The crucial problem is that in economics, and the world economy as a whole, success is measured in growth. What should be measured is your environmental footprint along with your revenue to determine the sustainability of your business. Just because you can churn out a million widgets a year doesn't matter if you're tearing down the Amazon to do it.
We should stop working on combustion technology (burning methanol, alcohol, ethanol, whatever fuel you want to use) and concentrate on improving battery technology. Tesla made a sports car that can travel over 220 miles on a charge. True, the battery pack is extremely expensive ($30K), but as with most technologies, as demand/mass manufacturing increases, this price should drop dramatically.
Nanosolar actually found that when they run their printing press of nanoparticle ink faster, the coating is actually applied better then at lower speeds. I think they'll be at $1/watt faster then they think, and may even get down to $0.50/watt. And that's before you take into account that their nanoparticle ink hasn't been improved yet with regards to efficiency. Yes, I think we'll see some fantastic things from solar in the near-term.
And really, during the night, the only loads you'd have on would be HVAC (air conditioning, maybe, depending on climate), refrigerator, and maybe a TV and some CFLs.
My business partner has 400A service to his house, and his wife is into aqariums as a hobby. They have 5-6 200 gallon salt water tanks, and one large 800 gallon tank. His electric bill is roughly $600/month USD. I had to upgrade from 100A to 200A service entrance at my townhouse, as I purchased an electric vehicle.
It comes from the fact that AT&T hasn't properly invested in their network. You said "Many operators have P2P-services like". AT&T does not have a P2P foundation for any of it's services.
As someone who comes from a strong IT background who almost took a job with a branch of the military, let me tell you, the problem isn't "monkeys". The problem is upper management. Don't blame the tech because he's not given the proper resources, and to call those of us who do actual work "monkeys" degrades everyone who does IT work.
While I'm usually quite liberal when it comes to social issues, but a fiscal conservative, I do like Texas' stance on it. If someone breaks and enters into your house, you can shoot them and you're not in the wrong.
An armed society is a polite society. Police come to clean up the mess, a weapon is there to protect you.
That should be criminal (not proactively providing the patch to customers). Stuff connected to SCADA equipment can kill you (in lots of cases, like electrical substations and gas pipelines).
So what you're saying is that if I plan on building an empire off-world, I need to make sure the initial base on Earth is a huge floating city, not under the control of any existing government? Fantastic.
If the companies can't survive without each other, what's the harm in letting them merge? It's not like they're going to lock you out of terrestrial radio. Times change. Just because before we said "You may never merge" doesn't mean it should apply today.
Even better, have the air conditioner coils run through a heat exchanger in a tank of water to preheat the water from 55 degrees (typical temp. of water coming into a house from the street piping), and then use a tankless hot water heater to bring the water to 120 degrees (or whatever you prefer). The air conditioner would work MUCH less, and you'd use less natural gas for your hot water needs.
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I'm hoping that different chemistries will help alleviate the calendar life problem.
http://www.a123systems.com/#/products/
The price of their cells continues to drop, they're light, can discharge safely down to low temps (20 F and lower), and last 1,000s of cycles:
ANR26650M1
# Typical fast charge current: 10A to 3.6V CCCV
# 70A continuous discharge
# 120A, 10 sec pulse discharge
# Cycle life at 10C discharge, 100% DOD: over 1,000 cycles
The crucial problem is that in economics, and the world economy as a whole, success is measured in growth. What should be measured is your environmental footprint along with your revenue to determine the sustainability of your business. Just because you can churn out a million widgets a year doesn't matter if you're tearing down the Amazon to do it.
We should stop working on combustion technology (burning methanol, alcohol, ethanol, whatever fuel you want to use) and concentrate on improving battery technology. Tesla made a sports car that can travel over 220 miles on a charge. True, the battery pack is extremely expensive ($30K), but as with most technologies, as demand/mass manufacturing increases, this price should drop dramatically.
Nanosolar actually found that when they run their printing press of nanoparticle ink faster, the coating is actually applied better then at lower speeds. I think they'll be at $1/watt faster then they think, and may even get down to $0.50/watt. And that's before you take into account that their nanoparticle ink hasn't been improved yet with regards to efficiency. Yes, I think we'll see some fantastic things from solar in the near-term.
And really, during the night, the only loads you'd have on would be HVAC (air conditioning, maybe, depending on climate), refrigerator, and maybe a TV and some CFLs.
My business partner has 400A service to his house, and his wife is into aqariums as a hobby. They have 5-6 200 gallon salt water tanks, and one large 800 gallon tank. His electric bill is roughly $600/month USD. I had to upgrade from 100A to 200A service entrance at my townhouse, as I purchased an electric vehicle.
But would you have any difficulty making it commercially viable on an industrial scale? That's the million dollar question.
http://www.openmoko.com/
It comes from the fact that AT&T hasn't properly invested in their network. You said "Many operators have P2P-services like". AT&T does not have a P2P foundation for any of it's services.
As said on Fark all too often, THIS!
I wanted an Iphone, but would rather stick with T-Mobile (I was an original Voicestream customer, have been with them almost 7 years). Good luck!
As someone who comes from a strong IT background who almost took a job with a branch of the military, let me tell you, the problem isn't "monkeys". The problem is upper management. Don't blame the tech because he's not given the proper resources, and to call those of us who do actual work "monkeys" degrades everyone who does IT work.
s/gun nuts/people who value their safety and property, and willing to defend it/
An armed society is a polite society. Police come to clean up the mess, a weapon is there to protect you.
That should be criminal (not proactively providing the patch to customers). Stuff connected to SCADA equipment can kill you (in lots of cases, like electrical substations and gas pipelines).
Lily Tomlin/SNL. Do I get extra credit if the skit took place 6 years before I was born (1976)? =)
people would be ranting about it, but since it is Apple, it must be okay.
It's ok that it's Apple, because so few people use their products.
*ducks*
So what you're saying is that if I plan on building an empire off-world, I need to make sure the initial base on Earth is a huge floating city, not under the control of any existing government? Fantastic.
*whoosh*
*envisions a fabulous xkcd panel based off that*
If the companies can't survive without each other, what's the harm in letting them merge? It's not like they're going to lock you out of terrestrial radio. Times change. Just because before we said "You may never merge" doesn't mean it should apply today.
What? They don't like that? Shocking.
Even better, have the air conditioner coils run through a heat exchanger in a tank of water to preheat the water from 55 degrees (typical temp. of water coming into a house from the street piping), and then use a tankless hot water heater to bring the water to 120 degrees (or whatever you prefer). The air conditioner would work MUCH less, and you'd use less natural gas for your hot water needs.
I'm loooking forward to Nanosolar's products. To hell with efficiency. What do I care when they get down to $1/watt?