This is why I laugh when I hear the solemn warnings that "In X number of years, China will be the world leaders..."
Uhhh, no they won't. Leaders take the lead and march into the undiscovered country, pushing the frontier of new science and new technology. The conformist Chinese can't even design a set of icons without slavishly copying yesterday's ideas. They're doomed to follow.
"your an idiot" Oh, really? What do you call somebody who doesn't start a sentence with an uppercase letter, can't spell "you're" and doesn't finish a sentence with a fullstop/period?
I didn't say that Germany wasn't developing and manufacturing solar technology. I said that Germany wasn't making 1/3 of its electricity from solar. Reply to what's written, not what you *think* is written.
"also, if 2/3 of your population had no power.. dont you think you would want to be friends with the suppliers of the power?" Where are you getting '2/3' from, zed?
Tell you what, I'll spell it out - especially for you. If Germany was making SO much electricity from solar (i.e. independent of foreign sources), why was the country so desperate to secure Russian supplies? Answer: Because Germany isn't making 1/3 of it's electricity from solar. It's dependent on Russia's gas and oil. TA-DA! Mystery solved...
"idiot" Hmmm. You still haven't got the hang of those uppercase letters, zed....
Dude, I don't have any concrete statistics to hand, but I'm willing to bet a great deal of money that 1/3 of Germany's electricity supply does NOT come from solar.
Don't forget that when the Russians "accidentally" turned off the gas supply to Europe last year, the Germans bricked themselves and were very quick to get the Russians to sign a "Hey, we're your best buddies" agreement.
My thoughts exactly. If you want some kind of return on taxpayer investment, locations that would come to mind are Florida, Texas or New Mexico. But *Oregon*?
I think this is fantastic! It would also be quite a useful demonstration in the 'dynamics' lectures of an engineering course - input, output, feedback, etc.
I'm surprised that no-one has welcomed our new, balancing robot overlords...
"I need help! I want a small pocket camcorder but I'm not sure which one to get. I don't want to fall into the hype of the Flip because I worry two hours won't be enough. What should I be looking for when considering a small camcorder and where can I get a good quality one with expandable memory? Thanks!"
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Uhhh, no they won't. Leaders take the lead and march into the undiscovered country, pushing the frontier of new science and new technology. The conformist Chinese can't even design a set of icons without slavishly copying yesterday's ideas. They're doomed to follow.