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Climate Change Denial
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AquaY
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JRP3
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Only people who are trying to spread FUD or those who don't understand how they actually work.
Tropical storms and Hurricanes routinely end in boil notices and loss of power during freezes ends up doing the same. Enough pipes freeze and rupture in houses that water pressure across the system drops enough to allow ground water to containment the system.
After the freeze last year on a walk around our block we had turn off water to a neighbors house with water spewing under their garage. Another neighbor had a nice water feature on the side of their where their sprinkler system relief valve had ruptured due to freezing. Both had left their houses to find someplace with heat and didn’t realize damaging was happening after the pipes began to unfreeze.
I have to wonder if people still feel good about that one storm cycle.Must be climate change...
The nearly 17 feet of snow in California's Sierra Nevada is crushing records. It's still not enough | CNN
Heavy snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada in California -- enough to break records.www.cnn.com
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Another April storm cycle brings 1-3 feet of fresh pow to Tahoe - time to wax my skis!I have to wonder if people still feel good about that one storm cycle.
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South Lake Tahoe drops to a bone-chilling 9 degrees
A winter-like cold storm smacked the West Coast Monday, dumping several inches of snow on...
April 11, 12:43 p.m. A winter-like cold storm smacked the West Coast on Monday, dumping several inches of snow on California's Tahoe Basin in April. More storm activity is expected through Saturday, and over the course of the week, elevations above 6,500 feet could record totals of up to 1 to 3 feet of snow, said Jim Mathews, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
"The pattern is similar through the weekend, and we'll be getting more of these colder systems from the northeastern Pacific in coming days," Mathews, who works at the weather service's Sacramento office, said. "We'll be getting more wintry weather this week than we've had most of this winter."
Are you suggesting this brings our snowpack within normal parameters? Or is this just a trolling post? Important distinction, and I'd like to know the answer.Another April storm cycle brings 1-3 feet of fresh pow to Tahoe - time to wax my skis!
South Lake Tahoe drops to a bone-chilling 9 degrees
A winter-like cold storm smacked the West Coast Monday, dumping several inches of snow on...www.sfgate.com
April 11, 12:43 p.m. A winter-like cold storm smacked the West Coast on Monday, dumping several inches of snow on California's Tahoe Basin in April. More storm activity is expected through Saturday, and over the course of the week, elevations above 6,500 feet could record totals of up to 1 to 3 feet of snow, said Jim Mathews, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
"The pattern is similar through the weekend, and we'll be getting more of these colder systems from the northeastern Pacific in coming days," Mathews, who works at the weather service's Sacramento office, said. "We'll be getting more wintry weather this week than we've had most of this winter."
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JRP3
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Tesla fails to receive funding to install Superchargers in Texas with universal connectors
It was revealed last year that Tesla had applied with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) to receive funding to install Superchargers in the Lone Star State. Making the application interesting was that the program […]
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Something I expect to see in the third world.
CyberGus
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“Do we need support for gas stations? We don’t. So there’s no need for supporting a charging network. I would delete it. Delete. I’m literally saying get rid of all subsidies.” - Elon Musk of TexasTesla fails to receive funding to install Superchargers in Texas with universal connectors
It was revealed last year that Tesla had applied with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) to receive funding to install Superchargers in the Lone Star State. Making the application interesting was that the program […]
Something I expect to see in the third world.
AquaY
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You wouldn't take advantage of subsides if you could get them?
I HATE subsidies.. But when I got solar I sure took advantage of any I could get. You would too.
And if tesla didn't they wouldn't be doing what's right for us share holders.
Back in 2011 we had a hurricane. A gubment official from FEMA knocked on y door and asked me about damage. I told him what damage I had and he said I was probably " entitled" to money.
I said to him" Why?. If I'm underinsured isn't than my problem"
He explained how I was entitled if I'd fill out this form. Of course I filled it out.
I pay insanely high taxes. If the gubment wanted to give me a small % back I was taking it. It's like a discount on my taxes. Not much of one at that.
We should get rid of all subsidies but only a fool wouldn't take what is offered.
nwdiver
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Including indirect subsidies? If an activity you benefit from incurs a cost to someone else should there not be a fee for that activity to cover the cost incurred or to deter you from incurring that cost?
AquaY
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No.
Keep is simple. Government subsidies suck. They benefit the few at the expense of the many and they are always inefficient.
nwdiver
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Cool. So I should be able to keep driving on the roads without paying to maintain them since I don't buy gas => no road tax.
'Simple' Also 'net-metering' forever. It's more simple
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Only if technology is stagnant and no new ideas are explored. There's already a lithium mine in NV and GM is working with a company to extract lithium and other minerals from groundwater near the Salton Sea - cleaning up the water in the meantime - win-win.
GM is investing in a California lithium extraction project | TechCrunch
General Motors is investing in domestically sourced lithium. The company said Friday it became the first investor in an Australian company’s project totechcrunch.com
So much lithium has accumulated in the Salton Sea that we can mine it now.
New company Statevolt plans $4B 54GWh gigafactory in Imperial Valley; local lithium and geothermal from Hell’s Kitchen
Lars Carlstrom, the founder-CEO of Italvolt, announced the launch of a new company, Statevolt, which will construct a 54GWh Gigafactory in Imperial Valley, southern California with an expected CapEx of $4 billion. To launch the new facility, Statevolt has also signed a Letter of Intent (LOI)...
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CleanTechnica: You Might Be Paying For A Worthless Gas Plant.
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You Might Be Paying For A Worthless Gas Plant - CleanTechnica
As mortgage rates rise across the United States, imagine this: someone offers to sell you a brand-new home; Paying for a Worthless Gas Plant?
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We should note that this is the "new Elon Musk of Texas".
The old Elon Musk of California was happy to take advantage of a wide array of generous subsidies from California and US taxpayers to build his business. In fact, these subsidies saved him from bankruptcy several times. Tesla also benefited by California infrastructure (health, education, transportation, etc.). Now that Tesla is successful, he doesn't see a need to contribute back to the society that made him successful and has moved to our own "third world state" (lax regulation, low taxes, authoritarian government) where he can avoid paying for all of those subsidies which made him successful.
There is also the ongoing subsidy mandated by Federal Regulations where Tesla receives hundreds of millions of dollars by selling clean air credits to legacy auto. (Also in Europe.)
Of course, we shouldn't forget the subsidies provided by Nevada, New York, and Texas for his factories.
I, for one, am happy that Tesla receives these subsidies. I am disappointed at Elon's hypocrisy.
If he truly believes in getting rid of all subsidies then he should not accept them... but, of course, he won't.
CyberGus
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JRP3
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It's not unreasonable to accept subsidies in a world where subsidies are the norm while at the same time saying all subsidies should end. Rejecting subsidies when others take them puts you at a disadvantage.
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