You are OBVIOUSLY reporting on the roadster, NOT the model S. The Model S is the SAME SIZE as the Ghibli, has bigger doors, and a LOT MORE interior SPACE than does the Ghibli.
And if you can not get into the roadster, you really need to lose weight.
pretty much right on.
Personally, I think that the leaf is overpriced for what you get, but you have dealers, and they use expensive, batteries, while trying to own them.
In the end, I would rate the Tesla as THE car to own (best value going out of ALL CARS), with the leaf in the top 10 and certainly the best at the low-end. Heck, the one area that you did not mention is that the leaf is IDEAL for students.
In 3 years, the model E will be out with a costs of 35K, and a range of 200 MPC+. My guess is that if any company is going to compete against Tesla, they will have to deal with 3 items:
1) range.
2) fast charge everywhere.
3) car for the money. $ for $, tesla is the best value going. None better.
This is getting old. The last time that America raised taxes on these was under reagan. It has sat stagnate all this time. That is why the roads are in horrible shape. To make matters worse, the states can not raise taxes, ESP. diesel, since the vehicles will simply buy in the neighboring state and avoid you all together.
So, the RIGHT way to do this is to raise the FEDERAL taxes on diesel/gas by.25/gal each year for the next 4 years. That will SLOWLY increase it and give ppl and companies time to adjust.
In addition, the new gas taxes should go to the state. These are mostly cars, and small commercial vehicles that travel inside of a state. The state must then spend it ONLY on their infrastructure, and are not allowed to cut their current gas taxes. If they do, then feds can raise it within that state by that amount and pass it back to the feds
OTOH, all of the federal diesel needs to remain with the feds, and it needs to be applied to roads, bridges, dams, etc.
Finally, it is long past time for us to pass the old nat gas bill. We need to get commercial vehicles off oil and over to nat gas.
Comcast TW merger is a disaster in the making.
OTOH, Google does not control that much video content (utube not withstanding), nor does TW cable. So, it would be a much better fit with Google than with Comcast.
In addition, Google will no doubt have net neutrality over their lines.
They already said what their criteria was. They want cities in which the gov. is WANTING this. Most of these places have educated ppl running their gov. who want 1GB connections, and are willing to work on it.
You have to be kidding. Google has delivered it faster than any other group ever has. I have been impressed. And with the rate that they are moving, next year, they will hit another 10% of the major cities.
They will hit it all. They are simply starting in those areas, because the locals have made fast internet a priority.
Of course, if the other locations are ran by idiots who do not care, then Google will likely not do it.
apparently not. There is a real reason why those that can afford it and have to live in Texas, will choose Austin.
That is also why Google picked Austin over a place like San Ant.
If you have robotics that work from coal powered electricity, then you have emissions.
And then look at the fact that India does not emit anywhere near as much CO2 as China, yet, they have similar population. India emits less than 1/4 of what China does.
So, what is the difference between India and China? GDP.
First off, that was based on 2005 data. That was when America was at its WORST, which is why so many researchers want to use that.
The problem is, that all of BRIC has made building out electricity a priority and all are making use of Coal. BUT your nation has actually focused on a decent diversification on this, which is good. Back in 2005, Brazil imported lots of electricity from Argentina (which is ~50% coal). Since then, your nation has made it a focus to quit importing it. But that has meant nukes (good) and coal (bad).
Now, with that said, the one issue that I have with your post, is that you based it on GDP (PPP). I purposely said that we need a direct $GDP. The reason is that a nation like China will simply fix their money against others to get the manufacturing along with using dirty electricity. Then by using GDP(PPP), that removes the penalty that would occur. so, GDP(PPP) is worthless. However, here is one example of where BRIC and America stand. You will note that Brazil is doing fine (though interestingly, it is flatlined), but the rest of BRIC is pretty high. And that was using GDP(PPP), as opposed to flat out $GDP.
Not sure what LED bulbs cots there, but you can buy a cree bulb at Home Depot in America for $7. That is cheap enough that our local HD told me that they have a hard time keeping them on the shelves.
First off, from an ethical POV, per capita is the WORST measure. The reason is that the pollution is NOT associated with an individual, but with societies (or governments) choices. For example, as a person, I have no control over if we have coal, nat gas, or nuke at my power company. In America and most of the world, That is actually decided by local economics. And it is the local economics that contribute to the GDP. As such, you want other nations to put pressure on the GDP by making the ECONOMIC choice to pollute, an expensive one.
But this idea that per capita is the fairest is about the worst idea going. Heck, there is more CO2 emissions associated with farming, then with ppl living in a city. So, no.
And the claim that nat gas is the main reason IS true. OTOH, we are installing loads of wind. In fact, we have more wind, than any nation save China. BUT, China still massively subsidizes and dumps on foreign markets (including trying to do it in the USA). Thankfully, America's manufacturing of wind with LOCAL subsidies is paying off. In the next 2 years, there will be no more subsidies needed for wind. Even right now, wind is cheaper than everything EXCEPT for nat gas, hydro and geo-thermal. And there are a few places in America, where Wind is cheaper than nat-gas. In 2 years, it will be cheaper than nat gas through about 2/3 of the regions. That is why AEP is no longer building new fossil plants and instead is doing just wind. Likewise, Duke energy has said that they will not build coal, they MIGHT build several more Nat gas, BUT their future is wind and nukes. Wind was at 3.5% of our electricity in 2012, and 4.5% in 2013. And considering that America has the 2'nd largest wind installations (or it may be the largest), it makes sense that we will keep going with it.
And then as to the BS about neo-cons claiming that Obama has de-industrialized USA is a joke. Over the last 3 years, we have INCREASED our manufacturing, not lowered it, like it did during the mid 00's.
That is a real issue. That is why I wish that O would push for a decent energy policy of 'ALL OF THE ABOVE'. We need to start converting coal into methane. If we use the Great Pointe Energy's technology, it brings the price way down, as well as giving us a large amount of elements that we can use for industry.
Likewise, we need nukes. The mini modular nuke make great sense. So does thorium. We should be pushing all of this NOW.
And our approach on AE is just plain wrong.
Sorry, but the volt is a hybrid with a low MPC. As such, most volt owners charge during the daytime. That is a mistake. The 7.5K that we paid for it is not worth it.
Well, China has been at 80% electricity from coal for 20+ years. More importantly, it is obvious that they have ZERO intentions of cutting it back. To do so, would require them to kill off a number of the new power plants that they built over the last 20 years, and there is ZERO chance of that. That is why the west needs to "encourage" their breaking off from this disastrous path
BTW, America is at 35% coal, and dropping. But, it is not just due to Nat Gas replacing it. Basically, we have 2 EPA mandates going on that are helping. The first was pushed by W/neo-cons. Starting in 2016, none of these coal or concrete plants can emit much mercury. While we are a fraction of the world's mercury, ours will drop to near zero. And now, EPA is doing more on CO2, which will take out another 32 plants. Interestingly, if all this comes about, we will be below 30% by 2017.
But Europe, esp. Germany, is now increasing their use of Coal. Worse, they are going to use their low quality coal. That is just insane. Hopefully, they will stop.
Hmmm. I think that the zero interest loan for upgrades might be a big low. BUT, it is better than doing subsidies. And it is MUCH better than our paying ppl to burn oil.
IIRC, a number of those were taken down back in the 1000-1600 by the Europeans and Chinese. IOW, they are considered old growth, but they have been razed once already.
BTW, if your idea of energy efficient appliances is what I see at Ikea and electrolox, then America has it beaten. We have plenty of tax rebates on energy efficient appliances and from what I have seen at Ikea and electrolux, they are not it. We made the mistake of buying an electrolux fridge (i wanted kitchen aid; better made, little to no service calls, and more energy efficient) and I will never ever again buy that junk. Even my wife is now opposed to that junk. We have had it serviced 5x in 3 years. Heck, even GE is not that bad and they have better energy ratings. And I have heard that datid, framtid, nutid, etc from Ikea have massive amounts of service and make electrolux look positively wonderful.
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and the owners of the work would be the labels.
They just need to win nearly all of the awards, and continue winning them.
actually, 40 mile range (have to be able to come home). And that is MORE than good enough for kids.
You are OBVIOUSLY reporting on the roadster, NOT the model S. The Model S is the SAME SIZE as the Ghibli, has bigger doors, and a LOT MORE interior SPACE than does the Ghibli. And if you can not get into the roadster, you really need to lose weight.
pretty much right on.
Personally, I think that the leaf is overpriced for what you get, but you have dealers, and they use expensive, batteries, while trying to own them.
In the end, I would rate the Tesla as THE car to own (best value going out of ALL CARS), with the leaf in the top 10 and certainly the best at the low-end. Heck, the one area that you did not mention is that the leaf is IDEAL for students.
In 3 years, the model E will be out with a costs of 35K, and a range of 200 MPC+. My guess is that if any company is going to compete against Tesla, they will have to deal with 3 items:
1) range.
2) fast charge everywhere.
3) car for the money. $ for $, tesla is the best value going. None better.
and that assumes that gas remains around 3/gal. It WILL go up. A lot.
that is now expensive and has had issues.
It seems like the smart one might be to wait a bit longer and see what else is cheaper, bigger, better.
This is getting old. The last time that America raised taxes on these was under reagan. It has sat stagnate all this time. That is why the roads are in horrible shape. To make matters worse, the states can not raise taxes, ESP. diesel, since the vehicles will simply buy in the neighboring state and avoid you all together.
.25/gal each year for the next 4 years. That will SLOWLY increase it and give ppl and companies time to adjust.
So, the RIGHT way to do this is to raise the FEDERAL taxes on diesel/gas by
In addition, the new gas taxes should go to the state. These are mostly cars, and small commercial vehicles that travel inside of a state. The state must then spend it ONLY on their infrastructure, and are not allowed to cut their current gas taxes. If they do, then feds can raise it within that state by that amount and pass it back to the feds
OTOH, all of the federal diesel needs to remain with the feds, and it needs to be applied to roads, bridges, dams, etc.
Finally, it is long past time for us to pass the old nat gas bill. We need to get commercial vehicles off oil and over to nat gas.
Comcast TW merger is a disaster in the making.
OTOH, Google does not control that much video content (utube not withstanding), nor does TW cable. So, it would be a much better fit with Google than with Comcast.
In addition, Google will no doubt have net neutrality over their lines.
They already said what their criteria was. They want cities in which the gov. is WANTING this. Most of these places have educated ppl running their gov. who want 1GB connections, and are willing to work on it.
You have to be kidding. Google has delivered it faster than any other group ever has. I have been impressed. And with the rate that they are moving, next year, they will hit another 10% of the major cities.
They will hit it all. They are simply starting in those areas, because the locals have made fast internet a priority.
Of course, if the other locations are ran by idiots who do not care, then Google will likely not do it.
apparently not. There is a real reason why those that can afford it and have to live in Texas, will choose Austin.
That is also why Google picked Austin over a place like San Ant.
If you have robotics that work from coal powered electricity, then you have emissions.
And then look at the fact that India does not emit anywhere near as much CO2 as China, yet, they have similar population. India emits less than 1/4 of what China does.
So, what is the difference between India and China? GDP.
First off, that was based on 2005 data. That was when America was at its WORST, which is why so many researchers want to use that.
The problem is, that all of BRIC has made building out electricity a priority and all are making use of Coal. BUT your nation has actually focused on a decent diversification on this, which is good. Back in 2005, Brazil imported lots of electricity from Argentina (which is ~50% coal). Since then, your nation has made it a focus to quit importing it. But that has meant nukes (good) and coal (bad).
Now, with that said, the one issue that I have with your post, is that you based it on GDP (PPP). I purposely said that we need a direct $GDP. The reason is that a nation like China will simply fix their money against others to get the manufacturing along with using dirty electricity. Then by using GDP(PPP), that removes the penalty that would occur. so, GDP(PPP) is worthless. However, here is one example of where BRIC and America stand. You will note that Brazil is doing fine (though interestingly, it is flatlined), but the rest of BRIC is pretty high. And that was using GDP(PPP), as opposed to flat out $GDP.
Not sure what LED bulbs cots there, but you can buy a cree bulb at Home Depot in America for $7. That is cheap enough that our local HD told me that they have a hard time keeping them on the shelves.
First off, from an ethical POV, per capita is the WORST measure. The reason is that the pollution is NOT associated with an individual, but with societies (or governments) choices. For example, as a person, I have no control over if we have coal, nat gas, or nuke at my power company. In America and most of the world, That is actually decided by local economics. And it is the local economics that contribute to the GDP. As such, you want other nations to put pressure on the GDP by making the ECONOMIC choice to pollute, an expensive one.
But this idea that per capita is the fairest is about the worst idea going. Heck, there is more CO2 emissions associated with farming, then with ppl living in a city. So, no.
And the claim that nat gas is the main reason IS true. OTOH, we are installing loads of wind. In fact, we have more wind, than any nation save China. BUT, China still massively subsidizes and dumps on foreign markets (including trying to do it in the USA). Thankfully, America's manufacturing of wind with LOCAL subsidies is paying off. In the next 2 years, there will be no more subsidies needed for wind. Even right now, wind is cheaper than everything EXCEPT for nat gas, hydro and geo-thermal. And there are a few places in America, where Wind is cheaper than nat-gas. In 2 years, it will be cheaper than nat gas through about 2/3 of the regions. That is why AEP is no longer building new fossil plants and instead is doing just wind. Likewise, Duke energy has said that they will not build coal, they MIGHT build several more Nat gas, BUT their future is wind and nukes. Wind was at 3.5% of our electricity in 2012, and 4.5% in 2013. And considering that America has the 2'nd largest wind installations (or it may be the largest), it makes sense that we will keep going with it.
And then as to the BS about neo-cons claiming that Obama has de-industrialized USA is a joke. Over the last 3 years, we have INCREASED our manufacturing, not lowered it, like it did during the mid 00's.
That is a real issue. That is why I wish that O would push for a decent energy policy of 'ALL OF THE ABOVE'. We need to start converting coal into methane. If we use the Great Pointe Energy's technology, it brings the price way down, as well as giving us a large amount of elements that we can use for industry.
Likewise, we need nukes. The mini modular nuke make great sense. So does thorium. We should be pushing all of this NOW.
And our approach on AE is just plain wrong.
good points.
Sorry, but the volt is a hybrid with a low MPC. As such, most volt owners charge during the daytime. That is a mistake. The 7.5K that we paid for it is not worth it.
Well, China has been at 80% electricity from coal for 20+ years. More importantly, it is obvious that they have ZERO intentions of cutting it back. To do so, would require them to kill off a number of the new power plants that they built over the last 20 years, and there is ZERO chance of that. That is why the west needs to "encourage" their breaking off from this disastrous path
BTW, America is at 35% coal, and dropping. But, it is not just due to Nat Gas replacing it. Basically, we have 2 EPA mandates going on that are helping. The first was pushed by W/neo-cons. Starting in 2016, none of these coal or concrete plants can emit much mercury. While we are a fraction of the world's mercury, ours will drop to near zero. And now, EPA is doing more on CO2, which will take out another 32 plants. Interestingly, if all this comes about, we will be below 30% by 2017.
But Europe, esp. Germany, is now increasing their use of Coal. Worse, they are going to use their low quality coal. That is just insane. Hopefully, they will stop.
Hmmm. I think that the zero interest loan for upgrades might be a big low. BUT, it is better than doing subsidies. And it is MUCH better than our paying ppl to burn oil.
IIRC, a number of those were taken down back in the 1000-1600 by the Europeans and Chinese. IOW, they are considered old growth, but they have been razed once already.
BTW, if your idea of energy efficient appliances is what I see at Ikea and electrolox, then America has it beaten. We have plenty of tax rebates on energy efficient appliances and from what I have seen at Ikea and electrolux, they are not it. We made the mistake of buying an electrolux fridge (i wanted kitchen aid; better made, little to no service calls, and more energy efficient) and I will never ever again buy that junk. Even my wife is now opposed to that junk. We have had it serviced 5x in 3 years. Heck, even GE is not that bad and they have better energy ratings. And I have heard that datid, framtid, nutid, etc from Ikea have massive amounts of service and make electrolux look positively wonderful.