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Gigafactory
| May 24th, 2019 at 10:23:09 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
For people in Southern California, it's a local issue. Los Angeles County has 6,433,000 registered vehicles and rain in July averages 0.01 inches. Even in 2019, Los Angeles is still the smoggiest city in America.. And if you live there, it's not always easy to ignore.  |
| May 24th, 2019 at 10:44:04 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
All that and LA is nested in a valley of sorts that just traps the smog. Read years ago where someone thought of putting big, I mean BIG, exhaust fans in some of the mountains. I saw this smog when I was out there, just one more reason I could never live there. The President is a fink. |
| May 24th, 2019 at 12:14:01 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | China is moving forward 412,000 electric buses USA, 300 https://thinkprogress.org/electric-buses-outsell-diesel-china/?fbclid=IwAR1dmtXzcCwDl8vV5BdhAuPXmzqlWvnA2aBqqBWFsjIEguEKZ0Qt-IdjP4Q Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| May 24th, 2019 at 12:43:00 PM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4492 |
Since 60% of China's electricity comes from coal and the majority of the rest from fossil fuels how is this reducing CO2? Coal fired buses to go with the coal fired phones. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| May 24th, 2019 at 12:59:42 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | We need more biomass/wood fired electric generators such as the one in Kettle Falls Washington. http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/6291/leaving-a-legacy This wood generator is considered renewable energy. Burn wood waste. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| May 24th, 2019 at 5:10:20 PM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4492 |
Europe is converting large coal fired plants to burn wood pellets that are considered green energy. In the short term they produce more CO2 than the coal does and we don't get the atmosphere cleansing from the trees cut down to produce the pellets. None of theses issues are black and white do a little deeper research on it TP. On the scale of a 100 years they might be carbon neutral but in the short term they are not. Over half the trees cut down in the southern US are going to Europe to fire these plants as pellets. Are you in favor of losing your forests to generate power in Europe, just asking. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| May 24th, 2019 at 7:44:58 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I am in favor of man benefiting from trees versus termites and beetles. Rather sell trees than have mass forest fires. Definitely in favor of harvesting forests sustainably. No need to cut down the Amazon though. Poor management of forests caused billions of dollars and over 80 lives in the recent Calif. camp fire, so yeah. Pellets can still be made from dying or dead trees, not necessary to cut down prime Redwoods for pellets. Lots of shit trees to chip and press. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| May 25th, 2019 at 4:35:11 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Trees can be farmed, same as other plants. Longer cycle of course. Younger trees suck up more CO2 than older trees if that is the concern. Good forest management involves cutting down trees and yes, clear-cutting areas. There were Indian tribes that did clear-burns. It would be nice to see wood-recycling for this. Problem is it could never be profitable to get old building-materials separated. The President is a fink. |
| August 10th, 2019 at 12:54:31 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18755 |
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-clean-energy-breakthrough-could-be-buried-deep-beneath-rural-utah/ar-AAFzDr3?ocid=spartanntp You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| September 23rd, 2019 at 9:25:47 AM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | On September 19, Amazon announced it was purchasing 100,000 delivery vans that are 100% electric. Deliveries will begin in 2021, and the company wants to have 10,000 of them on the streets by 2022. The remaining 90,000 units will be delivered by 2030. The trucks will be manufactured by Rivian, which recently received a $500 million investment from Ford and a $700 million investment from Amazon. As corporate fleets go, 100,000 is a huge number. To put it into perspective, FedEx's worldwide fleet of delivery trucks/vans is 85,000. UPS' worldwide fleet is 123,000.  |