Chris Hallett

@PeterDClack Got a link to the statistics showing the call in energy contributions from those wind farms?

Many of the onshore wind farms along the coasts of the UK and Denmark are falling apart after only 10 years. A study reveals that energy contributions from wind farms begin to fall sharply after only 10 to 15 years, leaving the skeletons of steel and plastic blowing in the wind. The economic analysis reveals the lifespan of an onshore turbine is not 20 to 25 years, as stated by the wind industry itself, supported by the UK Government. This peer reviewed British study reveals that the energy production of onshore wind farms falls substantially as they get older, due to wear and tear. Energy and environmental economist, Professor Gordon Hughes (University of Edinburgh), carried out the statistical analysis of wind farm performance data in the UK and Denmark. He concluded that load factors, like electricity generated as a percentage of capacity, declined a lot faster than expected, suggesting a baseline 10 to 15 year lifespan. This is when the technical life of most turbines crunch to halt, and become unprofitable to continue. Rising maintenance costs makes them uneconomical. The study found the average UK wind farm's ability to meet electricity demand had fallen by a third after around 10 years, leading to a conclusion that many are fully uneconomic to run after only 12 years. While the wind industry generally forecasts a 25-year lifespan, the data reveals a different reality about the viability of keeping them spinning so long. Many companies now 'repower' (replace old turbines with new ones) long before the 25-year target to maximise subsidies and output. This often ends the lifespan of the original hardware much sooner. The wind farm study is published by the 'Renewable Energy Foundation on the Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, 2012'.

@javarevisited I wouldn't care, it won't matter for 95% of applications

Tech Lead tells you: "Let’s use UUID everywhere instead of auto-increment IDs." Will you agree?

@mitchellh @redbtkn I don't think people understand just how much hand written code is already slop.

@redbtkn You talking about me? You’re probably rage baiting or clownmaxxing but I’d recommend googling my background.

@BrianRoemmele JoJo's ate this video 3 times a day

Bob Fosse in Little Prince movie, 1974 had a massive influence on Michael Jackson.

@maxkarpis Those 2 people in the background must have seen everything seeing as they are still standing there.

Before and after. Is this how things work in Barcelona?

@Leleo2211 Welcome to one piece, it's inconsistent and generally no one cares.

Height scaling is so fucked 😭Dorry and Broggy are around ~20 metres, the Sunny is 56 metres, Oars is 67 metres...So Road here would technically be like 150 metres

@londonHenryGB @it_is_fareed @grok @WhyAlwaysMoe_ What would the difference between if they where employed in America?

@it_is_fareed @grok @WhyAlwaysMoe_ I see, indeed it’s huge

Good on anthropic! @grok what’s the tax wedge on this, for employment in England, include PAYE taxes, National insurance and employers national insurance.

@jruddy99 Plastering them on agricultural land also doesn't damage the land and allows those fields to lay fallow improving soil quality while still generating income from the farm

Also costs about 2.5 times as much as putting them on the ground.

@yutakl_ It's published by kodansha.us in English I believe

@pubity There isn't a black out.

The U.K.'s renewable energy boom is so powerful that it's starting to backfire, with the excess solar and wind energy being at risk of overloading the grid and causing a mass blackout. Some residents will be getting free electricity this Summer and are being begged to use it.

@JoshFerme No it's not, 20mph zones are usually saved for residential areas and schools

@theo Generally I use IG.com.

Robinhood refused a buy order, didn't notify me, withdrew my money anyways, and cost me over $10k in lost gains in the last 24 hours. What the hell should I be using instead?

@AirwingMarine @PaulTassi Why do people even care how much it cost? People need to either enjoy the game or stop letting it live in your mind rent free.

@PaulTassi So why not say that in the article? You know the cost of Marathon's development is a constantly discussed topic and is highly controversial.

Quoting @PaulTassi article for this, but still no sources of any of it. I hate that kind of shit. Now Paul's article will be treated as a primary source even though there is no evidence or even an indication of where he got the number from in this article. Just "I can confirm Marathon’s budget is over $200 million. Likely more than $250 million." How is it confirmed? Did you talk to someone in the studio privy to that info? Is there an industry report somewhere?

@johnredwood *points at the royal navy*

Israel has more military in uniform, an Iron Dome protection, more than six times as many tanks and twice as many combat aircraft than the UK for a smaller budget. Why can’t the UK government get more for our defence money?

@evertonianscrud I read the great mage returns after 4k years and just got annoyed with the weird plot holes.

Haven’t read long way of the warrior and tower of god

@Bill747Jet @implausibleblog Majority of emergency generators will run on diesel. If power is interrupted how will they power hospitals etc? I could be wrong and they just like to have the stock. But it would make sense in a disaster prone country.

@oftenhallett @implausibleblog That doesn’t account for their good level of diesel stocks though - unless I’ve missed something.

Sam Coates on Sky News highlights kerosene (jet fuel) stocks: Japan: 27 months of supply UK: 1 month of supply We were unprepared for COVID — and today, we remain just as exposed to another pandemic. On top of that, unless things change with Iran fast, we’ll be facing a jet fuel shortage How have successive governments allowed planning to fail this badly?

@StefanFSchubert They are already planning on opening a space in kings cross near the Deepmind building

The British government tries to get Anthropic to expand in the UK

@AJBecklesVO Wait what?? I didn't know this

@walkingflex_ Oh no I get you, but read the manga

“read the manga just read the manga” have you ever thought maybe i don’t want to read the fucking manga??