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Your comment about Ford not getting with it on their allocation algorithm is spot on. A decent software engineer could write that code, exactly as you described, in like a week or two. I think their problem is that they have way too many entrenched interests in their corporate structure, and...

At the end of the day, said AG still works for the taxpaying citizens and not for Ford. And swore an oath to uphold the law, so…

I guess Ford was spot on about “spring 2022” deliveries! Good job!

Congratulations!

Just because power companies are sticking to their outdated and quite literally fossil business model doesn’t mean it’s a good decision: Institutional inertia is real. Turbine blades, a non issue. If they’re as sturdy as you suggest we’ll find a good use for them. Racking for solar panels...

Agreed that intermittency is an issue with renewables. But it’s already solved with existing technology: very soon everyone will have a 100 kWh battery aka EV in the driveway, but only use 20ish of those kWh most days. Add bidirectional charging like in the Lightning, and we can start using this...

Agreed on the research-to - product process you’ve laid out. However, you still haven’t stated what the major issues are that these future innovations would solve. You’ve stated repeatedly that going all renewable won’t work, but you can’t give any specifics as to why you think that. You only...

You’re the engineer, please innovate! Or tell us what’s missing. I think all the pieces of the puzzle are on the table, today, and 10-20 years should be plenty of time to scale, make everything mesh, and get everyone on board. Yes!

I wish Bill all the luck in the world, let the man chase his nuclear and hydrogen fantasies. He’s got the spare change to do it, and maybe some good will-belatedly- come from it. Meanwhile, in the real world, the ever accelerating switch towards 100%renewables is well under way.

You will see it happen over the next decade. The grid is going to be quite different from today’s, but it’s going to work just fine.

It’s really simple: solar and wind are already putting out a lot of energy today. Since they’re a lot cheaper than fossil fuels, they are being built out quickly while fossil plants are being retired. As this buildout accelerates they will increase their percentage of total power generation till...

I love that you’re thinking big and out of the box, but you’re almost trying to take too big of a step. Even if we just take North America, or even just US, we’re covering enough ground to smooth out intermittency of renewables and make it truly 100% of our power needs.

Trivial hardware swap, especially since it’ll be slowly phased in over the next 10-20 years, not overnight. Easily paid for by the $$savings from never having to buy gas again.

What’s with the weird 24 V DC straw man? Neither I nor AFAIK anyone else, ever, has suggested using this voltage for long distance transmission. The cables would be just a touch too thick! Do you bring this up because that’s what a solar panel puts out? Well, usually an inverter turns it into...

Renewables plus storage not only CAN supply our entire grid, but they WILL within the next 10-20 years. That’s a fact! Arguing about it is pointless as we will all see the transition unfold, it’s already happening and will only accelerate.

We won’t need as much storage as we think: grid will be improved to take advantage of the fact that it’s always sunny or windy somewhere. Pumped storage and stationary batteries exist today and will be scaled up. But the best solution for all our storage needs is our soon to be 100% EV vehicle...

The technology is already mature, cheaper than fossil, and being deployed at large scale, today. We’ll be done with the transition in 10 years, just as the last gasmobiles are being sold. Updating the grid to connect nationwide and smooth out renewables’ intermittency will happen simultaneously...

Naw, nuclear is a overpriced and potentially dangerous boondoggle. Takes 20 years to build where much cheaper renewables take 20 months. Outdated.

Hard to believe someone is still peddling this nonsense. Debunked a thousand times. Ok I’ll make it 1001: nobody said, ever, that the entire fleet would switch to 100% EV overnight. It’ll obviously be a very gradual process over at least the next 20 years, with all new vehicles going all EV in...

City carrier here. Yeah you couldn’t pay me enough to handle mail while driving from the passenger seat….on a highway where people go 70, swerving to miss you. EVs are the exact opposite of gas cars when it comes to efficiency: terrible at highway speeds but super efficient at low in-town speeds...