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  1. Re:Tesla not involved [Re:Not from the car?] on Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged · · Score: 1

    What about laptops?

  2. Re:Tesla not involved [Re:Not from the car?] on Tesla Model S Caught Fire While Parked and Unplugged · · Score: 1

    Electric motors though are lighter then fuel engines.

  3. Re:Invisible Hand on New England Burns Jet Fuel To Keep Lights On · · Score: 1

    1)
    An example
    -I can generate power for $5/MWH from gas.
    -I can generate power for $75/MWH from jet fuel
    -I can sell my power for $50

    If their is a shortage of gas and power becomes more expensive
    -I can generate power for $100/MWH from gas.
    -I can generate power for $85/MWH from jet fuel
    -I can sell my power for $100

    The price of wholesale power has risen but the jet fuel option is still better value.

  4. Re:Killing two birds with one stone? on US Government To Convert Silk Road Bitcoins To USD · · Score: 1

    You could keep your money in PayPal, in which case you couldn't do a whole lot with it

    Sure I could, I could transfer it to another Paypal user at a minor cost, donate to some site I liked, I didn't even have to worry about having to convert my money against some exchange rate.

    Same as bit coin then?

  5. Re: So what happens to the hydrogen? That's usable on Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own · · Score: 1

    I have no idea about these things but, if we have pressure from the water above us. Is it possible to use that for the filter?

  6. Re:Fed Gov should give on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 1

    And how do you get to the 5 acre plot?

  7. And with their(IA) assets probably not enough to cover the judgment , Nintendo ends up with their money back anyway.

  8. Re: Link to Asimov's actual article on Isaac Asimov's 50-Year-Old Prediction For 2014 Is Viral and Wrong · · Score: 1

    So the owners of businesses can say you will work for nothing for me?

    Sounds very much like welfare for rich business owners. (Of course if you can cheaply start your own businesses and get paid yourself, it may work.)

  9. Re:The root problem - Crappy wiring and stupid use on Tesla Updates Model S Software As a Precaution Against Unsafe Charging · · Score: 1

    Admittedly your state does have a few interconnections to the other states.

  10. 4 does have a grain of truth. A day of rest is a good idea.

  11. Re:Not an issue, provided... on Australia's $44B Broadband Network May Settle For Fiber Near the Home · · Score: 1

    I think the biggest cost is labor to run the fiber. Once you have that it is easy to upgrade the end points to get the gigabits speeds when you change out the end points.

    I don't think labor is going to get cheaper.

  12. Re:Sensory deprivation tanks on The Quietest Place On Earth Will Cause You To Hallucinate In 45 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Cliff Young did an ultramarthon for 5 days 14 hours without sleep at 61

  13. Re:Bad news for Mangroves on Harvesting Power When Freshwater Meets Salty · · Score: 1

    Is it biomass in general?

    I mean look at brazil's bio-ethanol from sugar.

  14. Re:Move the doctors up one? on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Night of the Doctor has the regeneration from Paul McGann to John Hurt

  15. Re:Didn't like it on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    He remembered the fez but not meeting himself. I.E He remembered up to but not including meeting the future doctor.

  16. Re:Yes. on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    Could be Australia or some other commonwealth country. (I add Australia as we also had a female PM)

  17. Re:Yes. on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    The 140 employers are offset by the new employers at the expanded business.

  18. Re:Yes. on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    1st the maintenance and replacement costs would subtract from the profit. So the $5/hour is pure profit.

    2nd how do you go from $10/hour profit by yourself to $15/hour($10 to the employer + $5 to you ) profit when you hire people

    3rd the extra $580/hour does not disappear but stays within the company building a savings.

  19. Re:Ludicrous Douche on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    The problem with that is people who only want to work part time are forced to work full time. Alternatively they make everyone overtime workers.

  20. Re:Thanks. For non-aussies, FiTs = solar subsidies on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    And possibly the renewable energy certificates which contribute ~1c/kwh to the wholesale cost.

  21. Re:Thanks. For non-aussies, FiTs = solar subsidies on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    Although now the FIT is only 8c/kwh instead of the 30c/kwh retail.

    20% is the cost to generate the electricity(not 10%) 51% is the cost to move the electricity.

    71% would be the price paid without any of the green schemes.

  22. Re:Dang, four times as expensive! For solar subsid on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    Most of the extra cost is the grid was predicted to use a lot more then was used. So the grid has to payback the investment,

    http://www.ret.gov.au/Department/Documents/clean-energy-future/ELECTRICITY-PRICES-FACTSHEET.pdf

    From the $54
    $27.50 network costs
    $10.80 energy efficiency (and FITs which does not effect the cost of purchasing)
    $10.80 to generate the electricity
    $4.86 Carbon Tax.

  23. Re:assuming that, $200 / month for daytime use onl on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    Here in Australia if you use 1.5kw for 4 hours a day you would pay $54

    Using a 10 year 8% loan that repayment would be $4000

    http://www.lowenergydevelopments.com.au/1.5kW-Complete-Installation-Kit-Tin-roof-Tilt-Frame is 2,750 leaving $1000 to pay for installation.

    That is assuming you have 1.5kw of usage for the 4 hours during the day for solar to offset.

  24. Re:What a nonsense post... on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    How many acres are taken up by the users of the power from the power stations?

  25. Re:leave change.org long enough to go shopping on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    What I want to know is where you are getting $40,000 for 4kw

    http://www.lowenergydevelopments.com.au/5kW-Complete-Installation-Kit Is only $8,495.00 for 5kw. Even including $10,000 for installation it only gets to $20,000.