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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Regarding the range problem, that is my personal conspiracy theory. It makes a lot of sense but no way that I or anyone can ever prove it.

Theory: Range was never a real problem and car manufacturers seeded that topic to journalists/press, as the companies already had the solution available before communicating the problem.

More range is done with a larger batteries, usually higher quality cells/chemicals. So making the car bigger and more expensive. That's what manufacturers desire to do and sell anyways.

It never was or is a real problem. They can just charge the customers more and it's solved.

As I've already seen posted, the real problem that cannot be easily solved is the charging time. Right now I 'charge' 0% to 100% in 1-2 minutes. No preparation, no special fuel, no special fees or subscriptions, no fuel stations only for specific brands, no apps, summer or winter same 1-2 min, no strain on the fuel tank by filling fast, sometimes waiting lines at the stations but they move quickly with 1-2 min per vehicle.

I don't see battery or charging tech anywhere close to that in the next 5, 10 or even 20 years.

That's hard to advance, with decades of research behind us and decades ahead, so car manufacturers focus on their favorite topic: range, where they can just throw their customers money at to solve it immediately.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The current Solidigm 30.72TB, E1.L costs around 3350€.

There is no price for the 61TB mentioned, but we can speculate. With twice the size and maybe a 10% novelty surcharge, it would be around 7400€.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

As per this IAEA article, the situation is different.

They are still in the same spot requesting access to the roofs of reactor 3 and 4 to check for explosive charges there. These are the roofs we have seen on satellite images a few weeks ago with possible objects on the roofs. Nobody knows what it is and if these objects are still there. As Russia is denying access, this is highly suspicious.

But otherwise during the IAEA inspection, they did not find any mines or explosives in the areas they had access to within the plant or its inner perimeter.

The mines mentioned in the Lemmy title are these:

"During a walkdown on 23 July, the IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers. The experts reported that they were situated in a restricted area that operating plant personnel cannot access and were facing away from the site." "[...] IAEA’s initial assessment based on its own observations and the plant’s clarifications is that any detonation of these mines should not affect the site’s nuclear safety and security systems."

We still don't know what's placed on the roofs until the IAEA gets access. But I would imagine the roofs will be empty the moment Russia allows the IAEA to inspect them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Hm I have not heard about such an issue so far but I also don't have as many UPS as you.

I see you holding a red cable which could be +. When I switch UPS batteries, I do it the same way as it's recommended for car batteries to avoid sparks/arcs. Remove - (black) first, as it won't spark/arc. Then remove + (red) as it can't get a circuit closed any more, so also no spark/arc.

When plugging a car battery in, it's the other way around. + (red) goes in first and only then you connect - (black) to avoid spark/arc for both connectors again that way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's a daily release via Twitter.com on the channel of

"Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧    @DefenceHQ"

"DefenceHQ is the official corporate news channel of the UK Ministry of Defence."

The picture linked in here, was released there as well: https://nitter.net/DefenceHQ/status/1683350814205661185

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I really like the 2nd one. It's getting me in the One Piece mood with the silly stuff within the crew and characters. Fighting was there, Buggy was there, the real future pirate king!

I already linked the trailer to my OP friends waiting for their comments on the new material.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The title is total clickbait but the article is more thinking of theoretical options of events to come. E.g. how the end(s) of the war could look like.

Petr Pavel, Czech president & former general, already stated that at the end of the year, the window of opportunity might be closed for Ukraine and Ukraine should try to gain as much ground as possible before the winter. Not because of the weather, but because of elections coming in Russia, the USA and Ukraine in 2024.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-has-window-of-opportunity-this-year-to-take-back-territory-from-russia-before-war-fatigue-says-czech-republics-president-12918975

Not even talking about the possible election outcomes and possible consequences for the war, already the election campaigns with their goals, promises, propaganda and unique selling points might have influence on the events and further planning. Just imagine Trump (or successor) starting a new mesh of lies and getting supported by Putin, which will get soaked up by their followers and complicate support by the USA - the largest military supporter of Ukraine so far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

But how would that work without infrastructure? OP said his gas and electricity would be out. To supply a gas generator, he would have to buy a new gas cylinder every few days? Is there even a supply for that? I would only know camping sized propane suppliers in my region but that is not enough for a house. Also I do not know if my gas burner would work properly with propane or require specific gas properties.

The handling and storage of diesel, as well as the supply should be way easier - even in large quantities. There are also no high pressure containers involved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Ah thanks, I didn't see the connection in the Reuters article with the Russian war and recent inflation but it's right there in the middle part:

In May, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said France's cap on electricity prices would be phased out and end at the end of next year.

Lots of countries have subsidised energy because of the war, so nothing unusual happening. When I read the news, I was thinking about the overall debt that EDF is collecting over the years and thinking about price increases to help here. But that is completely unrelated.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342612/debt-of-edf-group/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The 10% increase is much lower than the one proposed by the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), which - based on current market prices - recommended an increase of 74.5%.

So the current regulated price and the price after the increase are below the market prices.

Do they directly subsidise the difference or let the state-owned electricity company work at a loss? Or partly both?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I tried to find info on https://mediabiasfactcheck.com but this website/blog not listed there. Besides that, the blog owner tells about himself that he a son of generations of revolution fighters in the USA, a patriot fighting the new revolution. With a skull in US colours as website logo.

What else needs there to be to get the immediate hint this is some conspiracy guy trying to overthrow the elected US government with his revolution? This is so silly, I could be falling for a parody website right now.

That's really not a URL to share or to believe any information. And if we have someone here who believes such sources, it would be a good time for some personal reality self-check.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

The UK intel update perfectly lines up with the daily Russian losses reported by Ukraine. For weeks now we see 2 digits artillery/MLRS destroyed on the Russian side. A few videos also showed the use of BONUS/SMART rounds against Russian artillery.

That's where reconnaissance skills and tech beats quantity.

Let's hope there is no easy way for Russia to get those radar components into the country.

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