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> Trump says he wants to expand coal, nat gas, etc.. and cheaper prices for those would discourage new solar installations. This is completely illogical. Incre
by piotrjurkiewicz 10y ago
> Trump says he wants to expand coal, nat gas, etc.. and cheaper prices for those would discourage new solar installations.
This is completely illogical. Increased usage of coal or gas will result in higher prices of those resources, not lower.
In addition, switching back to coal and gas as electrical power sources means lower energy costs. Lower energy costs mean lower manufacturing costs, what will finally result in lower electric car/batteries and solar panels production costs.
Lower electricity costs will also result in lower operational costs of electric cars.
- _fizz_buzz_ 10y agoHe wants to increase supply, which will lower prices.
- piotrjurkiewicz 10y agoThis makes rest of my statement even more true (lower resources costs -> cheaper electricity -> cheaper manufacturing of electric vehicles -> better business for Tesla). All they need to do is keep being focused on their primary business, instead buying SolarCity.
- yessql 10y agoElectricity is basically free compared to gasoline. If you cut the price of electricity in half, it wouldn't move the needle at all on EV sales.
- piotrjurkiewicz 10y agoEnergy used for production of electric cars/batteries (or any other thing manufactured in modern factories) isn't made from gasoline...
- vonmoltke 10y agoIt's significantly cheaper, but it is far from free (unless you are actually not paying for it). Even at a generous $0.10/kWh a Tesla costs about $0.029/mile. At $2.20/gallon, a 30MPG cat costs about $0.073/mile.