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Another Roadblock to the EV Transition: Personal Politics(wsj.com)
1 points by barney54 2y ago|3 comments
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by barney54 2y ago
I’m not sure I understand your point. Vapes and e-cigs are less dangerous to your health than regular tobacco cigarettes.
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by barney54 2y ago
The freight system is great, the passenger train system in the U.S., not so much.
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by barney54 2y ago
And what has happened after the Trump FCC un-wound the previous net neutrality rules? Did the internet go to hell?
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by barney54 3y ago
No. The bans are due to people not doing what the politicians think they should.
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by barney54 3y ago
There are already two tunnels underneath Baltimore Harbor. When they built the Key Bridge, they didn’t have the money to build another tunnel.
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by barney54 3y ago
I wish there was a good way to evaluate this claim. It comes from the American Society of Civil Engineers. I have nothing against them, but they are self-interested in this being a large number. The Key Bridge was structurally fine, but nee
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by barney54 3y ago
They are not “easing” rules, they are imposing rules. The rules were eased from the proposed rule, but the rules are new.
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by barney54 3y ago
Batteries are not generating capacity.
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by barney54 3y ago
The reality is that people like their SUVs. It doesn’t matter where in the world, SUVs are popular and growing in market share. Here’s the International Energy Agency on SUVs. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/as-their
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by barney54 3y ago
I love that there is a section on “sustainability.” Who says these guys don’t have a sense of humor?
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by barney54 3y ago
Congress could preempt those laws, but the administration itself cannot. They can expedite permitting, but there will still be lawsuits.
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by barney54 3y ago
Nice victim blaming here.
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by barney54 3y ago
Where is the data on lithium production surging? It isn’t in the article, only future projects (they may or may not work.)
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by barney54 3y ago
What? The US banned new lead pipes almost 40 years ago.
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by barney54 3y ago
In the US, lead pipes in new construction were banned almost 40 years ago. This is not a matter of the pipes not being regulated, it's an issue of replacing older pipes.
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by barney54 3y ago
No. UC Berkeley is already in the process of replacing its cogen plant: https://sustainability.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/fina...
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by barney54 3y ago
Electricity rates in the U.S. average 12 cents KWh according to the Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/
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by barney54 3y ago
Customers. Customers are the external accountability.
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by barney54 3y ago
We still neglect what? There is incredible pressure to build renewables.
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by barney54 3y ago
But not easily storable.
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by barney54 3y ago
Riding a bike is cheaper than driving. Driving a car is dead.
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by barney54 3y ago
Affordable housing is a solved problem, but people don’t like the solution of allowing people to build housing all over the place.
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by barney54 3y ago
Executive Orders do not have the force of law. They are essentially suggestions. Federal agencies try to follow them, but Executive Orders can’t supersede actual laws.
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by barney54 3y ago
Not real Sudafed. Real Sudafed isn’t OTC because it is pseudoephedrine—in fact that’s where Sudafed got its name.
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by barney54 3y ago
Here’s more pictures of the tree here: https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/places-to-visi...
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by barney54 3y ago
Is it even possible to buy a Pi 4? I’ve looked multiple times and never found them for sale.
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by barney54 3y ago
Consumers can't make decisions? Somehow the consumers of lead acid batteries recycle 99% of them.
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by barney54 3y ago
Tax credits for what exactly?
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by barney54 3y ago
Renewables industrialize much more land than nuclear and nuclear solve the challenge of renewables being dependent on the weather. Renewables are far more expensive than nuclear when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining.

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