Climate change stuff makes me feel so weird. On one hand, I do think the scientific evidence is there (I am perhaps somewhat unusual in thinking ocean acidification >>> normie shit concerns like redistribution of arid areas or hurricanes) on the other...
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... on the other, solutions "let's limit emissions/rethink society" types propose are abjectly fucktarded. It's megascale geoengineering or fucking bust, this much is at this point obvious.
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Hmm. I don't think so. Solar and wind power are pretty much economically superior at this point, at least up to supply-vs-demand time-alignment limitations which are nowhere near binding yet (and only pending cheaper storage). Emissions flat for the past ~3-4 years.
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What about energy storage, though?
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Replying to @LemurianWarlock @__ice9 and
pump massive fluid up into tank, release into turbine later. not as sexy but not as deadly as chaos' flywheel fetish.
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Replying to @palecur @LemurianWarlock and
you say that like it’s a selling point
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Replying to @chaosprime @palecur and
nobody ever said you __had to__ put razor sharp "aerodynamic enhancements" on your flywheel, but given the opportunity it would be unconscionable not to
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Replying to @danlistensto @chaosprime and
good Lord why would you not run your flywheel in vacuum like a sane person
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Replying to @palecur @danlistensto and
oh you do, but you install the razor sharp aerodynamic enhancements to reduce the stress on the system if pressure sneaks in
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
well that just makes good engineering sense
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if your skyscraper-sized murder cuisinart doesn't make good engineering sense yet, you just need to think about it harder
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Replying to @chaosprime @palecur and
EVERY SINGLE ONE of these threads ends in a perfect metal band name
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Replying to @danlistensto @chaosprime and
It seems very straightforward to design band names with flywheel in it.
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