First off, Solyndra was not just a small loan, but had China not been illegal in their actions, then Solyndra, and others, would still be alive. It was the illegal actions of China that killed these companies.
Secondly, why do you claim that nukes are not well managed here? We have not done a good job of promoting it anymore, which is a horrible mistake, but I do not see failures going. And solar remains MUCH more expensive than nukes. In fact, At this time. I think that Thorium will actually be as cheap or cheaper than NG.
And what is more important, is that the last thing that we want is to even think that we can base our economy on just solar/wind. Both would be easy to kill by simple weather changes. So, any nations whose military is working hard on weather control would have an effective weapon. In addition, a super volcano erupting, say Yellowstone, would have a real detrimental impact on our output right when we need it most.
So, 1 company that is devoted to Alternative energy, and another one that is opposed to Nuclear Energy (though not against fossil fuel) are saying that this is being done wrong. Yeah, totally makes sense to me.
Chu was actually one of the brighter energy secretary that we have had. As such, I was hoping that he was going to push Obama to start a fund for thorium reactors. We have effectively shut down our storage of 'nuclear waste', so this is sitting at sites that are looking to shut down their reactors. If we create multiple companies with thorium reactors that can use this 'waste' as well, we can simply add these new reactors on-site and then burn up 95% of this 'waste'. Note that these current sites already have cooling, transmissions, land, etc. IOW, they are already well situation to handle nuclear power. So, it is ideal for a company to add these reactors, and then while making profits on them, tear down the old reactors.
Actually, it IS trivial to create a bio-weapon out of avian flu. Basically, wait until somebody in Indonesia (large muslim population) catches it. And about 6-12 a year do so. Then get a small sample of the bug from that person. That is the hardest part. Once you have that, go back to Pakistan, inject it into several of the followers with compatible blood type. Basically, you now have a living incubator (for a short time) which replaces the need for growing cells. You can inject other flu strains in there as well. At this time, introduce a number of followers to care for these ppl. Wait until one of them comes down with the flu. If they live, they have the wrong strain. If they die, well, you have a cross-bred strain that was transmitted via air. Simply test it by having others introduced with it and then making sure that they catch it.
You may lose anywhere from 6-12 ppl, BUT, these are all ppl happy to die to get to their 72 virgins (I am still trying to figure out what the women get). At that point, pull the serum, spin off the cells and you simply send the samples along with say 12-50 volunteers happy to die. Run them through cities at the same time. They will spread it quickly. However, it will take a while before the medical community realizes what they have.
BTW, todays commercial aircraft is not the way to transmit it. They turn over the air faster than a regular room. Send them to basket ball games, movies, malls, schools, etc. Horrible HVAC. Sniffles, etc will be seen as normal. Do this during Xmas time and you have loads of ppl who NEED to shop.
BTW, this is the same mechanism that is used for any bug which has multiple strains. Flu is simply the easiest. And with Avian being so deadly, but taking so long to show up, it has the potential to shut down our society.
And yet, how many in government make decisions based on the bible, torah, or Quoran? reagan made regular decisions based on what he thought the bible wanted. Same with W.
Actually, no. I do not watch movies on this. I did this work back in the 80s for the DOD and CDC. So, I very likely have a little bit more knowledge than an AC on here.
When AQ is on the ropes, they will no doubt attack with a bio-weapon. Why? Because it is SO easy and cheap to make. In addition, it will be difficult to trace back to them. And if done right, they can provide immunity for themselves FIRST. My bet is that they will do avian flu. Trivial to come up thanks to all of the chicken growers in Asia. And then to 'weaponize' is very easy (i.e. make it easy to target humans).
And the reason why I saw nothing to worry about is that this will be coming. Not much that you can do except have vaccines and update your medical staff.
Human Space certification IS HARD. And that is more so considering that some within NASA are opposed to private space. As such, NO SAFETY EXCEPTIONS were made for SpaceX. OTOH, all of NASA's and RSA's vehicles would flunk if they had to pass the same thing.
And considering that li-ion batteries are well known for fires, then you can bet on it, that this was fully tested by NASA and possibly FAA. Keep in mind that FAA is the ones regulating private space and are checking over the various crafts.
As to the investigators, I think that what they said was that there was no issue with the manufacturing. Not that there was not an issue with the battery. Just that the batch that went through met the qualification tests. It is possible that there is still an issue with the battery. Yes, they are looking at the electronics, but if nothing is found there, then they will likely go back to the batteries and simulate what happened. Keep in mind that A123 was bankrupted because their test did not include the vehicle going over 180. When fiskar did, and a battery started smoldering, it took another 6 months before it was found that the battery was at fault. Why? Because nobody thought to turn it over. It is possible that conditions on the plane, such as increased radiation is causing an early breakdown in the current batteries.
not anymore. Used to be that way, but with li-ion, it is a packet of material. You still need protection circuitry, etc in there. That is what is in these batteries now.
Tesla MAKES their own batteries, as well as the charger/protection circuitry/etc. What they do not make, are the cells. They take the li-ion package and use that in a battery BUT, all else they make.
I seriously doubt that the airframe will require change. The current batteries are accessible so, I doubt that it will require to much change. About the only issue MIGHT be HVAC, though I doubt it. I would think that the current batteries had to have some level of cooling/ventilation, so it should be adoptable.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and ask, what issue has tesla had with those? I have not been able to find it.
For anything to be attached to the ISS, they have very exacting standards. Much more difficult than FAA. In fact, the biggest fear in space IS fire. Now, NASA and RSA have made all sorts of exceptions for their own crafts. BUT, to the best of my knowledge, NO SAFETY EXCEPTIONS have been made for SpaceX. As such, I would suspect that bringing up a li-ion battery had to be proven to all that it was safe in space. After all, if a fire occurs on dragon, it is still a major threat while it is BERTHED at the ISS.
I have little doubt that the battery pack could work for the 787. And I suspect that it could be approved within 2-3 months if needed (round the clock testing with FAA tests).
Finally, for all of you blasting musk on this, please give me a break. Tesla does NOT compete against Boeing. And when it comes to space, Boeing has their CST-100 being paid by the gov. SpaceX is paying for the majority of their dragon rider. I suspect that Boeing and SpaceX will share the ISS routes once they are both going while SpaceX will likely get the majority of BA's routes.
Basically, if we provide amnesty to all of the illegals, most of them are uneducated. However, they will want more money which will mean that they are too expensive to keep in those positions. However, an increase in the cheap labor will cause a number of jobs to go away and be replaced by robotics. This burger robot will no doubt be picked up by McD, BK, Wndys, etc. IOW, we will be laying off 1 million ppl who were originally illegals. It does not sound like much until you realize that that is just under a 1% jump in unemployment. And to be able to compete, other jobs will have to be automated. That will mean that we will see an increasing number of previous illegals dependent on gov. subsidies.
Now, assuming that there were 10 million illegals, of which 7 million were working, then this kind of hurts. HOWEVER, the previous amnesty from reagan showed us that it is roughly 3x the number of ppl. IOW, 20-30 million illegals, with 14-21 million working. As they are put out of work, that will mean upwards of 10% just for these ppl in addition, to any other unemployment groups (which would be at least another 5%).
It totally makes sense for MS to NOT show it. This study is for MS's sale's ppl to go into companies with and make these wild claims. Look at what happened when it was found out what patents were being used for going after the android companies. They were all jokes. The problem is that almost all of MS's studies in the past have been proven wrong.
As such, it is a certainty that this 'study' is more of the same and would be shown to be so. That would be very difficult for MS's sales ppl to counter.
The shuttle in terms of its engines are far more efficient than the merlins on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Yet, the F9/dragon takes a crew of 7 to LEO for 120M, and the FH takes 54 tonnes to LEO for 100 M. OTOH, the shuttle being more energy efficient could take 7 ppl and 25 tonnes in one trip. Of course, it cost 1.5 BILLION per launch.
So, you tell us, what matters more: the efficiency of the storage, or the costs of the storage?
That is why I keep saying that we should be pushing thermal storage combined with a Natural Gas boiler back-up. The thermal storage will have be around 50% efficiency. However, it is a CHEAP means of storage, with the ability to provide load balancing for a variable grid. Yes, you lose about 50% of the energy stored, HOWEVER, this is still cheap while building out AE systems (geo-thermal, wind, solar, etc) AND getting cheaper storage.
When you start college, please take up some world history. All remember those that do not learn from history, repeat it. And sadly, idiots like you get us into wars over and over and over.
I know. I saw that. Basically, it requires the F9 V1.1 and extended trunk (I mentioned that on another post in parallel to this).
But that is only if BEAM is as small as was originally planned. What is cool about it, is that it could mean that this would go up within a year. That is ideal for everybody. The reason is that it gets Bigelow's manufacturing lines going. Likewise, it allows NASA to play with things and prove to the world that all is good. After all, think of how much NASA has done for SpaceX and even Orbital. A WHOLE lot.
One key thing that many miss is that BA wants to put up 1-2 stations into orbit, but they will likely not get loads of customers. The reason is that there is not really loads of R&D that is being done. Not enough anyways. But I suspect that they will have enough to make it worth their while.
Where life will get good for BA, is when they can put a base on the moon. At that moment, EVERY NATION will want to go. They will want to make claims in spite of the treaties. They will want to make certain that they do not have an Antarctica/Arctic situation of multiple nations making claims on areas.
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First off, Solyndra was not just a small loan, but had China not been illegal in their actions, then Solyndra, and others, would still be alive. It was the illegal actions of China that killed these companies.
Secondly, why do you claim that nukes are not well managed here? We have not done a good job of promoting it anymore, which is a horrible mistake, but I do not see failures going. And solar remains MUCH more expensive than nukes. In fact, At this time. I think that Thorium will actually be as cheap or cheaper than NG.
And what is more important, is that the last thing that we want is to even think that we can base our economy on just solar/wind. Both would be easy to kill by simple weather changes. So, any nations whose military is working hard on weather control would have an effective weapon. In addition, a super volcano erupting, say Yellowstone, would have a real detrimental impact on our output right when we need it most.
So, 1 company that is devoted to Alternative energy, and another one that is opposed to Nuclear Energy (though not against fossil fuel) are saying that this is being done wrong. Yeah, totally makes sense to me.
Chu was actually one of the brighter energy secretary that we have had. As such, I was hoping that he was going to push Obama to start a fund for thorium reactors. We have effectively shut down our storage of 'nuclear waste', so this is sitting at sites that are looking to shut down their reactors. If we create multiple companies with thorium reactors that can use this 'waste' as well, we can simply add these new reactors on-site and then burn up 95% of this 'waste'. Note that these current sites already have cooling, transmissions, land, etc. IOW, they are already well situation to handle nuclear power. So, it is ideal for a company to add these reactors, and then while making profits on them, tear down the old reactors.
It will not be anthrax. Harder to produce, easy to trace, and not as easy to spead. OTOH, avian flu is ideal.
Actually, it IS trivial to create a bio-weapon out of avian flu. Basically, wait until somebody in Indonesia (large muslim population) catches it. And about 6-12 a year do so. Then get a small sample of the bug from that person. That is the hardest part. Once you have that, go back to Pakistan, inject it into several of the followers with compatible blood type. Basically, you now have a living incubator (for a short time) which replaces the need for growing cells. You can inject other flu strains in there as well. At this time, introduce a number of followers to care for these ppl. Wait until one of them comes down with the flu. If they live, they have the wrong strain. If they die, well, you have a cross-bred strain that was transmitted via air. Simply test it by having others introduced with it and then making sure that they catch it.
You may lose anywhere from 6-12 ppl, BUT, these are all ppl happy to die to get to their 72 virgins (I am still trying to figure out what the women get). At that point, pull the serum, spin off the cells and you simply send the samples along with say 12-50 volunteers happy to die. Run them through cities at the same time. They will spread it quickly. However, it will take a while before the medical community realizes what they have.
BTW, todays commercial aircraft is not the way to transmit it. They turn over the air faster than a regular room. Send them to basket ball games, movies, malls, schools, etc. Horrible HVAC. Sniffles, etc will be seen as normal. Do this during Xmas time and you have loads of ppl who NEED to shop.
BTW, this is the same mechanism that is used for any bug which has multiple strains. Flu is simply the easiest. And with Avian being so deadly, but taking so long to show up, it has the potential to shut down our society.
And yet, how many in government make decisions based on the bible, torah, or Quoran? reagan made regular decisions based on what he thought the bible wanted. Same with W.
Actually, no. I do not watch movies on this. I did this work back in the 80s for the DOD and CDC. So, I very likely have a little bit more knowledge than an AC on here.
When AQ is on the ropes, they will no doubt attack with a bio-weapon. Why? Because it is SO easy and cheap to make. In addition, it will be difficult to trace back to them. And if done right, they can provide immunity for themselves FIRST. My bet is that they will do avian flu. Trivial to come up thanks to all of the chicken growers in Asia. And then to 'weaponize' is very easy (i.e. make it easy to target humans).
And the reason why I saw nothing to worry about is that this will be coming. Not much that you can do except have vaccines and update your medical staff.
Human Space certification IS HARD. And that is more so considering that some within NASA are opposed to private space. As such, NO SAFETY EXCEPTIONS were made for SpaceX. OTOH, all of NASA's and RSA's vehicles would flunk if they had to pass the same thing.
And considering that li-ion batteries are well known for fires, then you can bet on it, that this was fully tested by NASA and possibly FAA. Keep in mind that FAA is the ones regulating private space and are checking over the various crafts.
As to the investigators, I think that what they said was that there was no issue with the manufacturing. Not that there was not an issue with the battery. Just that the batch that went through met the qualification tests. It is possible that there is still an issue with the battery. Yes, they are looking at the electronics, but if nothing is found there, then they will likely go back to the batteries and simulate what happened. Keep in mind that A123 was bankrupted because their test did not include the vehicle going over 180. When fiskar did, and a battery started smoldering, it took another 6 months before it was found that the battery was at fault. Why? Because nobody thought to turn it over. It is possible that conditions on the plane, such as increased radiation is causing an early breakdown in the current batteries.
tesla's recall was for a wiring rubbing and had nothing to do with the batteries. As such, not an issue.
not anymore. Used to be that way, but with li-ion, it is a packet of material. You still need protection circuitry, etc in there. That is what is in these batteries now.
mbone, you should know better.
Tesla MAKES their own batteries, as well as the charger/protection circuitry/etc. What they do not make, are the cells. They take the li-ion package and use that in a battery BUT, all else they make.
I seriously doubt that the airframe will require change. The current batteries are accessible so, I doubt that it will require to much change. About the only issue MIGHT be HVAC, though I doubt it. I would think that the current batteries had to have some level of cooling/ventilation, so it should be adoptable.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and ask, what issue has tesla had with those? I have not been able to find it.
if u RTFA, you will find that it was simply a wire being chaffed. They even point out in the article that it has nothing to do with the battery.
For anything to be attached to the ISS, they have very exacting standards. Much more difficult than FAA. In fact, the biggest fear in space IS fire. Now, NASA and RSA have made all sorts of exceptions for their own crafts. BUT, to the best of my knowledge, NO SAFETY EXCEPTIONS have been made for SpaceX. As such, I would suspect that bringing up a li-ion battery had to be proven to all that it was safe in space. After all, if a fire occurs on dragon, it is still a major threat while it is BERTHED at the ISS.
I have little doubt that the battery pack could work for the 787. And I suspect that it could be approved within 2-3 months if needed (round the clock testing with FAA tests).
Finally, for all of you blasting musk on this, please give me a break. Tesla does NOT compete against Boeing. And when it comes to space, Boeing has their CST-100 being paid by the gov. SpaceX is paying for the majority of their dragon rider. I suspect that Boeing and SpaceX will share the ISS routes once they are both going while SpaceX will likely get the majority of BA's routes.
Many a times issues like this get brought up, and all of them have turned out to be nothing. Lets wait and see what comes of this.
Basically, if we provide amnesty to all of the illegals, most of them are uneducated. However, they will want more money which will mean that they are too expensive to keep in those positions. However, an increase in the cheap labor will cause a number of jobs to go away and be replaced by robotics. This burger robot will no doubt be picked up by McD, BK, Wndys, etc. IOW, we will be laying off 1 million ppl who were originally illegals. It does not sound like much until you realize that that is just under a 1% jump in unemployment. And to be able to compete, other jobs will have to be automated. That will mean that we will see an increasing number of previous illegals dependent on gov. subsidies.
Now, assuming that there were 10 million illegals, of which 7 million were working, then this kind of hurts. HOWEVER, the previous amnesty from reagan showed us that it is roughly 3x the number of ppl. IOW, 20-30 million illegals, with 14-21 million working. As they are put out of work, that will mean upwards of 10% just for these ppl in addition, to any other unemployment groups (which would be at least another 5%).
BUT, the difference being, that the sprinkler would actually do something useful.
It totally makes sense for MS to NOT show it. This study is for MS's sale's ppl to go into companies with and make these wild claims. Look at what happened when it was found out what patents were being used for going after the android companies. They were all jokes. The problem is that almost all of MS's studies in the past have been proven wrong.
As such, it is a certainty that this 'study' is more of the same and would be shown to be so. That would be very difficult for MS's sales ppl to counter.
Far more likely Orange is selling a proxy cache or something similar to speed up Google's access.
The shuttle in terms of its engines are far more efficient than the merlins on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Yet, the F9/dragon takes a crew of 7 to LEO for 120M, and the FH takes 54 tonnes to LEO for 100 M. OTOH, the shuttle being more energy efficient could take 7 ppl and 25 tonnes in one trip. Of course, it cost 1.5 BILLION per launch.
So, you tell us, what matters more: the efficiency of the storage, or the costs of the storage?
That is why I keep saying that we should be pushing thermal storage combined with a Natural Gas boiler back-up. The thermal storage will have be around 50% efficiency. However, it is a CHEAP means of storage, with the ability to provide load balancing for a variable grid. Yes, you lose about 50% of the energy stored, HOWEVER, this is still cheap while building out AE systems (geo-thermal, wind, solar, etc) AND getting cheaper storage.
Sad, but true.
Except that there are many side jobs that robots can not do. As such, it is still bringing back jobs, just not as many.
When you start college, please take up some world history. All remember those that do not learn from history, repeat it.
And sadly, idiots like you get us into wars over and over and over.
I know. I saw that. Basically, it requires the F9 V1.1 and extended trunk (I mentioned that on another post in parallel to this). But that is only if BEAM is as small as was originally planned. What is cool about it, is that it could mean that this would go up within a year. That is ideal for everybody. The reason is that it gets Bigelow's manufacturing lines going. Likewise, it allows NASA to play with things and prove to the world that all is good. After all, think of how much NASA has done for SpaceX and even Orbital. A WHOLE lot.
One key thing that many miss is that BA wants to put up 1-2 stations into orbit, but they will likely not get loads of customers. The reason is that there is not really loads of R&D that is being done. Not enough anyways. But I suspect that they will have enough to make it worth their while.
Where life will get good for BA, is when they can put a base on the moon. At that moment, EVERY NATION will want to go. They will want to make claims in spite of the treaties. They will want to make certain that they do not have an Antarctica/Arctic situation of multiple nations making claims on areas.