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by tpkj 7y ago
SPI 2019 Day Zero Interview with Raghu Belur of Enphase Energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glSXghzDZcs&feature=youtu.be...
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by tpkj 7y ago
An NPR article on the topic: "Unfurling The Waste Problem Caused By Wind Energy" https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759376113/unfurling-the-waste... "...Ninety percent of a turbine's part
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by tpkj 7y ago
"Unfurling The Waste Problem Caused By Wind Energy" https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759376113/unfurling-the-waste...
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by tpkj 7y ago
FWIW, and this does involves battery, but it is an off grid power solution. https://zolaelectric.com/
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by tpkj 7y ago
Bingo. "Yo dawg, I heard you're thinking of a new way to make money...so I wrote a book about thinking of a new way to make money so you can think about a new way to make money while I make money from you thinking about my new way
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by tpkj 7y ago
I would strongly suggest perusing through the resources of Stephen Few over at Perceptual Edge. Library: http://www.perceptualedge.com/library.php You could do a lot worse than becoming familiar with Few's "Inform
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by tpkj 7y ago
How come when I posted this same link on Hacker News, HN flagged my post? Guess the same hive mind that runs Google runs the show at HN.
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by tpkj 7y ago
There's the formal definition of "exponential", and then there is "exponential" in the sense of completely disruptive and transformative as in the example Tony Seba gives. I am referring to the latter.
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by tpkj 7y ago
No, it has not taken off exponentially yet in the way the Tony Seba video demonstrates with a picture of 5th Ave in NYC in the year 1900 where there are lots of horses used for transportation, and only one car, compared with a picture of th
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by tpkj 7y ago
We could be at the point where solar adoption takes off exponentially. On a big picture view: Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b3ttqYDwF0 On a more micro level view:
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by tpkj 7y ago
P.S. One of the companies in the solar space I follow closely is Enphase Energy. https://enphase.com/en-us There is a cool little demo a solar installer from Australia made to show Enphase's upcoming off-grid microinve
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by tpkj 7y ago
Tony Seba has an interesting perspective on "Clean Disruption of Energy & Transportation", with one of the main takeaways being as options like solar become more viable, their takeoff could be exponential rather than moving up
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by tpkj 7y ago
Windmills do have controversy surrounding them, and whatever the case may be, I would neither want to live by a coal plant nor a wind turbine. Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p
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by tpkj 7y ago
Ok, thanks; not as many barriers to entry I suppose compared with larger health institutions.
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by tpkj 7y ago
Are you able to share any info regarding the type of customer (B2B or B2C), the number of customers, and the method of customer acquisition? Depending on the nature of the product offering, healthcare can be seriously difficult market to en
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by tpkj 8y ago
There is a problem with the materials the packaging industry uses. Are there any start-ups or big companies working on a solution?
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The Death of the Internet(theamericanconservative.com)
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by tpkj 8y ago
> "It drives me crazy to think that some exec came up with SPA-ing everything as a sales pitch to clients" In other companies, I wonder if this is just as often due to: (a) developers getting tired of what works reasonably well
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Cramer: Apple should buy private digital health records operation Epic Systems(cnbc.com)
1 points by tpkj 8y ago|0 comments
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The Religious Fanaticism of Silicon Valley Elites(theamericanconservative.com)
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by tpkj 8y ago
"As utilities fight distributed generation, electricity is getting less reliable" https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/01/03/as-utilities-fight-di...
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by tpkj 8y ago
Well, I'm aware of at least one company based in Texas trying to supply homes not just in Texas with solar. https://www.sunnova.com/ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sunnova#section-over...
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by tpkj 8y ago
I think that is about to change in the near future. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/08/20/enphase-going-einstei... https://enphase.com/en-us/ensemble
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by tpkj 8y ago
"...a single component in an energy mix". And that mix relies on the grid? With nuclear or other centralized power source, yes.
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by tpkj 8y ago
Another factor to consider with nuclear is how it perpetuates complete dependence upon the grid, a single point of failure model. Perspective articulated here by Sunnova CEO John Berger. https://youtu.be/6Dx0U2y-YgU?t=2922
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by tpkj 8y ago
In addition to the mind-numbing noise, there is also likely mind-numbing, soul-sucking television turned on nearly 24x7. Probably not a recipe for becoming the best version of yourself.
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by tpkj 8y ago
Ah, but without the 24x7 hype cycle, the media cannot feed addiction to media.
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by tpkj 8y ago
From the World Health Organization: > "Although aircraft cabins are pressurized, cabin air pressure at cruising altitude is lower than air pressure at sea level. At typical cruising altitudes in the range 11 000–12 200 m (36 000–40
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by tpkj 8y ago
1. Has anyone done investigative work on the passengers of this flight and their subsequent health status? How many visited a doctor with symptoms similar to the crew? Were there any fatalities among the passengers in the weeks following th
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by tpkj 8y ago
> "Healthcare providers will be using our platform to gain access to next-gen diagnostic algorithms" And what is the nature of these "next-gen diagnostic algorithms"? Are they the research results of medical experts p

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