It's difficult to say how much the global electronics industry is being effected by the lockdown so how do you know there's 'no money coming in '?
Maybe not as bad you suggest, so i had a look at TT Electonics' recent covid update as a straw poll of the electronis industry (hardly a rigorous approach i know)
'To date, disruption to the Group's trading performance from COVID-19 has been relatively modest'
...that the UK urgently needs investment in energy storage....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/05/thousands-to-be-paid-for-daytime-green-electricity-use-during-lockdown
https://uk.r*uters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-study/coronavirus-can-persist-in-air-for-hours-and-on-surfaces-for-days-study-idUKKBN2143QP
Actually mentiuons cardboard specifically for those who care!
Put a 'e ' for the ' *'
In the meantime, I think the low point is still ahead so i'm waiting...
Yes i think you are right when you say that burning coal will continue to be financially competitive, however damaging the resulting emissions are to the planet. However that is primararily because it's free to emit as much CO2 as you like. Other competitive/political dangers to a long lifetime power station are numerous and i don't want to get too involved except to say that the link was meant to provoke some reflection of these possibilities . GLA
https://leadership.ng/2020/03/11/6-new-coronavirus-cases-in-south-africa-over-100-across-africa/
Just getting going in SA
Interesting thoughts TD and good work on your dismantling of the coin cell too. The battery and the capacitor share a striking similarity in that they are both essentially 2 conducting electrodes separated by 'stuff'. I'd never thought of the possibility that they could be combined though till now...
The fear of global slowdown is undeniable, why else are all the markets tanking? Your point that it might not happen/ is an overeaction is valid, but in a way irelevant (in the context of the stock market) when enough people fear the opposite and are panic selling! It can be both irrational (your point) and true (my point) at the same time!
Yes the fear of this outbreak does seem slightly disproportionate given the mortality being close to the average for flu (around 1%) but a quick look at wikipedia would imply that recent virus's have a mortality of nearer 0.1-0.2%. The average is boosted by the much larger numbers who died with spanich flu in 1918-20 (mortality 2-3%). So coronvirus is considered a threat at 1% but the real danger (and therefore perceived risk) is the much higher expected transmission rates due to our connected world and the potential economic damage that this will cause to our globalised economies in 2020 imho.
I'm more of the opinion that the greater risk to the SP is more a case of global slowdown than cardboard bio-hazard risk! Either way my previous entry point of 330 ish has been revised downwards. I'm inclined to agree that sub 300 is quite likely....