Meanwhile, I am busy ordering more solar panels for my home since the price has come down 40 percent.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 9:16 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I guess they should have been building more nuke plants. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 22, 2021, at 10:56 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > I hate to rain on the EV parade, but, who is going to invest the > critical > > and much needed $400 Trillion in building new electrical generation and > > transmission lines to support all these new EV vehicles, in the next 9 > > years? > > Graphic example: California just ordered all EV vehicles NOT to charge, > > because the power transmission lines were at peak load and could not meet > > the expected charging demands. > > Record heat, record AC use, forest fires caused by overheated and sagging > > transmission lines... etc etc... repeat across Europe. > > Presently, there is serious discussion about shutting down Hoover Dam > > because of extreme drought. The water level in Lake Meade is lower than > it > > has been in 50 years. > > Mining for EV battery materials and critical component materials is in > > extreme short supply, for the projected future. > > Large power plants historically take 20 or more years to build, Large > > transformers have lead times measured in years. Transmission lines? Who > > knows for sure, few have been built in the past 40 years. Steel for > > towers... made in the steel mills in China... Wire for lines... ? Who > mines > > the raw materials and what is the real lead time to make thousands of > miles > > of new transmission lines? > > Asking for a friend. > > > >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:55 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/mercedes-benz-go-all-electric-2030-n1274708 > >> > >> Plans to invest more than $47 billion by 2030 to develop > battery-electric > >> vehicles, and be ready for an all-electric car market by 2030. > >> > >> Spending on traditional combustion-engine technology "close to zero" by > >> 2025. > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
