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Patrick says

Sounds similar to this idea:

https://heindl-energy.com/

Is that referring to this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhCuzxNvv0

Thunderf00t ripped it to shreds. There are so many scams in green energy. I worked in the field BRIEFLY, until too many of my questions were either not answered, or were brutally answered. The whole point of electric cars isn't about energy efficiency, it's so you can charge your car at home and at work, and your car will always be warm and toasty and ready to use because even in winter, the batteries are being warmed as well as the cabin. They key point is you'll never have to go to a gas station again!!!!

They are luxury cars, not cars. They don't give a shit about energy efficiency or reducing pollutants when you get past the engineers.

I do think we can get there, but it requires a complete change in our lifestyle, a return to what were more like in 1800 in SOME ways. We'd still have cell phones, internet, television, central heating, stoves, etc.

You'll no longer be staying up to midnight to watch television, you'll get up at the break of dawn, your shower will be lukewarm if that. It would be a more natural life, but to control crime, there might need to be night-time curfews. It would be a lot different. You wouldn't be driving around in a 2000 pound car either, more like 250 lb vehicle of some sort.

It doesn't have to be a nightmare, but you'd have to start accommodating your living to, you know, nature. I don't know if it would necessarily be a bad thing but it would be a radical change. Try not using your lights for a month. You can get through it, but it's different.

richwicks says

Gold is only like 19 denser than water. You could save 19 times the energy with GOLD than you can with water. How rich are you?

Well, if gold is out, we can use even heavier platinum. -joking-

Even if the compressed air or lifted weight measures are not efficient, they are for use when no other power is available. If enough kinks are worked out, being 10% efficient is better than nothing. During the day you use full energy from the solar panels and store the excess. At night you cut use to accommodate the 90% loss.

About an hour ago this article was published stating that McCarthy and Biden have come to an agreement on the debt ceiling. Looks like Biden also agreed on work requirements for welfare in addition to other Republican requests like at least 3% increase in defense and veterans spending.

"The deal would raise the debt limit for two years while capping spending over that time, claw back unused COVID funds, speed up the permitting process for some energy projects and includes some extra work requirements for food aid programs for poor Americans."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-debt-ceiling-negotiations-push-towards-critical-default-deadline-2023-05-27/

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clambo says

Medicare "premium" for me is $329/month and will rise I am sure.

I've always wondered what that will cost. I think one cannot collect until 65? I've got a long long way to go. I'm sure by then it'll all change but that seems affordable right now vs. what I pay between jobs when I get laid off. Like half that.

WookieMan says

So 15 dudes getting paid 4 months (usually) UE when they "really" don't need it.

In the 50s and 60s (probably every since then) illegal aliens would pick peaches and prunes then get welfare the rest of the year to sit on their asses in NorCal. I had family members who worked alongside them but had school and other jobs the rest of the year.

just_passing_through says

In the 50s and 60s (probably every since then) illegal aliens would pick peaches and prunes then get welfare the rest of the year to sit on their asses in NorCal.

Something similar still happens with seasonal IRS employees in Pittsburgh. They only work Oct to May and collect unemployment in the off months. They do not have to be seeking work to qualify since they already have a hire date for the next season. Another good reason for a young person to get a government job. These jobs also went to work from home.