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11-27-20 00:50 #1403
Posts: 1068California leader in wind and solar energy for last 10 years
I am sure every state wants to be a leader in wind and solar like $6. 2 b.
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US Average Price.
For the 12 months ended May 2020, California's higher electricity prices translated into Residential ratepayers paying $6. 2 billion more than the average ratepayers elsewhere in the US using the same amount of energy. Compared to the lowest rate state (Louisiana), California ratepayers paid an additional $9. 0 billion.
California Commercial Electricity Price.
70.8%.
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Rest of US.
California average Commercial Price for the 12 months ended May 2020 was 17.18 cents / kWh, 70.8% higher than the US average of 10.06 cents / kWh for all states other than California. California's commercial prices remained the 3rd highest in the nation.
California Industrial Electricity Price.
117.0%.
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Rest of US.
California average Industrial Price for the 12 months ended May 2020 was 13.82 cents / kWh, 117.0% higher than the US average of 6. 37 cents / kWh for all states other than California. California's industrial prices remained the 5th highest in the nation.
$11.2 b.
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For the 12 months ended May 2020, California's higher electricity prices translated into Commercial & Industrial ratepayers paying $11.2 billion more than ratepayers elsewhere in the US using the same amount of energy. Compared to the lowest rate states, California businesses paid an additional $14.7 billion.
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11-26-20 23:34 #1402
Posts: 1068Stupid is!
Originally Posted by GDreams [View Original Post]
Stupid is not knowing that lithium for all the electric cars is controlled by China. Switching to all electric will give millions of jobs and billions of dollars to China.
Stupid is not knowing that tariffs and fair trade protect USA manufacturers and business. Steel workers wages in USA average $74,000 annually and China $15,000 annually. Wages for appliances, textiles, clothes and shoes in USA averages over $36,000 per year and in China $10,000 per year or lower. You really think we can compete with that.
Stupid is not knowing that USA puts out only about 5% of all emissions with China, India and Russia being the biggest polluters in the world.
Stupid is not knowing that the Paris Accord cripples our industry and China and India can keep increasing their emissions into 2030 without ever cutting emissions. USA is not in the Paris Accord now and still reduces more emissions than any other country.
Stupid is thinking we can get rid of our oil industry and we can buy everything from China.
Stupid is not knowing that wind and solar can not supply all our power. Stupid is not knowing that the northern states only get 8 hours of daylight in winter 6 hours in Canada and 4 or 5 hours in Alaska with little sun. Solar doesn't work in winter.
Stupid is relying on wind and solar to fly 16 hours to Australia.
Stupid is not knowing that your electric bills are going up because they are paying for wind and solar power.
Stupid is not knowing that at most you can only store 72 hours of power with wind and solar.
Stupid is thinking that there was no fraud in the election.
Stupid is agreeing with AOC and Bernie on everything.
GO fact check this.
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11-26-20 23:16 #1401
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by PVMonger [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 21:40 #1400
Posts: 1184Originally Posted by ChochaMonger [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 20:31 #1399
Posts: 6422Professor Doubting
Originally Posted by DCups [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 15:51 #1398
Posts: 690Originally Posted by Canada [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 14:53 #1397
Posts: 1068Do all democrats make this crap up
Originally Posted by GDreams [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 14:31 #1396
Posts: 3057Originally Posted by ChochaMonger [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 14:26 #1395
Posts: 3057Originally Posted by GDreams [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 14:25 #1394
Posts: 3057Originally Posted by TheCane [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 13:56 #1393
Posts: 1604Originally Posted by Golfinho [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 09:22 #1392
Posts: 690Originally Posted by Canada [View Original Post]
1. Trump has spent the last 4 years grifting to the max. The golf expenses, getting foreign governments to buy up big blocks in his hotel to gain access to him or favourable treatment, trademarks from the Chinese, directing government employees to stay at his hotels, the big tax grab for the wealthy, the trips to the golf courses, the charitable frauds, the tax frauds, the election donation scams. There has never been a bigger snout in the trough.
2. The energy business has been the recipient of generous tax treatment, land access, bailouts for cleaning up polluted sites, lack of environmental regulations for emissions, such as dust, mercury, methane, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides, coal ash disposal causing toxic leaching of heavy metals and arsenic, mountain top removal with minimal rehabilitation and leaving acid mine drainage with toxic metal content, oil sludges from drilling being disposed of in pits, methane leakage from abandoned wells, I could probably go on for a few paragraphs of all the bad things from oil, gas and coal without even mentioning carbon dioxide. The point is if the companies were paying for the true cost to society then all these products would be significantly more costly.
So what is your objection to clean energy? Is it that wind and solar are now the cheapest sources of electricity? That is the reason that more than 50% of all new power generating installations around the world are now wind and solar and this is accelerating because its clean and cheap! It will replace coal once battery storage cost drops sufficiently to cover the intermittency issue. Another 5 years should see it out. Once electric vehicles become main stream there will be arbitrage opportunities to use the vehicle batteries as grid storage, charging when power is cheap and discharging to the grid when power is expensive. Electric vehicles will improve air quality which will reduce health costs in cities, the use of automation will reduce accidents which will reduce the cost of insurance, repair bills and will reduce road trauma from accidents, reducing health costs. Wow, all this green innovation is really actually good for you, imagine that!
3. The China and other tariffs are not protecting industry. Many industries that rely on the import of cheap raw and semi processed materials have been hurt. The trade deficit is still increasing with some trade just moving from China to Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico etc. Its not moving to the US. You need to identify industries that can be competitive, nurture them, have the skillsets in place and stable policies. The biggest disincentive for trade is the $US which needs to weaken to improve competitiveness. The greatest stupidity of this trade war is spending nearly the entire revenue collected from the tariffs to bail out the whiny farmers. (Oh sorry you are probably under the delusion that China pays the tariffs rather that the actual payees, the US consumer!
4. The military is an over bloated waste of money. Since WW2 they have repeatedly failed. Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq. Yes they did win Panama and Grenada! For the amount of money spent over the years in the Middle East the government could have bought every family a Tesla model 3! It doesn't help that the Us is in bed with Saudi Arabia who funds Al Queda, the Taliban and ISIS. Iraq has been given to Iran, Iran beat ISIS not the US. Cut military spending by 70% and use the money on education, health and infrastructure.
5. You complain about student debt forgiveness when corporate America has been given $500 b a year in tax cuts and a $2 T bailout package in the last year. How about ordinary people getting some help!
6. There are many leading economies that provide single payer healthcare with supplemental private insurance. They do it for 20 – 40% of the cost in the US. Its not Obamacare that is the problem it is the corrupt hospital and Insurance systems that buy out the politicians to protect their profit margins. Big Pharma and Big insurance has got you screwed and the best way to fix it is single payer!
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11-26-20 05:03 #1391
Posts: 2656Originally Posted by TheCane [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 22:52 #1390
Posts: 6422Understood
Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 21:38 #1389
Posts: 3040Hey Cane,
The last thing I want to do is argue politics with you. I find it completely pointless to argue this shit plus it is a real good way to make enemies. That is why this will probably be the last time I will post in this thread for the foreseeable future. I appreciate, however, your contributions over in the Brazil forum. In this forum; not so much. Ha Ha.
For the record, I too have a post graduate degree from a well-known highly respected (in some quarters. LOL) Business School and I will always remember the brilliant lectures I was privileged (can we still use that word without the WOK-tard, race baiting, BS connotation?) to hear from Nobel Prize winning Economics' Laureates. But who gives a shit! I do not care how big someone's dick is, or how much money they have, or anything else. We are all punters here. We all like to do friendly young girls for $$$ without the emotional BS that comes with "relationship" dating. Now, some of us have more money to play with (more money is always good), some prefer younger, some older, some of us prefer Latinas, some of us (Me) prefer Asian girls, and some of us like those East Europeans gals. And some of us like the silly cones and the big butts, Ha Ha, and some of us (me) like demure girl next door types with thin thighs and natural ta ta's. It takes all kinds. That is why I always thought our sport was above politics and the common enemy was the politician class that wants to put us down and throw us in jail for the crime of being heterosexual males.
As far as retirement goes, I am leaning towards Thailand for a variety of reasons, not just the girls and ease of access. I like the Thai culture, Thai food, and the relative safety. I do not like the high development infrastructure of Thai tourism although it makes things extremely comfortable. In any case, most of these later factors rule out South America for me. In fact, I turned my back on SA (Colombia) over 20 years ago. That is kind of funny now, because thanks to Corona, a trip down south early spring 2021 seems more and more likely and I am starting to get stoked about returning to Sao Paulo and maybe Rio after all these years.
On the PI: I have a few friends who have chosen to live full time in the PI. They all seem real happy with their decision and wouldn't consider anywhere else. I like Filipinas a lot myself, but it is those other factors that sway me in the direction of the Buddha countries (Los and Cambodia) to live full time and to settle on side trips to the PI, Indonesia, and Macau whenever I feel like it. MNL& Jakarta are only 3.5 hours flight time from BKK. Anyway, I can respect the Cup's preferences as well as yours. There is a lot to be said about the virtues of South American girls especially regarding their looks and sexual performance. I just think they should lay off the silly cone and carbs a bit.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!