[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There is a difference between climate concern, where you desperately want to do anything to fix the climate problems, and climate anxiety, where you are so overwhelmed by the climate issues that it interferes with your ability to take any action.

I suspect this study is focusing only on the latter.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Be aware that an underpowered or stuck stepper motor can "skip", causing the position data to be incorrect.

A servo motor has active feedback, so doesn't have this issue. Servos do have their own drawbacks too, so they are not always a suitable replacement.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Prey gives you the choices up front, tells you they don't matter, then gives you a really good game to play.

plot twistThe way you play is entirely up to you, but that's the point. Are you who you say you are? It's easy to say whether you'll flip a switch or push a person when you're answering questions at a desk, but it's suddenly much harder when you're actually faced with the problem. What will you choose?

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

It makes a pretty rainbow.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

It's a Nissan Leaf, generally known for it's battery overheating issues.

I also have the refreshed model of the Leaf. It has a higher density battery pack with more tightly spaced cells and still no battery cooling. It will overheat if driven more than 600km (400mi) in one day. When hot, the rapid charging speed drops to about 20kW.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

What's your definition of consumable?

I would have thoughy that recycling almost 100% of a battery into new batteries would be considered renewable.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm fairly certain my car doesn't have a coolant system, but thanks for the reminder. I often forget these sorts of things.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem here is round trip efficiency.

Using a battery to store solar power is about 95% efficient. A small amount of energy is lost to heat when charging and discharging.

Using hydrogen as energy storage is about 30% efficient. A small amount of energy is lost when making the hydrogen, but a large amount is lost when converting it back to electricity.

Unfortunately this isn't even a solvable problem. The fundamental limit of efficiency due hydrogen to electricity is about 50%. Physics and entropy prevent it from being any higher.

Burning hydrogen for heat is about 100% efficient, but heat pumps (running from electricity) can be over 600% efficient. Heat pumps get the extra efficiency by moving heat rather than creating heat directly.

If you wanted to use hydrogen from electrolysis, we would need 3 to 6 times as many solar panels than if we just used batteries.

Hydrogen can be clean, but it's rarely the best option.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hydrogen made from methane reformation, or from coal powered electrolysis?

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I use Vivaldi exclusive for the tab stacks. As soon as another browser has tab stacks (preferably more than 2 levels) I'll switch.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still waiting on tab stacks before I switch completely. I'm also slightly disappointed that Vivaldi only has 2 levels of tab stacks. I would absolutely use more levels if I could.

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago
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