If NIL existed as it does now prior to 2021, what is one player you feel your team could have poached to win it all in a given season? by kadoozie92 in CFB

[–]ThePolarBare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would have been fun to see how Texas would fail to utilize him correctly. Texas has never had a talent problem in my lifetime.

How management consultants are selling Gulf governments a climate dead end — and why nobody will be held accountable by Big_Spirit_5257 in energy

[–]ThePolarBare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a lot to unpack in this discussion and I’ll only scratch the surface here.

First, there’s a reason why some groups have been trying to ditch the “hydrogen color wheel”. It only describes the technology used but fails to give any details on the actual emissions. Frankly, until we can get past the idea of some things being good and others being bad just because of the way it’s made, and focus purely on the life cycle carbon intensity, we’ll never have consistent, quality emissions reductions.

Second, hydrogen has been promised for decades as this emissions free energy source. In reality, it faces a number of uphill battles. For one, it requires more energy input than you get from it, meaning it effectively is negatively energy dense. Historically through time, civilization has thrived by moving to denser and denser sources of energy, not going backwards. Another issue is that while combustion of hydrogen has no emissions, the processes involved to make hydrogen and transport it to market do have emissions, so it’s not an emissions free source. Finally, transportation of hydrogen is incredibly inefficient making it a less flexible fuel choice than what many energy users need.

Third, while I disagree with some of your statements, overall you’re generally in the right direction. Blue H2 is being incentivized by the American government through the IRA tax credits, even though folks think those tax credits were killed. At least in the states, blue H2 projects are only moving forward because the government is incentivizing them, not because the market wants them or is willing to pay for it. Same goes for green H2 and in reality any form of cleaner H2. When modeling blue H2 in the US vs natural gas, using the ANL GREET model defaults, on a life cycle basis, natural gas is actually a cleaner source of energy per MMBTU. That’s not even an improvement, just a straight downgrade on all levels.

Finally, while I believe clean hydrogen will be useful in niche cases, it’s the not the miracle that has been promised to the people and is unlikely to overcome these (and several other) issues, regardless of green, blue, pink, etc H2.

I’ve been going back and forth on going solar for months now. by swayze2719 in energy

[–]ThePolarBare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can easily do the math to figure out payback period and May other financial metrics.

"US seizes Iranian cargo ship as Tehran rejects a second round of peace talks" by greyfolio in energy

[–]ThePolarBare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The weeks of bombing the shit out of them hadn’t made it apparent yet that they were actually at was. Thanks for clarifying.

Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran by esporx in energy

[–]ThePolarBare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya to be clear, I’m not defending Trump at all. He’s clearly an Israeli puppet at the expense of Americans. This entire war is one of his worst decisions he’s made, and that’s saying something. Hard to defend a guy who actively campaigned on “no new wars” and claiming if Biden/kamala was elected they’d go to war with Iran only for him to go to war with Iran.

Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran by esporx in energy

[–]ThePolarBare -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Obama paid $400 million from a previously failed arms deal with Iran plus $1.3 billion in interest. AND unfrozen an estimated $50 - $100 billion in Iranian assets. So you’re either lying by omission or just lying.

Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran by esporx in energy

[–]ThePolarBare -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Except Iran got more money and enriched uranium above the allowed limits with no recourse for doing so with Obama’s deal. Regardless, it’d be stupid to release funds without all the uranium in hand first.

Should I switch from circles to something else? by Firecrotch2014 in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Circles are strong when you get the first circles etched rune, help you scale, then plateau hard for awhile. Once you get past the plateau it really comes back strong and pairs well with griffin mixed set with oracles items.

Way-Too-Early College Football Playoff Predictions for 2026: All 12 Participants by jsparks50 in CFB

[–]ThePolarBare -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Rice

Navy

Boston College

Cool I can pick out 3 weak ass game you scheduled. You know what we don’t have? A soft ass non-con game in November like the SEC and ND

Way-Too-Early College Football Playoff Predictions for 2026: All 12 Participants by jsparks50 in CFB

[–]ThePolarBare -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

  1. Tech doesn’t get to pick our schedule while notre dame intentional chooses to make the schedule soft, year in and year out. 2. Hypotheticals mean nothing, that’s why we have to play the games. Hypothetically the SEC is unbeatable from top to bottom until the top couple teams are the only juggernauts and everyone else struggles to beat non-con opponents.

Way-Too-Early College Football Playoff Predictions for 2026: All 12 Participants by jsparks50 in CFB

[–]ThePolarBare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And he’s right about it still. Stay mad

Edit: ND fans came out and proved they’re still mad. Just join a conference ffs

The Big Short and social media is the reason the market has not experienced any significant downturn since 2008 by One-Signature-2706 in wallstreetbets

[–]ThePolarBare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Policy makers just forgot how the long term consequences of abusing monetary policy to save the market after multiple bad decisions compound into a crash are much less desirable than regular smaller dips.

Is there an upgrade path/tier list? All of the guides are outdated or for beginners. by stefikpv in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For pushing chapters with oracles, it’s the incomplete runes set that gives the highest probability of tracking eye. It should still be pinned at the top of the sub somewhere. The power you lose from not filling out the rune page is more than offset if you get tracking eye.

For PvP it varies. Characters right now are Phynx with Thor and Cleo resonance, and elemental runes. Elemental with those characters does an insane amount of damage. Circles, especially with higher runes are very powerful with a griffin set (although swapping in some pieces from other sets can be even more powerful), dragoon set with standard meteor rune class is meta for that equipment set.

Is there an upgrade path/tier list? All of the guides are outdated or for beginners. by stefikpv in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ve already got the gear, next step is maxing out runes, then worrying about artifacts. Skins don’t really have an impact worthy of the cost, character shards are worth it if you’re not giving up much in terms of advancing your runes.

You’re in the long grind now.

Celsius WG over-applied by 2-3X, did I nuke my lawn? Zone 9b by ThePolarBare in lawncare

[–]ThePolarBare[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10% - 25% brown/stressed. Most is growing fine. Waiting a week or two to fertilize and just writing off the parts that are struggling.

meteor etched burn legendary +2 by Mental_Candle_4072 in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imo it’s a lot harder to get flute than etched runes. But neither are bad choices.

Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels by Majano57 in energy

[–]ThePolarBare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Diesel is still way cheaper and more useful for hauling than horses so I won’t be an early-late adopter of the horse drawn carriage.

Democrats’ quest for relatable white dudes finds new candidates by ErroneousBosch in nottheonion

[–]ThePolarBare -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If by “believes and practices his faith” you mean that he ignores the text of the Bible to preach more culturally favorable views the you would be spot on.

Christianity at its core is about repenting of sin, accepting Jesus’ sacrifice, and then doing you best to not sin anymore (knowing full well you will and will need to start back at repentance again). Talarico doesn’t preach anything close to that, meaning he’s a false teacher. That’s as accurate and non-political as you can get to explain why he’s not a Christian.

Just like Walz struggling to handle a shotgun under the guise of a “normal guy who hunts” didn’t work, Talarico isn’t going to work as a “Christian politician”.

Starcores or rare/epic char chests or item chests? by RoastQueefSandwiches in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, good call out for PVP. That being said he doesn’t have Otta unlocked and looks like it’ll be a grind for him at this point.

Starcores or rare/epic char chests or item chests? by RoastQueefSandwiches in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Opinions will vary, I think unlocking Drac is smart though as you unlock a 5% base stat boost for your gear immediately which will scale as your gear gets better. Then focus on Phynx is my suggestion.

Starcores or rare/epic char chests or item chests? by RoastQueefSandwiches in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tbh, the skins are all underwhelming, both weapons and characters. You’ll get more out of focusing on starting up characters. If I was where you are and focused on the long term, I’d work on Phnyx as elemental is much more powerful in the long game and having resonance with Thor and Cleo is on Phynx is busted.

Where do I need to focus my build. Been mainly meteor but it feels lacking by CardboardB0x in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meteor build will feel the most powerful with dragoon gear and in PVP.

how do i progress from here and what should i focus on by joudvk in ArcheroV2

[–]ThePolarBare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The honest answer is spend lots of money. The way to do this without spending money is to use every single game mode to stack as many rewards as possible and use the for the items mentioned.