01-28-2019, 01:47 PM
"It is not invalid in the extreme. Petroleum is shipped around the world to all corners. The cost of shipping to Hawaii is not substantially different than anywhere else on the planet. The main difference, in U.S. terms, for Hawaii and California, are the taxes."
Yup. It takes far less money to ship something on a barge than it does on the road. Barging something thousands of miles costs much less than trucking something from one coast to another.
"I expect within 5 years most batteries will be made out of much cheaper stuff, and most power systems will be off-grid solar."
They have been saying this stuff about batteries since the 1800's, however truly renewable battery technology hasn't progressed since then, unfortunately.
"most power systems will be off-grid solar"
I read that in the 1970's. Back then I thought it might actually happen by now. I was wrong.
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Yup. It takes far less money to ship something on a barge than it does on the road. Barging something thousands of miles costs much less than trucking something from one coast to another.
"I expect within 5 years most batteries will be made out of much cheaper stuff, and most power systems will be off-grid solar."
They have been saying this stuff about batteries since the 1800's, however truly renewable battery technology hasn't progressed since then, unfortunately.
"most power systems will be off-grid solar"
I read that in the 1970's. Back then I thought it might actually happen by now. I was wrong.
ETA: spelling, content
