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powderpig
·2 tháng trước·discuss
The only benefit I've really made sense of with hybrids is their engine emissions aren't localised to the neighborhood where they're charged overnight. Apart from that, I can't think of anything else.
powderpig
·năm ngoái·discuss
You should check out the Artemis I engineering footage.
powderpig
·2 năm trước·discuss
Red Dragon? Falcon 9 Booster 24-hr turn around? The plethora of missed milestones required to land on the moon's surface?
powderpig
·2 năm trước·discuss
Metro?
powderpig
·2 năm trước·discuss
I'm only here for the free U2 album.

"U2's latest album automatically added to your library"
powderpig
·2 năm trước·discuss
Conventional jet engines run at RPMs in excess of 20000rpm. To get this same speeds for the same mass flown rates of say a J79 (F4-Phantom) you'd be looking at some massive electric motors. Conventional jet engines would be using electric motors if they were light enough already.

There is a reason Rolls-Royce UltraFan uses a speed reducing gearbox for it's fan blades and not an electric motor.

More to the point above, at hypersonic speeds, using a conventional compressor is sort or useless unless you can keep your air cool.
powderpig
·2 năm trước·discuss
Virgin Orbit anyone?
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
Maintaining a pressure boundary becomes ever more difficult with increase in size, and therefore cost and engineering complexity.
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
Roughly how many hours did Euan spend to complete this piece of work?
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
Ever heard of ITAR? As a European I find the US's reluctance to adhere to EU law double standard.
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
I highly recommend AccuBattery for Android. I have been using it for a few years now and I saw a noticeable difference on my Pixel 3a XL compared to use on previous smart phones. I now have a Pixel 6 and its nearly 2-years old and the battery lasts well beyond 30-hrs with combined use.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites....
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
How is China a problem? The way of life and the energy intensity of a single individual living in the developed world is the problem. Do I have to point out the US and Europe? (I live in the UK).
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
This is essentially the Boots Theory, coined my Terry Pratchett. The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. Men at Arms. p. 32.
powderpig
·3 năm trước·discuss
When's a good time to stop technology advancement for those of us who are willing to pay for it? There will never be a right time.