Buckle up for rolling blackouts in the summer.
This is a very big deal and unfortunately has
already passed the senate. Not smart at all.
It will impact every Texan directly - in costs,
blackouts, or both.
Other countries racing to renewables and we are getting ready to shift in reverse.
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Why focus on various solutions when our paymasters say believe in our hoodoo voodoo
Summary of points is helpful when linking to a pay site.
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Iām sorry , Iām not following what point you
are trying to make here. Can you give us
some insight into how this link supports or
contradicts something that has been posted ?
Basically the bills would require all
new and existing wind and solar sources
to provide battery backup or gas powered
turbines at night and when the wind doesnāt blow.
Failure to do so results in high fines which
would pass on the cost to customers or just
shutdown the zero fuel cost energy.
If an existing renewable project doesnāt have backup power so it can supply electricity when the sun isnāt shining or the wind isnāt blowing, its owner would have to pay a steep fine ā or stop operating the project completely.
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Will add this here since related to EVs. With all the other news and things happening in the country, maybe this got overlooked. Or this site is just re-reporting previous findings to generate clicks 
. Really not sure but 1.5 trillion lithium find seems like a big deal.
Edit: This was reported back in 2023ā¦so add the site above to your suspect list 
The U.S. may have the largest known lithium deposit - Big Think.
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Where have you been? lol, these nuts.
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Whatās sad are the comments, posters claiming renewables pollute more than fossil fuels. Like the mining. Fossil Fuels, this you?
As of September 13, 2024.
Has much happened since then?
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A lot. In fact, Teslaās (PE ratio back to about 200)CyberTruck is no longer the best selling EV truck in the US. Fordās (PE under 9)Lightning has taken that spotā¦
https://insideevs.com/news/759788/tesla-cybertruck-q1-registrations-top/
Interesting Slate EV newsā¦ ($50 aināt much to reserve a vehicle).
Also interesting, Tesla has apparently only delivered about 50K CyberTrucksā¦total. Fail.
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That probably still makes it a top 10 best selling EV in the US.
When Ford decided to build the small Maverick truck, it teased it, took deposits. It came out close to a full year after the promised release date and a lot of those buyers went elsewhere. Slate had better get on the stick. Delays will kill interest and kill confidence in Slateās ability to deliver the product.
Honda pulls back on EV strategy for now and will push hybrid sales
https://apnews.com/article/honda-japan-us-ev-sales-hybrid-48fb1e4840c5b3889fda5c9e1531f783
Makes sense. I was uncertain a few years ago about hybrids but after owning two of them now I am surprised they are not at the forefront of strategies and I am not talking about plug in hybrids. If I have to plug it in, then it might as well be an EV.
I get that take, but for those with trip-range-on-the-road-charging-anxieties, itās
nice to have the liquid fuel fall back option and be on full electric on the daily
commutes. Itās nice to have so many options ! Iām probably still 3 years out from
replacing the ICE family car, but really looking forward to doing something different.
Trip range anxiety and having to plan for charging is not what I want on a trip.
My non-plug in hybrids get me just a bit over 500 miles on a tank of gas combined with the battery. This kind of hybrid makes most sense and its an easy transition for the average driver that just wants to get in the car and go.
Is the range much better with a plug in hybrid?
Maybe itās just me, but the idea of getting home and plugging in my hybrid, when I didnāt have to plug in my other ones, well, itās just not appealing.
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