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Comment Re:Cost (Score 1) 252

by kommakazi (#40875463) Attached to: Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar
yes but you're missing my point which is the overall economic benefit to the island...there are always costs but with solar a big part of maintaining it will be paying the people who do so, thus keeping that money flowing within their local economy rather than entirely outward.

Comment How about both? (Score 1) 364

by kommakazi (#40872841) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom?
Personally I would use a laptop, but keep pen and paper handy for when diagrams and such may need to be taken down, as it's far easier to sketch them manually than try and do it on a computer. You can always scan or take a picture of your handwritten diagrams later and insert them into your digital notes. I wouldn't bother with a tablet unless you're extremely conditioned to typing on one...I could never get by with one as my typing skills on a tablet are non-existent in comparison to my skills on a physical keyboard. Another good supplement would be to bring a decent recording device and record your lectures...that way you can pick up anything you may have missed in your initial note-taking later on.

Comment Re:Cost (Score 1) 252

by kommakazi (#40870209) Attached to: Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar
SO if anything it's creating jobs locally, rather then sending all that money to a shipping company which is likely not based there... So even if the overall cost remains flat, it's keeping more money flowing within their local economy, so how is that a Bad Thing?

Comment Re:I think everyone has already made up their mind (Score 2) 461

by kommakazi (#40833383) Attached to: Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App
For those too lazy to RTFA in parent:

“We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,” the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: “The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have”.

He feels the special relationship is special.

Submission + - Scientist Says 'Unprecedented' Greenland Ice Melt Actually Follows Expected Patt (nasa.gov)

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bricko
bricko writes: "NASA news release headlines with words "unprecedented" referring to melting in Greenland...then in last paragraph the reality is let loose on the unsuspecting audience.

""Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time," says Lora Koenig, a Goddard glaciologist and a member of the research team analyzing the satellite data."

So a naturally reoccurring phenomenon....is now supposedly "unprecedented"...only in the mind apparently."
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Submission + - Is There Still a Ray of Hope on Climate Change? 1

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "David Leonhardt writes in the NY Times that even as the US endures its warmest year on record, and the 13 warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, the country seems to be moving further away from doing something about climate change, with the issue having all but fallen out of the national debate. But behind the scenes a different story is emerging that offers reason for optimism as the world’s largest economies may be in the process of creating a climate-change response that does not depend on the politically painful process of raising the price of dirty energy and despite some high-profile flops, like ethanol and Solyndra, clean-energy investments seem to be succeeding more than they are failing. "The price of solar and wind power have both fallen sharply in the last few years. This country’s largest wind farm, sprawling across eastern Oregon, is scheduled to open next month. Already, the world uses vastly more alternative energy than experts predicted only a decade ago," writes Leonhardt. Natural gas, whose use has jumped 25 percent since 2008, while prices have fallen more than 80 percent, now generates as much electricity as coal in the United States, which would have been unthinkable not long ago and thanks in part to earlier government investments, energy companies have been able to extract much more natural gas than once seemed possible which, while far from perfectly clean, is less carbon-intensive than coal use. The clean-energy push has been successful enough to leave many climate advocates believing it is the single best hope for preventing even hotter summers, concludes Leonhardt adding that while a cap-and-trade program faces an uphill political battle, an investment program that aims to make alternative energy less expensive is more politically feasible. “Our best hope,” says Benjamin H. Strauss, “is some kind of disruptive technology that takes off on its own, the way the Internet and the fax took off.”"

Comment Re:Use a Lupo engine (Score 1) 543

by kommakazi (#40701285) Attached to: Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric?

- Some modern cars (not all) do not support roof racks. So you can't even use it to bring a bicycle with you (since you can't tow with it, either) on a small fun trip. - If you like to do your own repair work, modern cars are hell on earth due to their cramped engine compartments, unibody construction, and independent suspension (of course, most SUVs have that nowadays too, but not *all* are terrible to work on the way it generally is with cars). - They quit making station wagons (give or take) so those customers bought SUVs (which are now being downsized to CUVs, which I guess is the modern day station wagon).

-They make bike racks which mount on your trunk, unless your car lacks a trunk, there is a solution. I personally own one. Works great.

-If you can't handle it you probably shouldn't be working on your car yourself anyhow.

-You can still get hatchback version of many modern sedans, which are effectively the modern day equivalent of the station wagon.

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