Accounting is tricky. I doubt they are expensing their engineering and tooling costs, but crazier things have happened.
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“Green energy” is definitely not environmentally friendly.
- Scientists came up with a process to disassemble the epoxy composite of wind turbine blades.
- The process can contribute to establishing a potential circular economy in the wind turbine, aerospace, automotive and space industries.
- Wind turbine blades mostly end up at waste landfills when they are decommissioned, because they are extremely difficult to break down
In Iowa, which has the second-highest installed wind power capacity in the country after Texas, a 2022 study of wind ordinances found that 16 of 99 counties had prohibitive rules or a ban against new projects, most of them approved in the previous four years. Between moratoriums and requirements for setbacks between turbines and things such as neighboring property lines, roads or buildings, developers won’t even consider projects on around half to three quarters of land with good wind resources, according to a study by the nonprofit research firm ClearPath and consulting group LucidCatalyst.
Despite soaring demand and available capital even before the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, U.S. clean power installations dipped 16% last year and 12% over 2020, according to the American Clean Power Association. It was the worst year for land-based wind installations since 2018.
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Here is the layman’s explanation … well via Chase Banking … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KodqIPMbyUg
What has not been discussed is the necessity of wind turbines on space vehicles. We all know that the solar winds are important, impotent, or omnipotent, depending on the lunar cycle. Consequently, those winds may capture the elusive carbon killer/sniper/bomber/hater/abortion-reducer, fill the imaginary ozone hole, and save the earth from the evil c̶o̶n̶s̶e̶r̶v̶a̶t̶i̶v̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶e̶r̶s̶,̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶e̶r̶s̶ … ???
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Japan’s coal problem is not what the article implies. It is the crazies that want them to give up clean, reliable, low cost fossil fuels for unreliable, expensive wind and solar.
Japan has a coal problem.
The country’s dependence on fossil fuels has been growing since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and consequential Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which led to understandable widespread public opposition to nuclear energy. However, rather than taking the opportunity to set the course for a swift transition to renewable energy, the government and regional power companies have bet on fossil fuels. Coal, in particular, has played an outsized and dangerous role in the country’s energy mix since then.
Japan’s coal addiction goes beyond its own borders, too. In Power Shift: Shifting G20 International Pubic Finance from Coal to Renewables, a December 2017 report co-published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and others, Japan is shown to be the largest public source of overseas coal project funding in dollar terms among the G7 nations, second only to China on a global scale.
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Coal and nuclear. Japan’s new Prime Minister Kishida is doing a great job. “Scarred by Fukushima” LOL
TOKYO — Japan adopted a plan on Thursday to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster that once planned to phase out atomic power.
In the face of global fuel shortages, rising prices and pressure to reduce carbon emissions, Japan’s leaders have begun to turn back toward nuclear energy, but the announcement was their clearest commitment yet after keeping mum on delicate topics like the possibility of building new reactors.
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What about mining the materials and manufacturing the batteries? How do we recycle them?
As for the idea that EV’s reduce fossil fuel usage, there’s a problem with that: 60 percent of the nation’s electricity is generated by fossil fuels. When you do the math, that means an 8,000-pound Hummer actually is responsible for more fossil fuel use than a 3,000-pound Civic. Or in other words, you’re using mostly fossil fuels to drag those heavy batteries around
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We went to a local playground today, and in the parking lot they’d installed a charging station. The 4 stations commandeered 5 parking spots, and the related huge electric boxes and panel infrastructure took what had been another 5 parking spots.
While we were there, an older gentleman pulled up and plugged in. 45 minutes later when we left, he was still sitting there in the car, just chilling waiting for the car to charge. Even ignoring all the other inefficiencies and obstacles, I simply cannot understand how anyone sees this as a viable alternative, let alone a replacement solution.
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Quite a few common sense arguments for Hybrids over EVs.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/targeting-toyota-for-its-electric-vehicle-heresy-akio-toyoda-hybrids-ev-climate-change-b5f67d6c
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Trying to charge up the EV batteries and replace natural gas heating with unreliable wind and solar is putting the grid at risk.
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Edit. This event occurred over a period of days. The amount of battery back up energy required to compensate for the outage is far beyond the capacity of current systems.
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All you know he was still sitting there. He may have charged up in 20 mins and was just sitting there playing on fb.
Im not an end all be all ev supporter. But i dislike spewing BS for a particular political position.
My local dinner added 8? Charging stations. When was the last time your local eatery added a gas station ? When needed there will be enough financial to build out more chargers. Doest make sense to do it now.
When needed the grid will be updated too. Doesn’t make financial sense to do it now. So they havent.
Yep … tricity comes from fossil fuels tio. Thats ok. 
Evs still get about 3-4x better use out of that same energy than ICE cars do. An full EV doubles the efficiency of my 50mpg toyota camry.
Getting away from oil is obviously good as it saves us from dealing with opec n their bullshit.
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Well, I could also see the screen of the charger, so…
When is the last time you had time to eat dinner while waiting for your gas tank to fill? It’s hardly an inconvenience to stop for a fill-up on the way to wherever you are going, including to dinner. Charging stations almost have to be destination stops, gas pumps do not.
I also dislike dismissing pretty straightforward criticism as “political BS”.
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The problem with the grid is how they price the interconnect buildouts. If I want to add a power generating station, I have to pay for my connection, and upgrading the entire local grid to handle the extra power if it can’t already handle it. This doesn’t make sense when multiple generating stations are being built. It would make financial sense if they either all split the cost, or someone else owned the grid and collected maintenance and upgrade fees by splitting it for all the users and over a longer period.
Gas pumps do not have to be destination stops, but they almost always are – there’s always a convenience store. Right now people mostly go to get gas and might stop by the store out of convenience. In the future we will primarily go to the store and charge up out of convenience.
Those aren’t destinations, they’re grab-n-go, quickly in-and-out. Thus they’re matched accordingly. I tried to include that exact mention in my comment but couldn’t get it phrased right. Even when attached to a grocery store, the gas pumps are something you use quickly when arriving or leaving as a convenience, grocery shopping isn’t giving you something to do while waiting for your gas tank to fill.
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That’s because it fits the current model. The model is changing. We’ll no longer need to go to gas stations to charge up, and “waiting for your gas tank to fill” will no longer be a thing – we’ll be able to charge up while doing something else. Gas stations don’t have to become destination stops – destination stops will become “gas” stations. It could turn a regular business expense (parking lot) into a profit center.
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We will be forced to waste a significant amount of time doing something else while waiting to charge up.
It isnt a thing now.
That was the entire point of my initial comment. That’s the problem - wherever you charge up, you are stuck there for an extended length of time.
You consider that to be a good thing? I dont want to be forced to overpay for charging because it’s tied to where I need to spend my time, or be forced to waste lots of time somewhere I dont need to be because it’s the most economical (or most available) charging option.
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Huh? I’ve been driving, legally for 56 years. The only time a gas station has been my destination is when I was getting diesel or gas for outdoor equipment or watercraft. If gas stations “almost always are” a destination for you, you can reduce your fuel bill by purchasing fuel on the way to your destination.
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