Talking the talk is popular with these guys. They know it helps their image. In this case, it’s gaslighting.
On the whole, car should be lighter (-engine & parts,-muffler,-fuel tank) … depending on # batteries needed (+ holding structure + cables)(might lose the back seat). Same Transmission/drive train needs.
Here’s a picture of it while it’s still in the shop. https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/nasa-tests-solar-sail-in-solar-in-orbit/
Oh, for sure. Heat pumps are a-comin, dear Lisa.
Haven’t heard about the NASA design yet, but JAXA’s 2010 IKAROS used "Eighty blocks of LCD panels are embedded in the sail, whose reflectance can be adjusted for attitude contro ".
Thanks for reminding me of a great film I saw in theatres long ago… I was at a con once and heard Barry (spouse and I both liked ‘Enemy’) and bought his Workshop book … good to see he’s still kicking …
and thanks too for hooking me up with Feral Historian’s stuff (like his style) which I might never have found otherwise…
Oops, good catch! (I even used to live by her… will fix that, thanks!)
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Totally agreed … IF you plant a tree, and let it grow, then pellitize and transport it in a green way, then burning it won’t release more hydrocarbons than it accumlated.
Fire that consumes hydrocarbon fuels and oxygen liberates CO2. So yeah. Gasoline, diesel, natural gas, wood chips, all hydrocarbon fuels. NO SUCH THING as ‘green’ wood burning.
I think NYT is correct in this sense: I haven’t heard Harris herself say much about ‘climate change’ let alone ‘global warming’.
We all get that. Candidates tend to stay away from talking about stuff that makes people feel bad because it sticks to them. But I’ve not heard her even address expanding renewables as rapidly as possible, or even heat pumps. No doubt that’s the advice she’s getting. One reason is that the cars we’re driving are a major source of CO2. Nobody’s touching that elephant.
Wow. I can’t believe it took me so long to learn about that. And no tour needed. Interesting, thanks!
That’s a lot cheaper than the laughable $1 + 45 cents per minute Lime is charging for their bikes where I live… $28 for the first hour. HA HA
Legislators this year already are trying to tackle the rising costs of electricity.
Considering CA’s widespread use of the now-cheapest sources of electricity, it’s more than ironic that costs to consumers are rising. Somebody needs to take a -very close- look at that.
Another question for CA: are data centers required to be carbon-neutral or else ? Will they thriving on the savings created by people driving EVs? Will their demands result in higher prices for everyone?
Hmmm. Where can a person learn the facts about this … ‘agenda’ ?
Because you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time … and they’ve been at it for a very long time.
Looks like a lousy bet.
"Hydrogen can be produced by several means. Most hydrogen produced today is gray hydrogen, made from natural gas through steam methane reforming (SMR). This process accounted for 1.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. Low-carbon hydrogen, which is made using SMR with carbon capture and storage (blue hydrogen), or through electrolysis of water using renewable power (green hydrogen), accounted for less than 1% of production. “Virtually all of the 100 million tonnes[5] of hydrogen produced each year is used in oil refining (43% in 2021) and industry (57%)”
… Wikiipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_economy
Once again, the impact of subsidized industries is accidentally underestimated.
“We made a promise we had no idea how we were going to keep. But it seemed like good PR at the time. And people kept flying in our planes.”
US parts prices are … WOW … There was a time when there were junkyards, guess there aren’t so many as once.