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  • Because the title says “1000x more powerful than existing panels”. The article clarifies that this is existing barium panels, but the title (I would argue misleadingly so) does not clarify that they aren’t referring to existing silicone solar panels.

    Especially misleading because of the use of the word “existing” because it sounds like they’re referring to something that has made it out of a lab, but I’d wager 99.99999+% of people have never seen an “existing” barium solar panel.

    A less misleading title would be something like:

    Experimental barium solar panel 10000x more efficient than past attempts, possibility of performance parity with silicon in sight

    Or some such nonsense. You could move the second half to a subtitle and still be much clearer and less misleading than the original in title alone.


  • Honestly I don’t know, but it seems to me like extracting every single frame of a video as a lossless PNG is only really something that’s necessary if you’re trying to archive something or do frame by frame restoration. Either way, it is something that you hopefully aren’t doing every day, so why not just let it run overnight & move on?

    Otherwise ask yourself if you can settle with just extracting a single clip/section, or what’s actually wrong with lossy jpeg with a low -qscale:v (high quality) - start around 5 and work down until you visually can’t see any difference


  • That’s the thing, it doesn’t have to happen. It has to catch enough headlines that Shell can say:

    “As part of our environmental commitments we plan to sell only carbon neutral methane by 2040”

    Then they proceed to do nothing in the “hopes” that this becomes cost effective in time, while continuing to invest in natural gas infrastructure, and while we continue to investing in using their “soon to be neutral” fuel.

    Finally, when 2035 or so rolls around they quietly shift the goal posts and we keep on letting them pollute.

    And if you’re wondering why this sounds familiar…

    https://www.carbonbrief.org/shell-abandons-2035-emissions-target-and-weakens-2030-goal/

    All getting hyped about CCS or “renewable” “drop-in replacements” for fossil fuels does is further entrench fossil fuel companies as the “center” of our carbon commitments, while they are 100% disincentivized to act.

    Unless this tech is paired with a $1000/tonne carbon tax, its a scapegoat.