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melling··on China's 2,250kW chargers are in service, US thinks about 750kW next year
The US won’t let China build cars in the US.

I wouldn’t worry. The US is only 17% of the global car market. In a few years, it’ll be obvious that protectionism didn’t work.

melling··on Larry Ellison to sell up to $7.5B worth of Oracle stock
I think the general theme is that you’re wrong a lot and you should use ChatGPT before making a comment
melling··on Larry Ellison to sell up to $7.5B worth of Oracle stock
What percentage of his stock is he selling? It appears your comment doesn’t fit the amount that he is selling.

ChatGPT: How much Oracle stock does Larry Ellison own?

melling··on How Climate Resilient Are the Largest Cities?
Just ask ChatGPT

“What were the major predictions and timeline in the movie An Inconvenient Truth?”

He got some things wrong but was right on a lot.

melling··on Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promise
China is building more new nuclear power than the rest of the world combined. They’ll soon produce as much renewable electricity as the United States produces electricity
melling··on Ukrainian drones wipe out US tank brigade in live war game
“The War in Ukraine is where drones (UAV) becomes an integral part of modern warfare.

Training pilots takes time and is expensive. Modern jets are also expensive.

After Ukraine, every country is going to build a UAV Air Force.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31842578

melling··on 5th Heat Dome Expands Across Europe: 40°C+ Target Western and Central Europe
That’s how we got to 2026 and we still haven’t reached peak coal.
melling··on 5th Heat Dome Expands Across Europe: 40°C+ Target Western and Central Europe
That’s exactly what people said 10 years ago…and 10 years before that.

Listen to Ken Griffin explain why we need nuclear.

https://youtube.com/shorts/yu1UJ1JPjpw?is=etcYMpudQPZRZQQw

melling··on 5th Heat Dome Expands Across Europe: 40°C+ Target Western and Central Europe
We should start with all the people on HN who told us we didn’t need nuclear power.

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=nuclear+climate+change

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Start 11 years ago and go backwards

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1439337600&dateRange=custom&...

melling··on Over 150k Flights: Airlines Just Flew the Busiest Day in Recorded History
Who cares. Fix the big problems first. The general public is already complaining about subsidizing EVs, renewables, etc.

It’s ridiculous the amount of fossil fuels we still burn for electricity.

This “shame, shame” garbage that people did never worked.

melling··on Europe's Ultra-Rich Could Fund a Substantial Part of the EU's Budget
For how long?
melling··on Over 150k Flights: Airlines Just Flew the Busiest Day in Recorded History
It’s 2.5-3% of all global emissions.

People who complain about aviation do more harm than good.

We would accomplish more by closing a few coal power plants and replacing them with renewables or nuclear. And no one would even notice.

Can you believe it’s almost 2030 and we still haven’t reached peak coal.

melling··on Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, dies at 68
Died from colon cancer.

Please get checked regularly starting at 45.

melling··on Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem
“ Gene Roddenberry’s Federation was built on principles of equality and exploration for the sake of knowledge, not profit or military dominance”

You should actually watch Star Trek.

melling··on The 3-degree limit could be exceeded as early as 2050
We’ve had 4 decades.

If you’re still telling people flying is the problem, then you’re part of the problem

Where is all that renewable power we were promised every time we said “use nuclear”.

We still haven’t hit peak coal.

melling··on Richard Scolyer Has Died
Yes, and the other reason is we don’t invest enough.
melling··on Craig Venter has died
I think he’s really just trying to spur your imagination into imagining if someone like that had lived longer.

Anyway, this conversation has been had repeatedly. Many people seem to be unable to imagine that positive benefit of much longer lives.

Suppose that’s why “Science advances one funeral at a time.”

melling··on Craig Venter has died
It appears he had cancer and something about the treatment caused his death.
melling··on UAE to leave OPEC
Cheap and plentiful fossil fuels.

We’re rolling back CAFE standards too.

melling··on New gas-powered data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than whole nations
Don’t forget environmentalists have been fighting against nuclear energy for decades.

Update: Since I’m being downvoted I’m going to add a little sting:

Good luck with your solar power web servers and skipping flights.

Poor judgement really does have a price. It’s now inevitable that it’s going to get a bit warmer… everywhere. We’ll be lucky to hit Net Zero by 2100.

melling··on New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Whole Nations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/iran-energy-cr...

It’s quite impressive how the world is unable to reduce greenhouse emissions.

melling··on Louis Zocchi, games industry pioneer, has died
A guess?

That’s what people always say until science progresses. I remember when we believed HIV would not be treatable.

Science advances one funeral at a time.

melling··on Louis Zocchi, games industry pioneer, has died
91 is respectable for a reasonable man in the early 21st century. A few unreasonable people want a bit more.
melling··on EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol
No, there really isn’t.
melling··on EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol
Fortunately EVs are also cheaper. Unfortunately, the US has a 100% tariff on the less expensive Chinese EVs and batteries.

Better and cheaper does win.

melling··on EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol
If they’re better, you don’t need mandates.
melling··on EV sales soar in main European markets as drivers shun expensive petrol
You’re part of the problem, not the solution. There’s an entire political backlash against EVs because of mandates. The Trump Administration actually prevented California from having EV quotas.

Simply let in EVs from China and let American car companies go out of business.

melling··on An Interview with Pat Gelsinger
I suppose if you just look at a chart…
melling··on An Interview with Pat Gelsinger
“The stock price has tripled since last August”

That’s just a statement of fact. I offered no other analysis.

melling··on An Interview with Pat Gelsinger
Pat killed Intel’s share price. Should have paid more attention to the balance sheet. I thought he would eventually turn the company around but Intel was priced for bankruptcy.

Stock price has tripled since last August. Hopefully, Intel is really back. They do need a couple of Fab customers.

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