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Michael Barnard on CleanTechnica has done a pretty thorough job of debunking hydrogen as a fuel for basically anything. Hydrogen as an industrial input, especially for steel making, has a place. But it will be made and used in situ, not tankered or pipelined anywhere. For everything else, there...

I kind of let The Onion fall off my radar. But this was amusing. Might start reading again, even with the website compatibility issues. Damn good satire, many of the answers feel like the "reasons" I get from the most ill informed of the anti-EV crowd in my town.

Further evidence of what I said in my last post. Let consumers get in the game, either via Tesla and/or via IEEE 2030.5 and OpenADR signaling to sell back to the grid at the right times, and reward the consumers as handsomely as other grid services providers get paid...

Yes but it's batteries that will shave the evening peak, not the solar itself. Tax credits are fine, but a combination of steep TOU rates and high credits for power returned to the grid during regularly occurring and emergency peaks are what will get private owners to pony up for batteries and...

I tried really hard to come up with a number for this before being a guest on a podcast. Hard numbers were really hard to find. I believe it was an ORNL study that placed well to tank energy expenditure at around 6-12kWh per marketed gallon of liquid fossil fuel. I'll see if I can dig it up...

Poll needs a new option: "Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway"

This is neither legally nor morally a justification for exceeding the rights and privileges of holding a trademark, which in my opinion Honda very clearly did with that takedown request. I'm not a lawyer, but a very concerned citizen about the long term direction patents, IP, copyright, and...

I've tried TinkerCAD, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, but I think I have settled onto OnShape as my go to. The learning curve is definitely not flat, but getting over the initial difficulties with even knowing what you have selected is worth it. You can make some very good models very quickly once you get...

I wonder what the Magnuson Moss Act says about restricting access to third party designed replacement parts...... Requesting takedown of something with a Honda logo seems reasonable to me. Takedown of anything that simply references that it fits or is compatible with a Honda branded vehicle is...

I've had "the beast" up and running for almost 2 years now. It's been very useful for my prototyping and experimenting, but also a huge time suck. Just learning the intricacies of the various material blends, slicer options, etc might as well be a pH.D. program. For example, PLA, the basic /...

I've heard that idea discussed before. But I don't think I've run across any good science studying how bad wear imbalance from imbalanced capacity across cells in series really is. I'll do my own literature search, but if you know of any good primary or secondary articles on the subject, feel...

Agreed that repair to the cell level is probably too granular. Being able to replace a module that's 1/10th to 1/20th of the total pack seems about right to me. I would much rather remove and replace the weak module than the whole pack. Yes, the newest cells will be hindered by the old ones in...

I care about right to repair, and it is very much a factor in my next purchase decision. Tesla's history and future trajectory in this regard is in the top three reasons why I might NOT end up buying the CT, nor Model Y. Context: I run Linux on a Framework laptop, which has been about the best...

Is that where I got that? Totally forgot about that skit. LOL

My personal favorite goes something like this (for the rare case when they make it past Google Voice call screening): "Hi I'm calling about your vehicles warranty ..." I cut them off abruptly, and pretend to be in a huge hurry, but interested enough to call the CSR back on their personal cell...