Being scared about a 2 hours drive from "civilization" is just nonsense. Sorry, get a life.
I don't know for sure but I can imagine answering with "billions" isn't too far from the truth. If 1.1 billion valids a plural, then yes. However you would be surprised how many people on the planet now live in better conditions than you seem to do.
Liquifying is a "little bit" more expensive. And you simply can insulate the tank. If you have a considerable consumption and regular refills, you should not need much energy to keep it cold. I rather have a liquid gas tank in my backyard than one with 200 bars pressure.
For Celsius, you really have to go out to one decimal point to be very accurate with outdoor temperatures. Who would care about a decimal point in outdoor temperatures? Are you an autist or something?
The measurements 0F to 100F were based upon what at the time were perceived as the min and max temperatures the weather reached in Europe. No it was not. 0F is the coldest you can get a ice / water mixture with salt dissolved in it. 100F is the human body temperature.
Both have nothing to do with any weather in Europe (in winter in the north it is colder, in summer in the south it is hotter, in both cases: by far)
Celsius is actually perfect. Water freezes at 0, it boils at 100, body temperature is 37 and comfortable temperature in a shirt is probably 28. Good temperature for a sleeping room is 18. As easy to learn as you Fahrenheit equivalents....
I never was above 120C... 160C sounds indeed extreme. But the main problem in a finish Sauna is not the temperature but the amount of Vodka you are supposed to drink while in it.
Well, german Saunas, that label themselves Finnish are usually capped at 110C.
Never managed more than 30 minutes in one, climbing down a row every 10 minutes (usually they have 3 rows/ranks, I sit 5 mins on the low one, then lie on the high one, then move down... depending on my stamina)
There are new (actually decades old) technologies where diesel is mixed with close to 30% water to form an emulsion. Very effective in ships, especially river ships, that improves efficiency and nearly completely prevents the forming of soot or micro dust particles. For some reason the industry is waiting for a law to make that technology mandatory instead of jumping on the 30% fuel saving aspect.
The rover(s) was build by engineers and scientists, who wanted to do a mission, probably change the world. That plant was build by greedy bastards, probably subsidized, never meant to make a profit.
In WWII Germany had lots of coal to gas and coal to gasoline plants, worked just fine. We simply had not enough capacity to solve the fuel problems with them.
They can also do so at a quantity that no individual could and therefore negotiate a reduced price. As supply right now is still rather limited, I as a solar panel seller would rather serve 1000 home owners for the right price than serve a utility that wants me to reduce my price and sell at a loss.
Wake up Blindseer, are you somehow stuck in the 1800s?
Then either your grid maintenance costs are absurd expensive or your power prices are absurdly cheap. In Germany for the end customer the grid price is less than a third of the total price.
In my country the utilities/grid operators would be required by law to connect you. At no cost for you.
Regarding your AC concerns, white shades in front of the windows probably would help big time. We used to have 'sun sails' in front of all windows facing south in summer.
2) Solar panels produce 300 times as much toxic waste per unit of energy output versus nuclear powerplants http://www.theenergycollective... [theenergycollective.com] Definitely *NOT* "green". That is wrong. First of all except for some acids, there basically nothing toxic left in the production process. And those 'wastes' are usually just collected and reused in the process of building more panels.
It helps to have some common sense an a clue about physics and chemistry, so you don't fall for such idiotic links.
And how many people in the world life at such a shitty place you do that their half full electric car wont bring them to a safe place, or that utilities, military or civilian aid organizations have not set up emergency power in hours?
I guess you live in America where typical things we consider to describe 'a civilization' don't exist?
I guess 'in future' houses for multiple families will have flow batteries build in. They are ideal to buffer renewable surplus, can be fixed installed, low maintenance (basically none at all) and the utilities could either rent them or provide them.
Most pros I know have 4 induction fields, 2 or 3 gas 'fields' and two ovens, one with gas and one electric. I use gas only, but I'm not a pro. As gas is ten times cheaper than electricity I would be pretty dumb to switch from gas to induction ovens. Also most of my frying pans are made for gas, not for induction, for my pots and kettles it would not matter, though.
If you want to store natural gas in a tank, you usually don't pressurize it but liquify it. There are actually trucks delivering it that way.
For ordinary households the gas pipes have very low pressure, something like 1.1 bar or even less. However for commercial applications you can get a variety of pressure levels and throughputs.
Natural gas grids are pressurized. That means they buffer demand peaks due to its overpressure. There is no need to react on variations in demand in seconds or fractions of a second. Fuel cell based natural gas plants don't produce much hear, which might be a benefit, too.
For that you would need a kind of smart meter. A meter that counts WHEN you consume HOW MUCH power. Ordinary house hold meters simply sum up the power you use and there is no way for you or the utility to get an hourly or quarter hourly or minute wise consumption statistics.
What you are missing... First: if he sets up a home plant and does not connect it to the grid, he gets a case of law. Second: if he does not pay the fees, they get a court order to confiscate it from his bank account. Are you really that dumb?
GKill, with all due respect. What is wrong with you? There is no _huge_ difference. There are exactly _3_ or if you want to get nitpicking _4_ 1) you may not trigger violence, aka hate speech 2) you may not display nazi symbols 3) you may not defame religions 4) you may not insult foreign heads of state
All the other gazillion things your free speech grants you, our free speech grants us, too So get a damn clue: there is no big difference!
Yes, their houses got raided. And what is your point? They broke the law so they got a visit from the police.
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Being scared about a 2 hours drive from "civilization" is just nonsense.
Sorry, get a life.
I don't know for sure but I can imagine answering with "billions" isn't too far from the truth.
If 1.1 billion valids a plural, then yes. However you would be surprised how many people on the planet now live in better conditions than you seem to do.
You are simply simplifying to much.
The times where you could get a _noticeable_ discount if you buy in bulk are over, since decades.
wants new TVs for the rooms come by and pick them up and write you one big check
Then my gain and their saving is in the "pick up" not in the "mass".
Liquifying is a "little bit" more expensive.
And you simply can insulate the tank.
If you have a considerable consumption and regular refills, you should not need much energy to keep it cold.
I rather have a liquid gas tank in my backyard than one with 200 bars pressure.
Noah did not live there ... if you trust in the bible he lived in the Levant or Turkey.
For Celsius, you really have to go out to one decimal point to be very accurate with outdoor temperatures.
Who would care about a decimal point in outdoor temperatures? Are you an autist or something?
The measurements 0F to 100F were based upon what at the time were perceived as the min and max temperatures the weather reached in Europe.
No it was not.
0F is the coldest you can get a ice / water mixture with salt dissolved in it.
100F is the human body temperature.
Both have nothing to do with any weather in Europe (in winter in the north it is colder, in summer in the south it is hotter, in both cases: by far)
Celsius is actually perfect. Water freezes at 0, it boils at 100, body temperature is 37 and comfortable temperature in a shirt is probably 28. Good temperature for a sleeping room is 18. As easy to learn as you Fahrenheit equivalents ....
You are just not used to it :D
I never was above 120C ... 160C sounds indeed extreme.
But the main problem in a finish Sauna is not the temperature but the amount of Vodka you are supposed to drink while in it.
Well, german Saunas, that label themselves Finnish are usually capped at 110C.
Never managed more than 30 minutes in one, climbing down a row every 10 minutes (usually they have 3 rows/ranks, I sit 5 mins on the low one, then lie on the high one, then move down ... depending on my stamina)
You are an idiot.
Hell is actually derived from hel, an old germanic/norse word. Basically indeed meaning "Hell", but hel is icy cold, not hot :D
Just nitpicking a bit ...
There are new (actually decades old) technologies where diesel is mixed with close to 30% water to form an emulsion. Very effective in ships, especially river ships, that improves efficiency and nearly completely prevents the forming of soot or micro dust particles.
For some reason the industry is waiting for a law to make that technology mandatory instead of jumping on the 30% fuel saving aspect.
The rover(s) was build by engineers and scientists, who wanted to do a mission, probably change the world.
That plant was build by greedy bastards, probably subsidized, never meant to make a profit.
In WWII Germany had lots of coal to gas and coal to gasoline plants, worked just fine. We simply had not enough capacity to solve the fuel problems with them.
They can also do so at a quantity that no individual could and therefore negotiate a reduced price.
As supply right now is still rather limited, I as a solar panel seller would rather serve 1000 home owners for the right price than serve a utility that wants me to reduce my price and sell at a loss.
Wake up Blindseer, are you somehow stuck in the 1800s?
Then either your grid maintenance costs are absurd expensive or your power prices are absurdly cheap.
In Germany for the end customer the grid price is less than a third of the total price.
In my country the utilities/grid operators would be required by law to connect you.
At no cost for you.
Regarding your AC concerns, white shades in front of the windows probably would help big time.
We used to have 'sun sails' in front of all windows facing south in summer.
2) Solar panels produce 300 times as much toxic waste per unit of energy output versus nuclear powerplants http://www.theenergycollective... [theenergycollective.com] Definitely *NOT* "green".
That is wrong.
First of all except for some acids, there basically nothing toxic left in the production process.
And those 'wastes' are usually just collected and reused in the process of building more panels.
It helps to have some common sense an a clue about physics and chemistry, so you don't fall for such idiotic links.
And how many people in the world life at such a shitty place you do that their half full electric car wont bring them to a safe place, or that utilities, military or civilian aid organizations have not set up emergency power in hours?
I guess you live in America where typical things we consider to describe 'a civilization' don't exist?
I guess 'in future' houses for multiple families will have flow batteries build in.
They are ideal to buffer renewable surplus, can be fixed installed, low maintenance (basically none at all) and the utilities could either rent them or provide them.
Unlikely, in France basically every one I know is cooking with gas.
And most definitely every kitchen in a restaurant.
Most pros I know have 4 induction fields, 2 or 3 gas 'fields' and two ovens, one with gas and one electric.
I use gas only, but I'm not a pro.
As gas is ten times cheaper than electricity I would be pretty dumb to switch from gas to induction ovens. Also most of my frying pans are made for gas, not for induction, for my pots and kettles it would not matter, though.
If you want to store natural gas in a tank, you usually don't pressurize it but liquify it.
There are actually trucks delivering it that way.
For ordinary households the gas pipes have very low pressure, something like 1.1 bar or even less. However for commercial applications you can get a variety of pressure levels and throughputs.
Natural gas grids are pressurized.
That means they buffer demand peaks due to its overpressure. There is no need to react on variations in demand in seconds or fractions of a second.
Fuel cell based natural gas plants don't produce much hear, which might be a benefit, too.
For that you would need a kind of smart meter.
A meter that counts WHEN you consume HOW MUCH power.
Ordinary house hold meters simply sum up the power you use and there is no way for you or the utility to get an hourly or quarter hourly or minute wise consumption statistics.
What you are missing ...
First: if he sets up a home plant and does not connect it to the grid, he gets a case of law.
Second: if he does not pay the fees, they get a court order to confiscate it from his bank account.
Are you really that dumb?
GKill, with all due respect.
What is wrong with you?
There is no _huge_ difference.
There are exactly _3_ or if you want to get nitpicking _4_
1) you may not trigger violence, aka hate speech
2) you may not display nazi symbols
3) you may not defame religions
4) you may not insult foreign heads of state
All the other gazillion things your free speech grants you, our free speech grants us, too
So get a damn clue: there is no big difference!
Yes, their houses got raided. And what is your point? They broke the law so they got a visit from the police.