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[sheogorath]

I read they hit a sandbar or some sort of obstruction backing out.

Getting their ships grounded on a sandbar is, indeed, a british naval tradition.

 

[caudaceus]

When you need money to buy gas

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[coolgod]

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Odds of WWIII within next 10 years just increased.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Both of the sites you linked to talk about the payback period for solar panels installed on your roof. Residential solar is inevitably more expensive than a utility scale solar farm, just as a car that I assembled myself (or hired a mechanic to do it) would be far more costly than a mass-produced car of similar quality. A large solar farm does mass-production of energy, so we can expect enormous economies of scale, and therefore a much shorter payback time.



Where do you get the 3-month payback time for nuclear? (I'm ignoring hydro for now.) If we assume a 1 GWe nuclear plant, and the electricity it generates earns $.10 per kwh, then in 3 months the plant will earn (1 GW) * (0.10 $/kwh) * (3 months) = $219 million. That's a far cry from the $billions cost of a nuclear power plant in the US. So where do you get the 3-month payback time?

As for hydro, we are running out of suitable sites. Hydro won't be anywhere near enough for the world's energy needs.

Nuclear may be enough. But the world will have to build roughly 13,000 one-gigawatt plants -- and hope that no Homer Simpsons are in any of them. Gulp.

Solar will be more than enough, even for the energy needs of the far future. As I calculated previously, with a slight correction, the sun pours down thousands of times more power than the world is currently using -- and the sun will last for billions of years. I invite you to check my calculation.

See sources for 3 months payback period for energy alone in terms of EROEI calculation. Most of the cost of the plant isn't energy or raw materials, it's regulatory.

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Your argument is very similar to Elon Musk's. Here's a video of someone who disagrees.

Here's 3 article that disagrees

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In general in the US the amount of overselling, overhype and over promise is insane. I wish it were otherwise. I wish oil/gas were unimportant. But wishes can't substitute for fact.

 

[baykalov]

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MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. More than half of Russians, or 55%, believe Russia has the most friendly ties with China, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) that was released on Wednesday.

"More than half of our fellow citizens - 55% - still believe that Russia has the strongest relations with China. That’s the highest level on record (up 10 percentage points from 2019)," the pollster said in a statement.

The other most friendly countries include Belarus (49% of respondents), India (22%), Turkey (17%) and Kazakhstan (13%). Another 11% of respondents noted strong ties between Russia and Serbia (up 9% from 2019), while 10% of those polled added Iran to the list (up 7% from 2019). The statement said Russians started to mention countries like UAE (3%), Saudi Arabia (2%) and Pakistan (2%).

The United States remains the main enemy of Russia, according to respondents. The level is the highest since the start of measurements (76%, up 9% from the data in 2019). Ukraine has become the second most popular answer (43%, down 10% from 2019). More than one-third of the respondents (39%) believe that the UK is a hostile nation, which is up 14% from 2019. Further down the list of unfriendly countries, according to Russians, are Germany (32%, plus 23% from 2019), Poland (28%), France (21%), Latvia (14%), Lithuania (12%), Estonia (11%). Finland (5%), Bulgaria (2%), Czech Republic (2%) made the list for the first time. Just 1% of those polled named Georgia as an unfriendly country, while 12% of respondents did so in 2019.

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[taxiya]

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Will the poles recalculate it every time they are in economical trouble? In 2019 the very same ruling party got the figure 850 billion. Three years later it becomes 1.3 trillion, that is 15% annual increase. Is the Polish version of mathematics having an inflation problem?

In Chinese, this is called 碰瓷, 找死。

 

[W20]

China has already demonstrated that photovoltaic energy is one of the cheapest energy sources. This revolution led by Chinese industry is already unstoppable, no matter what the Western press says looking in the rearview mirror.

 

[FriedButter]

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TLDR: Diversity and Inclusion is essential in destroying the PLAAF.

Department of the Air Force

“Diversity and inclusion are an essential part of our society and key to the success of any organization,

Critically, it also continues our progress towards achieving a force more representative of our nation, while leveraging that diversity to enhance the Air and Space Force’s ability to deter and if necessary, deny our Nation’s competitors

 

[baykalov]

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France, Germany Could Look to TikTok, YouTube Bloggers to Fight Putin Propaganda​

• Countries drafted joint non-paper about EU-Russia relations
• Discussion paper proposes video bloggers offer media literacy

Germany and France want the European Union to drive a wedge between President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people with a campaign to counter propaganda within Russia and a visa policy that signals Europe is still open to ordinary citizens.

In a joint non-paper titled “Defending the international order in an age of systemic rivalry: EU-Russia relations,” France and Germany say the EU needs to continue exploring “creative ways” to allow for the dissemination of independent information to and within Russia, according to a copy of the document seen by Bloomberg. A non-paper is an unofficial document drafted by technical experts from EU member states for closed-door discussions.

The plan to counter domestic propaganda could include using “technical measures against Russian censorship, i.e. via an Internet Censorship Circumvention Hub,” the paper says, as well as providing Russian language content for Russian speaking minorities abroad. Another suggestion includes funding media literacy courses in Russian that could be disseminated by video bloggers on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Telegram channels and Vkontakte, the paper says.

 

[PiSigma]

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TLDR: Diversity and Inclusion is essential in destroying the PLAAF.

Department of the Air Force

Emma's 2 moms will be proud. Next thing u know everyone will have to say their pronouns first when reporting.