PHEVs were the perfect solution...20 years ago. We’re past due to electrify everything. And EVs are the best worst option we have for transportation. Mass transit would be far far better but obvs that ain’t happening in the US.

The one minor issue is the water isn’t truly a contained loop, like a pipe system. The water flows through broken/cracked rock between the bore holes.

In what way is geothermal finite? The sun is technically finite as well. But neither is in question in any serious human time frame.

If you’re going to say it’s the brackets that are changing, it would seriously help to *include* the before values so people can see the changes.

Technically we have plenty of competition in the automotive space. Unfortunately it’s just to see who can jack prices the highest.

Actually might be a *relatively* slow leak. Given their weakened state, failure would be quicker and less than full explosive force I’d think.

Yeah, that’s a significant issue. We have the GOP who is wholly fascist at this point and not even fact based let alone science based. They’ll cancel everything moving towards renewable to prop up their Koch/climate denying funders.

Yeah, the simplistic concept is solar panels and a rain catch system = free hydrogen.  Not sure you can get the density you need for that in most places though.   Cities will need a distribution system, and if you’re building that, pipelines are a natural extension of it.  The chemistry and physics of hydrogen make it…

When it is burned through a fuel cell

Tiny wheels, high ride position.

My Pixel 3a xl is still chugging along fabulously at 4+ years.   The batt life is certainly down but that’s expected after 4 years

The shade concept solves my biggest issue with geoengineering. The ability to turn it ‘off’ quickly if needed.

Then you *definitely* don’t want an assault rifle. You want a shot gun. It’s actually hard to miss a target in a hallway.  

GARDP has already obtained rights to commercialize the drug in three-quarters of the world, including most low- to middle-income countries, while Entasis will hold rights in the major markets of the rest

We run our main room fan all 12 months blowing up. Why you ask? well we have a vaulted ceiling and a 2nd floor opening to the main room so we can cycle 2 floors of air around far faster than the HVAC system.

Same, we have Maytag Neptune front loader and there’s no filter mentioned beyond optional supply hose filters.

Actuaries. It’s all just numbers and risks associated. Below a certain age, the risk is quite low. It ramps up at some point and that’s where it gets set.

Insurance is about risk mitigation/assessment/pricing. 7 yr olds don’t generally go joy riding. 15 yr olds? kinda often.

The thing is replacing the battery, you need to compare it to replacing an engine or buying another car. If you look at monthly payments...it’s a couple years worth tops. And it makes your car basically new again.

Yep. We’ve been sold that capitalism is a ‘system’ when it’s only one side of a ledger.