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Comment Re:Wireless charging hit mainstream ~ 1-2 years ag (Score 2) 184

Excuse me, but now it's Apple's fault that CNN can't do research?

They're partially complicit, they could have contacted CNN to point out that they were wrong. They could have dumped out a press release on their website saying it was incorrect, but they didn't. They simply rode the train because it was the easiest thing to do.

Comment Re:Exhaust (Score 1) 221

Back a few years ago(like 15) Ford and Chysler were testing storage tanks full of anti-freeze on their vehicles that were heated using exhaust. The idea was to speed up the warming cycle for both the cabin and engine and reduce wear problems. Of course it didn't end up being much of anything either since it had all kinds of technical problems, and heated sensors and temporary electric high-flow oil pumps solved the problem in a more cost effective manner.

Comment Re:Subsidized? (Score 1) 267

Good luck finding a clear rooftop here in Canada during the winter where said solar PV will work. Right now the average roof has between 2" to 2' of snow on it. Every house and business that I've seen with an array is covered and even the type where they rotate with the sun are producing nil in the way of electricity.

Comment Re:Subsidized? (Score 1) 267

A few times we've hit 15% generation by wind here in Ontario, most of the time it's 3-5% you can go weeks without any wind at all here. Solar is well crap, complete crap, even here in the summer even with the massive number of installs it's rare if it breaks 1%. Nuclear makes up between 60-75% of total daily generation as well.

Hell they threw such a fit over the waste-to-energy plant in London, Ontario back 20 odd years ago because "that was too expensive" as well. Never mind that it was generating electricity at 5c/kwh...how the hell that's expensive beats me.

Though I see some greenie has thrown a hissy fit and modded comments down because they don't like facts.

Comment Re:Subsidized? (Score 0) 267

It can't compete with anything, though it's not nearly as bad as solar. In Ontario the Feed in tariff for wind is 30-60c/kwh, solar hits as high as 80c/kwh. Compared to hydro-electric 2c/kwh, nuclear 5c/kwh and NG 7c/kwh, there's no way to get that lower either, but I agree that it should be reduced to zero. The tech can sink or swim on it's own, and right now it's driving up electricity rates so fast that businesses are leaving and so are people and moving to where it's cheaper to live. We're still on track for the most expensive electricity in north america. Next year will tell for sure though.

Of course in many greenies handbooks this is a-okay. After all, they seem to want to bankrupt people and drive everyone into poverty for "feel good projects."

Comment Great... (Score 3, Interesting) 199

These are the same fucking retards that can't even properly secure evidence when Wynns government decided to violate the data protection laws and deleted not only primary, but backup data when there was a standing warrant regarding to the massive scandal relating to the gas plants. You'll have to excuse me if I don't have any faith in the information provided at all. Hell, their general force is in 80/90's era computer technology.

What's gonna get good is that they pulled a blanket seizure with a warrant that was for specific data. That's a no-no guys, the judge stated one thing you stupid idjits did something else. I'm going to hazard it'll get to court and the entire thing will be thrown out because they overstepped the bounds of the original seizure warrant.

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