The Pebble Mine was shot down by the Bristol Bay fishermen and their allies.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 9:05 PM Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > GWN is a perfect example of the intractable situation EVs face. Only in > the past 18 months has there been a connected “grid” for electricity. Oh, > there were six or seven individual providers who had an overly complex > interchange/pancaked rates exchange that could have seen an electron moved > from one end of the grid to the other, but the thing would have cost > thousands of % more by the time it got there. Now, it is all “one” from > Seward to Fairbanks, at a reasonable fee. > > Nothing else is connected to anything at all. Micro generation for each > village or outpost at a cost of dollars per kilowatt hour. Not that there > are roads between these remote places, so no need for EV anyway. Sometime > in the next few months, maybe by Spring 2022, a person could EV from > Fairbanks south and have charge points so you actually arrive. Battery > life at -30C is not going to be good. > > Then, there is all the magic minerals to make an EV function. There are > at least 19 rare earth minerals in mineable quantities. All have been > mined and processed before. Most recently WWII based on recent articles. > A massive graphite mine is attempting to get approved. It makes the > magical blend that is perfect for Elon’s battery packs. And let us not > overlook the MASSIVE copper deposit that would supply US needs well into > the 22nd century. But that is not to be, the enviro-weenies at Corps of > Engineers yanked their approval after a call by the current resident. > > If you expect to own an EV, it will be made out of Chinese minerals and > labor. > > Clay > > > inter urinas et faeces nascimur > > > On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:55 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. > > > _______________________________________ > 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
