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paulkienitz

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32. Solar is no fantasy.
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:37 PM
May 2025

Solar is now cheaper than fossil fuel and only getting cheaper. It doesn't need to occupy tons of land because it can and does go on land that's already in use, like rooftops and parking lots. Advanced cells have twice the power output of cheap ones, so they are far from done improving.

I have no sympathy whatever for PG&E. The whole company should be dismantled. Remember the Enron crisis? PG&E was complicit, made billions, and never faced any accountability for it. They split the company in two and declared bankruptcy for one half while pocketing those billions in the other, then successfully stuck the ratepayers with bailing out the first half. It may be the grossest misuse of bankruptcy court in history, and they set a world record in the amount they paid their lawyers to get that outcome. Come the revolution those sick fucks can share a guillotine with Peter Thiel and Marc Andreesen.

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I think your gf is right on! CaliforniaPeggy May 2025 #1
I just bought a 12 year old hybrid (Prius) Ms. Toad May 2025 #2
☝️ CentralMass May 2025 #4
I'm thinking $19000 17 years ago isn't that much less than $40000 now. paulkienitz May 2025 #10
It's around $28,550 in today's dollars. n/t Ms. Toad May 2025 #16
Inflation calculators always underestimate paulkienitz May 2025 #20
Well, my income in 2008 Ms. Toad May 2025 #25
Hard to comment, not knowing your financial situation, cashflow or if you own your own place. My wife and I share a Doodley May 2025 #3
Listen to her! LittleGirl May 2025 #5
They told us factory orders take three months currently. paulkienitz May 2025 #14
it wasn't the rechargeable batteries was it? LittleGirl May 2025 #17
It was the big battery that failed for her. paulkienitz May 2025 #21
That's the first I've heard LittleGirl May 2025 #27
If you're getting one, this seems to be the time to do it, before the tariffs kick in. Low price for an EV, good range, NBachers May 2025 #6
We felt that way driving a Prius LittleGirl May 2025 #18
That model has great reviews IronLionZion May 2025 #7
Not many road trips in our lives nowadays paulkienitz May 2025 #11
Isnt ford running employee pricing now? Figarosmom May 2025 #8
Yeah we got that offer paulkienitz May 2025 #12
Consider No Money Down Lease modrepub May 2025 #9
Yeah, just signed up for that forum. paulkienitz May 2025 #13
If your issue is which kind of car is least odious for climate... NNadir May 2025 #15
I'm in California where the grid has plenty of solar, paulkienitz May 2025 #22
I'm not a fan of California's grid, solar energy, and definitely not natural gas. NNadir May 2025 #23
No. paulkienitz May 2025 #29
You will often be driving a car powered by natural gas after exergy destruction. NNadir May 2025 #31
Solar is no fantasy. paulkienitz May 2025 #32
I'm with your best friend on this one. flvegan May 2025 #19
we looked at used prices paulkienitz May 2025 #24
cheaper to get a new GF. Groundhawg May 2025 #26
GF, GT, what's the difference? NBachers May 2025 #28
we bought it... paulkienitz May 2025 #30
WE BOUGHT IT... FOR TWO DAYS. paulkienitz May 2025 #33
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