The Russian find is 300 or so metres down and thus it is easy oil.

In the Kara Sea? That is a much rougher place to work than in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm sure they will eventually manage, but I wouldn't call it easy.

Pretty smart. There were Italian scientists convicted of not warning about an earthquake.

I voted for Kang.

Really, he was on the ballot.

In their conference call Tesla stated their intention was to continue using cylindrical cells, but that the size would be increased by about 30%. Sorry, I didn't save the link.

The problem with wave farms is that they harness the gravitational power between Earth and the Moon.

No, that would be tidal power. The wave energy comes mostly from the wind. The main side effect that occurs to me would be less coastal erosion.

Nobody is using the size of cells that Tesla claims to be interested in producing. If they get cheap enough companies might design some products around them, but, for example, they will be too fat for a cell phone.

Of course Tesla might make other sizes, but I doubt they will be in any hurry to do that.

idiotism

Heh. I had no idea that was a real word when I wrote it.

No, it's an idiotism. But dictionaries are happy to reflect that usage nowadays.

Listing two obvious fallacies doesn't prove the initial statement is one, although at best it could only be true of sulfur based pollution. Of course, sulfur dioxide helps keep the planet cool anyhow, so maybe we shouldn't count it if it is released in the open ocean.

A 30 mile range? What kind junk are the buying?

A BYD electric bus has a nominal range of 155 miles. It sounds much more reasonable to me.

This is the New York Times.

No, it is the Los Angeles Times. There are many Times in the world, the summary should reflect that.

They need Electrolytes...

The electrolytes used in lithium ion batteries don't use water. Water is unstable at those voltages.

Of course, the factory must use some water, if only for the employees drinking. I don't know how much, though. Perhaps it is worth mentioning that there appears to be a small river near the site.

I don't see any problems with carbon dioxide removal, aside from potential local environmental problems. The methods include reforestation, adding iron to the ocean and grinding up serpentine.

Solar radiation management, like adding sulfates to the air, has lots of global environmental effects, and it doesn't do anything about acidification of the oceans.

It's best to consider these separately.

Tapes has a crapload of drawbacks, write speed, read speed, the fact it's sequential (random access is painful) but it remains popular because you can drop it, smash it, submerge and then freeze it and all you have to do is roll the tape into a new case.

Maybe they have fixed it, but I heard some old stories about dropping tapes corrupting them.