Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Didn’t we Liberate and occupy a country (Iraq) that produces roughly 4.4 million barrels a day ? So why can’t we buy or take their surplus…
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It appears linear to us, but if you take any aspect of technology and trace it from it's origin to today, you will see this exponential nature Take speed of transportation - walking on all fours, to walking and running upright (3mph average) Millions of years and we start riding horses. Tens of thousands of years and we get boats and wagons. Thousands of years and we get steam. Hundreds of year(s) and we get gas engines. How long for electric? Who knows. There is abnormal obvious reason for this. Each step along the way uses the previous tech to help the next step. Once we got computers (and computer aided design) things really picked up the pace. Now, with AI design birthing, we can expect the computers to being making faster smarter, and better computers, which will then increase the advance of technology even faster. We will see where this goes, but 15 years ago, cell phones were HUGE and dumb, now I wear one on my wrist, that is more powerful than the computers used to get us to the moon and back. I think there is a chance if we don't destroy ourselves first, that we could switch to an electric based economy in 10 to 20 years. |
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Hmm, maybe because it is not ours? But, we never let a little like that stop us. I mean, why not, isn't that what Putin is doing?
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This podcast with Barry Ritholtz and the Executive Director of Ford Electric Vehicles is very interesting as to why they are putting large efforts, or dollars, into that market.
Masters in Business: Darren Palmer on the EV Revolution (Podcast) on Apple Podcasts The interesting point is the opinion of the current EV owners and how they are shaping what Ford believes currently as the future of EVs skeptical but open minded guy |
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The rest of the World is adopting renewable energy and electric vehicles
A shame that the USA, which used to be at the forefront of new technologies, is now dragging its heels and using whatever excuses it can to remain in the clutches of the oil and coal industries |
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But that is the easy part. Battery technology will improve and support longer rides. But that neglects the requirement to generate the electricity to charge the EV batteries which is still highly dependent on fossil fuels. |
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BTW does not seem the coal industry has all that much power these days. |
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The government mandating things, in my not so humble opinion, is the only way to get the predatory capitalists to change things so that their products are better for the people instead of better for their bank accounts. Our auto industry is steeped in being very conservative when it comes to changes - they do not like to make any changes that are not necessary - Edsel was a learning experience. |
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listen to the podcast yourself and make your own interpretation.
its just another information point for whatever you want to believe. behavioral bias guy |
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You're right - for generating electricity, it has dropped from around 40% in 2014 to 20% today, largely as a result of being replaced by natural gas
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#30
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Closed Thread |
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