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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

scams and propaganda

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

that destination could be still somewhere with access to stranded fuel and with access to other port, like oman, or they could perhaps truck it to yanbu and ship from there, but it doesn't matter because price increase would probably need to be even bigger for it to make sense. facility would also need to run only on fraction of capacity, and there's probably no point in that if you can't export everything that's made there. currently it might be damaged anyway. what i mean is, there are problems solvable by throwing money at them, but it's probably not one of these

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

well it would be if refineries nearby would be running, but they don't, because there's no good logistics chain in place

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

all that jet fuel is right there

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago (7 children)

for context, this is something that will matter especially for higher-end boards, specifically boards that handle higher frequency signals than usual, think 5G connectivity things, or where engineering margins are thin. if there's a will, they could fly that plastic pellets out of saudi, or set up other logistics routes, as long as cost increase over just using container ship would be justified. it'll be only a fraction of mass of laminate in any case

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 44 points 2 months ago

there's a couple of jobs where you get to do both!

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

jokes on you, google chatbot won't know about it because it was made past cutoff date

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 37 points 3 months ago

you might think that there's a bubble

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Banter is the last thing I want from a coffee machine

but is it still on the list?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 1 points 3 months ago

you don't see a problem with giving money to cryptobros?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 24 points 3 months ago

the front fell off

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If these are supposed to be used as backup generators then gas turbines are a good fit in technical sense. Can start quickly, don't need a lot of space or cooling, can work on partial load; lead times are somehow short, and you can just pack it all in containers and set up anywhere which seems to be important. The catch is that efficiency is probably just below 40% instead of 60% and slightly above for regular CCGT plant, thst is you need to burn extra 50%-ish gas (methane is cheapest fuel and can just be piped). about anything that burns and can be pumped through a nozzle can be used

Then there's matter of smog. You're supposed to put giant catalytic converter (sorta) on this thing and normal powerplants do just that. Apparently techbro oligarchs decided it's not disruptive enough this way

but dw this won't last, talking about bubble broke to the mainstream now

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