (They tested this in a capacitor, not a battery)
The breakthrough is that they were able to use nanowires which have a large surface area (more efficient) but are normally very fragile. They coated them with "gel" which kept them from breaking.
This should lead to better batteries.
Here's one for $12
http://www.harborfreight.com/u...
Uniformly positive reviews:
It works great, I don't have to yell at my husband now to talk to him, the price was great to , the ear Dr. wanted $2800.00 a pair, yours are just $16.00. What a differns it has made.
So , the Tesla electric cars don't count?
Or, the SpaceX launches of satellites and space station resupply?
Or, millions of solar panels?
What have you done... Ever.
We have two Nexus 5 phones and never a problem with the sim card... 30 months use on both.
I've replaced a cracked screen in my wife's phone twice since she is hard on it.
In addition to up to 35x higher NOx emissions, VW also admitted that CO2 and fuel consumption were not reported accurately (i.e. they lied).
I guess you will only care about NOx if you get lung cancer, asthma, emphysema or heart disease.
Wikipedia has a good write-up on the problems:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"The economic advantages of wind and solar over fossil fuels go beyond price.
This statement is correct. The price of fossil fuels does not include environmental and health damage which increases their cost to society beyond their price.
OTOH, solar and wind have benefits which lower their cost below the price charged for them (and some use that as a justification for subsidizing their price).
You're right. He didn't say that solar was cheaper than coal. He said coal was more expensive than solar.
I know it's asking a lot but you have to read the whole article. At the end is a graph (in yellow) which shows that solar is cheaper than oil and gas in about half the states.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
Also, "The economic advantages of wind and solar over fossil fuels go beyond price.5 Still, it's remarkable that in every major region of the world, the lifetime cost of new coal and gas projects6 are rising considerably in the second half of 2015, according to BNEF. And in every major region the cost of renewables continues to fall."
He is the Energy Minister so he should know more than some random Kochbot guy on /.
Even in the US, solar is cheaper than coal and gas in about half the states:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
You are right to ask about "other systemic costs".
Coal and gas have an advantage in that they don't have to pay for the cost of damage to the environment or health. Even so, renewables are cheaper.
Actually, it's good fertilizer. Used for centuries... also by The Martian.
Much better than the usual agricultural chemicals (which do poison the earth).
So, they can't have electricity until we train them to shit indoors? It's called imperialism.
I think the biggest obstacle is stupidity.
I know you aren't as stupid as this makes you look. I understand that you probably don't want to think that this could work but you might have some more fun with hypothetical math. Here are some things to think about:
How many EVs in OK today? How long will it take for OK to fully adopt EVs?
How long does it take to install an EV socket?
Are there any inhabited places in OK that don't have electricity?
So, are you saying that removing the source of CO2, CO, NOx (ICE cars) and replacing them with EVs won't improve pollution?
What is the "largest problem" other than CO2, CO, NOx ?
Tesla seems to have it covered...
http://insideevs.com/tesla-det...
That's just Tesla. There are thousands of others (3000 Chademo in Europe).
http://www.chademo.com/
1200 miles in 12 hours gives an average of 100 mph... are you sure this is right?
Let me guess... they will stop and recharge?
http://insideevs.com/tesla-det...
You should try thinking with your brain, not your gut. In end,what comes out of your gut is just crap.
You seem to think you know about this internet thingy but you could just try this thing call Google. It's amazing what it can find:
http://www.theguardian.com/env...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03...
BEIJING — China has released new statistics indicating that it used less coal last year than in 2014, lending support to the view that the country, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, may have reached a peak in coal consumption.
That would be a boon for global efforts to limit climate change, since industrial coal burning is the primary source of greenhouse gases. The new data, released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics, said coal consumption had fallen 3.7 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year. It was the second straight year of decline, according to the bureau, which said coal use had dropped 2.9 percent in 2014.
Coal use fell 3.7% in 2015, following 2.9% drop in 2014, as China tries to wean itself off fuel that causes local air pollution problems and global warming
If the costs aren't paid for by the consumers and are paid for by taxpayers (or foisted on others), then they are subsidies.
It's not a free market if you are not paying the cost of what you produce or consume and force others to pay for it.