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Strazdas1 t1_jc9obn5 wrote
Reply to comment by YawnTractor_1756 in Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming by besselfunctions
Let me twist this a bit.
"New hospital, cool right, but when you remember that you are the one paying for other peoples poor life choices its depressing."
"New school cool right, but when you remember this results in parents driving their children across town to it polluting everyones slung in the process it's depressing"
"New houses cool right, but when you remember that they look like something soviets buit in the 60s and the city architect simply rubberstamps any project coming across his desk it's depressing"
"New festival cool right, but when you remember the noise pollution will make sure you are sleep deprived for a week it's depressing."
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Reply to comment by InTheEndEntropyWins in 60% of US foods Contain technical food additives, new study finds by diosmio
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Reply to comment by JeffreyDawmer in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
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Surgeboy99 t1_jc9n5i5 wrote
Reply to comment by thormun in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Someone only read the title
Poverty_Shoes t1_jc9j5kb wrote
Reply to comment by ShankThatSnitch in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Is there a way to make solar panel components renewable though? I’m under the impression that panels are currently built using finite metals.
gulgin t1_jc9iomw wrote
Reply to Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
If society would buy in to solar in general then larger grid scale installations like these would make much more sense than distributed panels on housing. There are a lot of roofs to put solar panels on, but there are a lot more efficient implementations.
Grid scale installations are significantly cheaper to maintain/install, can actually be installed in optimized geometries and stop people getting all pissy about curb appeal.
I would be great if people could buy a few hundred square feet of solar panels in a floating solar farm rather than putting solar on a roof.
This is definitely not to say that adding solar to a roof is bad, it is just suboptimal.
gulgin t1_jc9igmu wrote
Reply to comment by starmartyr in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
If society would buy in to solar in general then larger grid scale installations make much more sense than distributed panels on housing. There are a lot of roofs to put solar panels on, but there is a whole lot more open land.
Grid scale installations are significantly cheaper to maintain/install, can actually be installed in optimized geometries and stop people getting all pissy about curb appeal.
I would be great if people could buy a few hundred square feet of solar panels in a solar farm rather than putting solar on a roof.
This is definitely not to say that adding solar to a roof is bad, it is just suboptimal.
Fixing_The_World t1_jc9i1in wrote
Reply to comment by luisvel in Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney
I suspect you could.
However, while a lysate is different, co-infections don't always have an additive effect when it comes to the immune system. One infection can actually dampen another. It could be quite different with inactive antigens though.
Injecting that many different antigens could also cause immune system derangement ending in autoimmunity &/or cancer escape.
Lastly, from a data collection stand point, trying to figure out which lysate/antigen causes high adverse reactions in a mix would be much harder than collecting data on individual types.
This would all have to be tested of course to gain any knowledge on the manner; it is just what came across my head.
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Reply to comment by the_grape_one in New study finds plant-based diet may help combat fibromyalgia by BoundariesAreFun
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isaiddgooddaysir t1_jc9hmyk wrote
Reply to comment by starmartyr in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
There is a federal law that doesn't allow HOA to stop them from being installed.
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Reply to comment by thormun in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
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ledpup t1_jc9fgvp wrote
Reply to comment by Littleman88 in Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming by besselfunctions
Thanks Mr Obvious
JeffreyDawmer t1_jc99zr7 wrote
Reply to comment by spam__likely in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Nah. They currently use half-submerged black plastic spheres to block sunlight from reservoirs. It prevents radical bromine creation as a result of electromagnetic stimulation.
OpenLinez t1_jc99vlw wrote
Reply to comment by TK-741 in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Many of these already in use on smaller reservoirs. They prevent a lot of evaporation, very helpful in the sunbelt states where everybody lives.
A pilot program over a major California aqueduct is in progress right now.
Mikel_S t1_jc99sw2 wrote
Reply to comment by Colonel_hernia in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Haha good point. Imagine if we replaced the great pacific garbage patch with solar panels. I'm sure somebody would say it was terrible.
Mikel_S t1_jc99ly1 wrote
Reply to comment by TK-741 in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
Sandy deserts are the exception, not the rule. Most deserts are rocky and dry, with patches of sand that move around a usually somewhat geographically confined area.
Sandy deserts as movies and media portray them are called ergs.
bloodknife92 t1_jc99how wrote
Reply to Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
A city in the US covered their reserve in black floating balls for a different reason. Imagine if they used Solar Panels for the same purpose, but got the benefit of electricity generation as well.
CrossP t1_jc99f0g wrote
Reply to comment by Colonel_hernia in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
I know some places have had good luck with covering metro canals with solar panel roofs. Hot places can also benefit from reduced evaporation in reservoirs.
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Reply to comment by Technical_Sir_9588 in New information about the role of a molecule found in chillis in reducing foot pain by healing damaged nerves. After three months, the team found that those who’d been treated with the capsaicin patch reported that their pain had reduced significantly, compared to those treated with standard care by Wagamaga
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gregguygood t1_jc975x3 wrote
Reply to comment by Lupicia in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
I doubt that there is enough man-made water reservoirs to make a third of power needed.
BroForceOne t1_jc9748p wrote
Reply to Statins May Decrease Heart Disease in People With Sleep Apnea, according to new study by chrisdh79
>“But CPAP also seems to have negative effects on the cardiovascular system. We need to investigate whether we should use more conservative airway pressures or other less-utilized treatments like oral appliances to treat patients with obstructive sleep apnea.”
Yes, it's been exhausting going from doctor to doctor to find one that doesn't just default to the brute force treatment method of CPAP and is actually willing to get inside that nose and throat and suggest alternative treatments based on individual physiology.
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Reply to comment by ShankThatSnitch in Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
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mfb- t1_jc9oydz wrote
Reply to Researchers: Floating solar panels could provide over a third of global electricity by TurretLauncher
It can provide all of it, too. It's "just" a matter of cost, as always.
> While more expensive than land-based installs
Yeah.
Producing a large fraction of the electricity with photovoltaics is already expensive even without making the installation more complex. You either need an alternative in winter or you need a massive overproduction in summer.