Sure it does. It can send help.

I cannot stress enough that Canada is a sovereign country and not under the jurisdiction of the EPA.

It’s incredible Republicans seem to develop morals once they lose their primaries or are out of office.

Yes, but it’s moot from a privacy standpoint for most if you bring your cell phone in the car.

I want the Slate to succeed, but unless you need a truck bed daily, a used Bolt offers greater value for the average person at a lower price.

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It’s not either/or but all of the above if we want to minimize death.

France already has one of the lowest carbon electricity sectors in the world thanks to its nuclear fleet. The costs would be so prohibitive that metered power will jump in price causing real poverty and killing those unable to afford to run air conditioning.

Money is not infinite and free.

This is a little misleading. There are plenty of opportunities before the 2050 US drop-off to initiate new projects or overhaul and extend existing plants. SMRs are in their commercial infancy. They need time and successful initial projects. With so many under development, the odds are quite good with the largest risk being solar + battery undercuts which is also a win.

Markets dislike the uncertainty of searching for the right geothermal conditions. Battery storage is just cheaper and certain. You also can’t gloss over the hydrogen sulfide pollution. Geothermal is not truly clean.

Maui and Kauai have small populations and are easy for wind +solar + storage. The Big Island has geothermal, but it is only going to supply 15% of the energy mix because of the pollution. They have the room for renewables for 200k people. Oahu is the challenge. It’s populous, dense, and needs approximately 1.8 GW. This is why biofuels are the current strategy.

Time for one of the wealthiest collections of humans on Earth to stop walking and start running towards climate solutions. Decarbonization alone is not enough.

There is nothing wrong with the article.

Please consider judging things on their own merit.

There isn’t a conspiracy. It’s simply that most of the older islands have cooled and the studies necessary to find the right conditions are incredibly expensive. The Big Island is where the opportunity is, and they are expanding the existing plant as part of the carbon-free 2045 plan. The state is also funding exploration on Maui.

https://energy.hawaii.gov/geothermal/

I love the idea of geothermal, but the reality is difficult. You need to drill to find the right conditions. There’s also the H2S emissions. Solar and wind resources are much easier to confirm and build.

It is not an error. The Trump administration opposes renewable energy and heavily favors fossil fuels.

He simply speaks out more against wind as he holds bizarre views unsupported by science about its health effects.

Yes.The Pure (base) is $72,000 delivered, plagued with issues, and subsidized so heavily the company lost $1 billion in the last quarter alone. This is reflected in some of the highest replacement parts costs in the industry rivaling ultra luxury manufacturers like Bentley. It is why residual retention is so poor even by EV standards.

This car is the poster child for my point. They put a powerful motor in, added battery to mitigate the lost range, then had to engineer around the weight at a price. You just don’t see the full cost which easily exceeds $150,000 per vehicle shipped.

Car rental is the last use case for EVs. Most renters are unfamiliar with the region, have limited time, and rent to put on miles at a faster rate than owners.

It will take ubiquitous megawatt charging infrastructure and 1,000 volt architecture for this to change. We are likely ten years away in North America. China will get there first, but it isn’t a large car rental market.

It is. Higher horsepower is predictive of higher driving speeds, higher collision rates, and more damage/risk per collision.

Even if it weren’t, it requires a heavier motor and stronger parts be used in the car, increasing costs and weight, which in turn decrease range.

Not necessarily. The answer could be to make clean electricity prices so low that even normal gasoline prices are more expensive.

Yes, it is possible to make some cheeses in an apartment.When I got into it 15 years ago, it was just my family and internet instructions. The mozarella and ricotta turned out fine. More complex, not really. Start with these.

Europe and Asia are rapidly rejecting oil for transportation and I doubt it will ever come back.