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tdacct t1_j46jnnx wrote
Reply to comment by manual_tranny in From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? by manual_tranny
Keep living in your fantasy world of how you want energy to work. I'll keep making real world systems.
tdacct t1_j44cbyy wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? by manual_tranny
No amount of over capacity makes the sun shine at night or during a winter storm.
tdacct t1_iymwxk6 wrote
Reply to Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
My favorite conspiracy theory is that Starlink is actually an ICBM defense system. With enough low earth orbit satellites with high power lasers on board, traveling in the right direction, they should be able to destroy the ICBM's at apogee. Since the satellites are already LEO, the missiles at apogee won't have that much difference in velocity, they just need to be traveling in a roughly similar orbit. As I recall, those long distance sub-orbital flights are just shy of the same delta-V as full LEO. Of course, space is a big place, and the satellites will need to do orbital correction to provide an intercept close enough to get within laser range.
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Reply to comment by mcmpearl in If Buying a House Is Cheaper Than Paying Rent...? by SmarterShelter
Be on notice about FHA loans. If you buy a house with minimum down payment, but then work really hard to get to 80% LTV; the FHA loan won't let you remove the PMI for 5 years anyway.
tdacct t1_j46kfv2 wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? by manual_tranny
I'm sure there's never been a case of no wind at night either. Couldn't possibly happen.