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I wonder if the terminal value of an EV will be higher than ICE. This seems possible if there are secondary users for batteries, motors, or if the mineral content is more valuable …

First order logics can be provably sound and complete when they do not express certain arithmetic operations.

Window placement with multiple monitors is broken beyond belief. I am hoping someone from Apple is reading this thread.

Without agreeing with the paper’s general point, imagine a coal plant that emits particles which cause asthma within a 25 mile radius of the plant that also buys legit offsets for …

There are two views of this. The first is that at any given point in time, my instantaneous energy use is offset by renewables. The second is that over some period of time (e.g., o…

Power is pooled. If I buy from a supplier or group of suppliers that (1) procures only from renewable resources (2) isn’t reselling power from non renewable sources, (3) hasn’t sol…

Missed the part about XP. Question still applies to the 95 disk.

Is this why there was a copy of Weezer’s Buddy Holly music video was on there too?

The fast charger is the expensive part, the dispenser is not nearly so. Just like a gas station, dispensers to chargers are many-one. I was being a bit glib when I said the dispens…

This doesn’t seem right to me. Is this 200k per dispenser? The dispenser is really just a fancy switch and a plug in a kiosk. If you are talking about the central transformer/switc…

Congress currently has, and always has had, control of regulatory agencies. There are many ways this works. In many cases, congresses created the agencies by legislation so they ca…

Chevron eliminated discretion regarding how an agency interprets what powers it has been given if the law is unclear about such things. It does not eliminate the ability to make an…

At the time they had an advertising product they were offering to solar installers based on site quality that used this feature. If I had to guess they probably stopped offering it…

From the parent: “Political uncertainty about the future energy system is jacking up the rate of return investors are demanding of gas plant projects without contracted revenues.” …

I have lost the thread. The og parent said that political uncertainties were responsible for gas plant economic issues. You are now saying that gas plant lobbyists create more poli…

What? Gas prices in Europe are extremely volatile [0]. Neither lobbyists nor politicians control prices and even if they did it isn’t obvious the lobbyists would prefer smooth pric…

Sure, but why is that special for gas plants? CTs are expensive to run so if they run less that is generally good for people using electricity. I am not saying political uncertaint…

Why call this political uncertainty as opposed to economic uncertainty? The future is intrinsically uncertain. The only thing that has changed is new entrants to the market. If gas…

If I have a hybrid car and I make a trip that doesn’t use the engine, are you saying I can’t say I didn’t use the engine because I could have?

Rivian made scalping extra valuable by freezing the price for early reservation holders and raising the price for later reservation holders. Further, vehicles purchased in 2022 may…

The point about speed would be true under pretty much any incentive model except an hourly rate for the buy side. My point is when you are buying, your agent wants you to pay more.…