Don’t buy one what?
Yesterday. Would you buy and EV?
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Don’t buy one what?
hornett22
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A gas powered vehicle
Torvy
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Yes, but wind is still less than 20% of our power. New Mexico is not in the top ten, y'all better put up or shut up.
One of the real problems with wind and solar as primary power generation methods is the sheer scope of land needed to do so.
We must get our nuclear facilities back in business. Clean, safe energy that does not take a lot of resources to build and does not need to shut down because of darkness, or doldrums, or people down river using too much water.
A lot of the 'cost' of fossil fuel and nuclear plants is due to the onerous regulations and the attempts to use 'credits' to be carbon neutral. There is a coal plant near my hometown. Built in the 70s and very efficient, clean burning and 50 miles from the nearest town of 10k or more. They tried to expand it, but Minnesota shot it down because they buy power from it...the plant is not even in Minnesota.
jyoutz
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I have no problem with nuclear plants, except they use a lot of water. Good for wet locations. The other issue that I think is holding back nuclear plants is waste disposal. Nobody will accept a new waste disposal site in their state. Even the yucca mountain site in a remote Nevada desert location was never completed due to local opposition.Yes, but wind is still less than 20% of our power. New Mexico is not in the top ten, y'all better put up or shut up.
One of the real problems with wind and solar as primary power generation methods is the sheer scope of land needed to do so.
We must get our nuclear facilities back in business. Clean, safe energy that does not take a lot of resources to build and does not need to shut down because of darkness, or doldrums, or people down river using too much water.
A lot of the 'cost' of fossil fuel and nuclear plants is due to the onerous regulations and the attempts to use 'credits' to be carbon neutral. There is a coal plant near my hometown. Built in the 70s and very efficient, clean burning and 50 miles from the nearest town of 10k or more. They tried to expand it, but Minnesota shot it down because they buy power from it...the plant is not even in Minnesota.
As for land needed for solar: I see a lot of commercial size solar farms of about 40-100 acres in size. Some of these are located in the median of interstates, where the distance between the lanes is wide. I also see a lot of innovative locations for solar panels: Walmart has a couple of locations where the entire parking lot provides covered parking constructed of solar panels; our largest airport has done the same. Our local fire department has an array of panels on posts; lots of creative options.
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hornett22
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Maybe you should go back and read a while.
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hornett22
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And so will their sales.More ICE is melting away!
GM's Ancient Commercial Vans Are Going Away in 2025: Report
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IXLR8
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Our local taxi company had a fleet of Prius vehicles. They didn't trade them in until they had between 400K-450K miles on them. Reported no battery issues with any of them.
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