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  On 9/14/2019 at 5:34 AM, B-Man said:
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How will anyone tell the difference compared to normal DC traffic?

 

Also, has anyone pointed out to these activists that by blocking traffic they’re contributing to the problem they’re protesting by keeping more fossil fuel burning cars running for longer than they otherwise would have?

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  On 9/14/2019 at 11:37 AM, Chandemonium said:

How will anyone tell the difference compared to normal DC traffic?

 

Also, has anyone pointed out to these activists that by blocking traffic they’re contributing to the problem they’re protesting by keeping more fossil fuel burning cars running for longer than they otherwise would have?

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Proving once agan that reason has no impact on the strongly-held beliefs of the maddening crowd.

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The oil industry vs. the electric car

Electric vehicles could make up nearly half the fleet of passenger cars and trucks by 2040. But oil and gas companies are striking back.

 

By GAVIN BADE

 

09/16/2019 05:04 AM EDT

 

The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement.

Groups backed by industry giants like Exxon Mobil and the Koch empire are waging a state-by-state, multimillion-dollar battle to squelch utilities’ plans to build charging stations across the country. Environmentalists call the fight a reprise of the “Who Killed the Electric Car?” battles that doomed an earlier generation of battery-driven vehicles in the 1990s.

 

Oil-backed groups have challenged electric companies’ plans in 10 states, according to utility commission filings reviewed by POLITICO, waging regulatory and lobbying campaigns against the proposals. The showdown is taking place as utilities, eager to increase the demand for power, push for approval to build charging networks in locations such as shopping centers and rest stops in more than half the nation.

“Fossil fuel interests control 90 percent of the transportation fuel market in the U.S. and are really feeling threatened,” said Gina Coplon-Newfield, director of the electric vehicle initiative at the Sierra Club.

The counterattack involves an array of trade associations and industry-funded political groups representing every segment of the petroleum sector.

 

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we are being held hostage by these sh it heads trying to burn up the planet. The writing of laws for "Enviro-Crime" can't come soon enough. 

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/16/oil-industry-electric-car-1729429

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  On 9/16/2019 at 4:50 PM, Tiberius said:

Wind, sun, ocean waves....

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You would be wrong:

 

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

 

U.S. electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20181
Energy source Billion kWh Share of total
Total - all sources 4,178  
Fossil fuels (total) 2,651 63.5%
  Natural gas 1,468 35.1%
  Coal 1,146 27.4%
  Petroleum (total)     25    0.6%
    Petroleum liquids     16    0.4%
    Petroleum coke      9    0.2%
  Other gases     12    0.3%
Nuclear    807   19.3%
Renewables (total)    713   17.1%
  Hydropower    292    7.0%
  Wind    275    6.6%
  Biomass (total)     63    1.5%
    Wood     41    1.0%
    Landfill gas     11    0.3%
    Municipal solid waste (biogenic)      7    0.2%
    Other biomass waste      3    0.1%
  Solar (total)     67    1.6%
    Photovoltaic     63    1.5%
    Solar thermal      4    0.1%
  Geothermal      17    0.4%
Pumped storage hydropower3      -6    -0.1%
Other sources      13    0.3%
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  On 9/16/2019 at 4:50 PM, Tiberius said:

Wind, sun, ocean waves....

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  On 9/16/2019 at 4:55 PM, Tiberius said:

Exxon, BP and Shell appreciate this ignorance....and counts on it 

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Production. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, most of the nation's electricity is generated by coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy.

 

 

 

 

 

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  On 9/16/2019 at 5:12 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

 

Production. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, most of the nation's electricity is generated by coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy.

 

 

 

 

 

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And that will have to change, of course. Can't wait! 

  On 9/16/2019 at 5:10 PM, 3rdnlng said:

You would be wrong:

 

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

 

U.S. electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20181
Energy source Billion kWh Share of total
Total - all sources 4,178  
Fossil fuels (total) 2,651 63.5%
  Natural gas 1,468 35.1%
  Coal 1,146 27.4%
  Petroleum (total)     25    0.6%
    Petroleum liquids     16    0.4%
    Petroleum coke      9    0.2%
  Other gases     12    0.3%
Nuclear    807   19.3%
Renewables (total)    713   17.1%
  Hydropower    292    7.0%
  Wind    275    6.6%
  Biomass (total)     63    1.5%
    Wood     41    1.0%
    Landfill gas     11    0.3%
    Municipal solid waste (biogenic)      7    0.2%
    Other biomass waste      3    0.1%
  Solar (total)     67    1.6%
    Photovoltaic     63    1.5%
    Solar thermal      4    0.1%
  Geothermal      17    0.4%
Pumped storage hydropower3      -6    -0.1%
Other sources      13    0.3%
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And that will have to change 

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