Fully electric cars with tolerable range (my made up bs threshold: 200+ mi) don't seem to be cheap enough to compete on their own merits yet... will probably be a few more years, but it's coming.
Actually, China makes these already. And they're around $6000.
In actual practice, people in Hong Kong going on a long trip would tend to use the very very fast High Speed Rail systems China and nearby countries have in place.
After you realize that most post-docs don't make so much, and are far more concerned with the sweet sweet reward of Single Payer National Healthcare that Canada has, you realize that, after they come to the US to get their PhD or Masters, they are going to Canada to work.
Look, the problem is that we know at least 39 states were hacked, and voting machines in specific counties and precincts were disabled, and attempts were made to disenroll American voters, by Russia.
But the commission is correct that the Russian White House is trying to make it worse.
Expect new actions after Putin's lapdog gets his new marching orders from his master at the G-20.
Just think, all you have to do is pay $250,000 to finance the vacation weekend for the Russian hackers who already have their salary and pension paid by Russia!
And for this they will love you forever.
Or until Putin tells them to "take care of this troublesome" person.
I am referencing the cost to the consumer, or the purchaser of fleet vehicles.
Not the profit factor for the manufacturer or distributor.
In fact, the markup on the soon to be too expensive fossil fuel trucks and SUVs is much higher for dealers and manufacturers, but the market cares nothing for their profit motives, only that the end price be balanced between supply and demand. The invisible hand has no religion, and doesn't care if those slow (or too fast) to adapt go bankrupt. That's what capitalism is.
The worlds fastest supercar is fully electric. All modern supercars use electric turbines, which accelerate from a standing start and recover energy on braking and turns faster than fossil fuel only cars do.
So why not take that excess electricity and make hydrogen out of it?
Actually, this is a good point.
Both Canada and Denmark have tested and proven large scale trains can use stored hydrogen for storage (from hydrolosis) and run reliably with "fuel stops" at train stations that are fed by renewable energy from either wind or solar, using the more variable energy input from renewables to run fuel cells. Train engine cars are fairly large, so economies of scale make it far more reliable and much cheaper. Denmark actually has converted most of their trains to use this already, and other nations are expanding their use of this as well.
Fairly sure the seawater to drinkable water plants in California don't output highly toxic output.
We spin them up to full production when there is too much solar and wind in the system, and spin down the turbines on the hydropower dams in the BC-CA region, so that the water level rises behind the dams. Thus, at times of excess power, we are effectively storing the energy as... water. Water as output, and water as stored energy.
We already do that. We literally spin down the turbines at the hydropower dams at times when there is too much solar and wind. The water just builds up behind the dam, storing as potential energy (and kept for irrigation uses). Most of the seawater to drinkable water plants spin up to full capacity at the same time, as the energy is cheaper, and there is always a need in California for that.
While we do have regional grids, there are interties between power regions, so they WA/OR/CA systems can be disconnected in the event of hack events or major quakes or fires, if need be.
My point stands. Half of warfare is economics. Now, I could go into how one targets Russian control structures and all the other fun things I learned during the Cold War II, but this is Cold War III and the simple take home is this:
Worried about Russia interfering? Build solar and wind yourself where you are.
This both shortens your supply lines and increases your resilience to Russian infrastructure attacks.
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Actually, you can, and most do, run electric heat from hydro (mini, micro, or full scale), solar, and wind.
No fossil fuels involved.
It's 2017.
Not 1967.
Fully electric cars with tolerable range (my made up bs threshold: 200+ mi) don't seem to be cheap enough to compete on their own merits yet... will probably be a few more years, but it's coming.
Actually, China makes these already. And they're around $6000.
In actual practice, people in Hong Kong going on a long trip would tend to use the very very fast High Speed Rail systems China and nearby countries have in place.
Wake up, it's 2017, not 1997.
OOH I M SO WORRIED.
Not.
Agree, it's more like 3 percent in Greater Seattle, and 2.4 percent in Seattle itself.
Damn you, $15/hour minimum wage job creation!
Glad to see all the growth was in STEM and Renewable Energy.
Too bad Comrade Trump lost more fossil fuel jobs in America, though. Sad. Such tiny hands.
Besides, the jail is located at a Black Sea resort, it's more like a vacation.
Obviously, this hacker should escape from Russia to the US, and then we can trade Snowden for him in a swap.
Right?
We've had workable fusion power plants that could fit into a walk-in closet for a few years now.
They mostly are being used in military activities.
Fission is so last decade.
This is a continuation of the sales staff cuts that the hatchet man that was Bill Gates CFO put in place.
They do this all the time.
It's based on an outmoded concept of how things should work, not how they actually work.
After you realize that most post-docs don't make so much, and are far more concerned with the sweet sweet reward of Single Payer National Healthcare that Canada has, you realize that, after they come to the US to get their PhD or Masters, they are going to Canada to work.
Sad.
Look, the problem is that we know at least 39 states were hacked, and voting machines in specific counties and precincts were disabled, and attempts were made to disenroll American voters, by Russia.
But the commission is correct that the Russian White House is trying to make it worse.
Expect new actions after Putin's lapdog gets his new marching orders from his master at the G-20.
Just think, all you have to do is pay $250,000 to finance the vacation weekend for the Russian hackers who already have their salary and pension paid by Russia!
And for this they will love you forever.
Or until Putin tells them to "take care of this troublesome" person.
Nobody will ever hack CP/M
Nobody will ever hack MS-DOS
Nobody will ever hack Windows
Nobody will ever hack Macintosh OS (iOS)
Nobody will ever hack.
Security is not the same as obscurity.
I am referencing the cost to the consumer, or the purchaser of fleet vehicles.
Not the profit factor for the manufacturer or distributor.
In fact, the markup on the soon to be too expensive fossil fuel trucks and SUVs is much higher for dealers and manufacturers, but the market cares nothing for their profit motives, only that the end price be balanced between supply and demand. The invisible hand has no religion, and doesn't care if those slow (or too fast) to adapt go bankrupt. That's what capitalism is.
I said nothing about profits. I'm talking about consumer and fleet pricing.
Adapt. The market owes you nothing for your failed fossil fuel religion.
Tell China that.
It's 2017, not 2007.
The worlds fastest supercar is fully electric. All modern supercars use electric turbines, which accelerate from a standing start and recover energy on braking and turns faster than fossil fuel only cars do.
Adapt. It's 2017, not 1967.
All automobile manufacturers project the cost to buy a fossil fuel vehicle will be more than for an all electric vehicle starting next model year.
(yes, I invest in automobile firms, sorry if you never read the internal news)
Adapt. Nobody cares for your failed fossil fuel religion.
No, they invaded Russia.
Others invaded Afghanistan.
Neither is a wise choice. Said as some fellow soldiers I knew died in Afghanistan while the US bugged out to Iraq.
Because we don't fear the bear.
So why not take that excess electricity and make hydrogen out of it?
Actually, this is a good point.
Both Canada and Denmark have tested and proven large scale trains can use stored hydrogen for storage (from hydrolosis) and run reliably with "fuel stops" at train stations that are fed by renewable energy from either wind or solar, using the more variable energy input from renewables to run fuel cells. Train engine cars are fairly large, so economies of scale make it far more reliable and much cheaper. Denmark actually has converted most of their trains to use this already, and other nations are expanding their use of this as well.
Fairly sure the seawater to drinkable water plants in California don't output highly toxic output.
We spin them up to full production when there is too much solar and wind in the system, and spin down the turbines on the hydropower dams in the BC-CA region, so that the water level rises behind the dams. Thus, at times of excess power, we are effectively storing the energy as ... water. Water as output, and water as stored energy.
We already do that. We literally spin down the turbines at the hydropower dams at times when there is too much solar and wind. The water just builds up behind the dam, storing as potential energy (and kept for irrigation uses). Most of the seawater to drinkable water plants spin up to full capacity at the same time, as the energy is cheaper, and there is always a need in California for that.
While we do have regional grids, there are interties between power regions, so they WA/OR/CA systems can be disconnected in the event of hack events or major quakes or fires, if need be.
My point stands. Half of warfare is economics. Now, I could go into how one targets Russian control structures and all the other fun things I learned during the Cold War II, but this is Cold War III and the simple take home is this:
Worried about Russia interfering? Build solar and wind yourself where you are.
This both shortens your supply lines and increases your resilience to Russian infrastructure attacks.
And cuts off their revenue.
Look, Russia is a failed fossil fuel export state.
The only thing propping them up is the fossil fuels they can export, and a few things like steel.
Cut them off at the root. Replace imported Russian oil and gas with Renewable energy everywhere.
When they cut, double down. When they hack, triple down. When they do both, quadruple investments in solar and wind.
Make them bleed.