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basilico:
Dont you think you are being petty? Living in UK, you treat people here as trash denigrarting them .
I should shed a tear when I hear those racists call you (specifically Ibime) a monkey.
You are no different from the racists you always talk ill of.

DeepSight:
This is quite rich: a Trump supporter citing the hatred of Hitler for other races.
Rich, very rich.

Obrigardo:
I was once in that trap, I literally believed Obama was an alien and Michelle was trans. I was infused in Illuminati and many other details. Not saying I had a memory wipe after I realised I was going down under as I still retained some info but there's somethings I would say concerning secret societies now you'd ask if I'm liberal.
I've understood that it was all lies but there was minor facts too. I could go into details step by step but that could be for another day.
There's also this common sense knowledge which is like an absolute truth, like believing trump was and is a criminal liability.
So when you understand both worlds then the truth won't be hard to know that trump is a criminal. So it might take a while for basilico but it will strike him hard someday how foolish he was for criminal trump.

budaatum:
......... Then, the people, those woke libby people who are willing to go and march in Whitehall tomorrow will say to themselves, "why are we buying China making them rich because it is cheap, when we could pay a little more, much more - if we truly love this earth we are claiming we want to save - just make our own tink and buy our own ting and sell our own ting and make ourselves rich instead of giving our money to China?

And then will they minister to themselves to employ one another to make their own ting and sell their own ting and trade their own ting amongst their selves and make themselves wealth and riches.

Made in Britain after all. By the Order of the Garter.

Ibime:
So after typing PPI, Microsoft changed it to CPI for you? A search of your moniker with CPI shows you have never typed CPI in your life on this forum for Microsoft to predict anything for you. Just say the concept is new to you than blaming Bill Gates as usual. Bill Gates gave you Covid, and also made you misspell PPI. Odiegwu!

basilico:
Point is clean energy from hydro and nuclear is pretty reliable. The clean from green like solar, wind and tidal can never be relied upon . A Tesla has a 100KW battery which is equivalent to 300-400 panels , sunlight 5 hours a day around $140K. The battery is so big some guy has rigged his car to mine crypto currency.

EU, WEF and COP26 are all after getting rid of oil. Where is this climate emergency? When China and India are massively adding coal plants to their grids.
When Europe n Murica go green, the govt will have to subsidize a lot. In other words a lot more become dependent on the govt.Such that you can be denied food if you do not get 10th Covid booster.


This climate change is a big hoax.African countries should play along get enough money from the west and strengthen food security first.

basilico:
Point is......

saxywale2:
Have you read the news about GM motors, the airplane in Canada, the investment of oil companies in green energy?

It seems the the world is eventually going to go green whether we like it or not.

saxywale2:
Have you read the news about GM motors, the airplane in Canada, the investment of oil companies in green energy?

It seems the the world is eventually going to go green whether we like it or not.

saxywale2:
Have you read the news about GM motors, the airplane in Canada, the investment of oil companies in green energy?

It seems the the world is eventually going to go green whether we like it or not.

CoolUsername:
You used to believe Obama was and alien, now you believe that Trump is KGB Hitler and post every single day about how the walls are closing in. Trump has been finished for 6 years now, if you were to be believed.

You simply replaced one set of delusions with another set of delusions. From QAnon to BlueAnon

Obrigardo:
Greenberg's plea deal that will surely bring gaetz down. I've predicted that this is the end of the republiqan party, and gaetz arrest is going to speed it up. There was no one who wanted to be more like trump in congress than matt gaetz.

basilico:
Sham case falls apart. No charges for Gaetz

Obrigardo:
What is wrong with you? Why are you always in a rush like you can't live the next day? Calm down and understand it was a rumor between the prosecutors, but does that mean the case is moot? Be careful not to put the cart before the horse so it's hoof doesn't end up in your ass.

benalvino3:
do you know how heavy tesla cars are because of their batteries?

making a plane based on batteries will not work. Jet-fueled planes get lighter as they fly. The same cannot be said about electric planes. which should be a lot more heavier

obixcel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2B1hU-vZU
Why coudn't she answer the question? Dem swear for her?

benalvino3:
A) do you know how heavy tesla cars are because of their batteries?

B) making a plane based on batteries will not work. Jet-fueled planes get lighter as they fly. The same cannot be said about electric planes. which should be a lot more heavier

basilico:
Joe Biden looking totally confused gets lost on stage. Turns around like a robot . This guy is not OK




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oktrp8Nterg

saxywale2:
A) Of course, I know how heavy electric cars are. A few 100kg heavier than it's non electric model. Case study Ford Mustang vs Ford Mustang Mach+ E, but technology is not stagnant.

B) Are you saying this plane in my screenshot below won't fly or AirCanada is just wasting it's time?

If we shout and argue from now till tomorrow, EVs and battery techs are here to stay. Automobile Companies going full EV and oil companies spending billions of dollars on clean energy won't stop investing their time and money on it. GM made an announcement today that they would completely stop making Petrol and diesel cars by 2035. This is the biggest American automobile company and top 3 in the world I think. TotalEnergies is spending around 57% of its research and development budget of $1 billion for 2022 on clean-energy technologies.

Battery Tech would also get better. Do you know how poor and heavy batteries were before lithium ion was discovered? I still have some NiCad batteries which is still considered a recent tech, and now they already look achaic to me and doesn't hold much charge compared to lithium ion which is now mainstream. Lithium ion would also be replaced by another tech. Scientists are already looking into hydrogen fuel cells (has more storage capacity and lighter) and other future energy storage technologies. Toyota introduced an hydrogen fuel cell vehicle this year.

I am sure people would have also argued in the past that electric cars can never work, or the Wright brothers were wasting their time trying to get some wood and cotton fabric glued together into the sky.

basilico:
1.
These oil and EV megacorps are using a lot of money for research. They know very well fossil fuel demands will forever increase so slashing a part of the revenue to fund a department which might return a profit or not is another way they avoid paying too much taxes.

And they also get subsidies from the Federal Govt to boot. Out of the research money allocated some of it goes to paying salaries for the researchers who are most likely involved in the normal vehicle production eg An assembly line fully automated can be developed for the EVs under the research tax deductible grants and deployed across the other fuel guzzling vehicle production lines.

2.
I hope you also realize that whenever one has solar/wind power there is always a standby power plant. I'll relate my experience of a 32 KW private solar farm in Uganda. Uganda is along the equator which means the sun is on average at least 8 hours a day when its not raining. The setup there is that the org gets normal hydro power . The solar farm is on grid meaning it works in conjuction with the mains. Has a smart Inverter that determines how much power is needed, it reduces the amount from the mains its generating at the moment and supplies from the solar. It does not feed back to the grid when there is excess power from the solar. There were no batteries for the solar. If no solar at all rest is mains. If solar is generating it deducts that from the mains. (It does this by negative feedback )
At times the mains input is literally zero when there is no activity and the solar supplies everything.
Rare thing. On a cloudy day the output from the solar farm falls to as low as 3Kw. Note the solar farm has about 160 panels In a country straddling the equator Yet solar is not sufficient. On full load the Power input is around 100KW , shedding an average of 20-25 Kw saves the org quite some money per month. I sure do hope the org qualifies for Carbon credits for its generous contribution to going green Never mind that its mains is purely hydro.
In other words you cannot depend on solar to manufacture. Let alone supply a few hundred homes

3.
At the same time the extraction of Lithium and Cobalt is a pretty disruptive business, activists have shut down production in Western economies over environmental concerns. Yes those who think power comes from the wall socket. China does not care about environment they mine these battery components without any opposition from their green energy activists.. most are in exile. China also mines a lot of cobalt from Zaire.

4
The whole war on fossil fuels is futile . We have heard that we only have so many years to reverse Global Warming hence the need to switch to green energy, In the process of switching fertilizers need to be reduced ( cause a famine?) , livestock culled because of cow farts, switch to bugs ( I post a video of a bug eating high school dropout celeb) for our protein needs. Add in gender to the mix , how it mixes with GW is a mystery. Gender inequities are discussed as a cause of the climate crisis, with their eradication, with women as leaders, as key to a sustainable future
The whole GW crusade goes beyond oil into micromanaging people's lives.

Nicole Kidman (8.5m IG followers) eating very yummy living bugs If A celeb can eat live bugs so can WE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3UqLAtdZ04

saxywale2:
1.
Fossil fuel is limited in supply. I do not think Tesla is in the business of EV because of subsidies it expects from government. Subsidies or tax breaks are a plus, but that won't be the sole reason they spend billions on research. Infact, the billions of dollars these mega oil companies and EV cooperation spend on research dwarfs any meagre subsidy expected from Gov. General Motors is investing nearly US$7 billion in the state to convert one factory to build electric vehicles and construct another to make batteries. That's huge. Note revenue after tax (minus subsidy or tax break) for GM was about $5B in 2019.

2.
Uganda needs to visit Texas to study how they are now the US leading renewable energy producer for 2 years in a row. I don't know why they do not have storage, energy is being wasted when it can't be stored and can't be fed back to the grid. Infact, the major selling point of solar energy companies in the US is that you can sell back to the power companies.

3. As I earlier said, technology or advancement in tech is not stagnant. Who would have thought mobile phones could reduce so much in size from the ugly giant beast they were in 1995ish to the ultra slim device they are right now with much more smaller batteries with larger storage capacities. So companies not running 100% on solar or wind does not mean they won't be able to do so 50 years from now. Lithium or cobalt batteries might even be phased out in the next decade. NiCad for example did not even last up to 10 years before getting dumped just like the giant laser disc of a few years ago.

3.
China or India might not care right now but they will catch up later. It's not a race to the bottom but a race to the top. India has one of the dirtiest and poorest air quality in the world. Sooner or later, the cost of healthcare from lung or respiratory system will catch up with them as well.

As per the cow fat, those are crazy environmentalist. I love my steaK dinners and I do not think cow farts would be that large enough to cause any significant damage to the ozone layer. After cowfart, are they going to target plant giving out c02 next?

4.
Like I said earlier, we may argue all we want on Nairaland or elsewhere, EV tech is here to stay. Check out Toyota maria below. It mostly uses hydrogen fuel cell. More storage and less weight than the 100% Lithium ion we find in the likes of Teslas. Research and advancement in tech can produce wonderful results

Finally, to be honest, I am not a climate change warrior or champion. I just go with the flow of technology. I am fascinated by them. You are lucky to work in an industry where you get to see the beauty of semi conductors live in action.

basilico:
Fossil fuel is obviously limited in supply. There is however large amounts of untapped reserves across the world .. Shale oil is one which has led to America being the largest producers of shale oil n gas. Unfortunately activists worry about contaminating the ground water and have sought to ban it in toto. ME countries OPEC rather have generous welfare benefits for their citizens such that they want oil priced higher. A shale oil producer was interviewed saying he could theoritically get to $30 per barrel . Russia and OPEC may have been funding these activists. UK also has plenty of shale but the Environment activists wont let them exploit it till Putin shuts down gas in total.
Tesla is a business. With $18B first quarter sales this year, more people on the waiting list makes Elon Musk the richest in the world.
Other vehicle companies will not be left behind because the demand is there. At one point the law of diminishing returns (Units vs Energy ) will catch up, fixing a date when cars sold will be only EV is good business for everyone , although I think the mega corps .. GM, Toyota etc will have the last laugh with the internal combustion engines.



That Org does not need storage power . Its aim is to go green and reduce electricity bills, A 30KW storage system is pretty expensive . Theoritcally they could sell power back to the grid I am not sure if Uganda has that arrangement or maybe Uganda has surplus capacity and dont need buy backs from Independent Power Producers.



China and India are concerned about lifting as many as possible from poverty. China is more concerned with dominating the world as a Superpower. China is the largest Solar and Wind Power producer in the world. Ditto coal ... I also think hydro is quite big there.

At the rate global decisions are made, countries sign on to them and then implement them Bugs will be touted as the next big thing. We have been forced to get covid jabs, do away with some refigerators, Set max shower tap diameter, boycott Russia , sell bananas to EU which are only of some shape and size ... This to me has the makings of some elites who think they know better than us and are determined to interfere in our daily lives.
There is a lot about cow farts,,, If you care to read Alexandria O Cortez Green New Deal , cow farts contribute to Global warming.




EV is here to stay I do not dispute that. For hydrogen fuel cars there is a growing research towards them , I have not had so much time to look at them
The speed at which the West is running at getting rid of fossil fuels under climate crisis seems suspect to me. As a feel good Germany stopped nuclear power plants and right now they have two on standby whereas their power costs have gone up. The projections are based on computer models which surprisingly were not correct to predict the last 20 years global temperatures. Data fed into a computer can churn out different results, these are pure predictions on upcoming events. There is a level of absurdity I find because everything is blamed on GW. Fires in California are more because of GW yet some people were arrested starting fires in some places and the undergrowth was not all cleared.

Obrigardo:
After new evidence by Jan 6th committee and then this tweet at that time by Jim, It's fair to say Criminal trump and one or two of his goons is going to get hit with Seditious Conspiracy. What a Criminal.