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Comment No gambling involved (Score 1) 209

I have a 14-30 extension cord so could plug into the 240V dryer outlet in the house if faster charging was needed, but it never was. I use the extension cord during road trips, like this one to Fort Benning in 2018 for my nephew's graduation from basic training.

I've noticed you like to spread a lot of EV FUD - do you work in the oil industry or do you just like exposing your ignorance?

Comment Yep, with an EV just "top it off" each night (Score 1) 209

Back in 2018 when I got my first Model 3 I used the lowly 120V outlet in my garage for 1.44 kW charging for the first 6 months without any problems. Even if I returned from a weekend trip close it empty it was OK as I'd gain enough extra range each night that I'd be back to full after a few nights.

I then switched to a free-nights electric plan and had a 240V outlet installed for 7.68 kW charging to make sure it would finish toping off the car during the free period.

Comment Re:Missing mass (Score 1) 18

For me the visualization of direct collapse black hole formation is that there's still a huge mass of gas falling in, at the boundary of the new black hole nearly dense enough to direct collapse itself. The blowback would compress the inflow over the density edge and you get a whole cloud of black holes.

Comment Re:Spending $250 million on Trump's campaign (Score 1) 42

Timeline hopper here, just through the gate from funny laugh lady land. Believe it or not in that line Musk is still the richest man ever over there - richer even - but he's a woke social librul because he knows which side of his bread has butter on it.

Notably, President Harris also prefers rockets that will launch to rockets that will not for some reason.

But don't eat the fish. Just in case.

Comment Excitement guaranteed (Score 2) 61

Watching was a thrill ride from beginning to end. Still issues with Booster landing but they will sort it out. The re-entry tiles did great. The satellites did great. Ship did so well they will try for a catch next time, if there's nothing counter in the flight data.

Hardware rich development proves itself again. The next one is built and being fitted out for a launch just a couple months away. Behind it, the factory has begun several more.

It's hard to believe they started building this on a beach in tents, with a flying water tower.

Comment Re:Power infrastructure (Score 2) 200

It makes no sense to spend more to tiptoe through costly incremental steps of infrastructure buildout buying stuff you crave to be rid of when you can hop right to the conclusion. Fuel is bad. You use it and then you need more fuel. That's a vulnerability to the fuel supplier, the logistics, the free market for fuel, changing government meddling. Fix it right once without fuel and be done with it for 30 years. It's not like there won't be another problem to solve the next day.

Comment Re:Power infrastructure (Score 2) 200

>as they are not allowed to use oil or coal

Or natural gas. No carbon. Carbon fuels amplify the already obscene thermal output by at least 2.5.

Also, none of them is dumb enough to go fission. The time to power is an order of magnitude greater than their expiration date if they don't have it. And their server and power costs are bad enough. They don't need to compound those expenses with the costliest source of energy available.

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