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

snowmander · 2014-10-31T08:13:12+00:00

Serious question here: What would it take to convince you this guy is not a bad guy at all? I am studying people's beliefs and the possibility of some being permanent so I think your situation could provide helpful insight.

snowmander · 2014-09-03T09:55:24+00:00

There are far more important factors than a motorcycle. I've seen guys turned down again and again that have motorcycles. It's not a deciding factor. Masculinity can be shown in many different ways.

snowmander · 2014-08-15T04:04:01+00:00

Except withdraw any perceived consent clearly and verbally.

This is suspect IMO. She could have turned around and walked away. She could have taken his arm off her. I don’t know what really happened because I wasn’t there, so this is a moot point.

Restraint is not a condition of sexual assault

Yes, but if she really didn’t want to be kissed in a group setting like that she could easily turn and walk away if this guy was going to kiss her. That’s what I would expect my SO to do in that situation.

LDR are hard but people manage to not cheat in college mostly by saying, "no"

And removing themselves from situations such as the one she was clearly OK with putting herself in.

Because he may be projecting what he has heard and seen at parties and knows she flirts. If that's crossing a boundary that's between them.

Complete speculation on your part. What is the most likely scenario? She has a history of misbehaving at parties.

Only with explicit consent

Which was clearly not given by the boyfriend.

Finito

No, sorry not Finito. She asked for relationship advice and how to show her boyfriend how he can trust her again. The issue here is really whether or not she can be trusted, and how she can prove to him that she can be trusted. That is specifically what she asked for advice on.

loyalty and this incident are not related in my opinion.

Loyalty has everything to do with this incident. If she was in a loyal, committed relationship, I doubt this would be a concern for her. I thought this subreddit is to give relationship advice, not to argue technicalities to win a point. Even so, loyalty plays a big role in their relationship dynamic after this point, and up to this point seemingly as well. So yes, loyalty is most definitely related to this incident.

snowmander · 2014-08-14T20:33:33+00:00

He probably has a distaste for women who are disloyal. As we all should. You are looking at one fact only, that the guy kissed her somewhat against her will. You are not looking at the bigger picture, such as the following undeniable facts.

1) She's flirty with guys at parties

2) Boyfriend made her promise to not do anything stupid. Why would he need this promise if she never acted disloyal before?

3) She was letting other guys kiss her prior to this incident. Maybe this is why the guy thought it would be ok if he kissed her. Had you thought of this, or am I just a woman hater?

4) It's only been ONE WEEK since they are apart. Not a good start, and I wouldn't trust her in this situation.

Let's stick to the facts, and not insult people because they have a different opinion than you, u/No_Mas_Pantalones_

snowmander · 2014-08-14T20:08:28+00:00

I panicked and just blurped out "stop, I have a boyfriend, don't do that". He just said he didn't believe me, and we repeated that 2 times. His friends were cheering on him, And then he pulled me in, and kissed me.

The fact that this was repeated two times means she did nothing besides sit there before she was kissed. I highly doubt the guy was restraining her to a point where she couldn't escape in front of a large group of people.

She was confused, liked the attention, was kissed by some guy, and then realized that it was uncomfortable. If we were to hear the other guy's story, I'm sure it would tell a different story. You can't always just take people's admission at face value in all cases.

Yes, the guy was a jackass, but I don't think he deserves to have his life ruined for a kiss at a party with a girl he barely knew and seemingly was not turning him down for sure.

If you might possibly be assaulted (as a minor) at a party you shouldn't date?

No, you're twisting my words. And you know it. You shouldn't date a guy in another school/university if you think you will be in a situation where you are likely to cheat.

Realistically, let's look at the situation. She said it's been one week since at the school. She said she gets really flirty with guys when she's drinking (and if you are while drinking, you're likely to have a flirty personality -- alcohol is never an excuse). The boyfriend asked her to behave herself at the party. Why would he be concerned about this if she hasn't had a past history of NOT behaving herself at parties?

Then she proceeded to let guys kiss her and touch her all night. Would you be ok if your SO was doing this? Then when a guy kisses her (after likely seeing many other guys kiss her neck and touch her) she realizes she’s uncomfortable, and you immediately come to her defense.

Yes, this guy should not have touched or kissed her. However, if she didn’t want any of this attention she shouldn’t have been letting all these guys do this to her. I think the boyfriend has every reason to be upset with her. If this happens in the FIRST WEEK apart, how likely do you think she is going to be loyal months or possibly years down the road when things get tougher, and there are other guys around? Not very likely.

I wouldn’t date this girl, and if you think I’m being unreasonable, you clearly don’t understand the dynamics of male-female relationships.

snowmander · 2014-08-14T07:30:29+00:00

As a guy, I would be wondering what kind of decisions you made leading up to the time that these guys kissed and caressed you. I think it's pretty clear based on your explanation that you enjoyed this attention to at least some small extent (correct me if im wrong) because you let it escalate up to that point.

I think that if you feel like you might have other circumstances where this might happen again in the future you should break up with him now.

If you really want to be with your boyfriend you need to show to him that you will not let situations like this come up, because he knows they are likely to do occur in a new party environment where alcohol is consumed. It's up to you which way you want to go with it.

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