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Comment Re:Show me the money! (Score 1) 441

by thaylin (#47347409) Attached to: Researchers Claim Wind Turbine Energy Payback In Less Than a Year
It does not define it in any way other than what is in the dictionary. What it chooses is the scope of what costs it wants to see if it pays back. In addition plenty of people try to objectively measure. I dont know how many times a skeptic against a tech will talk about how the costs to to produce a given item is more than the benefits that it saves, batteries are one such item....

Comment Re:Show me the money! (Score 1) 441

by thaylin (#47347119) Attached to: Researchers Claim Wind Turbine Energy Payback In Less Than a Year
How is it odd? There are monetary costs, there are external costs. If you can repay the monetary costs why can you not repay the external costs? In this case they are studying the external costs of the usage of nonrenewable power sources to create renewable power, and seeing where the environmental balance shifts. I mean if your entire world only revolves around your bank account then I can see how you would find it odd. This study does NOT talk about MONETARY ROI AT ALL.

Comment Re:Show me the money! (Score 4, Insightful) 441

by thaylin (#47346993) Attached to: Researchers Claim Wind Turbine Energy Payback In Less Than a Year
That is not what it means by payback. The article, if you read it, means that the net cost of creating the turbine in terms of electricity and minerals is re-payed in 8 months, basically the cost to the environment.. Of course the skeptical site has nothing but a large strawman using the same type of argument you are using.

Comment Re:Big Difference (Score 2, Informative) 210

by thaylin (#47346715) Attached to: Fox Moves To Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish Streaming Service

Not exactly. Dish does the same that Aereo did - they allow customers to access their own DVR where they recorded information using their own antennae over the Internet. Aereo allowed customers to access their own DVR where they recorded information using their own antennae over the Internet.

Aereo rents out the antenna Dish rents out the satellite dish Aereo rents out the DVR Dish rents out the DVR Aereo allows access over the Internet Dish allows access over the Internet

Dish pays broadcast rights to send things over their satellites to customers' antennae Local TV stations pay broadcast rights to send things to customers' antennae

I don't see a difference.

Take a look at the bold section, notice that it does not say Aereo. Aereo did not pay for broadcasting rights, Dish does, as even stated in your post.

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