Quick research: they eliminated the attic, system is installed in the treated airspace. Piece of AI summary.
I agree this will work fine. My HVAC is also in treated area.
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I agree this will work fine. My HVAC is also in treated area.
stompandgo
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So could I, but there's these pesky things called permits, liability insurance, and homeowner's insurance. If your work sparks up the house, you own it. If your house sparks up your neighbor's house, you lose everything.
Chargeride
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I dont have aircon in my house, car or ebike.
kevinmccune
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my central has been down better than a year now( burnt a lot of wood last winter) ol'Lady wont agree to have it looked at.
Mr. Coffee
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Never had AC at home. Never will.
kevinmccune
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never actually had it till I was married( always made do) with the Carrier system that worked good for many years my electric bill seldom exceeded $200 a month,the windows that help through the worst heat use more than that if I lived alone I probably would never use ac or very little heat either( my life completely changed after marriage) funny fact in a lot of Europe they don't even have window screens,it seems the "no see ums" can get through a standard screen.If something happens,I plan on never getting hitched again at this stage( a few months from 70,don't see the need to be held accountable.
Mr. Coffee
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Only a fool with a serious drug problem would consider orbiting data centers a good idea.Well Musky want to run them on solar in space, this is a detailed breakdown of the massive hurdles in the way of that.
Data Centers Won’t Be In Space Anytime Soon
thebreakthrough.org
What I'm seeing Right Now in the Untied States is that about half of the proposed data centers are either being canceled or "delayed". I will be very surprised if even thirty percent of them actually get built.
Right now there aren't enough high-voltage transformers, cooling systems, GPUs, or memory chips available to build all of the proposed data centers. Not by a long shot. Lead times for those transformers are about four years. Lead times for GPUs and high-bandwidth RAM are about a year -- but that is probably optimistic because they can't exactly scale up production quickly.
On the demand side, I'm not at all convinced that there are viable applications that can make everyone enough money (and that anyone will pay for) to pay for all of the data centers. While I do think AI has a lot of practical uses, I can't see any of those applications that justifies a trillion-dollar capital expenditure. Not even close.
And for a lot of those practical uses, you won't need or want the AI to run at a data center thousands of miles away. And chances are that AI will need different hardware than what Nvidia &c are trying to sell.
Chargeride
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If Im too hot I just put a wet top on.
It works like a dream
It works like a dream
Chargeride
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The lead time for transformers also seriously limits grid upgrades for renewables and electric vehicles.
Its nice to see they are prioritising AI.
Sam says they 'could' cure cancer.
Wonder who gets paid for that.
Mr. Coffee
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You would need orders of magnitude more transformers for data centers than to fix the grid to handle renewables better. If most EVs are charged at off-peak times (and they presently are) you need even fewer grid upgrades to support large-scale EV use.
I suspect that how we are going to beat this Collective Action Problem is through bottom-up solutions. Like at-home solar or microgrids.
kevinmccune
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not so far from here in Botetourt County they are constructing a wind farm above Gala to power a new data center,most be enough steady winds in those ridges to generate some serious power,its far enough off the beaten path to not be so visually offensive( the luddites would say otherwise,guess they would like a new coal fired plant.)
Chargeride
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Weve admitted to a 4X bigger grid requirement.
Theyve already built a huge pylonway from the North sea megafarm.
Its quite a thing to fly over.
I love this pic, it shows the issue of turbine distancing
Theyve already built a huge pylonway from the North sea megafarm.
Its quite a thing to fly over.
I love this pic, it shows the issue of turbine distancing
Rás Cnoic
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Saw an interview with an aussie Taxi firm owner last year. In 2017 he bought 5 or 6 Teslas replacing his ICE taxi fleet. Living in Adelaide the South Australian Govt brought in free electricity from 11am to 2pm because of all the solar (part of the federally mandated Solar Sharer scheme), so he charges/tops up his taxis in these hours when he can for free unless out on a job, obviously. That with the lack of maintainance on the EV cars has meant significant savings over the last 10 years. One of the Teslas is at 750, 000kms on the clock. At 650 thousand kms it developed a battery fault which was replaced under warranty, other then that he's had little or no maintanance/replacement parts except tyres and infrequently brake pads, compared to the litany of parts needed to keep his ICE fleet on the road.
Oz is a contradiction, obviously has the climate and space for major renewables but is fossil fuels and rare earth minerals extremely rich, so successive governments fudge renewables (with Murdock pressure etc) but finallly people are seeing beneits.
For comparison, China built more solar last year then the entireity Oz has ever built.
Chargeride
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Yeah, my only issues with EVs are battery safety, weight and charging when everyones got one.
We are going to have to out the box it as Coffee says.
We are going to have to out the box it as Coffee says.
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Safety: one EV fire for every 10 ICE fires - a sack of petrol is just a little bit flammable as well. Battery fires do burn much hotter and much longer, but battery tech is evolving fast; SSBs, Sodium Ion etc etc all reduced risk of fire. Weight: Oxford University (as per Guardian) study into Road use put EV weight/road damage as 'negliable', road damage mostly coming from trucks and buses, plus weight of EVs is reducing with higher density batteries, battery chassis structure etc- and the biggest selling EVs in last 12 months are not the land rover size (and weight)costing a fortune, but the Renault 5 size of supermini & BYD dolphin etc. The EV charging situ. is governmental as is local charging (terraces with no drive or garage for example). This varies country to country obviously. How we deal with power is a national and international problem, not helped by the frenzy of AI billions being spent. OZ has no issues with power long term as I said above. And that's the issue- all this needs long term joined up thinking country by country. The blackmail of the ICE/Fossil fuel industry is similar to banks in 2008 - don't let us fail or by god we'll bring down your whole economy, now KNEEL! They can't stop the EV roll out, BUT they can delay it by lobbying/PR/Lies and are paying billions a la big tobacco to prevent/slowing legislation, confuse the public over EV climate credentials (Hydrogen anyone?) slow Govt's infrastructure schemes/renewables/EV roll out - Smoking was proven to be a poison in the 1950s but it's still sold in every corner shop - political lobbying works, yeah baby $$$$$$$! But events seems to be bypassing this paid up lobbying companies in an interesting unexpected way; what's happening in Africa year on year with renewables & EVs increasing is extraordinary and the West is ignoring it, though not the Chinese, they're in there building the infrastructure providing the solar and wind and EVs in excahnge for mining concessions etc. World changing quickly seems like- who would have thought Ethiopia would be a world leader in green tech?!
Now it's time to hop on the bike between the showers!
stompandgo
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Disgusting.
Chargeride
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Blanket 20mph speed limit, its going to happen.
We need electronic help, its incredibly difficult to hold 20 mph when 24 is three points on your licence and 12 points is a years ban.
Emma Watson got a years ban earlier this year.
Ive got 6 points from doing 24 and 25 in Wales.
Just the simple act of watching the road for pedestrians and you can drift by 4mph.
Obviously the real reason is getting us out of cars.
www.independent.co.uk
We need electronic help, its incredibly difficult to hold 20 mph when 24 is three points on your licence and 12 points is a years ban.
Emma Watson got a years ban earlier this year.
Ive got 6 points from doing 24 and 25 in Wales.
Just the simple act of watching the road for pedestrians and you can drift by 4mph.
Obviously the real reason is getting us out of cars.
20mph ‘should be default speed limit England for built-up areas’
Experts say England should follow Wales and Scotland’s plans to introduce lower speed limits in towns and cities
www.independent.co.uk
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Deaths fell by a quarter in Wales after roll out.Blanket 20mph speed limit, its going to happen.
We need electronic help, its incredibly difficult to hold 20 mph when 24 is three points on your licence and 12 points is a years ban.
Emma Watson got a years ban earlier this year.
Ive got 6 points from doing 24 and 25 in Wales.
Just the simple act of watching the road for pedestrians and you can drift by 4mph.
Obviously the real reason is getting us out of cars.
20mph ‘should be default speed limit England for built-up areas’
Experts say England should follow Wales and Scotland’s plans to introduce lower speed limits in towns and cities
As a cyclist and a driver that can only be good news.
- Overall Casualties: Total casualties and collisions on 20mph and 30mph roads fell by roughly a quarter in the first year.
- Fatalities and Serious Injuries: In the 12 months following the change, there were approximately 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured on restricted roads compared to the year before.
- Comparison with the Rest of the UK: During the same timeframe, collisions and casualties in Wales fell at a significantly faster rate than in England and Scotland, where default speed limits remained unchanged.
- Speed Reduction: Average speeds dropped by around 3.8mph, with more than half of vehicles complying with the new 20mph limit (travelling below 24mph) after the change.
jabberwocky
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Town I lived in dropped the blanket speed from 25mph to 20mph a few years back. It did drop the average driver speed from 40mph to 35mph, so.. success, kinda?
Chargeride
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Yes, Im saying we need a button we press to keep the car below 20, its ridiculous to be monitoring by endless off road glances.
I had this argument with my mate Gary in Wales, hes like Chris just keep it at 20, is it that difficult.
Im watching him drive in a 20 minutes later.
Im like, Gary youre doing 26.
I got three points for 24
20 to 24 in my van is a movement barely more than the width of the needle
I had this argument with my mate Gary in Wales, hes like Chris just keep it at 20, is it that difficult.
Im watching him drive in a 20 minutes later.
Im like, Gary youre doing 26.
I got three points for 24
20 to 24 in my van is a movement barely more than the width of the needle
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