It is blatantly not motivated by the economy (except the few vested interests).
It is mostly about power.
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I don't know, man. What if its cloudy?
You can use batterys
Me shouting the answer, but you can't hear it over the bombs exploding across the Straight of Hormuz
There are other expenses and location also plays a big role, but it is certainly true that solar is much cheaper when all is said and done. Hence why the energy transition continues in the US even without subsidies.
my solar panels don't produce shit because my city never sees the sun.
I'm solar fan #1, but 5x that price would still be a good deal on panels
only problem with me personally about this, is that i'm stuck with gasoline using car, i dont have money to buy 50k electric car :/
We got ours for 30k with 200 miles on it, retails 45k.
Dealerships hate buying these cars used because they think there isn't a market for used ev's, in part because they're so expensive, anyone who wants an ev can afford to buy one new, they think the second hand market isn't there, go in and offer to buy a used one and see what your dealer says, I bet you can get one for half that.
Also there's some electric only second hand dealerships starting to pop up. Maybe one in your area?
I don't know anything about the situation in the US, but you get a great second hand EV for around 12.000€ here in Germany. Combustion is cheaper to buy but gets more expensive over time. It has over 250 moving parts, EVs have like 7.
Ikr? I could have had $10k BYD Dolphin, but we haaaad to do the tariff wars.
I will offhandedly mention that ebikes are getting pretty good/cheap nowadays, but that's obviously not going to work for everyone.
good time to plug the technology connections video
I missed it when it made the rounds a few weeks back. Thanks for sharing again!
When is it ever a bad time?
good time to plug the technology connections video
good time to plug the technology connections video
A) only one of those technologies is burning the planet... kinda big part of the equation
B) here are the numbers for australia:
source: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/Electricity-transition/GenCost
C) see A
Agreed. A more telling graph would incorporate socialized losses, including subsidies, life-and-limb for related industries, quality of life, and life expectancy. I sincerely doubt these costs for the construction, manufacture, and installation of solar panels comes anywhere close to that of petroleum products.
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