Energy

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It would seem charging below zero can be rather slow. Granted the battery is not warm but I’m only chargIn at 8 mi/hr. Switching from energy to distance measuring I do see the 10kW charge rate it just must be the temps. I’m visiting family and have 50 charge with a super charger 67 miles away.

$180bn investment in plastic factories feeds global packaging binge $180bn investment in plastic factories feeds global packaging binge Looks like the fossil fuel companies have opened a new front in their war on humanity. Large investment in plastic production will burry us in plastic waste.

I am a tesla enthusiast and owner for many years; I’ve had several roadsters and Model S’ Presently I am driving an S P85DL I was asked to do a presentation with an elementary school in the Orlando area in early January. They are hoping I can inspire some young minds about the future of...

An Oxford study said that it would take the power of 4000 homes to charge a Tesla semi. I ran the numbers myself and found that solar panels on 5 or 6 rooftops would supply enough energy for a Tesla Semi's annual needs (link). The Oxford study seems to be framed to put the Megacharger's needs...

Came initially on line Dec 2, some shutdowns to optimize. Hit first MWh at 10:00am Pacific Dec 21 after 20 days. Array is pointed to peak production in the Summer when power is $$$. Monitoring was not enabled until Dec 14, but the inverter stores total production since coming on-line. Happy...

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This is a sponsored post from Renewz, a provider of smart, solar canopies. I’m a Tesla owner and fan, ever since I visited the Fremont factory in May 2012 where I saw the very first battery packs being tested. At that time, I was there to help them with designs for their...

Realized I left out a very important step in the relationship progression example I used by way of intro post before last. When he lets you drive it. Hot ticket item. Tesla stocks rise as markets recognize PepsiCo in semi preorder driver seat. They've joined the queue with their 100 truck buy...

So, in order to generate Bitcoins, it takes a large amount of computer power and a large amount of energy. How about creating a environmentally friendly currency. What if there was an environmentally friendly powered device one could purchase or build that captured CO2, and as it did it...

If we end up making an effort to remove carbon from the atmosphere, are we ultimately going to end up with giant piles of graphite? We could remove some carbon with Ferrock and/or Novacem, or perhaps manufacturing bioplastic, using it once, and landfilling it, but it seems like graphite would...

This is going to crash the entire global economy. Run for your lives. World Bank Group Announcements at One Planet Summit

This editorial won't help ...

2017 promises to end for Tesla coming down on positive side of that production slope for Model 3. Have you noticed the periodic buzz reports of inventory being spotted here and there? Recently though it's all about the semi. Preorders are rolling in and this is looking like a repeat of Model 3's...

There is already a different thread about LPPFusion. See LPP questions/discussion However, I thought of starting another one as this article gives a good comparison to the ever decreasing price of solar LPPFusion Update | Over 80% of minimum goal reached, answers on solar comparison

Okay this might be a bit speculative for what we normally talk about here, but there's also a lot of folks here thinking about the long-term and specifically the long-term energy landscape. So: we're rapidly entering an era of (almost-)free, clean, ubiquitous energy. If we're at 1.7c/kwh solar...

Just purchased carbon credits for the first time this year. They don't really solve the problem imo but it seems like a nice small thing to do. Anybody heard of something like that but for other emissions like NOX? At a local level those are a lot more important to me than carbon.

I’ve seen it discussed that charging will warm the battery up to allow for better temperatures for winter charging. Also I’ve read that charging before you drive can help you preheat the pack. But is it possible to keep the pack warm all the time by keeping the charge rate around 10A~...

Hi all. We are Canadian. We own property in the Palm Springs area and live in the US about 4 months of the year. We always hear about the tight standards for vehicle emissions in California and we see the various "smog check" signs on various garages etc. We are confused on whether these are...

Can't seem to get a clear answer on this. The ability to win back energy during braking is one of the nicest feature of EVs of course. However, many cars spend a lot ot time getting stuck in stop and go traffic each day. Therefore my question. See if you can fault my way of reasoning. During...

To Where'ere Our Hearts Shall Thrust Us When a man finds the vehicle. You know she's the apple of his eye. If he lets you have a peep at it? You're cool. If he permits getting up close to touch and tinker? He respects your opinion. Find yourself in the passenger seat along for a ride...

Pretty neat... ~$400/kWh but ~14k cycle-life. Further reason why I'm not at all bothered by the intermittency of solar and wind... as storage becomes necessary we'll build it. Nuclear is done.

PV increases efficiency of cultivatable land use by more than 60%, Fraunhofer ISE says The trick appears to be orienting the panels to face SW so that morning sun reaches the crops.

I'm planning on getting solar installed on my home but my AHJ requires plans to be stamped by a PE. Does anyone know a PE in FL that would be willing (for a fee ofcourse) to review and stamp my permit package (if they agree with the design of course). I've called over 10 companies locally and...

Telsa owners in the NYC Con Edison service area may be interested in using discount from FleetCarma Just install a device and get electric discounts for charging your Tesla or any other EV Please use my referral code if interested: SmartCharge New York | FleetCarma It works flawlessly and...

It appears along with the Tesla semi event, HRSMotors went live which is a business owned by @wk057 and a partner offer a large range of tesla upgrades and Tesla electric components and drive units for non tesla uses, very cool! HSR Motors

Point out this fact; Every Sweet Potato in the world is a Trans-Genic GMO. The Natural GMO Sweet potatoes aren't tubers, like potatoes. They're roots — swollen, puffed-up parts of the root. "We think the bacteria genes help the plant produce two hormones that change the root and make it...

Here ya go, Making America Great Again one dead elephant at a time... U.S. Lifts Ban On Importing Elephant Trophies From Zimbabwe And Zambia I would like to formally apologize to everyone in the world, on behalf of the dozen or so sane people left in this country. I am truly ashamed to be an...

I drive by large California solar plants in the deserts and just get pissed off for the wildlife habitat they have scraped clean. I know good and well that rooftop solar on every roof in California is the better answer. But this article does make me feel somewhat better that the land is not...

U.S. to promote 'universal access' to fossil fuels at climate talks Might as well complete the trifecta by throwing in Universal Access to automatic weapons, and unlimited Carfentanil. RT

Motor Mouth: A few more inconvenient truths about EV CO2 emissions The article sites a study from U. of Michigan that expresses the CO2 emission of EVs in terms of mpg equivalent of ICE cars, different numbers depending on the generating source of the electrical energy, which comes out to...

Trouble is, some will read this and believe it. Sad... Why Calling Electric Cars 'Zero Emission' Is Blatantly False Advertising

"Federal Electric Car Tax Credit, Once Bipartisan, Threatened by Republican Tax Reform" kochvsclean.com/federal-electric-car-tax-credit-bipartisan-threatened-republican-tax-reform/ Published on Monday 06Nov17. Please share and comment on impact to Telsa and US EV market as a whole, and what...

Has anyone had personal experience with Solar installation in Texas? I'm getting quotes primarily because the City of College Station is the only electric provider I can use and they charge a pretty high 0.12 per kwh. With the Tesla & a pool our bills are pretty dang high. I met with...

Hats. To write well can be existential. Scribes, if so gifted, possess an ability to visit other physical and or material worlds. Peruse varying mindsets. Often requiring, in a sense, becoming part of these persons or things for best comprehension. Interactively speaking. Learning tool? Sounds...

Perry: Fossil fuels can stop sex assault

Consider contacting your congressional representative and two US senators. I did.

I'm fighting a very anti-DG rate case in NM. The local thugs are attempting to increase the fee for solar PV to $0.041/kWh produced. So if I were to charge my car perfectly... taking ~40kWh from the roof and directly into my car... NEVER using the grid... I would owe $1.64 for using MY solar...

In the thread linked below I made the assertion that WA has world-leading supplies of cobalt and lithium, both likely to be cheaper and easier to extract than in most locations. I further argued that with both of those essential metals close at hand it might well be more efficacious to have a...

If you're a happy and you know it Tesla car owner you're probably shaking your head over this week's heightened media stories about the electric car company. Whereas investors are either scouting some legal office or steady trying to wrap their minds and money around Tesla's core values. Namely...

I’m thinking a 15kw solar array & 84kw Powerwall. Well, technically not fully off grid, as there’ll be plenty of surplus electrons to get the government feed in rebate My general rule of thumb where I am for solar, utilising panels with microinverters, is a 1 to 1 production rate on a cloudy...

CAISO 201710201400 by Sean Wagner posted Oct 20, 2017 at 11:00 PM Yesterday too - I find it quite remarkable, even though it's a peak figure. Wind energy usually doesn't regularly contribute such significant amounts [and doesn't come close to Texas' roughly 21GW of installed capacity]. See...

Hi everyone. Trying to get definitive insight on this before doing risky experiments. Couldn't find anything on this elsewhere... Thanks in advance.

Funding for solar project in Queensland - PACE This is really interesting About 43 MW wind 15 MW PV 2 MW battery (capacity not reported.) All for 126 Million USD Wind capacity is usually about 50 - 100% greater than PV. This is actually a pilot of sorts, that if successful will lead to a...

Now that I'm getting a rooftop solar install, it has occurred to me that I don't know how solar installs are rated. A lot of times, the panels are rated at higher capacity than the inverters. So is the entire system rating based on the panels or the inverters? For example, my system will have...

Hi everyone! My Founders Powerwall 2 experience seems a bit different from some of the other posts here, so I thought I'd start a new thread about it. Mods: Please feel free to merge in to another thread. Contact Method: Phone and personalized email I received a call from a Tesla Energy...

The Dutch government has announced one of the world’s most aggressive plans to transition its transportation system to electric, a goal for all new vehicles in the Netherlands to be zero-emissions by 2030. The proposal was included in recommendations by the country’s four coalition...

AC is the lions share of my energy consumption so when replacing my AC this next coming spring it is really making me reach out and do my homework. In a nutshell an ice block is created at night when power is cheaper and cooler and expended during peak times. At this point I haven't started...

Oxford will ban petrol and diesel cars from its city centre from 2020 onwards in the latest round of air quality plans. It’ll be the first city in the UK to introduce such a ban, going further than London’s Congestion Charge and upcoming T-Charge for high-polluting diesel cars. Oxford City...