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New comment by standeven in "Electrical transformer manufacturing is throttling the electrified future"

standeven — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:09:57 +0000

Yet another good reason for at-home solar and storage.

New comment by standeven in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

standeven — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:45:35 +0000

Burning fossil fuels also raises the global temperature, reduces air quality, and people still have to pay more at the pump.

New comment by standeven in "What if the Hormuz closure will not be brief?"

standeven — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:20:47 +0000

China’s move toward solar and wind seems more prescient than ever.

New comment by standeven in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

standeven — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:24:42 +0000

The main driver of this is human-produced CO2, and there are meaningful ways to reduce usage.

-Switch to an electric vehicle -Migrate from gas appliances (range, furnace, water heater) to electric (induction, heat pumps) -If your power grid isn’t clean, add rooftop or balcony solar -Encourage friends and family to do the same

Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power

standeven — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:16:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/02/katie-miller-solar-power-trump/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47235550

Points: 5

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New comment by standeven in "The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)"

standeven — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:51:17 +0000

Holy shit this is fast. It generated a legible, original, two-paragraph story on given topics in 0.025s.

New comment by standeven in "CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The World Factbook"

standeven — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:11:23 +0000

No, but neither is Greenland.

New comment by standeven in "Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models"

standeven — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:47:23 +0000

Every time I see homeopathic medicine on the shelves in a pharmacy, I think we’re not taking it far enough.

New comment by standeven in "In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels"

standeven — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:26:54 +0000

I have roof top solar. I have never had to clean or maintain them in any way. Same with my friends who have roof top solar. The worst I’ve heard of is a microinverter failing, which was covered by warranty.

My gut response to your post was also aggression, not because you’re preaching uncomfortable truths, but because you’re repeating fossil fuel lobbyist talking points that I’m getting really tired of seeing all over social media.

New comment by standeven in "In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels"

standeven — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:20:32 +0000

Some provincial grants remain ($5k in BC last time I checked), but yes - Canada can and should do more. Balcony solar seems like such an easy win. Hopefully tariffs get dropped now that we’re talking to China again. And federal Liberals could force municipalities and provinces to reduce some of the red tape surrounding solar installations. Come on Canada, unlocking clean energy shouldn’t have to be a fight!

New comment by standeven in "California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years"

standeven — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:57:34 +0000

Solar panels can also help, as BC gets long sunny days when the reservoirs are low.

New comment by standeven in "US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year"

standeven — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:34:40 +0000

Shouldn’t job openings always trend upwards with increasing population?

New comment by standeven in "Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere"

standeven — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:35:51 +0000

This. The fossil fuel industry continues to overflow the tub with CO2, but instead of turning off the tap, we keep trying to invent a better sponge.

We need carbon taxes, tariffs on high-emitting countries and products, and support for adopting clean energy, clean transportation, and clean everything else. Lobbying and misinformation has made these actual solutions politically impossible to implement though, so we continue to waste resources on sponges.

New comment by standeven in "Sabotaging Bitcoin"

standeven — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:42:56 +0000

But cars are useful.

New comment by standeven in "CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally"

standeven — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:21:39 +0000

It's also very recyclable, so big batteries that reach end of life can contribute back to the lithium supply.

New comment by standeven in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

standeven — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:49:06 +0000

Yes, tons of these in BC. My friend and several neighbours love theirs.

New comment by standeven in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

standeven — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:36:32 +0000

You just described the new Ramcharger.

The Apple App Store is down

standeven — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:59:24 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.apple.com/system-status/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640287

Points: 8

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New comment by standeven in "Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs"

standeven — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:23:05 +0000

What would be a legit reason to use these ATMs? A 24% exchange rate loss plus a service fee seems like it would discourage most honest users.

New comment by standeven in "Vancouver Stock Exchange: Scam capital of the world (1989) [pdf]"

standeven — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 05:25:05 +0000

Was the IPO for a hydrogen company by any chance?