Just at the University of Washington alone, there are 20 patented methods of storing generated wind energy for later uses, and for solar power, the patents number in the hundreds.
(source - recent displays at the UW Tower of University Tech Transfer projects)
The efficiencies depend on the methods used and the locations and costs of materials and production involved.
We have the following methods of storing energy from wind power, which are currently in production:
1. gravity storage of pumped water.
2. electrical storage of electricity in batteries.
3. hydrolysis cracking of the dangerous substance H20 into hydrogen and oxygen for use in fuel cells.
There are other methods, including the storage in ten ton weights, winched up from the wind turbines output, which are then dropped from a great height onto global warming deniers heads.
Admittedly, this last method, while resulting in very satisfying splats, is not the most efficient method of storage available to science. But it looks really cool on video.
I can feel the power of Privacy growing, leaving no traces in History, no stored passwords, and telling Big Brother to go back to Cuba with his comrades like Yoo et al.
I don't care. We run octo-core, quad-core, and dual-core machines that do real work and can't waste the CPU cycles on cruft that doesn't accomplish those goals.
Which means we're not "upgrading" to WinVista if we have to waste money on video cards we don't need.
Actually, there are many individual strains of the flu that compose that 40,000 count. The specific strain of H1N1 going around has a slightly higher count, but not too much.
Is it a pandemic in the disease spread methodology? Yes.
Is it killing millions of people each year? No.
Is it killing thousands of people each year? No.
Is it killing slightly more than any typical flu does? Yes.
Solution? Wash your hands with hot water (not scalding) and non-antibiotic soap (e.g. Ivory hand soap). Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze, using a sleeve if you have no tissue.
That literally cuts the infection rate dramatically.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going back to my medical research.
Nearest Donut place. You're obviously not Canadian. It's "doughnut." Also, it's "Tim Horton's" and fuck the rest of the places. And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time. Not quite sure if it actually qualifies as a sport...
I'm a dual citizen and ex-Army Sergeant in the CAF.
I spell things in 12 dialects of English, five dialects of French, 2 dialects of German, and sometimes throw in some Spanish and Latin for good measure.
why bother regulating them? all Canadians use the internet for is to search for hockey scores, maple syrup, beavers, learning how to become a mountie, and learning how to best serve as America's hat.
No, they also use them to find the nearest donut place and when the curling match is on.
If you think about it, data centers in the US must be Green.
Especially if they are built by Google, MSFT, or Apple.
We should demand that 100 percent of the anticipated max power draw of all "needed" data centers come from new construction of alternate energy sources - e.g. tidal, solar, wind, geothermal,hydro - that is literally BUILT in America to provide new power.
The days of power centers being built as if it doesn't matter that they contribute to global warming and help fund terrorists are over.
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Just at the University of Washington alone, there are 20 patented methods of storing generated wind energy for later uses, and for solar power, the patents number in the hundreds.
(source - recent displays at the UW Tower of University Tech Transfer projects)
The efficiencies depend on the methods used and the locations and costs of materials and production involved.
We have the following methods of storing energy from wind power, which are currently in production:
1. gravity storage of pumped water.
2. electrical storage of electricity in batteries.
3. hydrolysis cracking of the dangerous substance H20 into hydrogen and oxygen for use in fuel cells.
There are other methods, including the storage in ten ton weights, winched up from the wind turbines output, which are then dropped from a great height onto global warming deniers heads.
Admittedly, this last method, while resulting in very satisfying splats, is not the most efficient method of storage available to science. But it looks really cool on video.
Please state your source of knowledge on nuclear power and the dangers of same.
ScienceDirect - many scientific peer-reviewed papers.
Plus the fact I did a TV show backed by research on all the energy sources in the 1980s.
Please state why you think we should become French.
Our reserves of this are so massive that we could easily provide the total global energy needs just from solar or wind in the USA alone.
Including the loss from storing said energy for transmission and usage.
That said, all energy sources have pros and cons. Some are extreme (nuclear,coal) but even the most benign source has impacts.
The same goes for tidal and geothermal.
But only oil, coal, and nuclear fission will likely lead to the extinction of our species due to the greed of the people involved.
I can feel the power of Privacy growing, leaving no traces in History, no stored passwords, and telling Big Brother to go back to Cuba with his comrades like Yoo et al.
Free at last!
Thank d0g, I'm free at Last!
We tend to replace the video cards every 3-5 years, actually. Our monitors are mostly high-end LCD panels.
That's nice.
I don't care. We run octo-core, quad-core, and dual-core machines that do real work and can't waste the CPU cycles on cruft that doesn't accomplish those goals.
Which means we're not "upgrading" to WinVista if we have to waste money on video cards we don't need.
Well, we do have one UNIX box, so I'll have to adjust my pony tail as I think up a response to your quip.
Oh, wait, no, I actually have short hair.
Maybe you need to realize that computers are a commodity and we don't need to overpay for an OS that is at times 1/3 the total price.
We have three boxen that run WinXP and we won't be "upgrading".
Why?
Cause we can't afford to waste the money when we're crunching statistical genetics regressions on graphics cycles that have nothing to do with work.
The flu is not one strain.
Regardless, more people die from sunstroke.
I like to take bubble baths with nubile vixens, such as the lead character in Tetro (coming out next month) does.
That method may lead to soap getting in your eyes, and other impacts on your nervous system.
Actually, there are many individual strains of the flu that compose that 40,000 count. The specific strain of H1N1 going around has a slightly higher count, but not too much.
If we have to presume that people are too stupid to use kleenex when they have it, then we might as well assume they will try put soap on their eyes.
I stand by my statement.
Is it a pandemic in the disease spread methodology? Yes.
Is it killing millions of people each year? No.
Is it killing thousands of people each year? No.
Is it killing slightly more than any typical flu does? Yes.
Solution? Wash your hands with hot water (not scalding) and non-antibiotic soap (e.g. Ivory hand soap). Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze, using a sleeve if you have no tissue.
That literally cuts the infection rate dramatically.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going back to my medical research.
So you don't like the women's teams then ...
By the way, people in BC and Alberta don't say aboot.
Nearest Donut place. You're obviously not Canadian. It's "doughnut." Also, it's "Tim Horton's" and fuck the rest of the places. And I will defend curling as a wonderful pass-time. Not quite sure if it actually qualifies as a sport...
I'm a dual citizen and ex-Army Sergeant in the CAF.
I spell things in 12 dialects of English, five dialects of French, 2 dialects of German, and sometimes throw in some Spanish and Latin for good measure.
It's an Olympic Sport.
why bother regulating them? all Canadians use the internet for is to search for hockey scores, maple syrup, beavers, learning how to become a mountie, and learning how to best serve as America's hat.
No, they also use them to find the nearest donut place and when the curling match is on.
I think Canada and Mexico should agree on the new regulations and then force the US to comply with them under NAFTA.
And restore copyright to the original 17 years with renewals until the literal person (not corporation) dies and no renewals after that.
Canada has twice the bandwidth at half the price we suckers in the USA pay for.
No, I'm deadly serious. My dad and grandpa were USAF (the latter died in service), my father-in-law was Army, and I was Army.
I have friends dying in Afghanistan (possibly) as we speak.
Why do you hate America so?
If you think about it, data centers in the US must be Green.
Especially if they are built by Google, MSFT, or Apple.
We should demand that 100 percent of the anticipated max power draw of all "needed" data centers come from new construction of alternate energy sources - e.g. tidal, solar, wind, geothermal,hydro - that is literally BUILT in America to provide new power.
The days of power centers being built as if it doesn't matter that they contribute to global warming and help fund terrorists are over.
Demand it.
Consumers = Power.
You're not doing a parody of my work, so you have no rights to it.
You didn't buy my book - you copied it onto the internet for others to read - and thus stole from me.
Just ask my friend Ursula K. LeGuin, you PIRATE.
And that makes this "technology" an act of "piracy".
Which makes it a weapon of terrorism.
Patent THAT!
I didn't pay for the downloads, but my guess is they'll count me as an IE user - even though I only use it to download WinXP patches ...
Never trust metrics provided by a monopoly.
Just ask Intel. Or the EU.