Posted on 11/18/2020 7:37:30 AM PST by rktman
I got it right.
Nuzzlin’ joe and superspreader carmela will want to bring that to a screeching halt. No coal for you! Guess they’ll be the coal naughtZees?
The power-train and battery technology incorporated in the Tesla branded vehicle is applicable in other venues. An electric storage battery substitution for a straight gas turbine peaker-plant appears to have become competitive. Any opinion of the valuation trend of Tesla from the non-automotive perspective?
Someone on facebook argued that more people are employed in solar than coal. 250,000 currently. Coal mining employs 53,714. Coal produces 30% of U.S. electrical power (plus other forms of energy to spare) solar, a mere 1%. That means it takes 250,000 x 30/53,714 ~ 140 more times labor to produce a kWh with solar than with coal.
This could be the defining example of a modern luddite. By that reasoning outlaw petroleum fueled farm equipment, and we could go back to the halcyon days when 90% of U.S. labor was engaged in agriculture.
Right !
Those were the 'horse and buggey days' , as I recall.
When vendors and horse drawn wagons went up and down the street calling out their wares.
That fits in with the Democrat party slogan.
There is a new approach in electrical generating plants fueled by natural gas and/or coal, which will bring efficiency and clean operation up to the highest tier. The first commissioning of a coal fired commercial plant could occur by 2026. A NG fueled facility presents less development and could be available in the 2022 to 2023 period.
https://www.powermag.com/300-mw-natural-gas-allam-cycle-power-plant-targeted-for-2022/
Can’t even touch it.
The saddest part is when the batteries need to be replaced. Greenies make more, and more expensive, problems than they solve. They don’t actually solve anything, just rearrange the furniture creating other problems.
And the disposal of the old batteries.
Makes me feel better all over than any place else.
Fuelwatch here in WA (Western Australia)
Bought 98 octane (premium) yesterday in Perth at 1.15/liter.
That is .84 USD/litre
3.785 l/gallon (US)
I paid 3.18 per gallon of premium fuel in US Dollars
BTW 98 octane here is the same as premium there. It was effectively Mobile/Exxon as that is what Costco carries here.
Which suddely reminded me of when Anklepants blocked a large planned coal mining operation in the southwestern US to placate his chinese masters...
Keep in mind that shrimp-on-the-barbie - land is one of the most expensive places on earth to purchase electricity. Of course the superchargers (no, not that kind) are going to cost more to top off than gasoline.
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