Recent content by klapauzius

Same age, same location, lost the 1st bar in late December at ~40,000 miles. We have started to charge to 100% in 2014 to cover the winter 50 mile commute (which seems to use up all 12 bars, despite the GOM indicating we have 65+ at 100%). Its mostly freeway driving. We did change tires last...

Since heat pumps do "produce" more energy in warmth, than they consume in electricity, they should be able to beat a gas furnace. With typical COP of e.g. 4 they should provide 4 kWh of heat for every 1 kWH spent. Even if e.g. the gas-to-electricity conversion of the power plant is...

Maybe we deserve better? Different people seem to worry about different things...In Germany, irrational fear of nuclear power translated into quite dramatic and sudden changes in the energy policy, while the real accident had happened half a world away. But it shows that expression of...

No worries, this is a different kind of dispute. I think its part of a good discussion culture to not be too much on the same page. I see that both Andy and WetEV have a point. I would side with Wet, i.e. instead of fighting the information war (perceived or real, but I actually think Andy is...

Yes, this what I meant by "outdated" (and broken) political system in the US. Since peaceful change has to come from within a democracy, there is nothing outside the democratic process to speed things up.

Well, in a democracy, there should be many ways to address the problem.

Well, yes, reality doesn't care for human ideology...And no, I think it highly matters, that particularly the US will need to do something. Long term I am optimistic, that this current weird political situation in this country will eventually resolve and environmental politics will get the...

Yes...?

People will do anything for personal gain... Here of course we are in the legal grey area between free speech and harmful lies. But morally it is clear where these people stand. In a few decades, the climate deniers will be viewed the same, joining slave holders, racists, religious fanatics...

Oh, I have no doubts that ill intentions coupled with solid monetary interest (or simply lust for power) can and will create the most despicable lies, and spread them merrily around, as long as it serves some interest. Why the 'audience' can (or wants to) be 'soft', despite possessing a capable...

I guess so...In the end, they will, as usual, end up on the garbage pile of history. In a way reassuring, since reason always seems to prevail, albeit not always fast enough to avoid unpleasant consequences.

Corruption is a rather boring motive. The "true" believers, one would hope, have purer reasons to propagate their non-sense?

True, but I think there is some interest in why people could come to such odd conclusions? I assume Reg is not paid for posting his opinion, but seems to be genuinely convinced of it. As a reminder, other people in other debates about seemingly emotional topics seem to be equally at odds with...

I think we all took a good long look at the data. Among all the people in this thread I think you did not change a single opinion. Of course that is not very representative as a whole, but bear in mind that everyone discussing this here is actually able to understand and appreciate what you have...

Since it is man-made, it is not (or was not) inevitable. I havent read the paper in question, but if the model selection was purely random, you are right, this would not have predictive value (in the same sense that even a broken clock tells the time right, once each day). If these models...