A few things. The Boring Company is private, no stock, funded fully by Musk himself so no stock, no stock hype. The Boring Company actually builds tunnels, not hype. The LA tunnel is ready to open.
Just a few comments: - Electricity is cheap because it increasingly comes from wind and solar which are cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear. - ICE engines are complex and fragile and require lots of maintenance (oil changes, tune ups, etc.) - Natural gas in an ICE engine inherits all of the inefficiencies of an ICE engine (only about 30% efficient). NG electricity (combined cycle) is much more efficient.
The problem is that ICE car manufacturers have billions of dollars invested in ICE engine technology and manufacturing. That is just about their only asset and it is about to become worthless. They don't know how to make EVs. Tesla has a 10 year head start on them. They have been reluctant to make the investments in EVs to avoid wasting their ICE assets but the market will make that decision for them. They can make the investments in EVs or go out of business. EVs are cheaper to operate. No maintenance and electric motors will last several times as long as ICE engines. I have 60,000 miles on my EV and the cost to drive it is equivalent to gasoline at $0.50/gal. I have had no maintenance costs other than tires and windshield wipers. The batteries and motors have been proven to last more than 200,000 miles (and still counting). It doesn't matter how cheap natural gas goes since you still have a complex ICE engine with maintenance.
It's called "stranded assets". It's been clear for years for anyone with a few neurons that solar and wind electricity will replace most fossil fuels. The oil companies benefit from $5.3 trillion a year in subsidies (IMF... googleit) so have been living in a fantasy land. They also bribe politicians to discourage wind and solar in favor of fossil fuels. In spite of this, wind and solar have exponential growth because they are cheaper. When you don't have to pay for fuel, the energy cost is just the amortized value of the equipment which keeps getting cheaper. Fossil fuel companies (and automobile companies who don't make the investments in EVs) will lose value rapidly over the next ten years.
Fortunately, I have been able to buy an electric car and power it with solar panels. Also converted my house heat and hot water over to electricity (heat pump and resistance heating) so no fossil fuels here. You'll have to find another sinner to berate.
Until recently, our great "free enterprise" system (heavily subsidized fossil fuels and corrupt politicians) didn't give people an alternative to burning fossil fuels in an internal combustion engine. That is starting to change although electric cars are still expensive and hard to get.
You really don't understand. The battery reduces the cost of electricity during peak times by providing cheap electricity that it stored off-peak. The result is cheaper power. This has been proven in Australia.
Have city inspect the solar and the grid power company accept extra power.
Buy a big battery.
Have the battery inspected, approved and connected.
Buy energy at consumer prices. Why would you do this? You have solar and can also buy power at low nighttime rates to charge your battery
Get a set low rate to sell solar back to the grid. Solar power not used is a credit for coupons, discounts, a very low set price?
Sell "extra" battery power back at what the "free" market will pay. Charge at cheap night rates Sell power at peak rates, Profit!
After all the big spending and not been paid much for the extra power every year the user will be in profit when? If you can't make money on this you're doing it wrong.
Pay back that solar and the big battery.
The big battery last how many years of power in and out?
Solar is cheaper than NG, coal, nuclear. Solar with battery can easily compete with any fossil fuel. Here is a good comparison that shows its cheaper. This is from two years ago. Solar is much cheaper now. https://cleantechnica.com/2016...
Trump suddenly became concerned about all of these Chinese employees right after China made a big investment in one of his hotels. "Meanwhile, the South China Morning Post reported last week that the Chinese government will provide $500 million in state loans to build MNC Lido City, a resort and theme park project in Indonesia that will include a golf course and hotels marked with the Trump name. We have a new level of corruption.
Class actions solve the problem of having a large number of people with a small dollar issue. Individually, they are unable to take on a well funded company. Collectively, they can. Many people complain that the "lawyers get too much money". That's true on both sides of the dispute. The final payout to plaintiffs may be small individually but the company does take a hit which hopefully discourages bad behavior. That's why companies are so eager to ban class action suits.
It's a corporate kleptocracy. Run by and for the benefit of corporations. They buy politicians and judges to get the laws they want. Also known as Fascism.
More cows, more methane, increasing level of methane (a potent greenhouse gas). Cows (and other ruminants) are unique in that a lot of digestion (fermentation) takes place in their stomachs. This is where most methane production occurs. Cow burps are by far the greatest contribution to greenhouse gas. Much more than non-ruminant animals. As the cows say... "Eat chicken"
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Not if the loading is done "offline". Small vehicles can be quickly loaded (or even slowly loaded) then shuttled into the main tunnel.
There already is a train to the airport. It's slow and difficult to access.
But thanks for the idea, anyway... whatever... go back to your basement.
A few things. The Boring Company is private, no stock, funded fully by Musk himself so no stock, no stock hype.
The Boring Company actually builds tunnels, not hype. The LA tunnel is ready to open.
Just a few comments:
- Electricity is cheap because it increasingly comes from wind and solar which are cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear.
- ICE engines are complex and fragile and require lots of maintenance (oil changes, tune ups, etc.)
- Natural gas in an ICE engine inherits all of the inefficiencies of an ICE engine (only about 30% efficient). NG electricity (combined cycle) is much more efficient.
The problem is that ICE car manufacturers have billions of dollars invested in ICE engine technology and manufacturing. That is just about their only asset and it is about to become worthless.
They don't know how to make EVs. Tesla has a 10 year head start on them. They have been reluctant to make the investments in EVs to avoid wasting their ICE assets but the market will make that decision for them. They can make the investments in EVs or go out of business. EVs are cheaper to operate. No maintenance and electric motors will last several times as long as ICE engines.
I have 60,000 miles on my EV and the cost to drive it is equivalent to gasoline at $0.50/gal. I have had no maintenance costs other than tires and windshield wipers. The batteries and motors have been proven to last more than 200,000 miles (and still counting).
It doesn't matter how cheap natural gas goes since you still have a complex ICE engine with maintenance.
It's called "stranded assets".
It's been clear for years for anyone with a few neurons that solar and wind electricity will replace most fossil fuels. The oil companies benefit from $5.3 trillion a year in subsidies (IMF... googleit) so have been living in a fantasy land. They also bribe politicians to discourage wind and solar in favor of fossil fuels.
In spite of this, wind and solar have exponential growth because they are cheaper. When you don't have to pay for fuel, the energy cost is just the amortized value of the equipment which keeps getting cheaper.
Fossil fuel companies (and automobile companies who don't make the investments in EVs) will lose value rapidly over the next ten years.
The problem is that people don't have an alternative to fossil fuel.
We don't have alternatives to fossil fuels.
Easy to say ban fossil fuels but our wonderful free market doesn't give us alternatives.
Yes, you're right. Guns don't kill people; people kill people.
Also, drug sellers aren't killing people, it's the users that are killing themselves.
Fortunately, I have been able to buy an electric car and power it with solar panels. Also converted my house heat and hot water over to electricity (heat pump and resistance heating) so no fossil fuels here. You'll have to find another sinner to berate.
Yes, it's good to see all of those coal burning cars off the road and in the junkyard.
Until recently, our great "free enterprise" system (heavily subsidized fossil fuels and corrupt politicians) didn't give people an alternative to burning fossil fuels in an internal combustion engine. That is starting to change although electric cars are still expensive and hard to get.
You really don't understand.
The battery reduces the cost of electricity during peak times by providing cheap electricity that it stored off-peak. The result is cheaper power. This has been proven in Australia.
Same thing.
(BTW, it's "paid", not "payed")
That's exactly what Tesla's big battery in Australia does.
Power is cheap at night and expensive during the day. It's called arbitrage.
What could go wrong.
Buy solar for the roof.
Its free solar all day.
Have city inspect the solar and the grid power company accept extra power.
Buy a big battery.
Have the battery inspected, approved and connected.
Buy energy at consumer prices.
Why would you do this? You have solar and can also buy power at low nighttime rates to charge your battery
Get a set low rate to sell solar back to the grid. Solar power not used is a credit for coupons, discounts, a very low set price?
Sell "extra" battery power back at what the "free" market will pay.
Charge at cheap night rates
Sell power at peak rates,
Profit!
After all the big spending and not been paid much for the extra power every year the user will be in profit when?
If you can't make money on this you're doing it wrong.
Pay back that solar and the big battery.
The big battery last how many years of power in and out?
Tesla's big battery in Australia will pay for itself in less than a year by outcompeting fossil fuel power plants to provide grid power (from wind).
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
https://futurism.com/teslas-au...
Solar is cheaper than NG, coal, nuclear. Solar with battery can easily compete with any fossil fuel.
Here is a good comparison that shows its cheaper. This is from two years ago. Solar is much cheaper now.
https://cleantechnica.com/2016...
Trump suddenly became concerned about all of these Chinese employees right after China made a big investment in one of his hotels.
"Meanwhile, the South China Morning Post reported last week that the Chinese government will provide $500 million in state loans to build MNC Lido City, a resort and theme park project in Indonesia that will include a golf course and hotels marked with the Trump name.
We have a new level of corruption.
Class actions solve the problem of having a large number of people with a small dollar issue. Individually, they are unable to take on a well funded company. Collectively, they can.
Many people complain that the "lawyers get too much money". That's true on both sides of the dispute. The final payout to plaintiffs may be small individually but the company does take a hit which hopefully discourages bad behavior. That's why companies are so eager to ban class action suits.
It's a corporate kleptocracy. Run by and for the benefit of corporations. They buy politicians and judges to get the laws they want.
Also known as Fascism.
Yes. I've heard it works. It inhibits the enzymes that generate gas. Add to food after cooking since heat breaks it down.
More cows, more methane, increasing level of methane (a potent greenhouse gas).
Cows (and other ruminants) are unique in that a lot of digestion (fermentation) takes place in their stomachs. This is where most methane production occurs. Cow burps are by far the greatest contribution to greenhouse gas. Much more than non-ruminant animals.
As the cows say... "Eat chicken"
Phages inject cross kingdom DNA trillions of times a day.