VincentGrinn

VincentGrinn t1_jat8xlr wrote

Reply to comment by 6thReplacementMonkey in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

oh geez when you include that stuff it just becomes obscenely cheaper, now days its already cheaper just in a direct cost standpoint to use renewables

even without long term damage fossil fuels currently account for 20% of all deaths world wide(both directly and indirectly)

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VincentGrinn t1_jaqccyc wrote

Reply to comment by Carl_The_Sagan in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

bruh how tf you going claim a solar farm is an eyesore

do they commute to work in a helicopter or something?

its not even at ground level or anything! it was suppose to be ontop of a mesa with a setback from the edge that made it out of line of sight

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VincentGrinn t1_jaqbzg9 wrote

Reply to comment by ajmmsr in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

south australia is somewhere around 15-25% renewables from what i can see

iceland is 25% geothermal 75% hydro

paraguay is 99.8% hydro and 0.2% biofuel which is honestly incredible, they use like 3x as much power as iceland

also apparently albania and the DRC are 100% hydro but that seems odd

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VincentGrinn t1_jaqbf65 wrote

Reply to comment by 6thReplacementMonkey in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

not exactly hard to be cheaper than fossil fuels, i mean the global fossil fuel industry is subsidized 16 billion dollars PER DAY, and is still more expensive than renewables

on an entirely unrelated note the global fossil fuel industry makes a profit of 6 billion dollars per day, way to go guys

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VincentGrinn t1_j8fz9d4 wrote

Reply to comment by ReturnedAndReported in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh

well yeah i mean the plans for hyperloop were an ideal distance of 1500km

which means its a 19,000km^3 partial vacuum chamber

that shit cant be easy and even if they did manage it somehow, i dont think its practical

yeah nvm its actually 19km^3 which isnt that unreasonable ONLY requiring 2500 of the most powerful vacuum pumps in the world, still stupid though

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VincentGrinn t1_j8fs88g wrote

Reply to comment by ReturnedAndReported in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh

theyre basically just maglev trains in a vaccum, so 1g acceleration/deceleration is entirely reasonable and safe so long as people are sitting, though hyperloop planned for 0.5g

though most maglev trains only do 0.25 accel and 0.3g deccel which is lame

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VincentGrinn t1_j8frps4 wrote

Reply to comment by ReturnedAndReported in 7 international companies have teamed with the EU to form the International Hyperloop Association, the industry's first trade body. by lughnasadh

if they stuck with the original plan for 'loops'(not hyperloop) like the ones they built in vegas

that being non vacuum, pods of ~12 people moving at a speed of 150 using linear induction motors, used over short distances from train stations to smaller stops. in tunnels built really quick and fairly cheap

that would have been useful, its basically a faster APM, which supplements public transport

hyperloops i doubt will ever be feasible though, that vacuum part is just a real issue

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VincentGrinn t1_j81z49v wrote

Reply to Hoonigan by Jack_MeHoff_01

gymkhana had some real sick close calls

but man 2022 gymkhana with travis pastrana went real fuckin hard

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