Archive for the ‘Consumer Information’ Category:

2023-07-18 Tesla CyberCanopy: Is it a new Tesla product?

Tesla CyberCanopy: Is it a new Tesla product? I believe the US should introduce a ‘cyberincentive’ to add solar PV the all chargers. There has been a continual criticism that the EVs will “overload the grid”. The addition of solar PV and storage to charging stations will alleviate the demand on the grid. And once

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2023-07-16 Reducing Peak Usage – Demand Flexibility Schemes

After about the 15:00 minute point he describes this demand flexibility scheme where consumers are paid £2.50 for each kWh they do not use during peak demand times in the early evening – 4 to 7 PM. That’s ten times what consumers pay per kWh. But if the utility pays consumers that much, they must

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2023-07-14 Reproductive Coercion; Kansas Wind Turbines NIMBYs

Kansas is 4th in US in wind power generation. More pushback is coming from the rural areas when wind turbine utilities try to add more wind farms. Farm owners with less than 80 acres are not included in the possible sites to be considered – there isn’t enough acreage. The term reproductive coercion was used

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2023-07-13 Tesla is the most wanted car brand in the US

Tesla is the most wanted car brand in the US. But I find this research a bit dubious. Tesla is the most wanted car brand in the US, study shows

2023-07-02 Gasoline Vehicle Round Trip Efficiency Is Only 12 to 30%

According to the fueleconomy.gov website, gasoline vehicles round trip efficiency is only 12 to 30%. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml

2023-06-29 Less Than 99% Grid Availability: Utilities Must Change To Residential BESSes

This is my comment to this article. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/28/solar-will-reach-dominance-as-cheapest-source-of-electricity-in-world-dnv/ What the utilities failed to consider is the extremes in the variability of renewables. The utilities are unwilling to build a sizeable reserve into the system. They refuse to overbuild by a factor of 3 to 6 times, so that the valleys in the supply will be

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2023-06-06 ITT2222 Not Standard Pinout Of PN2222

Caroline Joy Barnhart Your Kit must’ve had those “high quality” Radio Scrap components. 😆 My guess is you got one of the ITT2222 transistors. They made their plastic packaged version of the 2N2222 so that it did *not* conform to the standard E B C of the PN2222 or MPS2222. They were unpopular because they

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2023-03-14 150 Times More Mining For ICEVs

150 TIMES MORE MINING FOR GAS GUZZLERS!150 times more mining needed for ICE road vehicles than EVs. The amount of mineral resources needed for ICE (gasoline) powered road vehicles was 150 times greater in 2019 than what electric vehicles and battery energy storage will need… in 2040. – 2 billion tons: mining quantities needed for

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2022-07-18 Investing In Plant-based Alternatives Cuts Climate Emissions

I have warned people that they are going to have to give up eating so much meat; it’s critical to cutting GHGs. 😥 Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Cut Climate Emissions More

2022-06-04 New York Right To Repair Law

This may apply to other states as well. Applies to cell phones and PCs. Does not apply to many other devices. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/ny-passes-right-to-repair-will-require-tech-oems-to-share-tools-diagnostic-info/

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