8000 tons is irrelevant in a station building scenario.

Individual data centers already have dozens of shipping container sized diesel generators, so space isn't exactly at a premium.

The only reason batteries might not be able to fill the gap is simply ingredient supply - and new chemistries are being developed every year.

Plutonium that's mixed/dissolved in molten salt. If the baddies have enough access to be processing the fuel themselves, me thinks you have bigger problems.

To me the real benefits of these is that they can literally eat our existing uranium pellet waste.

I read something once that this jogged in my brain...

There are 4 types of people:

1. Gets work done, espouses company ethics - easy keep
2. Doesn't get work done, doesn't follow ethics - easy fire
3. Doesn't get work done but shows ethics and effort - keep and help
4. Gets work done but doesn't espouse company ethics.

#4 needs to be shown the door LOUDLY so people understand.

I worked for a gov't contractor that would have benefited from that.

Our leadership had a penchant for sending *VPs* to take *notes* to increase the bill rate to the gov. Often enough the gov clients actually complained lol

yeah, the last 'innovation' in movie going was Stadium Seating.

Last thing I saw in theaters was The Force Awakens Star Wars reboot. Star Wars was the only thing I felt would be better viewed on the big screen.

Vividly remember sitting through 45 MINUTES of previews. Not again.

I mean, I *have* checks. Been years since I actually wrote one.

The funny thing is the 'bank' on the checks is like 3 mergers ago.

6 m/kwh is *significantly* better than most cars. Model 3 is ~4 right? 50% better.

I really want it to succeed, but it's way beyond believe it when we see it territory too. Vs a Model 3 that exists and is on the road.

We should ensure his fat ass is hauled in one in the not soon enough state funeral

China uses coal very differently than we do. They use like we use gas peaker plants. So most of their coal fleet is idle much of the time...and idle time is growing as their renewable segment grows.

I quite literally quoted your source...and you agreed it applies.

So it's only a cult if it does bad things? Why, that sounds almost exactly like white washing to be acceptable in modern society!

Shall we talk about the all the bad things done in the name of religion throughout human history?

Good Day.

Let's see what that link provides:

"This category explores how manipulative groups regulate and dominate their members’ actions and behaviors through strict rules, rewards, and punishments, limiting individual autonomy."
Hijab, burka, yarmulke, baptism, circumcision, the wearing of 'mixed' clothing

Examining the tactics of manipulative organizations to control information flow through censorship and propaganda, restricting members’ access to outside perspectives.
- I give you the Church of Scientology

Focuses on psychological techniques used by such groups to shape beliefs and attitudes, suppressing critical thinking and promoting conformity.
- I give you the Mormon Church

Explores how manipulative organizations manipulate emotions, fostering dependency and loyalty through love-bombing, guilt, and fear-based indoctrination.
- "If you're bad you won't see your family in heaven" really hard to say that's anything other than fear-based coercion

I am by no means an expert on religion(s) but to say religion isn't a cult is to whitewash it into respectability. Hence, 'A large *popular* cult'

You're so close to getting it lol

def Religion: A large popular cult
def Cult: A small unpopular religion

you joke but we did exactly this with our gas service. I noticed in the summer that literally 2/3 of our bill was fees, with only a gas water heater running.

Put in a heat pump hot water heater and turned off the gas from March/April to Oct/Nov. They really aren't used to people cancelling service lol.

Yep. I play a game and ask people who their State Reps are. VAST majority of people have no idea.

You get the government competence proportional to your involvement in it.

Same with HOAs. People scream about them but literally never attend the meetings or bother to stand for election themselves.