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  1. No that's verbatim what she said on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That's misrepresenting what she was saying. Simply it is easier to harvest heat from solar rather than electrical energy and it's far more efficient than generating electricity and then using it to heat water.

    No that's verbatim what she said, she literally said to use solar thermal to replace a $2 immersion heater. She also literally said to use windmills for direct manufacturing.

  2. Re:Oh man she is off her rocker on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    What is that thing where the sun is completely unavailable no matter if there is cloud cover or not ?

    Oh yeah I think they call it nighttime.

  3. Parabolic heliostat leading to a large thermal mass via waveguide with a mirrored hatch through which cup can be interposed into beam path. Direct heat when sunny, indirect via heat exchanger at other times. Also suitable for kinetic output with turbine (stirling a poor choice for high power).

    Direct motive energy from wind to perform non time critical tasks. Flywheel in evacuated enclosure with magnetic bearings to extend availability.

    Argument from incredulity rejected. Engineering knowledge and imagination impugned.

    Next.

    That's even funnier than the crazy woman.

  4. Oh man she is off her rocker on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    She actually talks about using direct solar heating to replace an immersion heater for heating a cup of water.

    Yeah deer no worries, have your tea ready in a trice, let me just sight the Fresnel Lens on the sun and the water will be hot in a jiffy.

    Then she complains nuclear doesn't have a sufficient energy profit and we should directly generate and employ motive power from intermittent sources. Yeah be real nice having a band saw directly powered by the wind or hooked up to a Stirling Engine in a concentrating collector.

  5. Re:So youtube is going to fight conpiracies on YouTube To Curb Conspiracy Theory Video Recommendations (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Subscribestar isn't even pining for the fjords they are up and running.

  6. So youtube is going to fight conpiracies on YouTube To Curb Conspiracy Theory Video Recommendations (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    about cabals trying to control what you can see and hear by forming one of their own ?

    Well bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/ will be happy for the traffic, and seeing as they are distributed and powered by bit torrent it should make a nice alternative to the company that used to "Do No Evil"

  7. Remember Comrade on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Zat is weather not climate change. Da ?

  8. Well they have Chutzpah on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1

    You have record cold
    Niagara falls is frozen
    https://www.accuweather.com/en...
    Record Snowfalls
    https://www.miamiherald.com/la...
    Power outages in Europe from the snow
    https://www.express.co.uk/news...

    And they have the balls to scream about global warming meanwhile at the Davos Summit focused on climate change
    You have 1500 private jets flying in
    https://nypost.com/2019/01/23/...

    Sad thing is the crazy people who actually worry about this don't realize they are the butt of a colossal joke and actually get upset when you try to explain it to them.

  9. Re:Energy budget? on Carbon Capture System Turns CO2 Into Electricity and Hydrogen Fuel (newatlas.com) · · Score: 2

    They aren't they are producing sodium bicarbonate. That's where your CO2 and your Na go.

  10. Atlanta, Atlantis on Oceans Are Getting Louder, Posing Potential Threats To Marine Life (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    , Georgians always complain it's too humid, if they start bitching about the noise, just tell them it's a rave.

  11. If anything the world has gotten safer on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    At least with regard to natural disasters

    https://ourworldindata.org/upl...

    Oddly enough the 1910s were a pretty good decade for not dying from natural disaster, at a guess that might have been because people were too busy dying from WWI and the pandemic of the Spanish Flu

  12. Yep Back In The Day When SUV's Roamed The Earth on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Preying upon the Dinosaurs and forcing them to evolve into birds. They saw their fate coming so implanted the designs for their resurrection into promising mamals so that in the distant future they could be resurrected and begin the cycle anew.

    Have you looked closely at the pictures of Henry Ford he's at least three quarters metal.

    Of course it doesn't take much to cause warming, there's only a few vehicles on mars and they are solar electric yet that planet is warming.

  13. Re:Oh get over yourself on Is US Surveillance Technology Propping Up Authoritarian Regimes? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    That's too funny for words. Are you on crack or acid ? Let me know where you got it from, it's obviously primo stuff.

  14. Re:Isn't Venezuela one of the good guys? on Venezuela's Government Blocks Access To Wikipedia (haaretz.com) · · Score: 1

    That's quite good. I think I am going to steal it.

  15. Well one more thing on Venezuela's Government Blocks Access To Wikipedia (haaretz.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That everyone who shouts "Socialism is a great idea", has to ignore.

  16. Oh get over yourself on Is US Surveillance Technology Propping Up Authoritarian Regimes? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's not even a meaningful question, it's more an example of a bad attempt at linguistic programming.

    Take a look at what it implies
    1. Technology has a moral aspect in and of itself
    2. The U.S. has a monopoly on any given technology
    3. That it's actually possible to control the flow of technology (hint we can't even stop drugs or illegals from coming into our own country)
    4. That it should even be our business what end users do with products.

    The arrogance the above is astonishing even for what normally pops up here.

    If the above hasn't started the gears spinning in your head about this try the following.

    1. Is U.S. surplus food production propping up authoritarian regimes by making it easier to feed their people ?
    2. Is our attempt to use more renewable energy propping up authoritarian regimes by creating demand for resources we won't produce ourselves ?
    3. Does the u.s. manufacture of screwdrivers prop up authoritarian regimes since they use them to maintain their infrastructure.

    Then there is the implied idea that somehow authoritarianism needs 21st century technology and hasn't been around since the time of Uruk and most likely long before that.

  17. Transferring People ? on Google Just Spent $40 Million For Fossil's Secret Smartwatch Tech (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Well so much for the 13th Amendment. Just how much of the 40 million are the people getting ?

  18. Re:The Mom and Pop stores are going to love this on California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Paper Receipts, Require Digital Ones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I am sure their cash register is an IOT device

  19. The Mom and Pop stores are going to love this on California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Paper Receipts, Require Digital Ones (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well those that are still hanging on against Walmart and Amazon.

    It's funny I had someone here (likely from California or New York) go on at me how people don't make good decision's for themselves.

    This just shows you how really bad politicians making decisions for them can be.

  20. You know people will sell you a disk with linux on How Etsy Sellers and Big Business Make Money on Public Domain Art (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    and make money on it ::shocked face::

  21. Re:Yes because the relationship is assymetrical on Amazon Dash Buttons Ruled Illegal In Germany (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    You know they send you an email with your orders ?
    You can cancel before they even ship.

  22. Oh and once again Really ? on Just 5 Percent of Earth's Landscape Is Untouched, Report Finds (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Just how much of Antarctica is impacted ?

    Not only a dupe a fear mongering dupe.

  23. This is a duplicate so are we at 10% now ? on Just 5 Percent of Earth's Landscape Is Untouched, Report Finds (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Or is it just a contest to see how many times Slashdot can dupe a story ?

  24. LOL Protecting adults from themselves again on Amazon Dash Buttons Ruled Illegal In Germany (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Effing joke. You have to buy the buttons, and if they sell you something you didn't want return it.

  25. Beats Moore's law nicely on 15 Years After Announcing the 1GB SD Card, Lexar Unveils 1TB SD Card (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    By a full two to three years