Gigafactory
August 12th, 2017 at 1:45:06 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
1) does it have a mechanical lock with a handle? 2) Doesn't it draw too much power? You might save money by buying a new used one. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
August 12th, 2017 at 3:03:17 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The 1928 refrigerator does not draw a lot of power, probably because it does not have a freezer. As for the 1994 refrigerator, Mr Electricity says yes, it should be traded in based on energy usage.
There is also a refrigerator in the basement probably manufactured in 1997. I really think the smartest thing to do is to buy less food and simply throw this refrigerator away. A 16.6 cubic foot refrigerator (no freezer) costing uses only 318 kWh per year while a similarly priced 18 cubic foot refrigerator and freezer uses 404 kWh per year. So it doesn't seem like it is worth to forego owning a freezer and buying only fresh food. |
August 12th, 2017 at 3:25:40 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
I have an old side by side refrigerator in my garage that just gave out last night. My house is about 20 years old and I assume this was the original. In the summer that things runs almost constantly because it is not unusual for it to be 120 degrees in the garage. Hopefully I can find a used replacement for it that is only 10 or less years old. The savings running it will probably pay for it in a year or so. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
August 12th, 2017 at 6:31:13 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The Monitor Top GE refrigerators were in production from 1927 to 1937. So this one was from the first two years. Some people are paying obscene amounts of money for restored vintage appliances. They had no freezers until the 1940's. They just had an ice cube tray. |
August 13th, 2017 at 2:54:04 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
If it's tuned properly. And you drive like an octogenarian. And going downhill ;) Yours are some of those stats I was asking for, but what of your side? What does it cost to mine coal, drill for natural gas, erect a dam or maintain a nuke? What of the creation and maintenance of all the wires to get the juice from there to home? It's great to look so far as to include the cost of even getting gas to the pumps, say nothing of the cost of what you use. But where's the other sides'? It seems as plain as day that both sides have numerous costs associated. It seems plain as day that neither can hold themselves as "pure". And it's as obvious as the nose on your face that the main factor in this world of responsible transportation options is simply the actors who have billions at stake. The way I see it, we are owed the honest information required to conduct ourselves the way our beliefs state. I might take church at the altar of the V8, but I do enjoy a spot of minimalism. And these NIMBY type rigs and mines aren't built in suburbia; they're plopped down where I hunt and fish. And I don't need to prove human global warming to know that exhaust kills the very things I've based my life around, the flora and fauna that makes home "Home". It's too bad that things such as "honesty" and "complete information" have no real bearing on things. There's no real freedom to choose, it's all just a game of manipulation. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
August 14th, 2017 at 4:31:31 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Freedom is the choice to not be manipulated whether it be by political correctness or opposing views. |
October 5th, 2017 at 4:56:50 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | New battery type from Rice University uses asphalt as anodes and reduces charging time by 20x. See Slashdot. |
October 5th, 2017 at 6:49:17 AM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/02/asphalt-helps-lithium-batteries-charge-faster/ "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
October 5th, 2017 at 7:00:18 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I've read so many stories over the past five years about new types of batteries, that I decided to stop reading them until any of these batteries makes it to market. And the same goes for fuel cells. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
October 5th, 2017 at 8:19:46 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | An admirable attitude to take but hard for capital commitment decisions. Don't want to invest in an automated highly efficient plant that makes buggywhips. |