Bewaretheicespiders
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j5mrch4 wrote
Reply to comment by Afoxnamedrhi in My mom and her friend being too cool for school in 1978 by Afoxnamedrhi
Normal people with a time machine would kill Hitler or something. Personally I would stop the asshole who first tought of putting "bad romance" over kids videos on youtube.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j5mqbul wrote
Someone get them a hamburger or something.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j509uj1 wrote
Reply to comment by iqisoverrated in Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030 by BlitzOrion
>Not really. Most EVs charge at night when demand is very low and wind energy is,
The demand is going to be high at night when ev adoption is high
Demand is going to be highest at night in northen latitudes if people abandon fossil fuel for heating the house. See Quebec.
You gain some wind at night (unreliable) but you lose all solar
People will want their car charged in the morning.
Batteries degrade with each charge and discharge cycle.
EV adoption guarantees that peak demand will drift towards the times when people charge their time. Its a self-defeating scheme.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j4xfoaj wrote
Reply to comment by beezlebub33 in Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030 by BlitzOrion
Haha that's been in my bookmarks for years after having to make a quick demo. Dont know how I ended up pasting that instead of the link. Computer vision kinda is my day job.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j4wpyt5 wrote
Reply to comment by beezlebub33 in Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030 by BlitzOrion
>The peak demand is in the evening 6-9 pm or so.
That varies greatly depending on where you are and the season.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42915
In Texas for example, the smallest margins between supply and demand happens during hot summer afternoon where you lose wind power and AC runs the hardest. Just before people need their car to go home.
In cold climate where they dont use gas for heating (e.g. Quebec, and assuming we want to get rid of fossil fuel, every cold climate area will eventually use electricity for heating) the smallest margins are in winter just before sunrise, when you dont have solar either. Just before people need their car to go to work.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j4wlz8d wrote
Reply to comment by rhymeswithcars in Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030 by BlitzOrion
Because the charging will be causing the peak demand. Charging schedules are dictated by commute hours, not hourly rates.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j4wgtna wrote
Reply to Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030 by BlitzOrion
Kinda failing to consider that charging the EV is expected to create the peak demand. As far as I could read, they only consider what capacity of battery would be plugged and charged on average. But they dont consider when that coincides or not with peak demand.
Your EV can't stabilize the grid at peak demand if thats when its charging.
edit: It doesnt address the economics of it either. Whats the benefit for the ev owner to see his car battery discharged when plugged? You're going to have to pay to charge it later, and your EV might not have the range you need when you need to use it. You arrive at work, you plug it, AC (and EV charging...) cause peak demand during the hot afternoon, you get out of work and your battery is not fully charged to go back home.
I dont see drivers buying into this. The utility of a fully charged EV is too high.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j442mxd wrote
Reply to comment by rivetcityransom in TIL Duck is considered a red meat by culinary standards. by BertyBert1
But it still needs to reach a full 75c temperature to be safe to eat, like other poultry and unlike beef.
edit: Let me dumb it down: Duck has the same safety requirement and risks as other poultry when it comes to cooking temperatures.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j3x95c5 wrote
My problem with those claims is that there is no way they can validate their method without actually going there.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j03p8rc wrote
Reply to comment by weluckyfew in Tesla value as it relates to Twitter's purchase [OC] by datawazo
No yeah, that rant clearly mark you up as level headed and well adjusted and not a little obsessed with whatever the latest reddit circlejerk is /s
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j03h29k wrote
Reply to comment by weluckyfew in Tesla value as it relates to Twitter's purchase [OC] by datawazo
> I have to think that owning a Tesla is rapidly becoming far less chic
You have to get off reddit a bit more.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j035h9p wrote
This is basically the Nasdaq during this time period.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iyy6s2z wrote
Reply to comment by chouseva in [OC] Building permits (in housing units) per capita, by state (fix) by born_in_cyberspace
There isnt a hugely significant statistical deviation of household size per state. Utah and District of Columbia are outliers, but all other states are fairly close to the 2.54 person per household average for the country.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ixjs2ll wrote
Reply to comment by sryforcomment in Berlin to Back French-Built Rockets in Race Against Musk by Soupjoe5
And the US also had a failing, terribly anti-market approach as well. Right until the CRS program that is. And this program, and commercial crew after, showed that not only a competitive, free market approach to space procurement for the government in space was possible, but that it was much, much better.
When no one thought it would work, then everyone was just ignorant. But when you've seen it work and you still decide to give a monopoly to a single entity, then thats something else entirely, now you're just being stupid.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ixhqtti wrote
This unwavering anti-market approach reminds me of the famous "The beatings will continue until morale improves" that alledgely led to the Bounty's mutiny.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iwhrepm wrote
Reply to comment by Ciarrai_IRL in [OC] Is Netflix's catalogue quantity over quality or vice versa? by biantongfrom
As a family who speaks 5 languages, its not 5 star foreign content they're adding, its mostly B crap. Prime is worse.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iw3fp9l wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
It in fact increases.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iw1cuzd wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
The land value improves way before the tower is built. Sure you build supply, which is better than doing nothing, but that new supply takes way more manpower per sqft to build, AND increase land value, compared to sprawling.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iw13m11 wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
Im not talking about the value of the tower, thats a whole other thing, but the value of the land underneath it. If you change the zoning from single family house to, say, 10 units on the same area of land, and if there is enough demand, then land value immediately climbs by 10x, because a developper now can make 10 times as much profit on that parcel of land. And that takes away any of the affordability gain you would expect from density.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_iw08878 wrote
Reply to comment by Maguncia in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
Land value diffectly affects housing cost. Its why you see dilapidated buildings selling for millions of dollars in Vancouver.
If you think density can solve housing cost, point us to a city that became cheaper by densifying.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ivzqj9l wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
Land value is directly correlated to the profit you can make of developing it. The higher the density, the higher the value. When cities change the zoning to allow more density, land value increase correspondingly because the vote is even tallied.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ivz7sej wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
As Ive explained, sprawling helps because it keeps both construction cost and land value low, while density makes construction cost and land value high.
Toronto doesnt sprawl nearly enough for Canada's insane population growth. They locked it inside the green belt. Which I understand why they would do that, but you can't do that AND add millions of new people, not without housing being a nightmare.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ivz13ke wrote
Reply to comment by nacho1599 in [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
There are only two things that ever worked, and only one of them is sustainable. First, sprawling, until you run out of space. Nothing as cheap to build as a bungalow, and low density keeps land value low.
The other and only sustainable way is zero population growth.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ivyjnzg wrote
Reply to [OC] Housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Singapore, more so than in other high-cost cities by earthlymonarch
Another reminder that density never solved high housing cost, and never will.
Bewaretheicespiders t1_j5qr684 wrote
Reply to comment by ForHidingSquirrels in Solar powered hydrogen facility being built in California by ForHidingSquirrels
You'ld be better off making methane of a number of other fuels. People are pumping hydrogen to create an infrastructure and a market that will be fulfilled by dirty hydrogen surplus from gas extraction.