Yep - and the Federal Judge is an idiot. NO ONE insulates their transmission lines, or a few reasons. Not just cost, but weight (extra cable weight means you need thicker cable and more towers), insulation breakdown (with voltage, ozone, and UV exposure you'll need to replace all the lines every 3-5 years), and more. Instead, you cut back trees around the lines. Except in CA, where even trimming a few trees has Government officials and "activist" citizens spending dozens of hours a week monitoring and questioning the trimming or removal of each and every tree...
In most States, if you want to live off the grid - you either live off the grid, or you PAY to have the grid brought to you. You don't get to to whine to the Sacramento Powers That Be and force the grid to come to you...
Because CPUC. The California Public Utilities Commission consists of a bunch of lackeys appointed by the Governor, who get the privilege to set power rates, establish regulations, and provide oversight on spending and maintenance of all utilities in California. Utilities in this State cannot do anything without CPUC oversight and approval - including setting power rates.
It's really a pretty cool example of fascism - the State so heavily regulating an industry that companies are virtually "nationalized"; they are public-in-name-only, as they cannot do anything that (in this case) their Sacramento masters desire, It's a virtual State-owned operation, forced by regulation.
Well, in their defense, they had to pocket most of that money so they could funnel millions and millions of dollars in bribes-er-contributions to Jerry Brown and other "elected officials" so they would appoint the right people to those $142,000/year CPUC positions...
Not just let them fail (which we should), but then fire every single sitting CPUC member, and bar them for life from ever running for public office or working for the State Government. CPUC is supposed to oversee these kinds of things - and they sit around earning $142,000 per year. Of course, it's a great way to get paybacks from the Governor (who appoints them), and when you have millions and millions getting funneled from the utilities into the Governor's mansion, well - you tend to put people into the CPUC who will do the bidding of the utility. Toss them all out - even the hand-picked "heir" to the Governor's mansion.
How about PUC do its damn job and watch over the utilities that it regulates, rather than take millions in campaign donations and illegal activities? Oh - it's because even Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown was involved in the scandals... Yeah, let the State regulate everything about the utility, let the utilities buy-off the regulators and Governor - and then when the SHTF, blame the CEO - and not the elected officials. Here's a hint: don't reward the bastards in Sacramento in the first place, by re-electing them (or electing their chosen heir) to their positions.
In that case, would not the wise company use equipment that did not start fires?
Most companies just trim back trees and be done with it; but here in CA our greenies love to protest and sue against trimming trees getting into power lines. So they have to run power into the forests - but are prevented from maintaining access clearances around those lines...
As far as our taxes go, those aren't for infrastructure, they're to fund feel-good initiatives that do nothing. New taxes will always be required to pay for the actual infrastructure changes that should have been paid for already (and of course, those new taxes will, once again, be diverted to other things, requiring yet more taxes).
How as CO2-driven climate change been tested true? After all, 95% of all models are wrong in that they do not measure actual data. They do not test true at all. As Einstein said, "If I were wrong, then one [author] would have been enough!"; the fact that data does not agree with theory/model means the theory/model is wrong. As Richard Feynman elegantly states: if your theory/model disagrees with experiment - it's wrong.
The real cause of the fires was the handwringing and NIMBYGaia worshipers throwing up legal roadblocks to PG&E cutting back trees near power lines.
This was a manufactured (in that environmentalists fought against accepted standards for power line clearance) disaster that is being blamed on a non-event (in that there was no climate-change drive to the drought).
We are BOTH so heteronormative and blinded by our white privilege! We are completely overlooking our friends in the imaginary number space! With the unicorns and elves, the imaginary numbers must be used in our suggesting. And we cannot default to just English letters, as that shows our oppressive Western idealism being considered superior to all other cultures. We must open the suggesting instructions to use any language, including those not yet expressed!
Put in "gps transponder" and you'll get several links on the first page to actual GPS transponders: Like this And this And this Sorry, seems to be an actual thing! And it fits the definition of a transponder. I get that you want to redefine what a transponder is to make me wrong, but you can't do that - a transponder responds to a ping with data - and in this case, it's responding with GPS data. Hence, GPS transponder.
Truly, fuzzy logic with an infinite range of diversity between zero and one, is the highest, ethical form of any type of suggesting (in that we can no longer call it programming because of the implied dictatorial control and conformity by the very word itself).
The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are competitors as well - and they start at $23K. Curious why you left those off, given they are a bit larger internally than the Model 3, about the same size outside, and are some of the top-selling vehicles. It is that $20K premium you pay for the Model 3 that stopped you?
Maintenance for newer ICE cars is pretty minimal; my wife's 2015 Mustang needs an oil change every 8K miles. Discounting tires (which all cars will consume at about the same rate, assuming the same use/abuse), brake system flush (which needs to be done ever 3-4 years - regardless of type of car which means EVs as well), and assuming we'll need to do brakes in about another 14K miles (based upon current wear, that's at 50K miles), we're spending about $7 per month in maintenance. Oil change is $20, radiator flush was $50, and a 4 wheel brake job will be around $240.
Plugs and wires are essentially lifetime (100K miles), exhaust is good for at least 100K miles/10 years (about $500 to replace), transmission filter/fluid change is 100K miles (about $100), etc. Modern cars have really low maintenance requirements, thanks to tremendous improvements in material science. I'll probably end up spending around $1400 more for my ICE over 100K miles, in maintenance; at our rate of about 10K miles per year, that's about $12 per month. For brakes, exhaust, transmission, etc. Really not that much of an expense at all.
Note this is for a 2015 Mustang Ecoboost convertible, loaded, we bought for $37,000 new. We get a solid 25.3 MPG mixed (city/highway), so we'll buy about $16,000 worth of gas over those 10 years (California - gas ain't cheap). My all-in costs will be very competitive with a Model 3 over 10 years, but I'll have put out a lot less money up-front for the ICE, and I'll have no worries taking it on the occasional trip to Las Vegas or Phoenix without having to stop for a few hours to charge half-way there.
I know at least for Southern California Edison here in Ventura, we have tiered pricing based upon consumption - not time of day. I'm in zone 6, so my allocation for my baseline is 9.6 kWh per day.
Assuming I had a P85, and I drive 30 miles per day, I'd use up pretty much my entire allocation just for my car (85 kWh battery, ~300 mile range, so about 8.5 kWh for a 30 mile trip). My baseline is at $0.18 per kWh; my car would use all that. Then my home would pay $0.23/kWh for power. If I drove some long miles, and pushed my monthly use up pretty high, it's at $0.40/kWh.
California's tiered systems - at least for SCE - are pretty poor for electric users, especially those with electric cars.
Are you kidding? Healthy companies do layoffs all the time to boost their bottom line.
During times of flat or declining revenue and profits, sure; during times when revenue and profits are increasing? Nope. Of course, with TSLA giving guidance that profits for Q4 will be down relative to Q3, and shipments of the Model 3 running below 5K per week, well - that's more the former than the latter. And is exactly why companies slash workforces. Cut costs to pump up profits.
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Yeah, those judges are always right about science! It's why we know that evolution is bunk, because a judge said so!
Yep - and the Federal Judge is an idiot. NO ONE insulates their transmission lines, or a few reasons. Not just cost, but weight (extra cable weight means you need thicker cable and more towers), insulation breakdown (with voltage, ozone, and UV exposure you'll need to replace all the lines every 3-5 years), and more. Instead, you cut back trees around the lines. Except in CA, where even trimming a few trees has Government officials and "activist" citizens spending dozens of hours a week monitoring and questioning the trimming or removal of each and every tree...
In most States, if you want to live off the grid - you either live off the grid, or you PAY to have the grid brought to you. You don't get to to whine to the Sacramento Powers That Be and force the grid to come to you...
And here in California, we pay about 33% more for our power as well...
Because CPUC. The California Public Utilities Commission consists of a bunch of lackeys appointed by the Governor, who get the privilege to set power rates, establish regulations, and provide oversight on spending and maintenance of all utilities in California. Utilities in this State cannot do anything without CPUC oversight and approval - including setting power rates.
It's really a pretty cool example of fascism - the State so heavily regulating an industry that companies are virtually "nationalized"; they are public-in-name-only, as they cannot do anything that (in this case) their Sacramento masters desire, It's a virtual State-owned operation, forced by regulation.
Well, in their defense, they had to pocket most of that money so they could funnel millions and millions of dollars in bribes-er-contributions to Jerry Brown and other "elected officials" so they would appoint the right people to those $142,000/year CPUC positions...
Nice rant. Except you missed the fact that "the precipitation deficit during the drought was dominated by natural variability" and not CO2-based climate change.
Not just let them fail (which we should), but then fire every single sitting CPUC member, and bar them for life from ever running for public office or working for the State Government. CPUC is supposed to oversee these kinds of things - and they sit around earning $142,000 per year. Of course, it's a great way to get paybacks from the Governor (who appoints them), and when you have millions and millions getting funneled from the utilities into the Governor's mansion, well - you tend to put people into the CPUC who will do the bidding of the utility. Toss them all out - even the hand-picked "heir" to the Governor's mansion.
How about PUC do its damn job and watch over the utilities that it regulates, rather than take millions in campaign donations and illegal activities? Oh - it's because even Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown was involved in the scandals... Yeah, let the State regulate everything about the utility, let the utilities buy-off the regulators and Governor - and then when the SHTF, blame the CEO - and not the elected officials. Here's a hint: don't reward the bastards in Sacramento in the first place, by re-electing them (or electing their chosen heir) to their positions.
PG&E was prevented from trimming trees. It's a common thing to protest and sue PG&E for doing what they're supposed to do. To the point that councilwomen and citizens watch each and every cut to condemn PG&E for being too aggressive in their clearance trims. And while the protest/lawsuit is on-going, there cannot be any trimming allowed. So we get wildfires.
In that case, would not the wise company use equipment that did not start fires?
Most companies just trim back trees and be done with it; but here in CA our greenies love to protest and sue against trimming trees getting into power lines. So they have to run power into the forests - but are prevented from maintaining access clearances around those lines...
As far as our taxes go, those aren't for infrastructure, they're to fund feel-good initiatives that do nothing. New taxes will always be required to pay for the actual infrastructure changes that should have been paid for already (and of course, those new taxes will, once again, be diverted to other things, requiring yet more taxes).
The problem is you have to first figure out which of the 57 states to use that technique...
It wasn't neglect - it was restriction by NIMBY environmentalists concerned about PG&E trimming trees near powerlines. That's it.
How as CO2-driven climate change been tested true? After all, 95% of all models are wrong in that they do not measure actual data. They do not test true at all. As Einstein said, "If I were wrong, then one [author] would have been enough!"; the fact that data does not agree with theory/model means the theory/model is wrong. As Richard Feynman elegantly states: if your theory/model disagrees with experiment - it's wrong.
First off, the drought was a result of natural variation. And anyone that checks reservoir levels today will find were at about the historical average, overall. If we had a drought - it's gone.
The real cause of the fires was the handwringing and NIMBY Gaia worshipers throwing up legal roadblocks to PG&E cutting back trees near power lines.
This was a manufactured (in that environmentalists fought against accepted standards for power line clearance) disaster that is being blamed on a non-event (in that there was no climate-change drive to the drought).
We are BOTH so heteronormative and blinded by our white privilege! We are completely overlooking our friends in the imaginary number space! With the unicorns and elves, the imaginary numbers must be used in our suggesting. And we cannot default to just English letters, as that shows our oppressive Western idealism being considered superior to all other cultures. We must open the suggesting instructions to use any language, including those not yet expressed!
Put in "gps transponder" and you'll get several links on the first page to actual GPS transponders:
Like this
And this
And this
Sorry, seems to be an actual thing! And it fits the definition of a transponder. I get that you want to redefine what a transponder is to make me wrong, but you can't do that - a transponder responds to a ping with data - and in this case, it's responding with GPS data. Hence, GPS transponder.
Truly, fuzzy logic with an infinite range of diversity between zero and one, is the highest, ethical form of any type of suggesting (in that we can no longer call it programming because of the implied dictatorial control and conformity by the very word itself).
Don't even get me started on the privilege of the dominant patriarchy implied by the use of a GOTO statement...
The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are competitors as well - and they start at $23K. Curious why you left those off, given they are a bit larger internally than the Model 3, about the same size outside, and are some of the top-selling vehicles. It is that $20K premium you pay for the Model 3 that stopped you?
Maintenance for newer ICE cars is pretty minimal; my wife's 2015 Mustang needs an oil change every 8K miles. Discounting tires (which all cars will consume at about the same rate, assuming the same use/abuse), brake system flush (which needs to be done ever 3-4 years - regardless of type of car which means EVs as well), and assuming we'll need to do brakes in about another 14K miles (based upon current wear, that's at 50K miles), we're spending about $7 per month in maintenance. Oil change is $20, radiator flush was $50, and a 4 wheel brake job will be around $240.
Plugs and wires are essentially lifetime (100K miles), exhaust is good for at least 100K miles/10 years (about $500 to replace), transmission filter/fluid change is 100K miles (about $100), etc. Modern cars have really low maintenance requirements, thanks to tremendous improvements in material science. I'll probably end up spending around $1400 more for my ICE over 100K miles, in maintenance; at our rate of about 10K miles per year, that's about $12 per month. For brakes, exhaust, transmission, etc. Really not that much of an expense at all.
Note this is for a 2015 Mustang Ecoboost convertible, loaded, we bought for $37,000 new. We get a solid 25.3 MPG mixed (city/highway), so we'll buy about $16,000 worth of gas over those 10 years (California - gas ain't cheap). My all-in costs will be very competitive with a Model 3 over 10 years, but I'll have put out a lot less money up-front for the ICE, and I'll have no worries taking it on the occasional trip to Las Vegas or Phoenix without having to stop for a few hours to charge half-way there.
I know at least for Southern California Edison here in Ventura, we have tiered pricing based upon consumption - not time of day. I'm in zone 6, so my allocation for my baseline is 9.6 kWh per day.
Assuming I had a P85, and I drive 30 miles per day, I'd use up pretty much my entire allocation just for my car (85 kWh battery, ~300 mile range, so about 8.5 kWh for a 30 mile trip). My baseline is at $0.18 per kWh; my car would use all that. Then my home would pay $0.23/kWh for power. If I drove some long miles, and pushed my monthly use up pretty high, it's at $0.40/kWh.
California's tiered systems - at least for SCE - are pretty poor for electric users, especially those with electric cars.
The Chevy Bolt is close, at $36,600 starting price and a 238 mile range. Turns out it's expensive to build big battery packs.
Ford did make it through, taking out the loan to compete with subsidized cars from GM and Chrysler because of their TARP funds. Ford repaid their loans in 2009 - they did not get tens of billions of Government dollars that disappeared when GM/Chrysler emerged from Federal management.
Are you kidding? Healthy companies do layoffs all the time to boost their bottom line.
During times of flat or declining revenue and profits, sure; during times when revenue and profits are increasing? Nope. Of course, with TSLA giving guidance that profits for Q4 will be down relative to Q3, and shipments of the Model 3 running below 5K per week, well - that's more the former than the latter. And is exactly why companies slash workforces. Cut costs to pump up profits.