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  1. Re:Is a gas generator so hard? on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Can we just go to diesel at least?
    How about selling a nice low drag vehicle without the expensive hybrid stuff. I am thinking Prius with Diesel Golf engine.

  2. Re:1000 mile range for 25 KG of Aluminum Air Batte on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Why would sustainability become a problem?
    Aluminum is recycled not lost, so no worries there. A lot of electricity will be needed for that, but that is already true.

  3. Re:Maybe for range extension, but not day to day. on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    I would like to buy these magic Gas Engines you sell, where can I find them?

    Does this number include getting the fuel to the ICE you describe?

  4. Re:Not all consume their anodes on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Tell your local aluminum refiner that.

    The GP never mentioned Al though.

  5. Re:My car has a range of 6000 miles on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Then the only question is what mass of aluminum do they need. Adding more electrical output for aluminum production should not be that bad, since it is a known load and unlikely to vary.

  6. Re:If you build it..... on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Maybe buy Evora bodies. They are not that far apart.

  7. Re:Rrrrrecharge on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Why?
    If the battery costs less than the equivalent amount of gas it could work.

  8. Re:My car has a range of 6000 miles on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Aluminum is simple to refine again and can be done without fossil fuels. It uses quite of bit of electricity, but so does recharging a car battery.

  9. Re:My car has a range of 6000 miles on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Who the hell drives from Boston to Atlanta?
    Have you ever heard of an airplane?

    If the batteries are no more expensive than 1000 miles worth of gasoline it could still work. I have my doubts about that price though.

  10. Re:If you build it..... on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 2

    They can't.
    The Lotus Elise is no more.

  11. Re:Article troll on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    Netflix has all of these either on streaming or disc.
    No commercials either and way cheaper than cable.

  12. Re:Wow on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    Windows version is going to be x86, so that will run terribly on a smartphone.

  13. Re:you cant take something away on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 2

    Netflix works on linux. Not as great as on windows, but it does work. Wine running firefox and silverlight.

  14. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    Some public programs are always needed. Welcome to reality.

    Even if we limit ourselves to simply those who were injured or born mentally handicapped, someone will always be in need of public programs.

  15. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    I am not depressed, I am simply facing reality.

    People will from time to time need assistance. To deny that reality is insane. To act as though business will not pollute, abuse workers and in general do anything to save a dollar this quarter is insane.

    I have no interest in depriving anyone of their will.

  16. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    So long as there is 1 person in the situation we have to do something.

    There are a lot of people who will never get better jobs, who are not really capable of more. Surely, you yourself know of people like this.

  17. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    If there were no welfare and you only made $10/day then we as a society have to deal with you living in our parks and on our streets. We have to deal with your inability to afford medical care or housing.

    At some point we either subsidize you or let you die on the street.

  18. Re:Simple solution on Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water · · Score: 1

    Pasteurization is not what I am speaking of.

    Making beer requires boiling the wort. That is what makes the sugar rich liquid the yeast can live in. Alcohol in beer is generally too low to be preservative or truly antiseptic.

  19. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    Singapore has a social welfare system and most of their housing is public housing.

    So that seems to be not what you are touting at all.

  20. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    So what do you do when your solution is implemented and we do have people starving on the street?

    We tried it your way, we had robber barons and the Jungle.

  21. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    If you were getting $10 a day, you would still be relying on the government to feed,cloth and shelter you. While at the same time some employer would be benefitting from that government spending.

    I don't see how feeding someone is a wasted life. We do not live to make money. We do not live to feed the market.

  22. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    So you have no solutions, just more finger pointing?

  23. Re:Simple solution on Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water · · Score: 1

    The boiling is the real anti-pathogen.

    I know I make beer that sometimes has IBUs below 15.

  24. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    You act as though people have all these choices. They don't, the reality is many are willing to take any employment they can find. Even if it means damaging their own health. As unemployment increases that only gets worse.

    We can look at history and see what happened before. We know that without this regulation workers will be abused.

  25. Re:Capital vs Labour on Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants · · Score: 1

    Without a price floor on labor we had people starving in the street. These laws came about for a reason. If the market was as benevolent as you claim these laws would never have been instated.

    Taxing transactions is regressive. I oppose regressive taxes. They are merely a method the rich use to get the middle and poor to pay for things the rich want.