Without doubt, some Trump flunky will sell a hundred kilos to IBM.
Only to find out it's not the business machine people, it's Iranian Boom Makers.
And the Trump administration will blame it on O'Blama.
Can't say I agree. I've used DDG for years and noaiDDG since they released it and it's always gotten me results on the first page (and usually in the top 3 results anyhow.)
This! I switched to DDG , and the underlying theme of the new Google search paradigm s that you have to accept hallucinating search results.
This was the first thing that came to my mind, as well. What's the point of creating oxygen if there isn't a planetary system that keeps it from escaping into the void?
Shouldn't that really be the first thing they do to terraform Mars?
Yes, and it an ability we have now. Should be step one.
What are you gonna do for a magnetosphere?
That's not too difficult, place a couple Tesla magnets at Lagrange points and there ya go. Yes, without a viable magnetosphere, any atmosphere we generate will be stripped away by the solar wind.
Mod parent funny. Too obvious and low-hanging for insight, if'n I ever had a mod point to give.
Countries? I read this as giving Pu to startups, for-profit entities. By USA standards (!), the risks are unbounded: countries, people, individual bad-actors would sell/steal/abandon it eventually. What a total mess.
Yup, it won't stay confined to US borders for long.
Has nothing to do with US hate.
Good to know. Perhaps it doesn't - Perhaps that no posts can be commented on without you or someone else spouting words that sound exactly like hate.
Or anyone "taking over"
No one is taking over. It would simple be more peaceful.
Exactly - it is well proven that no country was ever running things in evil fashion before the USA. Humans lived in peace, no one invading or taking over another country. All killing was accidental, and there was plenty for all humanity.
Look homie, if you think that once you gain your wish, that no country will come to dominate You really are embarrassing yourself.
Empires. There have been mandy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I take a little exception to the very short lived ones, but empires have existed pretty much since humans have. Some became particularly significant. Ottoman and Roman and British empires come to mind.
So unless humanity has completely changed, when you get your wish (and you will eventually, no empire stands forever, some country simply will take over. History shows that whoever takes over will impose their will by force.
>How many peopled died in WWII? Why is it actually called a world war?
When you started the war, it was not called WW2. And the US at that time was isolationist. Ironic, Japan forced our entry, and Germany felt the need to declare war against us as well. But we didn't start the war.
Now we have a war again, in Iran. And for what reason would a "normal person" applaud you for that?
Not looking for applause, Perhaps I touched a nerve. I am not normal, and the Trump war was ill advised, ill thought out, poorly executed, and truly an embarrassing loss for the USA to be frank. Nothing to be proud of. It has turned a large part of the world against us.
The few people who were ready to fight against the Ayatollas: now joined them, and are defending THEIR COUNTRY against YOU IDIOTS.
Ahh, I see, All Americans are idiots, and you went cap locks loaded and ready to Rumble! U mad Bro?
Relax, have an adult beverage or herb of your liking. I think you need it.
Oh summer child,, if you think this is peak wrong, you are not going to like the effects of selling weapons grade plutonium to random countries.
Sudden peace might descend, as various countries would become able to defend themselves against U.S. invasions?
Cool - The entire world is peaceful other than the USA. Really really good to know!
God you USA haters are pretty naive. Who do you want taking over when you get your wish?
Not much - everything that could've gone wrong allready has!
Oh summer child,, if you think this is peak wrong, you are not going to like the effects of selling weapons grade plutonium to random countries.
Each state that gets money in a judgement or settlement, should use that money to make sure their public education system teaches kids how to block ads.
By 2030, I don't think anyone should be able to graduate high school in America, unless they've learned how to be ad-free (on screens under their control; obviously they won't gain superpowers to blank out billboards or the sides of buses).
Second - doesn't the EU have an interconnected power grid?
It does. But that doesn't mean you can infinitely send power where you want. Major HV connections are starting to be a limiting factor and governments are spending a small fortune to expand them. It's not like Schleswig-Holstein (one of the main landing points for North Sea wind can send power to Frankfurt via Limburg if the Dutch interconnector is also already overloaded. Regional constraints do very much still exist.
To be clear we're not out of total power capacity. We're out of the ability to move power around where its needed. Yesterday the spot price for energy hit 80c/kWh as soon as the sun set in the Netherlands because the wind wasn't blowing in Germany and their sudden loss of solar caused the power network to swing the complete opposite direction from import across one of the main 480kV links to export.
Likewise to my Italian example, Italy has enough power plants to keep the lights on, but the 220kV transmission lines from Mezze to Turin weren't able to carry that power resulting in the power outage.
No one is fully reliant on themselves but interconnection has limitations.
Probably should do a whole grid/generation redesign, and it is going to cost a lot.going to cost a lot, but power use isn't going to decrease, and temps are only going to go up. If they are going offline now, it will only get a lot worse if they have energy gobbling data centers.
In PA, there is a whole revolt against data centers going on, and going off grid is looking better all the time.
As soon as everybody is ready with new Lithium depots, Lithium extraction facilities etc, everybody will have switched to a different battery.
A very good chance of that. There are a lot of different chemistries available, and Lithium isn't necessarily the best.
The think is, Lithium is really only good for mobile battery applications, because of energy density. For stationary use, other chemistries offer better lifetime, lower cost, better safety, etc., and that is the reason why alternatives matter.
Li-ion batteries should be looking in the rear view mirror, Sodium is catching up, and if energy density is the big thing, "Sugar batteries" that run on maltodextrin as fuels are being developed as well. They use enzymatic catalysts and air that reduce the maltodextrin, which creates a voltage. It is only
For stationary grid purposes, I like Nickel-Iron batteries. Seriously tough, they can take a lot of abuse, They don't have super energy retention, but plenty enough to handle grid purposes. Need more? Build a bigger pad. There is a lot of experience with these, NYC uses Nickel-Iron rechargeable in its subway system.
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