Comment Could we recycle them in to rechargable batteries (Score 1) 261
Sort by composition and reuse for all the other stuff that needs copper / zinc.
Comment Re:Probably will work in Los Angeles (Score 1) 183
Amazon/Rivian have made some engineering changes to help with cold weather, but targeted heating, heat pumps are helpful, also put defrosting elements in the front windshield.
Comment Irony (Score 1) 189
Considering the heat pump including condenser is a pretty impressive piece of engineering. The opposite of lipstick on a pig.
Submission + - The health benefits of wind and solar exceed the cost of all subsidies (arstechnica.com)
TheCoroner writes: An article from Nature Energy suggests that the benefits we receive from moving to renewables like wind and solar that reduce air pollution exceed the cost of the subsidies required to make them competitive with traditional fossil fuels.
Comment The Morgue BBS (Score 1) 181
I can't remember the exact years my board ran but definitely mid-80's -- 90's. My handle here on Slash is an extension of my operator handle from +30 years ago. LoL. It is an interesting perspective to have with modern social media and the Internet. I remember that transition from modem based BBS to Internet based. There was a similar transition in the hacking community from modem scripting and shenanigans to TCP/IP based goofballery.
Comment Republican vs. Democrat (Score 1) 2369
What really scares me about the Republican party is not their notion of smaller government. They haven't had any luck achieving that as far back as Regan.
What really scares me is their ties to the religious right / evangelical movement. It's an interesting combination and the two groups seem to have absolutely nothing in common. So the goals of the religious right, which are 99% social program development and 1% stop abortion no matter what. Are tied to the fiscal conservatives (cut taxes no matter what). So we end up with cutting taxes all over the place while the evangelicals push various social programs to boost government spending. If McCain had stuck with his "Maverick" platform from 8 years ago rather than wooing the evangelicals by choosing Sarah Palin he'd have a better chance of winning since he'd have kept the 50%+ of republicans who are sick and tired of their parting being subverted.
What really scares me is their ties to the religious right / evangelical movement. It's an interesting combination and the two groups seem to have absolutely nothing in common. So the goals of the religious right, which are 99% social program development and 1% stop abortion no matter what. Are tied to the fiscal conservatives (cut taxes no matter what). So we end up with cutting taxes all over the place while the evangelicals push various social programs to boost government spending. If McCain had stuck with his "Maverick" platform from 8 years ago rather than wooing the evangelicals by choosing Sarah Palin he'd have a better chance of winning since he'd have kept the 50%+ of republicans who are sick and tired of their parting being subverted.
