I don’t disagree, but neither do I care. I don’t want a company holding on to a business that doesn’t work for them. I’d rather they sell it to someone interested in making it work.
Further, if they can seed and build a company with solidly environmental products, I’m thrilled. It’s tough to do if you don’t have the wherewithal. Even better, if they can transition their business to make the positive products a larger and larger part of their business until the fossil portion disappears ... hallelujah! - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Sep 17, 2020, at 6:01 PM, Mr. Sharkey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > Wouldn't you expect that these large oil companies would have > > the ability to weather industry downturns, improve the > > technology, and remain around to service warranties, like Siemens, > > as opposed to a smaller company? > > Well, sure, that would be the expectation, but in their prior exploits in PV, > they turned around and sold off the subsidiary when the market for those > products got soft and the price point started dropping. That's my point, they > aren't dedicated to the principle, only the profits. Even Siemens got out. > > Essentially 100% of photovoltaic production is from China these days. Without > research, I couldn't name a single U.S producer of PV modules, and the BOS > equipment is mostly assembled in China as well. What will BO (Big Oil) do > when the profit drains away from the charging infrastructure? Maybe it won't, > then they will own more of the transportation fueling market. Is that a good > thing? IDK, I charge at home with power produced with those Siemens PV's... > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
