teamonkey

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[–] teamonkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I understand it, the efficiency of a wind turbine increases with blade size, so multiple smaller personal wind turbines are less efficient than fewer, larger turbines that serve a neighbourhood, as well as costing much more and using more overall resources.

[–] teamonkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

In a co-operative the shareholders are employees and associated members, and they elect the board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_co-operative

Not that Unity is a co-operative, but there is another way.

[–] teamonkey@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Capitalism has a definition. He’s saying that the markers that define Capitalism (as opposed to Mercentilism, Feudalism, etc.) are no longer there.

Specifically he’s saying that you can now no longer be on the top rung by privately owning the means of production, which is probably the biggest hallmark of Capitalism.

[–] teamonkey@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it’s making sure that they can’t record their voice in a single session and have it synthesised forevermore.

[–] teamonkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn’t make sense to think of it in terms of how much of the Sun’s energy it uses because solar energy is essentially free and unlimited, it comes from an outside system, we don’t need to mine it or carry it or anything and we can’t ‘waste’ it in the same way we can other fuels. All it tells us is the maximum theoretical limit.

10% more energy from solar means a rooftop array could generate an extra 300-500W which is a genuinely useful amount of energy.