I didn’t even mention child labor in my comment, although that is a problem (and a growing one in the US).
My question is if there’s gross exploitation by international corporations is it capitalism or if the flag is red does it just become sparkling exploitation?
Someone should really tell those sweatshop workers doing 16hr shifts to make Nikes that they’re living in a communist country where the workers have control over the means of production.


size and weight of a car
blocks of ice measuring 4 ft × 4 ft × 2 ft.
This you?

Because 32 cubic ft is about the volume of most residential AC units.


Is it?
92kWh/m^3 of energy is a lot of cooling. It’d be hard to not be effective.


I think youre misunderstanding one thing, which is that the ice is a replacement for batteries. While the system had a small battery for running a small pump and fan, its a small cheap one that doesn’t store much and the water has substantially more energy, equivalent to something like a large lithium battery.
The thermal battery is also far smaller, cheaper, and more robust than a lithium battery and it won’t deteriorate with repeated cycling. The obvious trade off is that in this case it can only be used for refrigeration and only down to 0C. So while its very niche, it is quite effective for home air conditioning.


I’m all for sanctioning them too. Economic sanctions are the bare minimum we should be doing to genocidal authoritarians.


Political agenda is a funny euphemism for imperialist invasion and genocide.
Hell yea
The irony could not be more palpable