And your last sentence also answers why CarMax didn't pay more for it. They didn't have to, the seller was willing to sell it for that much.

That sounds like a very good reason not to do it. Also, that sounds like a swampy hellscape.

The other thing to consider is that the air-conditioners are more efficient in colder weather. The coefficient of performance (units of cooling energy output you get per unit of energy input) drops as the ambient (outdoor) temperature increases. They work by rejecting heat into the external ambient environment, and as…

Out of interest, have you looked at the possibility of chilling the slab during summer? Chilled-beam cooling is now used in some buildings, and it’s quite an effective energy-saving measure, and it looks like the same kinds of systems are available on a domestic scale.

It depends on whether your AC unit has a variable-speed compressor (also known as an inverter drive compressor). These do run, as the name would suggest, at different speeds depending on the cooling requirements, rather than cycling on and off (with all of the associated wear during start-up, starting current spikes…

If they didn’t see that their actions have unforeseen consequences when the whole state went dark in the middle of winter, they ain’t gonna see it now...

And the people in those industries need to be helped to move into whatever is next, and to be listened to about how to do that. I don’t know for sure, but i feel like a lot of people mining coal or drilling for oil (those actually working in the mines or on the rigs), would not mind too much doing a job that’s less…

Status quo in Kern County isn’t exactly great at the moment, by the way. Pollution associated with oil drilling contributes to poor air quality in Kern County (worst particulate pollution in the nation, among the worst ozone pollution, both linked to oil drilling), and in a business-as-usual scenario, average annual…

They’ve assisted with industrialisation, true. And if we keep using them at the same rate as we are, the results are going to be genuinely bad. Just because something is good for a while doesn’t mean that it has no downsides or that it should be used forever even if a better solution comes along.

Indeed I have heard about him. It’s a pity he isn’t trying to secure a prosperous long-term future for his state, and is instead content to continue acting as a proxy for the coal industry. Our last Prime Minister was a bit like that. He took an actual lump of coal into the house of representatives to wave around as a…

I had to...

That’s what Norway’s sovereign wealth fund was built on (North Sea oil and gas).

How long are these crews working on well installation relative to the well life? Essentially, what is the amortized employment across the life of a well?

This is a failure of governance at a federal level. We have the same failure of governance here in Australia, where approximately two parts of fuck-all has been done to help fossil fuel regions transition to a post-fossil fuel economy, and as a result there are a bunch of people in coal towns who are scared about the…

Wait until your ears never stop ringing and get back to me about it. Tinnitus is a cunt.

Removal of the Box’s traditional timber bumper bar leaves the front looking rather more sleek, doesn’t it?

They both look a lot better than might be expected of a weird little van.

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You say that like it’s a bad thing...

I don’t think that attempted manslaughter is a thing - I think that manslaughter means that someone has been killed, and that it was not an intentional act which lead to their death. Attempted murder, or assault with a deadly weapon both seem reasonable charges.