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Indeed. I am also a solar enthusiast, but the first thing you need to do in any home PV install is cut consumption first. That's true for the whole society.

Exactly. But "they" are not interested in raising that labor intensive organic sweet corn for people ... especially if there are subsidies available for ethanol.

I've heard of farmers over here that overbuilt arrays expecting to sell excess to rhe grid getting less money than expected and turning to bitcoin mining to make up the shortfall. Yeah, that helps the climate...

Solar or wind plus battery storage is like the new plastic ... soon enough to be found everywhere ... and most of that power will end up wasted, just like most of today's power is wasted on trivial uses. See @Mr. Coffee post above about A.I., but energy waste is everywhere in the cities, and...

And as far as the economics of the EV transition, Ford doesn't seem impressed ... almost a $50,000 loss per vehicle... https://substack.com/home/post/p-146972186?r=hhp6b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

A.I. ( especially self driving cars and trucks) is another huge part of the transition that we aren't really ready for, but is happening now. Think about the amount of battery power needed for an A.I. based city to run for three or four days of no grid power . :eek:

Indeed. We saw that happening with the actors / writers strike regarding A.I. scraping "content " ... automatic plagiarizing.

Another fire ... a truck loaded with batteries ... Nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/27/us/battery-fire-traffic-nevada-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k0.0V9e.QGMZfga1ZPQF&smid=url-share

What has four wheels, is bright yellow, and sleeps two? A state highway truck ...

Here in Pennsylvania we have stacks of orange traffic cones by the sides of many roads... but our highways only have two seasons... closed for snow or closed for construction...

Actually 6 hours of hard use is really good...I was only expecting about half that based on electric tow motors I have seen.

Any real world report on how long those big batteries last , @kevinmccune .

You really shouldn't look inside ... or breathe inside...

Wow. A real payphone booth... what will they think of next ? Maybe an internet cafe or pay per view ?

Well, someone has to eat it ...

I am assuming that the big push towards self driving cars is to insure that when the next lock down occurs, your car won't cross the border or county line ... ..."Sorry Dave, I can't do that (while curfew is in effect)(since you are due in court)(because your subscription expired)(whatever) "...

Don't know why it fell, but looking below it, it looks like it might be occupied soon.

This article seems like it fits in with your infrastructure thread. This is serous stuff, both the good and the bad builds are permanently installed and rarely changed afterwards. https://open.substack.com/pub/lloydalter/p/toronto-has-too-many-ghost-bikes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=hhp6b

"This slightly famous train station on the way back." But can you pronounce it properly?

Hey @Court. Thanks for this forum, man. You know it's meant a lot to us.