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womble2

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    Comment #49111966

    A month is probably excessive, but there are large regions of the world where its not uncommon for both solar and wind power to be running at <5% for multiple weeks in a row.

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    Comment #48999331

    Seems great, a keyboard shortcut for reading any text is nice and frictionless. I'd love to see a Linux version.

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    Comment #48784498

    Of what use is an encyclopedia with "trash quality"?

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    Comment #48732322

    No it isn't. Storage capacity for energy is expensive, if you want to have a grid that is largely dependent on intermittent sources and still have a stable grid providing power at …

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    Comment #48664470

    It is British, but actually using it dates you as still being stuck in the 90s (at the latest)

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    Comment #48607719

    Doesn't matter, if this goes through as is you will have to submit photo-id and/or facial scans linking you to a google account in order to watch any youtube other than the kids se…

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    Comment #48305465

    They were made into social media, but when they were aquired they were just video hosting and sms replacements with little (no?) social engagement aspect.

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    Comment #48179970

    OTOH solar is a lot less useful in the UK than in the US. The southern tip of the UK is north of all the major Canadian cities, in the depths of winter we get about 6 hours of dayl…

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    Comment #47527949

    They assert that they dont have them, in the same way you (presumably) assert that you do have them. Neither have any further evidence and one is not a prioi more likely than the o…

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    Comment #47307700

    Not only has the UK not stopped building wind, they have over 30GW of installed wind capacity and sell electricity to Ireland for most of the year.