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Bob! Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another i.
Bob Cratchit Empire Wind 2 project terminated as Equinor and BP seek a reset Equinor and BP have decided to terminate the Empire Wind 2 project, citing inflation, interest rates, and supply chain disruptions. The Northeastern U.S. offshore project promised a potential generative capacity of 1,260 MW. But the project was already on the chopping block after the New York State Public Service Commission denied petitions filed by a group of developers and a state renewable energy trade association seeking billions of dollars in additional funding from consumers for four proposed offshore wind projects and 86 land-based renewable projects. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com...-seek-a-reset/ What, green energy is going to cost consumers more? Tell me it ain't so. |
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Yeah, 'cause you'd die at 55 years old...
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This is what I find interesting. ICEV typically have a 400-mile range and recharge in 5 minutes. EV have a typical 200-mile range (given the recharging parameter of EV batteries is fastest charging and least inducement of battery damage is to charge between 20% to 80%) and charge in 30 to 50 minutes. Yet gas stations are ubiquitous; most small towns have at least two, and interstates have gas station exits nearly every 10 miles. The opposite is true for the EV, the infrastructure is sparse and the investment to spread the infrastructure is mostly being made by the government. Sure, ICE has a 100-year head start, but I'll counter with how many gas stations (locations) are 100 years old? So, if ICEV are the vehicles that have 400-mile ranges and a charging station every 10 miles, why do I need to change my refueling parameters to accept a vehicle that gets 200-miles to a fuel load and takes 6 to 10 times as long to refuel if I convert to EV? Why do I have to accept needing 4 phone apps and navigation/routing software to constantly replan for charging availability during a road trip (non-Tesla)? I think this was the point of the MacMaster video regarding the Texaco stations, to make it clear the EV/ICEV refueling dichotomy I just wrote about.
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* for the Z3 I don't keep fuel records because it's my wife's car and she never kept such data (she's not a nerd), but the Z3 pretty much mirrors the Z4 MPG (around 27) so I use the Z4 data for the Z3 for this analysis. The Motor Trend data for the Model 3 RWD vs. the Accord indicates a 2-cent energy savings for the Tesla. Considering the minimal fuel cost savings an EV would provide against the tradeoff of range anxiety and public refueling compromises (both Motor Trend's data and my real data), to me it's not worth the price (savings) of EV admission.
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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test
100% to zero in 254 miles. Advertised as 320-mile range. Not exactly great. https://nypost.com/2024/01/05/busine...ertised-range/ |
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China’s premier automaker, BYD, financially backed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is now the world’s biggest seller of Electric Vehicles (EVs) BYD and other Chinese automakers are hoping to flood the U.S. market with cheap, subsidized EVs to sell to Americans who are turned off by Tesla EVs and their high prices. BYD owns its own battery supply chain too, helping margins even as the cost of the materials needed to make its cars has increased. Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) President Scott Paul has previously called BYD “an arm of China’s military and government” because of the automaker’s direct ties to the CCP and the billions in subsidies it enjoys. What could possibly go wrong. BYD the new Huawei |
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*I think we should use the correct term "climatementalists" (I'm coining it here and now!). Most people care about keeping the environment clean and unpolluted as possible. I think fit that "environmentalist" definition.
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Virginia Passes “Right To Charge” at Condos & HOAs The legislation prohibits HOAs, condominium associations and cooperatives from prohibiting the installation of an electric vehicle charging station in a resident’s designated parking space. The bill sets a certain framework including requiring the EV owner to pay for the electricity plus the cost of the installation of the charging stations. Joins New York, Florida, Colorado, California, Oregon & Hawaii in Right to Charge https://pluginsites.org/virginia-pas...t-condos-hoas/ Who Pays for Electric Car Charging Stations? If your HOA plans to install one or more charging stations, you must make sure to have room in the budget for them. On average, the cost to install electric car charging stations can range from $850 to $2,200 per piece. Some even go for as much as $4,500 a pop. There is also the question of maintenance and who should pay for them. One option is to include the maintenance costs in the computation of HOA dues. But, that would mean dividing the costs among all homeowners — even the ones who don’t use the charging station. |
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$4,500 is around 45,000 miles of fuel cost for an ICEV at $3.30/gal and 35 MPG. That's a 3 - 4 year payback. Nice legislation, but I think it really goes nowhere.
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Yes powering up a 50 amp outlet in your garage for a level two charger is likely child's play compared to remote EV charging station with under ground boring, under ground cabling and the joy of vandalism. I can't even keep a mail box ding free out in the country. A street or parking lot EV charging station with copper wire will not make 30 days.
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Lol, I try it for a day and of course it doesn't work well. I told myself I cannot be a climate fearer or be a person who call himself/herself a world saver. At least I try and I am honest to myself. However kids love it, my neighbour love it (the hot tub part). They want it everyday.
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I have 3 BMW and I can afford an expensive winter sport and have fun travel all over the world to play. Who need to have everything in the world.
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