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ParticipantPlease do tell, how much wind mill and solar panel would it take to power all of our houses and cars? Secondly, what would happen if you put that many wind mills and solar panels in place. I’m not even talking about the financial cost. Just the pure size. Then there’s other unintended consequences, such as changing the wind pattern and killing endangered birds. Lastly, China and India alone has 9x more people than US. How many windmills and solar panels do you think would be needed to provide enough power for all of those people if their living standard matches us?
Participant[quote=spdrun]I said “perhaps [they] would.” The original poster said “should have” and was discussing a scenario as if what should have happened according to him did actually happen.[/quote]Last I check, “perhaps … would” isn’t really used for talking about hypothetical either. Kind of like… “Perhaps, you would like to look up when to use the word would” or “Perhaps, I would be better off sleeping instead of responding to this post”.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Your response was to a hypothetical, so we’re talking hypothetical scenarios :)[/quote]Last I check, “should” is not a word you use to talk about hypothetical. It’s when you want something done in real life that isn’t done. Such as, “I should go to sleep” or “You should learn what hypothetical means”.
Participant[quote=spdrun]^^^
We’re talking about an ideal world where it’s required in new developments. Perhaps power firms would also be required to accept power at reasonable rates in this universe.[/quote]What’s the point in talking about fantasy land? I’m not talking about fantasy land. I’m talking about reality.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Even if solar power isn’t used in situ, it can be resold to the grid. And excess grid power can be used to run desalination plants (which are largely independent of time-of-day). So there![/quote]Uh… no. Do your research. You’d be stupid to pay for solar to sell it back to the grid ATM.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Call me weird, but strictly as a phone and communication device, my late 2011-era Blackberry kicks 95% of the devices I’ve seen made by the big four up and down the block….[/quote]Haha, you’re weird. Talk about comparing apples and oranges…
Participant[quote=CA renter]Could not agree more. I also have a problem with using potable water for toilets. Not sure about you guys in SD, but my DH and I remember well the drought in the 80s up in LA. One has to wonder why haven’t we done anything about it in the past 30+ years? It’s not like we’ve ever had abundant water supplies here.
Same goes for solar, too. All recent developments should have had solar installed on the roofs, IMHO.[/quote]I agree about the water part, but solar, I totally disagree. It’s totally a personal choice and how you use it. Why increase tens of thousands of $ to the cost of the house if it doesn’t help everybody. Some people don’t use enough for solar to make sense right now. So, why force them to buy something they don’t need. The builder got it, which is why they haven’t done it on a wide scale.
ParticipantFlu, you’re right, Intel’s SoC is lacking on the radio side right now. However, my point is that they have a huge war chest and they’re dead set on catching up in SoC market soon. They’ve made huge stride in the power department very quickly, so I wouldn’t count them out just yet.
spdrun, what is your point? It sounds like you’ve never use any of these devices before. I’ve used all 3/4 and I’ve developed for all 3/4. So I know their strength and weaknesses and understand why each company made the decision they made. You on the other hand sound like someone who wish every devices run Linux.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Oh, I agree. We’re still talking about two different evolutionary tracks.
One is a phone that grew a big screen and de-emphasized the phone features. The other is a laptop that grew a touch screen.[/quote]what’s your point? They’re similar priced, similar size, similar resolution, etc. Who cares how it got there. They all are trying to reach the same goal, be the device you own. Why would Microsoft follow Android / iOS foot step when they have windows platform to leverage from.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Apples to oranges — one is a laptop with a touch screen, the other is an el-cheapo media consumption device. Albeit one more functional than devices cursed with iOS or Win RT crippleware.[/quote]Then compare them with the Venue 8/11 pro, Lenovo Miix 2, etc. As a media consumption device, I think windows does a much better job accessing dlna server or any other devices on the network with media content.
Participantflu, I’m not so sure about your 3-legged race part. I wouldn’t count out Intel if I were you. They seem to do a pretty good job with Broadwell and Haswell. If they can continue on that trajectory and integrate LTE (which last I heard should be soon), would be a force to be reckon with. They also just announced that they found a way to reduce GPU power consumption by 40%. That’s huge. They’re also aiming for the <$100 tablet market too. We'll see how this market evolve. MediaTek has been on a massive rise because of Android. My question is, what would happen if Microsoft decides to make WP and WindowsRT free. That's the rumor that I'm hearing floating around. If they do, it would give OEM huge incentives to switch over to Microsoft ecosystem instead of Android, since OEM have to pay both Microsoft and Apple (and in some cases, i.e. HTC, to Nokia as well) for every Android devices that they make. If Android goes into a decline and Windows increases marketshare, I think MediaTek would be in trouble, since Windows only support Qualcomm chips and full Windows supporting only Intel. It's interesting time ahead, but somehow, I think Intel and Qualcomm might turn out to be dual-opoly if Microsoft succeed.
ParticipantIf there’s all these research put in to produce BEV and FCEV, why aren’t there a lot of research being made in desalinating water? After all, the ocean water is abundant. If we can desalinate at a more affordable cost, then all these talk about drought would be moot.
February 6, 2014 at 11:46 PM in reply to: advice needed: sell the house now, or rent it out? #770612ParticipantI’m a little late to the party but I personally would sell, keep the free cap gain and buy two $550k house in San Diego. The tax free $400k is too good to pass up. My gut is also telling me that 2 $550k houses would probably cash flow better than the $1.1m house.
Participant[quote=spdrun]I don’t hope to see 40%. 20%-25% from peak (maybe 30% on NASDAQ) would cut the froth out of the markets without causing major economic damage.[/quote]I can totally use a repeat of 2008 and DOW dropping to 6000. But I’d settle for a wipe out of 2013 gain. Which would put the NASDAQ close to -40%.
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