Recent content by TheBeastie

No matter what type of electricity is used, if there’s a monopoly in place, prices are likely to rise. This is a classic case of supply and demand — a dynamic that applies across all markets, even for something as simple as bananas. IMO, wind and solar projects often result in super-monopolies...

I have had both the suntour NCX seatpost and Thudbuster LT on my Trek DS 8.4, all up I think the Thudbuster LT did provide a slightly more enjoyable ride but there isn't that much difference between them. I have swapped between both seatposts multiple times on my bike now over the years, and...

The Barakah is pretty cheap, but if you ask AI to show recent large nuclear projects around the world and their costs then you will see it's actually typical for projects outside the USA and UK where there are no delays in getting it built due to opposing politics. This aligns with Australia’s...

It's accurate. I meant those words in a very loose way, I foolishly thought it would encourage people would look for themselves and see it's accurate and finally learn the basics for themselves. You can actually ask chatGTP via the share to break it down and explain it to you, that is what I...

The whole chatGTP log is there, if there is anything of interest then it's there to read. Because people lie, and most people who put out claims against what is in the table above usually have a financial interest in renewables and don't care about factual math based on real world projects...

And here is the most recent comparison I have asked chatGPT to do, this is using the latest o3 model which is supposed to be the smartest at code and complex reasoning. Also, if you look at the chatGPT log you will see I am able to get this table with little more than just a single large...

A comparison of asking chatGPT to compare powering Australia (in creating 250TWh annually) using real world projects, this answer was generated by chatGTP a few months ago. The main idea of it is a comparison of powering Australia over 60 years which is the typical modern expected life span of...

One thing I have found the most frustrating about wind/solar projects is they list their "name plate capacity" which is usually around 25% of their real world output, so for the Topaz Solar farm which is listed as 550MW, it is only in fact about 125MW on average, this is it's "capacity factor"...

The problem with "Undecided with Matt Ferrell", is that he doesn't really know anything about what he is talking about, as he fell super-hard for the "Solid Hydrogen" scam which in hindsight was basic physics knowledge, Matt did a remarkably detailed video about it and used a lot of complex...

I did some research on this and here is the information I found. This is the post and information I wish I had found when I started looking into adding a front light onto my KT controller based ebike. And note that everything I type is just theory of what I read elsewhere, as I haven't yet put...

This just came out, Sakkuu's dry-printed Li-metal battery, I have linked the utube video at 11:48 in where they show charts of the batteries performance for 1,000 cycles and at different discharge rates. And how it is exactly the same for their ~40% cheaper/less energy intensive dry-printed...

Just an update.. Thanks for the advice and followed it. I decided to get the Grin V5 torque arm for both sides, and it worked out great in terms of fit and locking in the motor axle safely.

I am doing a fat bike conversion and ordered a rear hub motor that was supposed to be with a standard rear axle of 12mm with 10mm flats. I laced the motor into the rim and only after when trying to put the hub motor wheel in I noticed it didn't fit very well into the fat bikes frame dropouts, as...

China Starts Up World's First Fourth-Generation Reactor, Readying Giant Nuclear Ship https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/12/09/007250/china-starts-up-worlds-first-fourth-generation-reactor-readying-giant-nuclear-ship...

So more news lately that sodium-ion battery technology is real and viable as a major European based company NorthVolt has announced their sodium-ion battery and have announced to build a factory to pump them out Northvolt develops state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery So that announcement^ really...