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Comment Re:Define "average?" (Score 1) 325

Backup plan in that case would be: . Have cloud backups of important data (Carbonite/Crackplan/Mozy/etc). Have maybe $500 on a safings account. Thats enough for a cheap laptop and a DSL router / cable modem. With that, you can do literally anything you need to do in terms of communication / esential computer use.

Comment Re:Doesn't add up (Score 2) 198

I strongly suspect you are a retard, or do not know how to use units.

9kWh per day means that this battery could power your house for over 1 day. That would be a lot more than 2 hours for 5 houses of equal resonse.

9kW continuous power draw (what you seem to imply by ignorance) would mean that you would burn >$500 in electricity per months, even at extremely low american prices.

Comment Re:The actual solution... (Score 4, Informative) 589

Actually, not quite.

The reason helium is cheap is becaue the US had a HUUUUUGE strategic stockpile during the cold war (many times the total yearly helium production, IIRC), that is being sold off, massivly pushing down the price.

And it is not that easy with the reseves. Helium shortages are a reality! I have colleques that could not fill their helium cryostats because Air Liquide told them that currently they cannot deliver, as hospitals got first priority and the supply was to thin for weeks. They ended up renting a truck to carry dewars from the other end of the country!

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