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When Tesla moved on to structural battery, I think that is a signal that the batteries are reliable enough and long lasting enough, that an owner would not have to worry about degradation or cell failures. It will still happen, just a super low probability event. Now, if we start doing V2H...

That's another problem with simpletons. They see things as either/or. Never thinks of "what if". It's amazing human civilization has lasted so long. LOL

I think just putting solar above all the roads will produce more than enough solar for the whole USA! Plus, it will be very distributed and provide cover for drivers from the rain and sun! Maybe even wireless EV charging from above. LOL

Despite Recurrent thinking I should only have 258 miles range, my Tesla EPA range shows 264 miles at full... 272 when new. Just passed one year from purchase... might be a few months longer compared to mfg date. Update: Just checked my Recurrent web page, it shows 263 miles now. This closer...

I know, right, might as well reference Faux News where they report fake news and you decide. LOL

A lot of the improvements that would make sense is being held back by private land ownership. It is too bad Detroit was not just taken over by the government to be bulldozed and rebuilt from scratch, with all the modern and futuristic infrastructure like geothermal heating and other such...

Many people think gasoline just flows down from the mountaintop, like water, so it must have a floor price of $0. LOL What I've learned in the age of internet is that even if something is free, it may not be worth your trouble (cost) to get it - see case of natural gas. The great thing with...

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62410 Fortunately, we at least have some renewable production. Otherwise, this feedback loop of "warming climate - more HVAC use - more electricity use - more fossil fuel use" would be more intense...

In colder regions with decent population density, it would probably be smarter to create district heating with ground sourced heatpump or even by just pumping fluid in a closed system to draw heat from deeper down.

There should be a way for businesses to pay for climate damage. But then, profits would be down then the complaint is why the business have to be responsible for the cost of their pollution when everyone has been fine subsidizing via property damage, health damage, etc for decades. Gut the...

https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-cities-alcohol-excessive-heat-warning-1919217 😂 alcoholics denying that they have a drinking problem. 😂

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Surpasses-Europe-in-Per-Capita-Energy-Consumption.html Per Capita energy consumption higher… because of exports to EU. What a spin on the title. 😂

Correction, I was going by MPG vs MPGe: When I actually ran the numbers for existing sedans and SUVs.. ICE: 1 gallon of gasoline (=33.4 kWh) to go 15 miles, so 2.23 kWh EV: 1 kWh goes 4-5 miles, so 0.2 to 0.3 kWh So ICE to EV in the city reduces energy use by 80-90% plus outputs less heat in...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/27/supreme-court-epa-air-quality-regulation/ Step 1, figure out which way the wind blows. Step 2, set up polluting factories on the edge of your state. Step 3, happy residents because air is clean in YOUR state LOL

Theory proven! We literally have people in Las Vegas complaining about high electric bill this month. I guess 15-20F above normal is not sufficient to notice. LOL

Reason not everyone can comprehend what is happening to our climate. LOL

Every switch from ICE to EV reduces energy usage by 50-70% Every switch from resistive heat to heatpump reduces energy usage by 70-80% Every switch from electric water heater to heatpump water heated reduced energy usage by 60-70%. As more and more make the switch, our energy usage will...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/06/25/climate-aerosols-shipping-global-cooling/

Case in point

Not really, the PCM materials does not have to be at the optimum temp. It could be the source of heat/cold for Heatpump, so you can avoid running on resistive heat. Resistive heat is 30% efficient when electricity comes from a NG plant. NG heat is up to 95% HP space heating is up to 140% with...

We need advancements in application of PCMs. PC when electricity is available (store) and PC when we need it (use). LOL

The real reason, same with all the road and bridge fixing that's needed, is delayed maintenance and replacement to improve profit/lower taxes. Climate change, EVs, Heatpump, etc are just excuses. So TX mandates all these backup natural gas generation because "renewable is not reliable". The...

This is the reality for worshipers of denialism. The warning has been in place for decades against moving to Florida. But Freedumb fighters have to express themselves. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poison-pill-facing-florida-condo-151700886.html

Not smart to be in denial of flood insurance unless you are living in the desert and uphill with great drainage plan.

In the Tony Seba future, the utility will just charge us a flat grid fee and the energy is free. Some places are raising their grid fee to at least get something from the 100% 'self powered' rooftop solar owners who sends power into the grid during the day when wholesale electricity is cheap to...

And you have identified the enemy (problem) and it is us. 😂

Say goodbye to CA and the southern states (mostly R) as the R $$$ agenda will guarantee that those places become unlivable. We are seeing insurers backing out of CA, TX, FL... AZ is probably next.

You still don't get it. The big question is "what if the whole world lived like the USA". China is burning all that coal for the benefit (and cost) to the res of the world that keeps buying stuff from China. As long as our demand outpaced China's ability add renewable, it is really our fault.

Not hard, you were just talking about China being the most carbon negative country, so apparently you have a way to count when spewing rhetoric against China. How strange.

What if the "customer countries" get credited for both green and non-green energy in China? Meaning, US should get credited for being responsible for the coal use in China because we keep buying stuff from China made using coal power. At the same time, China should get credited for green...

https://newrepublic.com/article/182144/climate-denial-language-oil "This propaganda is spun out of six key terms that dominate the language of climate politics: alarmist, cost, growth, “India and China,” innovation, and resilience." This is why I keep jumping on the India/China excuse we keep...

https://newrepublic.com/article/182144/climate-denial-language-oil "This propaganda is spun out of six key terms that dominate the language of climate politics: alarmist, cost, growth, “India and China,” innovation, and resilience."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/its-time-to-add-climate-costs-to-your-household-budget-164515814.html Too many still thinking fossil fuel is cheap - because it does not account for the cost of burning fossil fuels. The bad news is that everyone shares in the cost regardless! :(

Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii When denial is no longer free...

https://electrek.co/2024/06/20/arizona-largest-battery-storage-project/ The state that is stuck in 1864 mentality. Denial as a policy, denial of denial in practice. ;)

The PhD would say "that depends". In California (and many other countries/states during Spring and Fall), the excess Jim produces just means the utility had to turn off some panels of their solar fields. It was maybe 5-10 years ago, in Las Vegas, I've seen a solar field with trackers that had...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/climate-change-reversing-cooling-trend/ Lizard people are behind this. They hope to take back the planet by 2150! ;)

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ercot-ecrs-fix-puct-texas-19518701.php "ERCOT’s independent watchdog criticized its rollout, arguing ECRS created artificial shortages that caused wholesale electricity prices to skyrocket last summer up to the maximum cap of $5,000 per...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/foremost-farmers-homeowners-insurance-19521020.php CA, FL, now TX. Which state is next to see insurers pull out?

"We don't have" if we don't look. That's the problem with that one party in the US that's in denial, because $$$. And now are "all in" on Bitcoin, or at least the one branded for their Dear Leader, because $$$. LOL https://duckduckgo.com/?q=algae+carbon+sequestration&ia=web...

The continued talk of nuclear is just dumb. Tony Seba talks about "Super Power" which is building excessive solar so that solar fields can provide enough power even on a cloudy day with minimal reliance on batteries. We have a lot of battery capacity that can be filled during the day, instead...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/20/what-if-there-just-is-no-solution-how-we-are-all-in-denial-about-the-climate-crisis

CA needs to require bird to put up Cancer warning signs on their bird nests. ;)

ERCOT gives up on plan to ease congestion in transmission that could trigger blackout Just pretend there is no problem. Survivor bias will ensure that people don't realize there was a problem. LOL

We need to look at this from a planet heat perspective. When you burn fuel (stashed away potential energy and carbon) at 33% efficiency and use a low end air heatpump or decent water Heatpump (300% efficient), you are not making a difference. When you set up renewables, it really does not...

https://mykiss1031.com/beware-texans-are-warned-if-you-see-fruit-at-a-gas-pump-leave-immediately/ Pick up the fruit, popo shows up to arrest you, better be good at denials. LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale So we move from Tier 0.1 civilization to Tier 0.01 civilization. Volcans continue to ignore Earth when the pass by on survey missions. LOL

The problem is once you start using it, the drug dealers starts working to keep us addicted, even at our disadvantage. The latest talk is to look for hydrogen deposits and tap that instead of converting NG or even electrolyzing. Just as with fossil fuels, since it's just there in the ground...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-achieves-incredible-milestone-power-110000085.html I do wish the neighboring states (that buys cheap renewable exported from California) offer EV rate to 3pm instead of ending early morning. I would rather charge my Tesla during late morning/early...