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intexpress commented on US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it   electrek.co/2026/01/16/us... · Posted by u/doener
ztetranz · 23 days ago
Here's a good podcast (with written transcript) about what's happening in Australia.

https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-real-story-with-australian

The difference in the permitting process between Australia and US is staggering.

intexpress · 23 days ago
Thanks for sharing, although I don't understand how Saul expects everyone to buy electric cars. They are much too expensive in Australia and the charging infrastructure is not well distributed. Electric cars are also a massive risk in fires (they were a big problem in the LA fires), and Australia has a lot of fires.

Even an electrified kitchen (which Saul also suggests for everyone) is iffy in Australia, because good freestanding ovens with induction cooktops cost about 3x what freestanding ovens with a gas cooktop would cost, not to mention the electrical rewiring costs, which could be substantial especially if a conversion to 3-phase is needed.

intexpress commented on US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it   electrek.co/2026/01/16/us... · Posted by u/doener
cbmuser · 23 days ago
Australia is still highly dependent on coal. They’re not a prime example of how to decarbonize an electricity grid.

If you want a good example, rather look at France!

intexpress · 23 days ago
There is a very funny nuclear power plant in France which is located in such a way to be surrounded on 3 sides by Belgium instead of by France. (EDF Nuclear Power Plant Chooz)
intexpress commented on GOG Patrons- Join gamers keeping classics alive   gog.com/en/patrons... · Posted by u/CyMonk
intexpress · a month ago
This patron thing seems weird. GOG should just accept preorders for games that aren’t available yet. And use that money to make the game available.
intexpress commented on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros   about.netflix.com/en/news... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
intexpress · 2 months ago
A few recent Warner Bros films / coproductions

Imagine if these had not had theatrical releases, or, had only had 1 week limited releases just to qualify for awards..

Tenet

Dune

The Batman

Barbie

Furiosa

Twisters

Minecraft

Sinners

Superman

Weapons

One Battle After Another

intexpress commented on DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music   lenowo.org/viewtopic.php?... · Posted by u/minki_the_avali
intexpress · 2 months ago
The music sounds great but stopping the music to play sound effects sounds terrible
intexpress commented on I'm 62. Stop Telling Me I'm Old   nytimes.com/2025/11/27/op... · Posted by u/Kaibeezy
intexpress · 2 months ago
I know (knew) quite a lot of people who died in their 60s, to their surprise and mine.

For a very recent example, Rebecca Heineman just died at 62.

intexpress commented on 'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately   techdirt.com/2025/11/13/n... · Posted by u/speckx
intexpress · 3 months ago
If you like NOLF then check out Deathloop. It is the closest thing I have played to a NOLF sequel. Great game.
intexpress commented on Valve is about to win the console generation   xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valv... · Posted by u/moonleay
intexpress · 3 months ago
To win this console generation and outsell the PS5, Valve would have to sell 85 million Steam Machines (as of today, and likely need to sell 120 million by the end of the generation). About a 0% chance of that happening.

Looks cool, though

intexpress commented on EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars   restofworld.org/2025/ev-d... · Posted by u/belter
nostrademons · 4 months ago
Causality could be reversed here. In markets where technology advances quickly and prices drop, there is very little market for used goods, because why would you buy a 4-year-old whatever when you can get a new one that's twice as good for half the price? You see this in computers, smartphones, TVs, and solar panels (outside of the U.S, where prices are kept artificially high by tariffs). People almost never buy used because there's no reason to. You can just buy new, for the same or lower price, and get something way better.

Instead of threatening to derail the EV transition, lack of resale value might be evidence of the EV transition, particularly when coupled with quickly growing overall sales of EVs globally.

intexpress · 4 months ago
I buy used all the time. It is way cheaper and new things are usually not much better (sometimes new things are worse).

For example a lot of new TVs are worse than old TVs, because new TVs have ads in their UIs, and increasingly new TVs don't even come with remotes anymore.

u/intexpress

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