It's much easier to heat or air condition larger buildings, which have a smaller surface area to volume ratio. Large multi-unit dwellings are much more energy efficient. They are also more space efficient, so other infrastructure and travel costs can be reduced.
The USA has plenty of real estate that can be used for solar and the number of birds killed by wind turbines has always been vastly over estimated and a tiny fraction of the kills by domestic cats. Finally, the latest, larger, turbines kill even fewer birds per kWh generated.
Any analysis that is more than a couple of years old is very likely to be wrong.
The cost of renewable energy has dropped significantly faster than predictions made just a few years ago. In the past 12 months, most, if not all bids for installation of renewable power have not required any subsidies.
A trial offshore floating wind power generation system recently installed off the British Isles is producing more electricity than anticipated, which translates into lower cost of energy. Because it is floating and not on the sea bed, this type of system can be installed in far more locations than traditional offshore wind power generators.
Microsoft has lost almost all trust from its users.
So funny!
Microsoft has made a business of screwing over its customers. Whether by not honouring explicit customer intent, or by locking in data through proprietary formats. That's their DNA.
The interesting thing is that, despite this contempt of their customers, they still have millions (billions) of loyal customers. There is almost nothing that Microsoft can do that will make their customers turn away.
So, fundamentally, Microsoft doesn't care if you trust them: they know that millions or billions of users think that they have no viable alternative.
Also, if you can afford an $80,000 car, you should not be concerned with the cost of energy (whether that is delivered in the form of gasoline or electricity).
If you buy a $8k car and you are concerned about energy cost for it, either you have poor financial skills or you can't really afford the car.
Way to go deliberately misinterpreting my comment. Of course the solar panels are not free. However, in my estimates, they pay for themselves in about 6 years.
What I was trying to convey is that there is a rate plan available to EV owners which charges low rates at night, but high rates during the day. Without solar panels, the total cost of that would be quite high --- especially during the summer afternoons, when running the A/C at 44c/kWh would be very expensive. However, a favourable alignment of my roof allows the solar panels to produce much of their output when electricity prices are high.
I don't claim this works for everyone, but it works well for me.
PG&E has a plan for EV owners that charges 12c/KWh during the night (11pm to 7am weekdays).
Combine that with solar panels to provide electricity during the day when it is expensive and you can have a low effective electricity rate. I pay only a charge to be connected to the grid ($120/year) while all the usage cost is covered by the solar panels on my roof.
So Sandvine are a bunch of scumbags who sell surveillance and malware tech to oppressive regimes that endangers journalists, political activists, and anyone associated with them, eh?
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You could also add a VPN and have the VM communicate with the Internet via the VPN.
Haven't you heard? Cats are so old. It's the dogs that are cute now.
I remember looking at another article on that site and it was full of misleading, out of date and outright wrong information.
Why not just ban single family homes?
It's much easier to heat or air condition larger buildings, which have a smaller surface area to volume ratio. Large multi-unit dwellings are much more energy efficient. They are also more space efficient, so other infrastructure and travel costs can be reduced.
The USA has plenty of real estate that can be used for solar and the number of birds killed by wind turbines has always been vastly over estimated and a tiny fraction of the kills by domestic cats. Finally, the latest, larger, turbines kill even fewer birds per kWh generated.
Any analysis that is more than a couple of years old is very likely to be wrong.
The cost of renewable energy has dropped significantly faster than predictions made just a few years ago. In the past 12 months, most, if not all bids for installation of renewable power have not required any subsidies.
A trial offshore floating wind power generation system recently installed off the British Isles is producing more electricity than anticipated, which translates into lower cost of energy. Because it is floating and not on the sea bed, this type of system can be installed in far more locations than traditional offshore wind power generators.
That depends on whether we are real and not all part of a simulation.
Only if you consider a "server" to be the same as a "router" (which may be reasonable when talking about security).
I thought the same. They spent money flying the teacher to Singapore. Would a better use of that money be buying more computers for the school?
Except that gunpowder isn't a volatile explosive material.
Explosive, yes, volatile, no.
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How long did Google provide updates for Nexus phones? Nowhere near long enough.
And if the Chinese own Qualcomm, any hope that cellphones are secure will be laughable.
I was going to rage against (R) voters, but I see that this bill has (D) co-sponsors.
What happened to all the BS about the execs' trading activity being normal pre-planned sales? Obviously that was a lie.
So funny!
Microsoft has made a business of screwing over its customers. Whether by not honouring explicit customer intent, or by locking in data through proprietary formats. That's their DNA.
The interesting thing is that, despite this contempt of their customers, they still have millions (billions) of loyal customers. There is almost nothing that Microsoft can do that will make their customers turn away.
So, fundamentally, Microsoft doesn't care if you trust them: they know that millions or billions of users think that they have no viable alternative.
Also, if you can afford an $80,000 car, you should not be concerned with the cost of energy (whether that is delivered in the form of gasoline or electricity).
If you buy a $8k car and you are concerned about energy cost for it, either you have poor financial skills or you can't really afford the car.
I can't afford a $80,000 car. I could buy one, but I can't really afford it.
Way to go deliberately misinterpreting my comment. Of course the solar panels are not free. However, in my estimates, they pay for themselves in about 6 years.
What I was trying to convey is that there is a rate plan available to EV owners which charges low rates at night, but high rates during the day. Without solar panels, the total cost of that would be quite high --- especially during the summer afternoons, when running the A/C at 44c/kWh would be very expensive. However, a favourable alignment of my roof allows the solar panels to produce much of their output when electricity prices are high.
I don't claim this works for everyone, but it works well for me.
You have claimed to live in San Jose. Where in or near San Jose can you buy gas for $2.5/gal?
PG&E has a plan for EV owners that charges 12c/KWh during the night (11pm to 7am weekdays).
Combine that with solar panels to provide electricity during the day when it is expensive and you can have a low effective electricity rate. I pay only a charge to be connected to the grid ($120/year) while all the usage cost is covered by the solar panels on my roof.
I have often thought that one category of Trump supporters is low information voters.
You are a classic example of that.
The Capitalists Will Sell Us the Rope with Which We Will Hang Them
What about Houston?
Or go back to the other plan: fill in the Bay completely.
But seriously, this isn't so drastic. Worst case a tidal barrier (as London has on the Thames) would defer the issue for a very long time.