To drive this even further, you can solve the problem of inefficiencies by making energy consumption cheaper or energy cleaner. Electric cars cause a ton of em

To drive this even further, you can solve the problem of inefficiencies by making energy consumption cheaper or energy cleaner. Electric cars cause a ton of emissions through increased tire wear, road maintenance and by having much larger wheel-bases[1]. The US has 3x the per-capita emissions of comparable nations and cars are just part of the equation. [2] A well designed city needs to be compact, use transit and promote walkability. If every Californian uses the $7500 carbon subsidy, then that's a $200 billion handout by the Govt. to promote electric vehicles. Even at American construction costs (which is its own nightmare), that should be enough to make the Bay Area and Los Angeles transit heaven. (with sufficient up zoning ofc). My hot take is that electric cars & solar walls are the feel good moral-victories of those who refuse to make changes to the fundamentally unsustainable nature of their life-style. (I don't mean you. But a large enough cohort of Bay Area tech people fit this mold). [1] https://dynomight.net/tires/ https://dynomight.net/tires/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... _____________ A few genuine questions > pressuring the electric company to add storage to the grid My understanding was that grid-scale energy storage was a pipe dream, and that the base-load issue meant that gas/nuclear were essential to a fully renewable grid. Has anything changed over the last few years ? In the immediate future, electric cars will make the base load problem a LOT LOT worse. > My solar install What is the life-span of your solar wall ? Batteries don't seem to have great lifespans, and the use-and-throw nature of it makes me want to prefer a hybrid. At least with petroleum cars, most of it was metal that could be melted and recovered. Is that true with batteries as well ?