This year, Foxconn is set to produce pickup EVs at the Lordstown plant. Quote: << Depending on who you ask/believe, the Lordstown concept was an evolution of the Workhorse electric vehicle project that originally acquired the Ohio factory from GM in a highly politicized sale that, many believe, helped then-president Donald Trump solidify support in
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This is an interesting theory. https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/two-santas-strategy-gop-used-economic-scam-manipulate-americans-40-years/
The Utilities are complaining about net metering, that the rooftop solar owners are getting back too much money so the non-solar customers must be charged more to make up for the utilities’ losses. They say this is unfair to non-solar customers. To me, this looks like the utilities have a flawed business model. They should
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They say this is big news. We *need* to have many interconnections between the Eastern and Western power grids. And Texas, too if they had common sense. Several DC interties need to be built so the west can send electricity to the east during daytime. https://electrek.co/2022/01/13/the-big-upgrade-to-the-us-power-grid-is-kicking-off/
This Brooks& Capehart piece on PBS Newshour says some very important things about voting. https://youtu.be/p60dJvxbaQg
This Guardian article paints a dire picture of what may happen with partisan subversion of elections. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/14/trump-president-2024-election-coup-republicans Trump and his cult followers keep propagating The Big Lie. But life is a two-way street and what works for Trump could be used against him. I think that if Trump can claim that he won, then the
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In the last half of the video Attorney general Garland stated that
This IEA Special Report (free .PDF) gives the pathways to reach net zero by 2050. It plans for 1/5th supplied by nuclear. https://www.iea.org/news/pathway-to-critical-and-formidable-goal-of-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-is-narrow-but-brings-huge-benefits
The wealthy don’t pay their fair share of taxes due to loopholes. This fact check explains some of it. https://checkyourfact.com/2019/01/09/fact-check-90-percent-taxes-eisenhower-1950s/ This is an opinion article but here is a quote: << Last year, America’s Gini Index was at 0.49, a tie for the highest on record. It’s not the absolute worst rating but it’s definitely
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This guy goes over the changes when NEM 3.0 takes effect in 2022. The smaller bill with lower solar power will be at a disadvantage and there will be a disincentive to get rooftop solar. In other words the owner will save minimal or no money over the lifetime of the system. Also the solar
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