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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by notahacker on Friday November 25, 2016 @05:48PM (#13040402)
It's a lot easier not to be vested in old technology when the replacement runs for longer without new infrastructure and doesn't cost a couple of months' wages to upgrade, a few more if the old technology is rendered obsolete...
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by Roritharr on Friday November 25, 2016 @06:26PM (#13040647)
Smartphones still don't run as long as 2006 dumb phones. People just noticed that was a rarely used feature.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by snovv_crash on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:46AM (#13042891)
This is patently false. If you turn off your WiFi, 4G, Bluetooth and NFC, and only use your phone for calls and SMS, a smartphone can easily last a week. More than a dumbphone with the same features.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by oblio on Saturday November 26, 2016 @03:46PM (#13045755)
Agreed. You can also lower the brightness of the screen when you don't need it. My Sony Xperia Z5 Compact in "Stamina Mode" (basically what you're describing) can last for 7-8 days as far as I can tell.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by ant6n on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:09PM (#13040873)
That's a problem for trucks and buses though.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by Roritharr on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:15PM (#13040897)
They have a different Problem and might need a different solution. Hydrogen might be cost effective at truck-scale.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by jessaustin on Friday November 25, 2016 @10:06PM (#13041477)
I'm convinced that ammonia will be used rather than hydrogen for these applications, but it amounts to the same thing.
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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by superdude on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:59PM (#13041078)
Compressed natural gas is used in some buses right now.
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