While there have been some localized pricing events driven by wind production credits, you'll have a hard time finding anyone knowledgeable in energy markets that would argue the overall driver is gas. Small, local perturbations are irrelevant to the big picture, and even those could change drastically with even minor policy adjustments.
There will be no low cost energy, there will be no reserves. It's just a quick cash grab.
Not quite true. There is a huge supply that will last much longer than 4 years. But there will continue to be a cash grab.
Gas fracking is the big dog in the energy market right now, and driving down pricing in the electrical market. But below about $3.5/Mbtu, profitability drops below the point where it makes sense to add new extractions, so new development slows to a crawl. At the same time, gas fired generation steadily increases due to the low cost, thus the overall energy market dependance on nat gas increases. Once this dependency reaches a tipping point, the gas companies can raise prices significantly. This price spike will be temporary, as it will invite more extractions, and thus increase supply. So you will see a cyclic price pattern combined with some extreme spikes during periods of excessive demand (primarily very cold weather). The greater the dependency becomes, the bigger the cycles and spikes will become, with added uncertainly a periods of huge price spikes.
Yeah, arduino type hardwares, breadboards, and a host of related parts like actuators and leds would provide an endless set of options, and be re-useable.
A great idea, one that could probably find a lot of funding support.
I didn't say the would get that tax money, I just said please don't take it. As we all know, there are generous tax incentives, often 33% to over 50%, to pay for certain renewable power installations and for forced purchase of power from those installation at much greater than wholesale rates. I don't mind a little help, and incentives for building the factory and creating the jobs, but don't put us on the hook to pay for their energy use, particularly from an overall highly expensive installation.
Not OK with the handouts. And I am also not aware of those companies getting federal money specifically to pay their power bill.
Which are you OK with?
Which companies are you referring to that are using federal tax dollars to pay their power bill? I think you are confusing State tax incentives for locating business.
I think it is wonderful that they will try this out, but don't want my tax dollar to finance 40% (or whatever) of their power costs. Embed the cost in the finances of the company and the product cost, please. Then I'll be cheering you on for success.
You certainly have the legal right to slow others down, and to ignore the common sense rules of driving, be it to make a point or just to be a d-head. Don't worry about the fact that by following the simplest of rules, traffic flow can be greatly improved for all. That's secondary, right?
When these controls become smart enough to stay out of the passing lane except to pass, and to let others pass, then I'll begin to look forward to their deployment.
You should stick to discussing your own back problems and not mine. The reason reclining slightly helps ME in many airline seats is due to my height and the mismatch of seat support to my back. Lumbar support (added by me) with a slight recline reduces the forward pressure near my shoulder area from the part of the seat that is a headrest area for many.
I have managed my back issues quite well for many years, thanks for your unsolicited advice.
Along these lines, but a bit OT, I have found it surprisingly hard to find a decent DV capture software. The one's I've tried have had problems with audio sync or even finding the device. I have wasted hours getting my DV tapes to digital, and have been putting off trying again.
That few degrees makes a big difference to me. I have back problems and am tall, and unfortunately the part of the seat that most people rest their head against pushes out on my shoulders, making even a 1 hour flight a pain session. A slight recline makes a huge difference. I am amazed that the poor ergonomic range of airline seats.
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Hint for you long legged ones; Taking the magazines out of the seat pocket can gain you 3/4 inch in knee room on some planes.
I see you are emotionally invested in this. Please, recognize that politicians of all parties act on events getting play in the headlines. Its not like Ebola is a new problem.
You are making a lot of assumptions regarding my post, mostly it seems based on your own perceptions or seeming need to feel defensive. I simply made an observation, I'll leave judgement to those like you who feel the need to make it.
Well, when we are dealing with needing sales in the hundreds, or at least tens of thousands to make a big difference in market share, a few hundred sales more or less in the narrow Tesla market would not be very relevant.
Market share is stagnant, according to that description. Of course, the cost of Tesla limits it market to start with, even if they significantly increased sales it would not impact total EV market share that much. It does not take a huge number of sales for the upper end EV market to become saturated. Significant overall market share improvement can only be achieved with more products in the lower cost brackets, and that is where the total lifetime cost & functionality comparisons against gas cars become a lot more prevalent.
The question is what habits are rewarded or punished. I think the insurance company should be required to provide full disclosure on exactly what is monitored and how the rate adjustment calculation is performed. Then the consumer can make an informed decision on if it will help or not.
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While there have been some localized pricing events driven by wind production credits, you'll have a hard time finding anyone knowledgeable in energy markets that would argue the overall driver is gas. Small, local perturbations are irrelevant to the big picture, and even those could change drastically with even minor policy adjustments.
There will be no low cost energy, there will be no reserves. It's just a quick cash grab.
Not quite true. There is a huge supply that will last much longer than 4 years. But there will continue to be a cash grab.
Gas fracking is the big dog in the energy market right now, and driving down pricing in the electrical market. But below about $3.5/Mbtu, profitability drops below the point where it makes sense to add new extractions, so new development slows to a crawl. At the same time, gas fired generation steadily increases due to the low cost, thus the overall energy market dependance on nat gas increases. Once this dependency reaches a tipping point, the gas companies can raise prices significantly. This price spike will be temporary, as it will invite more extractions, and thus increase supply. So you will see a cyclic price pattern combined with some extreme spikes during periods of excessive demand (primarily very cold weather). The greater the dependency becomes, the bigger the cycles and spikes will become, with added uncertainly a periods of huge price spikes.
Just a few, easy to find sources of the multitudes of tax credits. Not to hard to find unless you are specifically not looking for them.
http://energy.gov/savings/busi...
http://en.openei.org/wiki/Corp...
Yeah, arduino type hardwares, breadboards, and a host of related parts like actuators and leds would provide an endless set of options, and be re-useable.
A great idea, one that could probably find a lot of funding support.
So, BMW is getting US tax credits for power?
I didn't say the would get that tax money, I just said please don't take it. As we all know, there are generous tax incentives, often 33% to over 50%, to pay for certain renewable power installations and for forced purchase of power from those installation at much greater than wholesale rates. I don't mind a little help, and incentives for building the factory and creating the jobs, but don't put us on the hook to pay for their energy use, particularly from an overall highly expensive installation.
Not OK with the handouts. And I am also not aware of those companies getting federal money specifically to pay their power bill. Which are you OK with?
Which companies are you referring to that are using federal tax dollars to pay their power bill? I think you are confusing State tax incentives for locating business.
What states do to incentive businesses to locate is up to them. I am talking about using federal tax money to pay the power bill.
Not to pay their energy bill.
I think it is wonderful that they will try this out, but don't want my tax dollar to finance 40% (or whatever) of their power costs. Embed the cost in the finances of the company and the product cost, please. Then I'll be cheering you on for success.
You certainly have the legal right to slow others down, and to ignore the common sense rules of driving, be it to make a point or just to be a d-head. Don't worry about the fact that by following the simplest of rules, traffic flow can be greatly improved for all. That's secondary, right?
When these controls become smart enough to stay out of the passing lane except to pass, and to let others pass, then I'll begin to look forward to their deployment.
You should stick to discussing your own back problems and not mine. The reason reclining slightly helps ME in many airline seats is due to my height and the mismatch of seat support to my back. Lumbar support (added by me) with a slight recline reduces the forward pressure near my shoulder area from the part of the seat that is a headrest area for many.
I have managed my back issues quite well for many years, thanks for your unsolicited advice.
Along these lines, but a bit OT, I have found it surprisingly hard to find a decent DV capture software. The one's I've tried have had problems with audio sync or even finding the device. I have wasted hours getting my DV tapes to digital, and have been putting off trying again.
That few degrees makes a big difference to me. I have back problems and am tall, and unfortunately the part of the seat that most people rest their head against pushes out on my shoulders, making even a 1 hour flight a pain session. A slight recline makes a huge difference. I am amazed that the poor ergonomic range of airline seats.
--
Hint for you long legged ones; Taking the magazines out of the seat pocket can gain you 3/4 inch in knee room on some planes.
I see you are emotionally invested in this. Please, recognize that politicians of all parties act on events getting play in the headlines. Its not like Ebola is a new problem.
You are making a lot of assumptions regarding my post, mostly it seems based on your own perceptions or seeming need to feel defensive. I simply made an observation, I'll leave judgement to those like you who feel the need to make it.
I didn't imply anything. Are your simply assuming that I am due to your own bias's?
With Ebola in the news, its the popular thing to do.
Well, when we are dealing with needing sales in the hundreds, or at least tens of thousands to make a big difference in market share, a few hundred sales more or less in the narrow Tesla market would not be very relevant.
Market share is stagnant, according to that description. Of course, the cost of Tesla limits it market to start with, even if they significantly increased sales it would not impact total EV market share that much. It does not take a huge number of sales for the upper end EV market to become saturated. Significant overall market share improvement can only be achieved with more products in the lower cost brackets, and that is where the total lifetime cost & functionality comparisons against gas cars become a lot more prevalent.
The question is what habits are rewarded or punished. I think the insurance company should be required to provide full disclosure on exactly what is monitored and how the rate adjustment calculation is performed. Then the consumer can make an informed decision on if it will help or not.
As for the insurance tracking, its optional until the point where the cost of opting out becomes too much.
"Saving money" = "raising rates less"