Gust
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- Comment on Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point | Solar now requires no more upfront capital than coal or gas to produce the same annual electricity 4 weeks ago:
1kg rest mass of sunlight in a barrel is objectively horrifying lol. Napkin math says thats ~9e19J. For reference, Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated on earth, produced ~2.1e17J. You’ve got a barrel containing ~440 Tsar bomba detonations
- Comment on You get a Pope! And you get a Pope! 5 weeks ago:
“Like a dog watching tv” - supposedly comes from old west virginia moonshiners, but the person who told me that has a complicated relationship with the truth so allow me to share with you the grain of salt I take that attribution with. It indicates that somebody has absolutely no clue what is going on, but they are enjoying themselves
- Comment on Maybe Israel really is like the Germans 2 months ago:
It depends on the time period, but i assume that bit is referring to the Anglo Prussian alliance. The British historically really liked giving weapons and money to anybody willing to point those weapons at the French, and Prussia was more than happy to do so
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Prussian_Alliance_(1756)
- Comment on The true embodiment of peak male performance 3 months ago:
This is the technique used in the latest glansjet engines