Comment Re: They're obsolete. (Score 1) 186
Comment Re:Worthless fucking statistic. (Score 1) 213
Denmark started with wind turbines 40 years ago, and now, Wind accounts for more than 50% of Denmark's electricity generation. In Germany, Wind accounts for 30% of Germany's electricity (the high prices for electricity in Germany have very bureaucratic, and quintessentially German reasons with braindead legislation, but that's another chapter). Ah yes, biogas currently generates the same amount of electricity in Germany as Nuclear did the last year before it was switched off. And then there is balcony power - a concept completely alien to the U.S., but widespread in Europe. For about 300 EUR, you can get a small do-it-yourself solar power plant, and legally assemble it yourself and plug it into your wall socket (any wall socket will do). No licensed electrician required. It's limited to 800 Wp - but hey, free energy for everyone. In a town with 10,000 apartments, this would be akin to a 8 MWp power plant for the price of 3 million bucks - without any tax payer money. If you want to pay an electrician, buy 10 of them. Or 30. And he will do the connection to the grid. For 10,000 EUR, you get 25 kWp solar power, which should cover most of your electric energy needs. If the 20,000 households in a medium sized town would do it, we are talking 500 MWp. That's the usual size of a nuclear reactor.
Comment Re:Worthless fucking statistic. (Score 4, Informative) 213
Your "reliable" power sources are not reliable, they are inert. This is not the same, and if conditions change quickly, or aren't within specifications, they fail in a big way.
Comment Re:Context? (Score 1) 131
Comment Re:DST is Dumb (Score 2) 262
On the other hand, we tried this in the 1970ies already, and it was abolished immediately after the first winter, after traffic accidents during morning rush hour had risen sharply, and school children had to wait for the school bus in the coldest time of the day (and the school bus took longer because of all the icy roads anyway).
Comment Re: They should do the same in The Netherlands (Score 4, Interesting) 262
Permanent standard time is ideal for human health and balance of daylight throughout the day.
That is not true. Left without clocks, humans in median latitudes tend to sleep longer in winter than in the summer. A standard schedule throughout the year is not healthy, except you live close to the equator, where the day length does not vary much during the year.
Comment Re:They should do the same in The Netherlands (Score 1) 262
Comment Re:DST is Dumb (Score 2, Interesting) 262
So either you abolish a strict day schedule and adopt during the year, which is not only two switch days a year, but multiple times, or you have some kind of switch between Summer time and Winter time.
Comment Re:They should do the same in The Netherlands (Score 5, Insightful) 262
People complaining have simply no clue how it is to have DST in the winter, and can't imagine.
Comment Re:Iran has good hackers (Score 1) 146
Comment Re:Heatwaves all over northern hemisphere this sum (Score 1) 71
Comment Known this for our Solar system since the 1980ies (Score 1) 44
Comment Re:between 165k and 222k usd? (Score 1) 49
Comment Re:between 165k and 222k usd? (Score 2, Informative) 49
German YouTuber Elektrotrucker does international hauling throughout Europe for more than a year now, and he regularly recharges at a normal car charger.