- 29 Oct 14, 23:19#422965
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The reasons some people in the world are not very happy with biofuels is that, as well as the land grab, and higher food prices and no reduction in emission, it diverts brains, money and government subsidies from the implementation of solar. The only downside to solar is that the technology is not as convenient and together with higher price has allowed liquid fuels back in the driving seat whenever fuel prices drop - leading to the usual calls for biofuels to help reduce emissions as we continue to run our cheap fossil fuels ICEs
Things are changing very quickly thankfully
From Bloomberg
Solar will be the world’s biggest single source of electricity by 2050, according to a recent estimate by the International Energy Agency. Currently, it’s responsible for just a fraction of one percent.
The reason solar-power generation will increasingly dominate: it’s a technology, not a fuel. As such, efficiency increases and prices fall as time goes on. The price of Earth’s limited fossil fuels tends to go the other direction. Michael Park, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, has a term for the staggering price relationship between solar and fossil fuels: the Terrordome. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but it doesn’t sound very forgiving.
The chart below shows the price of energy sources since the late 1940s. The extreme outlier, of course, is solar, which only recently became an expensive blip in the energy marketplace. It will soon undercut even the cheapest fossil fuels in many regions of the planet, including poorer nations where billion-dollar coal plants aren’t always practical.
Every time fossil fuels get cheaper, people lose interest in solar deployment. That may be about to change.
After years of struggling against cheap natural gas prices and variable subsidies, solar electricity is on track to be as cheap or cheaper than average electricity-bill prices in 47 U.S. states -- in 2016, according to a Deutsche Bank report published this week. That’s assuming the U.S. maintains its 30 percent tax credit on system costs, which is set to expire that same year.
Even if the tax credit drops to 10 percent, solar will soon reach price parity with conventional electricity in well over half the nation: 36 states. Gone are the days when solar panels were an exotic plaything of Earth-loving rich people. Solar is becoming mainstream, and prices will continue to drop as the technology improves and financing becomes more affordable, according to the report.
Grid Parity to Reach 36 States in 2016
Solar has already reached grid parity in 10 states that are responsible for 90 percent of U.S. solar electricity production. In those states alone, installed capacity growth will increase as much as sixfold over the next three to four years, Deutsche Bank analyst Vishal Shaw wrote in the Oct. 26 report.
Its said by useless idiots that electric car sales are falling, heres the truth
The drop is happening entirely in the category of plugless hybrid vehicles (shown above in darker blue). These are gasoline engines backed by fuel-saving battery drive systems. The batteries are primarily nickel-metal hydride like those found in the standard Toyota Prius --
Elon Musk wants to crush the market with high-efficiency lithium ion batteries that take a massive leap forward and the Tesla supercharge stations - 170 miles in 30 minutes - most cars are used for much less than 100 miles a day
Its starting to happen and would have happened quicker if not for the distractions for biofuels that will emit carbon from the exhaust even if useless idiots lie about it
here is the true story of pure electric sales
and here is the true story of percentage of total sales
Discuss, or not, read, dont read, read more if you want, but please only contribute to discuss electric, no moaners or b!tches
Things are changing very quickly thankfully
From Bloomberg
Solar will be the world’s biggest single source of electricity by 2050, according to a recent estimate by the International Energy Agency. Currently, it’s responsible for just a fraction of one percent.
The reason solar-power generation will increasingly dominate: it’s a technology, not a fuel. As such, efficiency increases and prices fall as time goes on. The price of Earth’s limited fossil fuels tends to go the other direction. Michael Park, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, has a term for the staggering price relationship between solar and fossil fuels: the Terrordome. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but it doesn’t sound very forgiving.
The chart below shows the price of energy sources since the late 1940s. The extreme outlier, of course, is solar, which only recently became an expensive blip in the energy marketplace. It will soon undercut even the cheapest fossil fuels in many regions of the planet, including poorer nations where billion-dollar coal plants aren’t always practical.
Every time fossil fuels get cheaper, people lose interest in solar deployment. That may be about to change.
After years of struggling against cheap natural gas prices and variable subsidies, solar electricity is on track to be as cheap or cheaper than average electricity-bill prices in 47 U.S. states -- in 2016, according to a Deutsche Bank report published this week. That’s assuming the U.S. maintains its 30 percent tax credit on system costs, which is set to expire that same year.
Even if the tax credit drops to 10 percent, solar will soon reach price parity with conventional electricity in well over half the nation: 36 states. Gone are the days when solar panels were an exotic plaything of Earth-loving rich people. Solar is becoming mainstream, and prices will continue to drop as the technology improves and financing becomes more affordable, according to the report.
Grid Parity to Reach 36 States in 2016
Solar has already reached grid parity in 10 states that are responsible for 90 percent of U.S. solar electricity production. In those states alone, installed capacity growth will increase as much as sixfold over the next three to four years, Deutsche Bank analyst Vishal Shaw wrote in the Oct. 26 report.
Its said by useless idiots that electric car sales are falling, heres the truth
The drop is happening entirely in the category of plugless hybrid vehicles (shown above in darker blue). These are gasoline engines backed by fuel-saving battery drive systems. The batteries are primarily nickel-metal hydride like those found in the standard Toyota Prius --
Elon Musk wants to crush the market with high-efficiency lithium ion batteries that take a massive leap forward and the Tesla supercharge stations - 170 miles in 30 minutes - most cars are used for much less than 100 miles a day
Its starting to happen and would have happened quicker if not for the distractions for biofuels that will emit carbon from the exhaust even if useless idiots lie about it
here is the true story of pure electric sales
and here is the true story of percentage of total sales
Discuss, or not, read, dont read, read more if you want, but please only contribute to discuss electric, no moaners or b!tches
2014 Monster 26x Bookie Mugger
2015, 2016 WDC: LH44