• 4 Posts
  • 15 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: July 1st, 2023

help-circle


  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzAnon questions our energy sector
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    7 days ago

    Since we are talking hypotheticals, an ideal scenario would be a nearly completely renewables approach where each household is its own self contained energy production center equippef with solar arrays, wind turbines, thermoelectric generators. Various means of production. And have either propane or diesel generator as a backup. You know your average overall watt-hour usage for the household and try to have enough battery capacity to satisfy it for a week or two of bad weather.

    Most household electrical wiring is redone for DC transmission and all consumer appliances possible are run straight on DC for optimal efficency. Energy efficent heat pumps for cooling and heating. energy efficent cooking appliances like induction heaters. Electric cars that act as backup battery banks would be awesome.

    Industrial zones would be much harder as you need huge solar panel or wind turbine arrays to get the megawatt and gigawatts needed to run a factory. Most factories are decades old running on the most energy ineffient assembly lines you can think of. A energy mandate that calculated and taxed total energy efficency compared to national average for factory size and the would be a start.

    Humanity simply does not “stop” because we go through an energy crisis. We did fine enough before the industrial revoltion and renewables + energy efficent consumer devices have improved a bunch. The economy would tank and what renewable energy made would be a premium commodity and the system would adapt to use it best as possible. But things would go on.







  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldtoMemes@midwest.socialRated T for Tasty
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    From what I understand Rolfe doesn’t write his own stuff anymore. So you would just be hearing him voice over some underpaid intern of Screenwrite production company that got passed down the unplayably jank beta cartridge.

    Your best hope is that its a FPS clone about shooting lobsters with harpoons and marine weaponry. That way Civvie11 gets to be tortured by it.


  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzHorrors We've Unleashed
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    43
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    I am a hippy nature person who tries to be merciful and kind to plants or insects. The exceptions are mosquitoes and ticks. Those fuckers want to take my blood and dont settle for one serving if they get the chance. Were in a biological armrace and so far we’ve been loosing. Let’s see how they like being fucked with.