When I think of burning coal, "burst of ions" is not the first thing that comes to mind. Especially when it's burned to create electricity with the heat (not ions) produced in the combustion.
IMHO the phrase was written by someone reporting poorly on a story about electricity generation, thinking that "ions" are conveying the energy.
Good points. I was wondering the same thing. Then again, I wasn't all that impressed with TFA's take on the science. (See my comment above about "Burst of ions.")
Electrolysis with renewable energy should have a very low environmental impact. There is the sunk cost from constructing the plant and the electrolysis equipment. If non-renewable energy sources are used, then the environmental cost goes up.
But I think the "environmentalists" mentioned in TFA might be concerned about other methods that do have an environmental impact, such as thermochemical ones that produce condensate and catalyst waste, and can acidify water.
Fair point. However, it's the heat from the combustion that is used to create the electricity, by boiling water to turn a turbine with the resulting steam.
But please, keep looking for ions in the delivery chain. This is kinda fun.
My mom is dead and buried in the ground. So you must be the one doing the wiggling, amirite?
Please take a shower when you're done.
No, it's the electrons that move in the metal wire of the power-distribution lines. And not very much: in AC distribution, they just wiggle back and forth a fraction of a millimeter.
No upbraiding. I'm not trying to vilify or exalt Disney, Tesla, or Elon, nor do I expect anyone else to do so.
I'm just saying the article headline is deceptive, perhaps amusingly so. And I'm a bit surprised that the discussion appears to be mostly about the movie, with little about the Tesla display-mode.
But I am wondering whose idea this was: Disney's (for the product placement) or Tesla's (for appropriation of coolness)? I'm guessing the latter.
It seems most people posting her are Tron fans talking about the movie.
I haven't seen anyone comment on the headline. No, Tron Ares Mode does not turn Teslas into glowing light-cycles. It changes the avatar for the vehicle displayed on the infotainment screen. At least TFS got that right.
We haven't been "at war" with anyone since WWII, although the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Somalia, Haiti, Yugoslavia, Venezuela, etc. might disagree a little bit.
I was talking about a war declared by Congress. That's the only kind that matters when it comes to a charge of treason.
And yes, you're right, the last time that happened was World War II. Armed conflicts have occurred since then, but they're not the same.
The only current war we have is that of the current administration against the US Constitution.
FTFY.
Currently the USA is not at war with anyone. Therefore it is impossible for anyone to commit treason. They might be doing something else illegal, but you can't call it treason.
It's like the stupid minority, trans, and others that choose to fake hate crimes against themselves to prove how the attacks are common and how they are victims.
Those things do in fact happen. And they are common. No need to fake them, though some lunatics might.
What kind of fucking wingnut believes in AGW and then lights a forest fire?
Someone who is even more mentally unhinged than someone who would start a forest fire deliberately in the first place.
Sorry to drag out a cliché, but "both sides" have 'em. It's up to the rest of us to have a rational conversation without them.
I think we agree that tax-dodgers should be punished. But I don't think that punishment should be revocation of citizenship.
As for treason, at least in the USA, it is defined clearly in the Constitution as waging war against the USA or giving aid and comfort to its enemies. Not tax-dodging or leaving (even fleeing) the country.
I also agree that ill-gotten (i.e., illegal) gains should be "taxed" at 100%. There's a legal term for doing that. But again, it has nothing to do with treason or revocation of citizenship.
Make sure that they, and their families citizenship is revoked
Two things:
1. To have your citizenship revoked, you have to commit treason, obtain citizenship fraudulently, or commit some disqualifying crime within a certain period of obtaining conditional citizenship. Simply leaving the country doesn't qualify.
2. Back at least as far as biblical times, humanity has recognized the injustice of suffering the sins of the father on the son. So no, you can't revoke citizenships of families because of the acts of a single member.
The USA has two dominant political parties. Not a two-party "system."
This result was shaped from the consequences of the US polity, not by fiat.
The only person who died from direct violent action at the capitol on January 6th was Ashli Babbitt, when she was shot by capitol police. No law enforcement was killed there.
Officer Brian Sicknick was assaulted with a chemical spray and died one day later after suffering several strokes.
Other officers died by suicide in the months that followed.
Three other civilians died on Jan 6 besides Ashli Babbitt. Two from apparent natural causes and one from accidental acute amphetamine intoxication.
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