Anonymous wrote:The future is nuclear and hydrogen power. US will leapfrog the rest of the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Batteries are the farthest thing from green energy. Not "clean" or renewable. Massive amounts of CO2 created in mining and manufacturing. The waste is toxic when the batteries are disposed of.

Even with the CO2 from mining and manufacturing using batteries in EVs still results in less CO2 emissions than gasoline-powered vehicles.

But also, batteries can be used to enhance grid efficiency as well as make more use of renewable energy. A lot of grid capacity is not even used currently, an batteries can alswork to make the grid more efficient.

+1 even Fox News reported this....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/tech/evs-beat-gas-after-two-years-study-finds.amp

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Anonymous wrote:Batteries are the farthest thing from green energy. Not "clean" or renewable. Massive amounts of CO2 created in mining and manufacturing. The waste is toxic when the batteries are disposed of.

Even with the CO2 from mining and manufacturing using batteries in EVs still results in less CO2 emissions than gasoline-powered vehicles.

But also, batteries can be used to enhance grid efficiency as well as make more use of renewable energy. A lot of grid capacity is not even used currently, an batteries can alswork to make the grid more efficient.

Anonymous wrote:Batteries are the farthest thing from green energy. Not "clean" or renewable. Massive amounts of CO2 created in mining and manufacturing. The waste is toxic when the batteries are disposed of.

Anonymous wrote:Revolution Wind project that was canceled by Trump has 20 year contracts with Connecticut and Rhode Island utilities for a $0.09 kWh.

Connecticut price per kWh is $0.29 for residential and $0.21 commercial. Rhodes Island is $0.27 per kWh.

Smart play!

Anonymous wrote:We started losing battery manufacturing jobs in the US under Clinton and NAFTA.

We had a rechargeable battery plant employing 500 local people. The factory shut down during the Clinton administration and NAFTA.

Anonymous wrote:You are comparing residential prices with wholesale. Connecticut and Rhode Island are so expensive because they are part of RGGI driving up prices.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any of you driven through eastern Loudoun lately?

It is a dystopian landscape of data centers everywhere. Data centers do not require a lot of employees. What they do require is huge, huge amounts of energy.

The data centers drive the AI industry and the high tech industry. But they use a lot of energy. Count on your electric bills going through the roof until they figure out alternative energy sources. Within the industry, some are considering nuclear energy to fill the need.

If you are a residential customer in Loudoun County, why should your electric bill go up even a penny? You aren't the ones using all that power. The data centers should be the ones paying for it. Residential consumers shouldn't be subsidizing big corporations and their data centers. This is yet another example of capitalism run amok in America.

Ultimately that's a political decision, but the most natural result is that everyone, both residential and commercial, pay more until demand matches supply. Sometimes, increased demand makes a major project (like a whole damn dam) viable, that brings the unit cost back down.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any of you driven through eastern Loudoun lately?

It is a dystopian landscape of data centers everywhere. Data centers do not require a lot of employees. What they do require is huge, huge amounts of energy.

The data centers drive the AI industry and the high tech industry. But they use a lot of energy. Count on your electric bills going through the roof until they figure out alternative energy sources. Within the industry, some are considering nuclear energy to fill the need.

If you are a residential customer in Loudoun County, why should your electric bill go up even a penny? You aren't the ones using all that power. The data centers should be the ones paying for it. Residential consumers shouldn't be subsidizing big corporations and their data centers. This is yet another example of capitalism run amok in America.

Anonymous wrote:No need for grants. Just put a high tariff on Chinese imports, forcing them to manufacture in America. Have a rule that these Chinese companies must be in a partnership with an American company, that is at least 50% American. Then you steal the technology from the factory in America.