" tired of being labeled, called names, told they're meanies, etc."... "don't agree with mouth-foaming liberals"
Covered in mud, slinging mud. Funny. I hear the talk radio gods talk about the mouth-foaming liberals, though I've never met one. I'm sure you can find some. It's a straw man. Describe a mouth foamer who's brain is infected with "liberalism" and throw everyone you disagree with into that box.
I voted for Bill Weld - by far the best candidate in the bunch. Complain about the mobster and the lunatic and pretend there are only 2 sides - and of course it's self fulfilling.
The only information I see coming out saying that "peer review is sort of a joke" is from propaganda artists like Limbaugh, Hannity, etc in their attempt to discredit real science where is conflicts with their narratives (global warming is a Hoax). People aren't perfect and neither is peer review, but it's a really good process and certainly not "sort of a joke". Also, I can't believe someone made this comment on Slashdot and got modded 5.
Where are you getting 90% efficient electrolysis from? In the PDF article you linked, it says cell voltage efficiency is up to 90%, but that's not for the entire process. PEM electrolysis has a theoretical efficiency of 94%, but even the best projections are 74% in a decade or more. So again, where did you get "The efficiency of electrolysis is very high today, approaching 90%."?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... for PEM electrolyzers, "Ranges in 2014 were 43–67% for the alkaline and 40–67% for the PEM, they should progress in 2030 to 53–70% for the alkaline and 62–74% for the PEM"
So Toyota definitely seems to back this, but they can't give any reasons other than 5 minute fill-ups and range, advantages that are diminishing as BEVs increase in range and decrease charge times. Battery tech is far from its theoretical limits, so we can expect further range increases. That leaves only fill-up time. For those with home charging, EVs arguably already beat out gasoline on that front, especially when coupled with DC fast charging for extended trips. The only areas HFCV possibly holds an advantage over BEV (assuming infrastructure rollout) is for those without home charging. Porsche is claiming 15 minutes charges using an 800V system and it's certainly possibly to add 200 miles in 10 minutes with 350 kW charging. Toyota's case for the FCEV is looking shaky, they've even reversed course and are now developing an EV of their own: https://www.forbes.com/sites/b...
As an engineer (M.E.), I love the car, but the energy side is potentially bigger. Energy storage is a no-brainer from a design standpoint. It's ridiculous to match generation to demand, but that's what we've done because storage is too expensive. That cost is coming down rapidly and once it crosses a threshold, it will transform the energy industry. Add in a shift to renewables and it may be the most significant technological and economic shifts in our lifetime.
Tesla sold more Model S, a $100k car than GM did a $40k car. That's freaking amazing.
It's ridiculous to compare GM current sales to Tesla current sales. Tesla sells 2 very expensive models. The question is what's the Model 3 going to do? And if the Model 3 does well, will Tesla create additional models to cover other segments? If GM decides to get serious and not outsource their EVs to LG, how long will it take them to make the capital investments necessary to scale up? Where will they obtain batteries should demand for EVs go mainstream?
Then there is the energy market, possibly larger than the automotive market. Nobody's got a crystal ball, but if Tesla is right about the EV market AND the energy market then their current valuation will look cheap in 5 years.
Pie in the sky? The energy market alone has enough potential to dwarf the auto market. Grid storage is inevitable. Renewable energy is inevitable.
There are other competitors in this market, but few, if any, are as aggressive as Tesla. Tesla is hell bent on prodding the transformation to renewable energy and electric cars. Who else in the industry does this? Nobody.
The shift in the energy and auto industry are probably the biggest technological and economic shifts happening in the world today. And Tesla is all in on both. If EVs fail in the market, so will Tesla. But that's what people (myself included) love about them. They're throwing everything in on electric cars and renewable energy, while most everybody else takes a wait and see approach.
Not sure where your 8 C came from. It took about 11,000 years for the temp to rise 4 C. By contrast, we're up 1 C in just 100 years, and that's the issue. Nobody's saying the climate doesn't change naturally, just that this extremely rapid change is caused by humans.
"several thousand people whom rely on the climate change scam, for their paycheck, are ramping up the BS so they can remain on the gravy train...."
It really blows my mind that people believe engineers and scientists from the best scientific organizations in the world, including NASA and NOAA are ALL in on a worldwide scam, while the companies that actually have skin in the game (oil, nat gas, coal, etc) are innocent victims. If you know any engineers (I'm an M.E.), you know they're often quite anal about technicalities and correctness. To even consider that a group, much less several groups across the globe would sacrifice their integrity for grants, or whatever, is absolutely ludicrous.
But then again, we elected Trump as president so it seems the majority of people aren't capable of rational thought.
So Trump makes a claim with absolutely no basis and... you took it hook, line, and sinker. He's got you distracted, talking about Clapper and FISA instead of what had him furious to begin with. He might have well as said Aliens landed in Kentucky. The head of NASA denies it, and all the discussion goes to NASA and whether or not Aliens might have landed in Kentucky.
"performing attacks and making it look like a foreign country, like Russia, did it" Wow! That's quite a stretch there. Got your own conspiracy theory ready to go.
"undermine the credibility of the guy who does get elected so nobody will work with him" Nobody wants to work with him because he's a total moron.
"dissolve the CIA, and NSA" - Bannon, is that you? The CIA and NSA are just about the only checks left on this lunatic.
Nice bait and switch. Citing sources and peer review, pretty much the antithesis of the new right that claims global warming is a hoax, Trump inherited a mess, U.S. have been practically inviting terrorists into the country, etc. The ones who call any news they don't like "Fake News", which now includes the entire mainstream media and select parts of Fox News.
"feelings more important than truth" Give me a break. In what universe are you living that "conservatives", who apparently are all on Breitbart and Fox News worry about people's feelings? Have you read the comment section on those websites?
Nice attempt at spin. I don't condone any violence, but Trump thinks he's King and you should be worried. His communication isn't "mean tweets", it's a display of unimaginable ignorance, stupidity, and lack of decency. What, just yesterday he used the office of POTUS to slam Nordstrom because they dropped her daughter's clothing line or something. Ridiculous behaviour.
President Camacho was better suited for the office than Trump - at least he showed some respect.
Kinko's - transparency? Isn't that the opposite of the point you're trying to make? If I don't want people to know who I am, I'll perform my electronic comms through Kinko's or a coffee shop, etc. Is it so hard to require a verifiable name and address? I can do my banking online at home, but FOIA needs to be done over unencrypted fax from Kinko's?
What? It is very easy to spoof a signature (or anything else) on a fax. Signatures are only verifiable in penned ink. Once you digitize it, it's next to useless. Also, that fax is likely travelling unencrypted over the internet like the rest of voice traffic these days (POTS is dead). Unless you're using end-to-end encryption with verified certs, fax is not secure. Man in the middle attacks are very much feasible.
Curious how you came up with your figures. And as to countries with "civil unrest and poor-functioning central government", isn't that pretty much the definition of countries with refugees? So, according to your figures (how did you get 98%?), the order focuses the ban on refugees coming from countries with refugees (civil unrest and poor-functioning central government).
The new administration's energy plan excludes renewable energy and emphasizes oil and gas.
"The Trump Administration will embrace the shale oil and gas revolution to bring jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans. We must take advantage of the estimated $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, especially those on federal lands that the American people own."
"He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured."
“An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud”
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bring crime. They’re rapists And some, I assume, are good people.”
“Our great African-American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore.”
“It’s freezing and snowing in New York – we need global warming!”
“My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body.”
“My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.”
"Why can’t we use nuclear weapons?"
"If she gets to pick her judges – nothing you can do, folks. Although, the Second Amendment people. Maybe there is. I don’t know."
“When Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats, and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water."
"I’ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall, OK? I'm building a wall."
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible."
"We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated."
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" tired of being labeled, called names, told they're meanies, etc." ... "don't agree with mouth-foaming liberals"
Covered in mud, slinging mud. Funny. I hear the talk radio gods talk about the mouth-foaming liberals, though I've never met one. I'm sure you can find some. It's a straw man. Describe a mouth foamer who's brain is infected with "liberalism" and throw everyone you disagree with into that box.
I voted for Bill Weld - by far the best candidate in the bunch. Complain about the mobster and the lunatic and pretend there are only 2 sides - and of course it's self fulfilling.
The only information I see coming out saying that "peer review is sort of a joke" is from propaganda artists like Limbaugh, Hannity, etc in their attempt to discredit real science where is conflicts with their narratives (global warming is a Hoax). People aren't perfect and neither is peer review, but it's a really good process and certainly not "sort of a joke". Also, I can't believe someone made this comment on Slashdot and got modded 5.
Such a burden to not snoop on the packets in your network.
Where are you getting 90% efficient electrolysis from? In the PDF article you linked, it says cell voltage efficiency is up to 90%, but that's not for the entire process. PEM electrolysis has a theoretical efficiency of 94%, but even the best projections are 74% in a decade or more. So again, where did you get "The efficiency of electrolysis is very high today, approaching 90%."?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... for PEM electrolyzers, "Ranges in 2014 were 43–67% for the alkaline and 40–67% for the PEM, they should progress in 2030 to 53–70% for the alkaline and 62–74% for the PEM"
So Toyota definitely seems to back this, but they can't give any reasons other than 5 minute fill-ups and range, advantages that are diminishing as BEVs increase in range and decrease charge times. Battery tech is far from its theoretical limits, so we can expect further range increases. That leaves only fill-up time. For those with home charging, EVs arguably already beat out gasoline on that front, especially when coupled with DC fast charging for extended trips. The only areas HFCV possibly holds an advantage over BEV (assuming infrastructure rollout) is for those without home charging. Porsche is claiming 15 minutes charges using an 800V system and it's certainly possibly to add 200 miles in 10 minutes with 350 kW charging. Toyota's case for the FCEV is looking shaky, they've even reversed course and are now developing an EV of their own: https://www.forbes.com/sites/b...
As an engineer (M.E.), I love the car, but the energy side is potentially bigger. Energy storage is a no-brainer from a design standpoint. It's ridiculous to match generation to demand, but that's what we've done because storage is too expensive. That cost is coming down rapidly and once it crosses a threshold, it will transform the energy industry. Add in a shift to renewables and it may be the most significant technological and economic shifts in our lifetime.
Yea. That's what people said when they hit $90. And $200. You might be right in the future, but your track record sucks.
Tesla sold more Model S, a $100k car than GM did a $40k car. That's freaking amazing.
It's ridiculous to compare GM current sales to Tesla current sales. Tesla sells 2 very expensive models. The question is what's the Model 3 going to do? And if the Model 3 does well, will Tesla create additional models to cover other segments? If GM decides to get serious and not outsource their EVs to LG, how long will it take them to make the capital investments necessary to scale up? Where will they obtain batteries should demand for EVs go mainstream?
Then there is the energy market, possibly larger than the automotive market. Nobody's got a crystal ball, but if Tesla is right about the EV market AND the energy market then their current valuation will look cheap in 5 years.
Pie in the sky? The energy market alone has enough potential to dwarf the auto market. Grid storage is inevitable. Renewable energy is inevitable.
There are other competitors in this market, but few, if any, are as aggressive as Tesla. Tesla is hell bent on prodding the transformation to renewable energy and electric cars. Who else in the industry does this? Nobody.
The shift in the energy and auto industry are probably the biggest technological and economic shifts happening in the world today. And Tesla is all in on both. If EVs fail in the market, so will Tesla. But that's what people (myself included) love about them. They're throwing everything in on electric cars and renewable energy, while most everybody else takes a wait and see approach.
Ponzi Scheme? That's just ignorant or insulting.
The Roadster came out in 2008, so there are 9 year old Teslas out there. Check out ebay.
Agreed. Though Slashdot's comment quality has been on a steady decline, so I'm not surprised.
Not sure where your 8 C came from. It took about 11,000 years for the temp to rise 4 C. By contrast, we're up 1 C in just 100 years, and that's the issue. Nobody's saying the climate doesn't change naturally, just that this extremely rapid change is caused by humans.
https://xkcd.com/1732/
"It's just a flimsy excuse by the lib-left for bigger government."
No, it's just reality. How about, instead of denying reality you come up with a solution that doesn't require government to grow. I'll be all for it.
"several thousand people whom rely on the climate change scam, for their paycheck, are ramping up the BS so they can remain on the gravy train...."
It really blows my mind that people believe engineers and scientists from the best scientific organizations in the world, including NASA and NOAA are ALL in on a worldwide scam, while the companies that actually have skin in the game (oil, nat gas, coal, etc) are innocent victims. If you know any engineers (I'm an M.E.), you know they're often quite anal about technicalities and correctness. To even consider that a group, much less several groups across the globe would sacrifice their integrity for grants, or whatever, is absolutely ludicrous.
But then again, we elected Trump as president so it seems the majority of people aren't capable of rational thought.
"if Trump wins the market will crash and will *never* recover
Well, he'll certainly set the stage. No doubt he'll remove regulations put in place to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 collapse.
Huh? I'm pretty a company filled EEs could swap out one battery storage system for another. Slashdot. Where did all the nerds go?
Not realizing they pay $2k a year for gas, soo ... over 10 years, that's:
$2k for the purchase
$20k for gas
$?? for maintenance and repairs.
Parent's conclusion was to "dissolve the CIA, and NSA". I don't think you'll get rational answers to your questions.
So Trump makes a claim with absolutely no basis and ... you took it hook, line, and sinker. He's got you distracted, talking about Clapper and FISA instead of what had him furious to begin with. He might have well as said Aliens landed in Kentucky. The head of NASA denies it, and all the discussion goes to NASA and whether or not Aliens might have landed in Kentucky.
"performing attacks and making it look like a foreign country, like Russia, did it" Wow! That's quite a stretch there. Got your own conspiracy theory ready to go.
"undermine the credibility of the guy who does get elected so nobody will work with him" Nobody wants to work with him because he's a total moron.
"dissolve the CIA, and NSA" - Bannon, is that you? The CIA and NSA are just about the only checks left on this lunatic.
Nice bait and switch. Citing sources and peer review, pretty much the antithesis of the new right that claims global warming is a hoax, Trump inherited a mess, U.S. have been practically inviting terrorists into the country, etc. The ones who call any news they don't like "Fake News", which now includes the entire mainstream media and select parts of Fox News.
"feelings more important than truth" Give me a break. In what universe are you living that "conservatives", who apparently are all on Breitbart and Fox News worry about people's feelings? Have you read the comment section on those websites?
Nice attempt at spin. I don't condone any violence, but Trump thinks he's King and you should be worried. His communication isn't "mean tweets", it's a display of unimaginable ignorance, stupidity, and lack of decency. What, just yesterday he used the office of POTUS to slam Nordstrom because they dropped her daughter's clothing line or something. Ridiculous behaviour.
President Camacho was better suited for the office than Trump - at least he showed some respect.
Kinko's - transparency? Isn't that the opposite of the point you're trying to make? If I don't want people to know who I am, I'll perform my electronic comms through Kinko's or a coffee shop, etc. Is it so hard to require a verifiable name and address? I can do my banking online at home, but FOIA needs to be done over unencrypted fax from Kinko's?
What? It is very easy to spoof a signature (or anything else) on a fax. Signatures are only verifiable in penned ink. Once you digitize it, it's next to useless. Also, that fax is likely travelling unencrypted over the internet like the rest of voice traffic these days (POTS is dead). Unless you're using end-to-end encryption with verified certs, fax is not secure. Man in the middle attacks are very much feasible.
I'm quite disappointed PGP never took off.
Curious how you came up with your figures. And as to countries with "civil unrest and poor-functioning central government", isn't that pretty much the definition of countries with refugees? So, according to your figures (how did you get 98%?), the order focuses the ban on refugees coming from countries with refugees (civil unrest and poor-functioning central government).
The new administration's energy plan excludes renewable energy and emphasizes oil and gas.
"The Trump Administration will embrace the shale oil and gas revolution to bring jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans. We must take advantage of the estimated $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, especially those on federal lands that the American people own."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ame...
Trump seems to think it matters.
"He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured."
“An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud”
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bring crime. They’re rapists And some, I assume, are good people.”
“Our great African-American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore.”
“It’s freezing and snowing in New York – we need global warming!”
“My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body.”
“My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.”
"Why can’t we use nuclear weapons?"
"If she gets to pick her judges – nothing you can do, folks. Although, the Second Amendment people. Maybe there is. I don’t know."
“When Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats, and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water."
"I’ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall, OK? I'm building a wall."
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible."
"We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated."