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THil08 said:
That is true in some sense. But luckily we have a big beautiful ocean that actually cleans 30% which is a decent amount of the CO2. And Trees clean about a 25%. Of human made CO2. Just wanting to put that out there. But yes EVs are better for the environment. Besides the child and slave labor in countries that are mining the resources.
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You're looking at this all wrong. China is bad for our country in the long run, so let them slowly poison their land and water while we enjoy less air pollution. I have yet to see any Ev-is-better-than-ICE argument/study that factors in the ever-changing mining side of things. Every new battery chemistry coming out requires different processes, and often different mines altogether to supply the different elements and compounds being used. As a new battery chemistry takes over, are the old mines just abandoned, leaving their chemicals to leach into the ground?
 
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THil08 said:
Not super surprised. But all it takes is now that out for the Oil companies to see and they will find revenge.
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The current Administration’s efforts to jump-start nuclear power and fossil fuels are not succeeding. Capacity additions from solar, wind, and battery storage continue to dramatically outpace those from gas, coal, and nuclear, and by growing margins.
 
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If they thought September solar/battery numbers were good, wait until fourth quarter numbers come out. I suspect they'll ramp up a good bit with the expiring federal credits coming to an end on the 31st. After that, I suspect they'll slow dramatically like EV sales did after the end of their credits. I suspect we'll see a big growth in nuclear due to data center requirements, but those plants take many years of regulatory hurdles before anything can even start.
 
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speedrye said:
If they thought September solar/battery numbers were good, wait until fourth quarter numbers come out. I suspect they'll ramp up a good bit with the expiring federal credits coming to an end on the 31st. After that, I suspect they'll slow dramatically like EV sales did after the end of their credits. I suspect we'll see a big growth in nuclear due to data center requirements, but those plants take many years of regulatory hurdles before anything can even start.
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Regulatory hurdles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
speedrye said:
If they thought September solar/battery numbers were good, wait until fourth quarter numbers come out. I suspect they'll ramp up a good bit with the expiring federal credits coming to an end on the 31st. After that, I suspect they'll slow dramatically like EV sales did after the end of their credits. I suspect we'll see a big growth in nuclear due to data center requirements, but those plants take many years of regulatory hurdles before anything can even start.
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They are going up slowly, but they have to meet certain standards.
 
speedrye said:
If they thought September solar/battery numbers were good, wait until fourth quarter numbers come out. I suspect they'll ramp up a good bit with the expiring federal credits coming to an end on the 31st. After that, I suspect they'll slow dramatically like EV sales did after the end of their credits. I suspect we'll see a big growth in nuclear due to data center requirements, but those plants take many years of regulatory hurdles before anything can even start.
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We've had two houses in our street install solar this past month with the credits expiring. I also saw them giving a quote to another house so I'll be interested to see if it turns out to be 3 houses before the end of the year.
 
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