Posts by Andy Pryke 8 publicly visible posts • joined 28 May 2007
If you like devastating science based put downs you'll enjoy this article on why almost all gravity batteries are useless.
"...A kilometer deep shaft with a massive elevator full of two meters of sand worked by a couple of the biggest winches ever built and it’s only as much as a third [as much storage] of a Tesla Megapack that’s 29 feet long and 8.5 feet tall..."
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/16/gravity-storage-101-or-why-pumped-hydro-is-the-only-remotely-real-gravity-storage/
I don't know which vendor is going to own up to this one, but right now, http://change.gov/newsroom/ look like this:
"Database Error: Unable to connect to your database. Your database appears to be turned off or the database connection settings in your config file are not correct. Please contact your hosting provider if the problem persists."
The front page isn't much better - it seems to be lacking CSS and graphics.
A friend of mine's laptop sounds like it's about to take off whenever they visit http://www.independent.co.uk/ , which is, unfortunately, one of several tabs they have as their home "page". After Adblocking the relevant flash ads the PC is silent as a lamb.
Also, many ad-serving websites are very slow - one of the one's El Reg uses often hangs and required me to reload pages in order to get them to display.
I only block ads which cause problems - I figure the sites need the revenue, but some ads make sites almost unusable.
Faster page rendering, faster browsing, quieter PC - seems like a good idea to me :-)
Dear Anonymous Coward,
My original comment appears to have disappeared. Perhaps because I referenced two articles which deconstructed the arguments of Lawson and Lomberg?
Your point about chaotic systems is the same as mine. In the past the earth has had (for reasonably long periods of time) different climates. A combination of positive and negative feedbacks help to keep the climate stable in these states. When you intervene and change one of the variables in a system (e.g. CO2 content of the atmosphere), you risk moving into a new stable state.
Nice to know my original comment did appear, if only for a short time.
Any feedback from the eds as to why it was removed?
Andy
Whatever happened to the prosecutions against the Tobacco Industry? They had a similar set up of fake lobby groups and paid off consultants who delayed action against smoking for decades?
I think the Oil Industry needs to invest in some heavy duty paper shredders!
1999 Summary - http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/980531Douglas.html
The "Green vs..." case http://www.americantobacco.net/
New Scientist's review comes to the conclusion that Carbon Capture doesn't really work
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/mg19726491.500-can-coal-live-up-to-its-clean-promise.html - free reg required for this article
with more reasons given in the follow up on the letter's page
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826520.100-capturing-carbon.html
So hurray for not spending money on it!
There's plenty more reading on this here: (mostly without registration):
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change
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