"Inflation is coming down"

[Dublin ohio]

Many benefits especially the demise of OPEC and Russia's revenues.

How's that working out. OPEC is now OPEC+ and Russia is having no problem selling oil. Meanwhile oil prices are up as is inflation

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

We will continue to use oil into the 22nd century.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

New deposits of lithium and such will come about as demand pushes market to find new supply.

It doesn't matter. Mining the stuff is far more damaging to the environment than oil drilling. And I doubt that lithium ultimately is the battery of the future. We'll have a battery made out of something far better. And none of that corrects the problem of spending an hour to recharge the battery fully just to drive 3 hours and do it all over when you can drive 400 miles in an ICE and refill the tank in about 4 minutes.

 

[Charles West]

I haven't seen Tesla trucks but I'd seen those newer Tesla bullet proof SUV tank cars near where I live. More and more each day.
They're unique looking, very minimalistic design. One house two blocks away has one in the garage.

I was at the Tesla dealership yesterday and the truck is the ugliest pos I think I have ever seen. I couldn't imagine driving one much less paying for it.

 

[Dublin ohio]

It takes forward thinking to push US from dependence on oil

Like putting in thousands of charging stations for a limited number of EVs? They have put in 7 out of the thousands they planned. The charging stations by themselves are not that difficult to install. My educated guess is that they found out that the necessary infrastructure wasn't available. Like I said ignorance

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

How's that working out. OPEC is now OPEC+ and Russia is having no problem selling oil. Meanwhile oil prices are up as is inflation

Russia has sold a record amount of natural gas to Europe who puts up the false front that they are "sanctioning" Russia over Ukraine. In fact, they are helping Russia beat Ukraine into the ground.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

ike putting in thousands of charging stations for a limited number of EVs?

Arkansas has spent millions in taxpayer money to subsidize more stations and the eclipse painfully showed that there are not enough stations to take care of even a small concentration of EVs trying to travel over 100 miles from home.

 

[Charles West]

Like putting in thousands of charging stations for a limited number of EVs? They have put in 7 out of the thousands they planned. The charging stations by themselves are not that difficult to install. My educated guess is that they found out that the necessary infrastructure wasn't available. Like I said ignorance

The federal government and some of the states are offering very generous benefits to purchase these vehicles but like most things force fed by bureaucrats the whole idea hasn't been well thought out. I can understand why California would go electric just because of the levels of pollutants that build up in the atmosphere above the great valley areas in the summer months but for other areas of the country it just doesn't make sense.

 

[alebrewer]

I have issues with less government too. I worked for the State where they forced a head count no matter what amount of work we had because they wanted small government. I was a civil engineer being paid less than my private peers in a day and age where pensions and perks were gone. I became a project manager, among other things, who presided over contracts to private companies who we outsourced a large percentage of our engineering work to. These engineers were not considered employed by our State, so my managing 10-private employees meant 1-engineer. That is what my understanding of small government is. What I wish people would say is that they want efficient government or government that controls spending. Take a look at "Blackwater" sometime. It's a former military mercenary group. It's a similar concept. We can have troops on the ground without it counting as our boots on the ground. The pay grade is higher too. A smart government would ask if it would be cheaper to consult it out and if not, they should do it in house. I also think there needs to be better development of government project managers. Poorly written and bloated contracts leave subcontractors in a difficult position. Billions could be saved by eliminating unnecessary contract requirements.

So long as there are built in stimuli to encourage: (1) becoming entrenched in congress to amass wealth, (2) unlimited political contributions through PACS, war chests, and even under the table kick backs, and (3) using government to buy votes, there will be no impetus to make the government more efficient. It's hard to amass wealth when part of an efficient government.

 

[Fernando]

I was at the Tesla dealership yesterday and the truck is the ugliest pos I think I have ever seen. I couldn't imagine driving one much less paying for it.

It grows on you. Kind of like the look now.
Just like EVs will grow on you.