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Right. A link or a fuller explanation. What are your figures based on?
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Got a link to something that supports this? I can't find anything. Thanks.
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So you're comparing the price of new EVs and to used ICE vehicles? And how do you think those used ICE vehicles began their lives? When they came off the assembly line were they classified as used? I believe, perhaps wrongly, that these used ICE vehicles were once new. And that to compare new EVs to used ICE vehicles makes absolutely no sense. And, as has been repeatedly pointed out, battery life has been seriously underestimated. And your comment about road usage charges makes no sense also. Is it cheaper to drive an ICE vehicle when the cost of petrol is low or is it the same cost no matter what the price of petrol is? It seems to me that the lower the cost of petrol, the less it costs to drive an ICE vehicle. If electric power beats petrol even when its price is low,, then won't the cost of driving one be lower even if a compensatory registration fee is imposed on EVs?
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Are these figures based on all EVs charging at the same time and at the time when demand is highest?
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Well, if in fact, EVs are universally adopted you'd have a better point. But, in fact, it will happen over time and there's no reason to think that the Thailand can't add more capacity to its electric grid.
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False. As I pointed out, storage costs have declined precipitously. As this study from M.I.T. 3 years ago concluded, for 100% renewables, storage costs would have to fall to $5 per kwh of capacity. But to get to 95% renewables, storage the cost of renewables would have to fall below $150 per kwh. Guess what? That goal has been met and surpassed. Iron flow batteries and zinc oxide batteries, to name just a few have done just that. Even lithium ion batteries are now below that level, but their storage capacity is basically good for only 6 hours. Other flow batteries are now good for 100 hours. How Inexpensive Must Energy Storage Be for Utilities to Switch to 100 Percent Renewables? MIT researchers list the energy storage technologies that could enable a 100 percent renewable grid https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-energy-storage-would-have-to-cost-for-a-renewable-grid https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(19)30300-9
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Please share with us the evidence that Zelensky "has many ill gotten mansions around the world." As for the rest of the nonsense you posted, I particularly enjoyed the alarabiya.net link. Russia held referendums for accession to Russia in occupied territory to see what the captive populations wanted. When, surprise, surprise, the vote, tallied by the scrupulously honest Russians, showed overwhelming support for unification with Russia, the Russians signed a treaty incorporating those territories. As for that territory being all that Putin says he wants, ever hear the phrase putting lipstick on a pig? I guess you don't' recall how early in the war Putin said the goal was to depose the Nazis who were running the country. And I suppose you're unfamiliar with the claims backed by him that Ukraine doesn't have a culture that is distinct from Russia's.
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First off, it's false that "there are no commensurate advances in the cost of generating the power to be stored." Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of power. In fact, in most cases it's cheaper to replace an existing coal-powered plant with solar or wind than just to keep that coal-powered plant running. The cost of solar keeps on declining as photovoltaics become both more efficient and cheaper to manufacture. And the cost of storage is declining precipitously. So, let's say that it's a wash as far as taxes are concerned. Renewables are still cheaper. And getting even cheaper. In addition, air pollution exacts huge costs as regards human health and damage to infrastructure.
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As has repeatedly been pointed out, apparently to no avail, EV batteries are lasting far longer than originally projected. So much so that recycling plants are operating at way under their utilization levels. Not only that, but after the rest of the vehicle is scrapped, the batteries can be used for energy storage on the grid or for private use.
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You really need to get yourself acquainted with the huge advances being made in energy storage. The price of which has plummeted. what's more, presently only 4% of Thailand's power comes from renewables. In addition, for better or worse, who or what has stopped Thailand from adding additional fossil fuel powered plants from operating? Finally, how much of a registration fee for EV's do you think it will take to cover the costs they incur for infrastructure? Finally, you fail to note the cost savings in health care and infrastructure damage caused by fossil fuels.
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Well, do you have to give him some sort of credit for pulling a stunt that's going to hurt citizens and businesses of Florida. There's a lot of repair work necessary to recover from the last hurricane. And, apparently, a lot less workers to get the job done. Anyway, it's going to be a useful object lesson on how much of the US economy actually depends on undocumented aliens.
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Living in denial much? Clearly it's right wing non mainstream media that are consistently most opposed to EVs. And that's reflected in the politics of the posters in this thread re how they view EVs.
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Why will the price of electricity go up astronomically? Is electricity like, say, a rare mineral, so that increased demand means relative scarcity so the cost is increased I was under the impression that electricity was a product created in many ways and the production could be expanded as demand rises. What's more, I was also under the impression that power generation in Thailand was a government enterprise and that prices were imposed by the government.
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No. The Thai govt did not get a govt more aligned to the US than to China. Just because the Thai govt is courting various US firms doesn't mean that the US now has some kind of veto power over Thai govt actions. China's exports to Thailand were five times US exports to Thailand in 2022
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Why would it get harder and harder to get it charged? Was that the history of autos powered by gasoline/petrol? And, of course, for those who have the option of charging at home, it will be much cheaper.
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For the last decade various research firms have postured that EV batteries need to see prices decline to $100 per kilowatt hour in order to achieve parity with gas cars. In July the average weighted price of a kilowatt hour worth of battery dropped below that for the first time in two years. In spite of significant monetary inflation, prices are still dropping, and soon the price of an electric car drivetrain will be less or equal to a gasoline vehicle to produce. https://jalopnik.com/evs-might-not-cost-so-much-thanks-to-cheaper-batteries-1850860684
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A truly clueless comment. The continent of Africa has a total surface area of 30,365,000 square km Africa's total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west. https://www.britannica.com/place/Africa As per the BBC news report, he highest ever recorded expanse of Antarctic sea ice is slightly over 20 million square kilometers. So what your asking is for an alarm about the low level of sea ice when it's about 50% higher than ever recorded.
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Bad Biden polls stoke third-party angst for Democrats
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A small scale deception involving a small boat attacking a much larger ship is possible to perpetrate. An alleged conspiracy like fraudulent elections or human-caused climate change would necessarily involve thousand and even tens of thousands. And unlike the Golf of Tonkin incident where questions were not answered , the right wing lunatic claims consistently get exposed as falsehoods. -
Russell Brand: BBC and Channel 4 investigate allegations
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How many millions believed in Qanon? How many still believe? What do you think that 4.5 million proves, except that it's not me being silly? -
Russell Brand: BBC and Channel 4 investigate allegations
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I personally have great confidence that you believe your comment is perceptive. Others might not.