Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees
by btcindivist on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:25AM
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Heating and cooling trumps the transport sector with 30%+. Globally, stuff does skew a lot from our first worldly habits.
If you do the calculations similar to those done in http://withouthotair.com/ you'd see your first worldly habits put your heating and cooling at the top, and probably your diet at the second place.
Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees
by Retric on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:02AM
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Energy use is not the same as CO2 production. Cars produce a lot of CO2 in the oil extraction, transport, and refining stages. Heating and AC use wind, solar, electric, nuclear, etc not just fossil fuels.
Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees
by icebraining on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:54AM
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So because transportation is not the top CO2 impact industry, no changes to it can have a substantial impact on the environment?
Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees
by btcindivist on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:57AM
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When profiling are we optimizing the fastest functions?
Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees
by LoSboccacc on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:44AM
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Transport sector is quite more than cars tho. Tankers especially are a mess.
Cars are not efficient machines. The engine is limited to around 50% efficiency, the heat is wasted. And you're typically propelling 1600+kg of mass which is almost purely overhead.