Thanks for sharing these detailed responses. This is why slashdot used to be such a wonderful place; informed answers from real experts.

And the ridiculous practice of calling 10 episodes of something a "full season". 10 episodes is less than HALF a season for a broadcast TV show. Historically a season was 26 episodes and maybe a special thrown in. They can't be bothered to actually make a full season so they make half and hope you will just take. it HBO started this BS with 12-15 episode seasons and are now down to 7!!! 7 episodes and they call it a season!! Total amateur hour.

What phone and apps are you using? I can't think of a way to make that work on iOS or stock Android. Please tell us more as this seems like a really cool set up.

Typical lithium 18650's have energy densities of 200-230 Wh/kg. This battery is less than half as good. Let's see if they can improve it but this is a non-starter for now. Regular Panasonic 18650 specs: http://industrial.panasonic.co...

What part of "just struck them down" did you not understand? It will take months to years for each agency to make changes.

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I'm not talking about natural flooding during our 3 month rain season. The AG companies are flooding fields year round! Normally you would drip irrigation for certain crops, direct heads or similar with weather based controls for others. These jokers just crack a valve open and flood the whole field. A huge percentage of the water just evaporates. They are not using efficient irrigation techniques at all. It would cost them money to install efficient systems or to even fix leaks and broken pipes but since their water is nearly free they don't. That is absolutely insane.

Rich people watering lawns is not the problem. Residential water use, ALL residential water use in California, accounts for about 4% of our annual use. It is unrestricted use by big agricultural concerns that use OVER 80% of our water. They still flood fields for christ's sake!!! Their is no incentive for them to use modern water wise farming practices since they have "senior rights" going back centuries. We can't even pass a law restricting them so now we grow rice in flooded fields. Just stupid.

We have tried many, many times to build new water storage in SoCal only to be slapped down by the environmental lobby EVERY time. They always find a slightly differently colored bird or worm and declare the area protected. They publicly state that the goal is to prevent any new construction of any kind. Not very reasonable people...

We have a law in California that restricts government agencies to charging for only the actual cost of service. Tiered rates were tried but the courts just struck them down. Bad for conservation but good for limiting pricing shenanigans. It is a hard problem.

Agreed. Right now you can buy a brand new Prius for $21k and get 49.7 MPG in real world driving. I love the idea of an e-vehicle and will buy one as soon as the numbers work but we just aren't there yet.

That is a crazy high number. I just installed a 6.7 kw PV system for $15,000. It is cash flow positive from day one. Over the 20 year life of the system, using very conservative escalation and discount rates, I will save over $80k with a NPV of $28k. PDF of the economics here: https://drive.google.com/file/...

This seems willfully obtuse. If you live anywhere near a city there is a recycling center near you that will accept these. Even if you live 60 miles from a city you still make several trips a year into that city for other reasons. Not taking those old bulbs with you for the 10 minute detour to drop them off is being purposely stubborn.
 

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The app is clearly for little kids under 5-6. The "security" lock to keep kids out of the settings is a simple 4 digit pin that is shown on screen but only in words. It literally says "Enter three, five, eight, four". If your kids can read then this isn't the app for them.

It is rare to see this kind of willful stupidity and stubbornness on Slashdot. Perhaps you should go back to reddit or fark or wherever ignorant opinions count. You have been repeatedly told exactly why you are wrong. Facts matter here. Please leave.