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The_Beta

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About The_Beta

Just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude

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    Comment #29031348

    It's not that they cannot. They don't have an incentive to do it. If I'm being paid for my performance while I'm a CEO, why would I spend money today (and hurt my performance today…

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    Comment #28936010

    So how does recycling revert this back to the original structure? Is it just basically melting it?

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    Comment #28926195

    So why does a battery wear out after an extended number of uses?

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    Comment #28923198

    Does the lithium, cobalt, etc. not undergo a material change as the battery is used? Meaning, is the lithium in a brand new battery the same as the lithium in a battery that's been…

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    Comment #28867000

    > Of course not, but they do actively make decisions based on profit over sustainability. and that's what they're supposed to do. Make the most profits while abiding by the law. As…

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    Comment #28864170

    I keep seeing this argument that companies are responsible for pollution. While yes it's true, why do you think those companies are polluting? It's not because they get up in the m…

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    Comment #28840910

    some people (like me) don't have separation of work/life balance. I get emails 24 hours a day. Markets move every second from sunday evening until friday afternoon. I'm constantly …

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    Comment #28778313

    Best I could find with a quick search. I think it's still too early for a proper study. https://insideevs.com/news/405885/tesla-model-s-battery-afte... https://electrek.co/2020/06/…

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    Comment #28371007

    Yea, they graze under/around solar panels but that's pretty much all you can do for a solar farm. Wind gives you more opportunity to use the land. I don't see the solar site manage…

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    Comment #28368550

    Nothing and some companies are looking at that. It changes the dispatch characteristics but that's not a big deal. I can see this happening more in the future when you kind of run …

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    Comment #28368153

    Large solar farms take up a lot of land. Much more than wind does. It also makes that land useless for anything else other than solar. Large wind farms generate more power than sol…

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    Comment #28223916

    Too much money floating around amongst funds

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    Comment #27293583

    This is standard accounting principles. GAAP/IFRS accounting require you to do this. It's not malicious