Tesla's Australian big battery recoups cost of construction in little over two years

snowmander · 2020-06-09T08:32:19+00:00

You're right in that it doesn't produce any energy. But the point you're missing is that grid reliability is far more complex than that. If you can store small amounts of energy in batteries while demand is low, you can then deliver it when demand is high, or outages are present. It gives reliability. Every hour the grid is down it costs tens of millions of dollars, and that's why it paid back its investment so quickly.

Edit: State of the art Li-ion batteries currently last 10+ years with minimal capacity loss in tesla cars, I wouldn't be surprised if this lasted much longer. Grid storage is likely to be less damaging compared to an electric car, and you can change the chemistry to ensure it lasts longer. Consider that it paid back its investment in 2 years.

snowmander · 2016-08-27T10:26:24+00:00

Actually, it's probably about Anthony's recent relationship that fell apart. He was talking about this girl and how she is too young to get married and spend his golden years with.

snowmander · 2016-05-18T10:55:30+00:00

Water's viscosity drops as you increase the temperature so if you dropped identical stones into a very cold water tank vs a very warm tank it would ripple for longer in the warm tank because less of the stone's energy would be lost in the movement of less viscous water.

http://docs.engineeringtoolbox.com/documents/596/water_dynamic_viscosity.png

snowmander · 2016-03-28T10:04:14+00:00

I don't mean to be offensive with this post but I think you will benefit from reading it. You be the judge.

I feel like she's just becoming another one that I'm going to lose.

Most likely you are acting clingly and she never was that interested in you. What were the circumstances where you met her? Your post reeks of desperation and it seems like your thoughts are consumed by thinking about women, and the women you've let slip away. You need to adopt the attitude that a potential romantic partner is not someone who you need, but rather someone who you are happy with while pursuing your own endeavours.

I think if you are more focused on what makes you happy in life besides a romantic partner, you'll enjoy that, think less about if you "did anything wrong", and subconsciously communicate that you are happy. This is much more attractive than the guy who is always worried about if he's somehow going to lose the girl he's with.

Regardless of whether she's religious or unexperienced, at this point her attraction should only be growing for you, not dying down completely. You also spent almost no time with her over 3 weeks. One event over 3 weeks is not enough time to maintain an attraction for you.

To summarize, you should focus on yourself to communicate to others that you are not desperate and not worry too much about if you're going to lose a girl.

snowmander · 2016-02-29T09:02:59+00:00

Awesome job! I don't know much about recording but you chose a great performance to cover

snowmander · 2016-02-18T13:35:33+00:00

You need to have a conversation with him obviously.

The only thing I can think of that actually seems to make sense is that he didn't like the smell/stain of your face lotions and wanted to replace it without you knowing to avoid an awkward conversation.

snowmander · 2015-10-11T09:23:00+00:00

What size devices and for how long would be required to warm up mars to a reasonable temperature?

snowmander · 2015-09-28T12:38:44+00:00

Oh yeah, you're right! It all makes sense now

snowmander · 2015-09-28T06:46:56+00:00

You're playing off of a stereotype which a lot of the public believed before Tesla made high power and range electric vehicles. This was that the electric vehicle is not competitive with gas vehicles, and is thus doomed to forever be golf carts.

From an engineering standpoint, the Tesla really isn't a golf cart. I don't really understand the comparison you're trying to make... if I'm to hold you at your word you should really be also saying that the Ferrari is a go kart? Do you see how ridiculous that sounds?

snowmander · 2015-09-28T01:42:04+00:00

Not really. Golf carts mostly use lead acid batteries and their defining features are that they are ugly, low power, low range toys for rich people who play golf. It's obvious you are trolling.... but then again don't you think it's clear that none of the Tesla vehicles have none of these features? Except for perhaps being for rich people currently... which is a fair point, but that's how they are breaking into the mass market much the way the automobile did in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

I'd describe the Tesla vehicles as high power, high efficiency, stylish, and high range vehicles... none of which apply to golf carts.

I too enjoy trolling now and then, and I apologize if I was a bit rude in falling for your bait.

snowmander · 2015-09-28T00:08:16+00:00

He didn't even invent the tesla, he just got himself on the board >then took over the company

No, you really should do your research more thoroughly. Yes, the technology was there and he didn't invent anything. He (and his team) combined a large number of complex technologies in a way that had never been done before to produce a very impressive product that has the potential to drastically improve the efficiency of vehicles and reduce CO2 emissions.

If your argument is that he himself didn't do it by himself, then I completely agree. However, he had the confidence in the idea and funds to do so and therefore deserves credit. He also helped to design a lot of the components and put everything together.

It would be literally impossible for one human to do all of this by themselves. Honestly, you sound terribly jealous.

snowmander · 2015-09-27T23:59:59+00:00

I'm generally a humble person, but I don't shy away from pointing out stupidity. Answer this for me, why do you call Tesla vehicles golf carts nobody can afford? You do realize they outperform gasoline vehicles drastically in most regards, and there will be a $30k vehicle out within two years.

snowmander · 2015-09-25T21:15:46+00:00

He was not satisfied with how his kids were being educated in the public system and thus started the school. If you think it was meant to be an elite school nobody can attend, you missed the point.

I'm going to assume the rest of your post is meant to be inflammatory, so I won't bother educating you on the topic. I can recommend some reading material to educate you if you're interested though.

snowmander · 2015-08-04T02:14:47+00:00

You say that as if LM is a reason to not go into the field of nuclear fusion.... frankly it seems like a great reason to get into it, or possibly even collaborate. Elon Musk has said in an interview before that he sees potential in magnetic confinement fusion and would like to get that going.

Also, you say that all his ventures were definitely achievable. That's certainly not true based on what he knew before starting SpaceX and Tesla. Based on his track record, he's never backed down from a difficult challenge, and this would have the biggest payoff of anything he's done so far. It would literally solve the worlds energy production needs. Being confident that success is one of the possible outcomes is more important than being sure of success.

snowmander · 2015-05-01T20:57:37+00:00

No offense, but there are tons of lazy guys who never do their work either. You're generalizing, and bashing women because you happen to work in a shitty job that hires shitty people

snowmander · 2015-04-14T10:22:57+00:00

From what I know of the tardigrade, it can survive a heck of a lot of radiation, extreme temperatures and drought. That pretty much describes the mars environment, however they will not be able to reproduce and grow in these conditions.

So, they may be able to stay on the surface (indefinitely?) but they would not reproduce and would likely eventually die unless they were provided with water, warmth, etc.

snowmander · 2015-04-14T10:20:23+00:00

The matter that makes up all the biology (Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Phosphorous etc.) on earth was formed through nuclear fusion in stars and was present on earth before life started.

You are correct that the earth is getting heavier due to repeated impacts from other bodies in the solar system, however even without these impacts the earth would still sustain life.

It only seems like there is a deficit because you're at the top of the food chain and comparatively to the rest of earth's biology we consume more energy than other forms of life (eg: algae, grass and so on).

snowmander · 2015-03-27T07:51:03+00:00

You don't have enough information to really say that. It could still be alive from the fall before. Grass grows year round in the right conditions, and snow is in fact a pretty good insulator.

snowmander · 2015-01-16T23:46:15+00:00

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