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Comment They did it for the subsidy (Score 1) 74

The sums don't add up. Please feel free to correct me, because I'm getting numbers from Google mostly. - To make 1Kg (14 litres) of H2 takes 50-55kWh of power. - A single wind turbine (we are claiming it's green right?) makes at least 16mWh per day. 20mWh best case. - So we're making 320Kg of H2 per turbine. 400Kg best-case - Assuming the same energy density for volume as jet fuel, we'd need at least 30,000L. - 30,000 / (14 x 320) = 6.7 (5.4 best case) - That means we'd need 5.4 wind turbines at max output per day per jet flight. - Except.. ..that energy density for H2 isn't the same, it's four times LESS, so we'd need 21.6-26.8 wind turbines. Per aircraft, per flight. - Heathrow has 248 transatlantic flights per day, so best case we'd need 5,357 wind turbines, flat out, all day JUST for Heathrow. - The UK currently has 11,500 wind turbines, so we either need to use 47% of the UK's current renewables to make H2 for Heathrow, or... Kick these people to the kerb and stop funding snake-oil energy schemes.

Comment Trumpeting their ignorance for the world to hear (Score 4, Insightful) 216

Members of Parliament and their corporate-owned hirelings shouting from the rooftops how technically ignorant and ill-advised they are, yet again. Let's lock up every bus driver, train operator staff and all the directors of London Transport, as every thief, murderer and rapist in the last 100 years used public transport at some point to "facilitate" their illegal activities!! I swear if we filled government with trained monkeys, you'd see an improvement in the way the country was run within days.

Comment Re:The click-bait FUD continues (Score 1) 473

I created an account so I wasn't an "anonymous coward" like you. That doesn't make me a "shill" because I don't agree with your rage-fuelled world view. What is you interest in this, apart from spouting capital letters? Are you a backer (like me)? Have you played the game (like me)? Didn't think so. Plenty of loud opinion, backed up with little to none first-hand knowledge.

Comment The click-bait FUD continues (Score 2) 473

If you are one of the 17% that posted you want a refund because Frontier tried and failed to make their online game work offline, then good luck. The guy who put ã5,000 in the KickStarter (Liqua) says while disappointed, he's NOT going to ask for a refund, and "The game is awesome - a good solid foundation. FD just need some PR lessons (and I in some self control)" if you didn't already have the game (as most complainers are saying) then you backed to the tune of less than ã50 - I don't think that gives you a seat on the board. Frontier have been honest. They could just have easily waited until after December 16th to not hurt sales, but they put their hand up and said "we just cannot do it". Most posters, which really annoy me are saying "I was going to buy this, now I'm not + rage comment". So no interest or commitment to Elite: Dangerous, just want to rage at someone. Nice. It's a shame that the offline option isn't open, but to anyone who had followed the game development you'd have to have been wearing a blindfold to see this announcement as a shock.

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