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I'm sure it's cheaper now than when I put mine in but I had a 9 year payout on mine with a 25 year estimated lifespan. Probably saves at least $2000 a year on utilities.
what does your old gangster buddy think of all of this? does he make you toss his salad prison style?
I'm sure it's cheaper now than when I put mine in but I had a 9 year payout on mine with a 25 year estimated lifespan. Probably saves at least $2000 a year on utilities.
New atlas is not a credible source.
The issue with powering ships with batteries is the materials cost being massively prohibitive. The interesting development in battery power are the solid state sodium batteries but they are structurally unstable and are nowhere near the energy density needed for said applications.
Redox flow batteries: Status and perspective towards sustainable stationary energy storage
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775320311083
nothing will help if the 150 years of GHG aren't removed from the atmosphere.
well known commies: Levelized Cost of Energy+ | Lazard
British actuaries try to gauge future economic risks of climate change
https://actuaries.org.uk/do ent-li...e-with-nature/“You can’t have an economy without a society, and a society needs somewhere to live. Nature is our foundation, providing food, water and air, as well as the raw materials and energy that power our economy. Threats to the stability of this foundation are risks to future human prosperity which we must take action to avoid.
“Widely used but deeply flawed assessments of the economic impact of climate change show a negligible impact on GDP, rendering policymakers blind to the immense risk current policy trajectories place us in. The risk led methodology, set out in the report, shows a 50% GDP contraction between 2070 and 2090 unless an alternative course is chartered.”
Recent research on climate tipping points identified 16 tipping elements 40 that could be triggered beyond certain temperature thresholds. While the report considered these tipping points independently, there are multiple interactions between tipping points that risk triggering ‘cascades’, where tipping points trigger one another like dominoes. The collective effect of these interactions is to lower the temperature threshold at which a tipping point is triggered, i.e. making it likely to happen sooner rather than later. However, many high-profile climate risk assessments do not account for tipping points, largely because it is difficult and no empirical data exists on their impact on human society.
This has been called a security blind spot,41 for example, ‘tipping points in the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation pose critical risks’. Some scientists estimate there is a 45% chance of a collapse in key ocean current circulations, possibly as early as 2040, which is ‘unignorably high’. Impacts would include significant reductions in the northern hemisphere in staple crop-growing capability. More than half the suitable land for growing wheat and maize could be lost compared to a world without climate change
Did you get the money for renewable energy?
damn you're dumb. son
Is that a yes or no?
The people at the top know climate change is occurring. What's their end-game? One thing rich folks know is that there's no subs ute for you or your kids' health.
insurers have a well-known leftist bias
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...llianz-insurerThe core business of the insurance industry is risk management and it has long taken the dangers of global heating very seriously. In recent reports, Aviva said extreme weather damages for the decade to 2023 hit $2tn, while GallagherRE said the figure was $400bn in 2024. Zurich said it was “essential” to hit net zero by 2050.
Thallinger said: “The good news is we already have the technologies to switch from fossil combustion to zero-emission energy. The only thing missing is speed and scale. This is about saving the conditions under which markets, finance, and civilisation itself can continue to operate.”
Nick Robins, the chair of the Just Transition Finance Lab at the London School of Economics, said: “This devastating analysis from a global insurance leader sets out not just the financial but also the civilisational threat posed by climate change. It needs to be the basis for renewed action, particularly in the countries of the global south.”
“The insurance sector is a canary in the coalmine when it comes to climate impacts,” said Janos Pasztor, former UN assistant secretary-general for climate change.
The argument set out by Thallinger in a LinkedIn post begins with the increasingly severe damage being caused by the climate crisis: “Heat and water destroy capital. Flooded homes lose value. Overheated cities become uninhabitable. Entire asset classes are degrading in real time.”
“We are fast approaching temperature levels – 1.5C, 2C, 3C – where insurers will no longer be able to offer coverage for many of these risks,” he said. “The math breaks down: the premiums required exceed what people or companies can pay. This is already happening. Entire regions are becoming uninsurable.” He cited companies ending home insurance in California due to wildfires.
Thallinger said it was a systemic risk “threatening the very foundation of the financial sector”, because a lack of insurance means other financial services become unavailable: “This is a climate-induced credit crunch.”
Those same people at the top preach, yet they continue to live comfortably in their mansions overseeing the ocean. Big Mike says o plebs!
https://electrek.co/2025/04/18/trump...tate-projects/Trump’s war on clean energy just killed $6B in red state projects
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Since Congress passed federal clean energy tax credits in August 2022, 34 clean energy projects have been cancelled, downsized, or shut down altogether, wiping out more than 15,000 jobs and scrapping $10 billion in planned investment, according to E2 and Atlas Public Policy.
However, in just the first three months of 2025, after Trump started rolling back clean energy policies, 13 projects were scrapped or scaled back, totaling more than $5 billion. That includes Bosch pulling the plug on its $200 million hydrogen fuel cell plant in South Carolina and Freyr Battery canceling its $2.5 billion battery factory in Georgia.
Republican-led districts have reaped the biggest rewards from Biden’s clean energy tax credits, but they’re also taking the biggest hits under Trump. So far, more than $6 billion in projects and over 10,000 jobs have been wiped out in GOP districts alone.
And the stakes are high. Through March, Republican districts have claimed 62% of all clean energy project announcements, 71% of the jobs, and a staggering 83% of the total investment.
Thank Christ & Trump= six of 1, half dozen of the other.
tee, hee.
by pulling back on renewables, Trump is locking us into a more expensive energy base
it's just dumb
https://electrek.co/2025/06/20/batte...t-sleep-ember/A new report from global energy think tank Ember says batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world.
The study looked at hourly solar data from 12 cities and found that in sun-soaked places like Las Vegas, you could pair 6 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels with 17 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of batteries and get a steady 1 GW of power nearly 24/7. The cost? Just $104 per megawatt-hour (MWh) based on average global prices for solar and batteries in 2024. That’s a 22% drop in a year and cheaper than new coal ($118/MWh) and nuclear ($182/MWh) in many regions.
Ember calls it “24/365 solar generation,” and it’s not just a theoretical model. Cities like Muscat, Oman, and Las Vegas can hit that steady power mark for up to 99% of the hours in a year. Hyderabad, Madrid, and Buenos Aires can reach 80–95% of the way there using that same solar-plus-storage setup with some cloud cover. And even cloudier cities like Birmingham in the UK can cover about 62% of hours annually.
“This is a turning point in the clean energy transition,” said Kostantsa Rangelova, global electricity analyst at Ember. “Around-the-clock solar is no longer a distant dream; it’s an economic reality of the world. It unlocks game-changing opportunities for energy-hungry industries like data centres and manufacturing.”
This is an enormous opportunity for sunny regions in Africa and Latin America. Manufacturers and data centers could also tap into solar-plus-storage and skip long waits (and big bills) for new grid connections.
It’s not a silver bullet for grid-wide reliability, but it lets solar carry much more of the load, especially where sunshine is abundant. Batteries also help avoid costly grid expansions by allowing up to five times more solar to plug into existing connections.
In 2024 alone, global battery prices dropped 40%, which helped drive down solar-plus-storage costs by 22%. Record-low tenders from countries like Saudi Arabia point to even cheaper options coming soon.
sounds like utility-scalable PV batteries have changed the game for solar
Trump turning his back on wind and solar is economically dumb and a probably a civilizational mistake
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/...ally-feasible/“After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025,” said Kostantsa Rangelova, global electricity analyst at Ember. “The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, and the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm.”
Most solar generation occurs during the day, so only part of it must be stored to provide dispatchable supply. If half of daytime solar is shifted to the night, the $65/MWh storage cost adds about $33/MWh to total solar costs. The global average price of solar in 2024 was $43/MWh, yielding a total electricity cost of $76/MWh when combined with storage.
“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources
"...The amount of money Americans are paying for their energy bills has increased since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, according to a new report.
In the U.S., electric bills have increased 13% in 2025, according to Climate Power, a climate advocacy organization whose national advisory board features prominent Democratic politicians and activists. Climate Power analyzed data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration...
The report pointed to the massive spending bill Trump signed in July, which it claims is "driving up utility costs and destroying jobs by removing cheaper, cleaner energy sources from the grid, all while funding new tax breaks for the oil and gas industries."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/energy-bil...y?id=128346091
Honestly, all of you morons for voting for this crooked dip
Poor Blake
Snake Boy with no topical take, very typical
You're ecstatic to pay 13% more for energy on top of your tariffs and other inflation?
A simple, non-fragile yes or no is all you need to sack up and type, snack cake.
he's MAGA, he'll fall in line and repeat whatever he's told to say
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