nomadpete

I suspect most people haven't realised that a battery is simply a different shaped fuel tank. Both types are most useful when not empty.

Sometimes I look back at forgotten news from the past. The old Russian connection to the Tangerine Toddler is largely forgotten. This 4 year old Guardian article notably failed to result in Trump suing. I wonder why. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house

Well I will make a connection between grids and EV's. My new solar is connected to the grid. And will charge my EV. So there! Now, back to EV's. (steps down off soapbox)

Recent stats show that 255,000 households have installed a battery.... in the last 9 months. This represents a significant private investment in the electricity market. It also, according to AEMO, reduced the average wholesale price of electricity by more than 15%. This is due to not requiring gas peaking plants to start up during peak use times. So, private home solar installations are definitely NOT causing the price of electricity to go up.

So, what next? all possible paths look too bleak. People assumed it couldn't be -that- bad, that "the system" would curb him. Life would go on. But now they are on track for a busted country? With slave labor camps, gov't death squads in the streets? (such as ICE) Will stupid brutal people rise under this regime, too dumb and short-sighted to keep it together?. The USA may yet collapse and the ruins will be colonized by smarter, more industrious, civic-minded, neighbors. Alternatively, one of the even dumber trumpalo successors will lose another war and cities will be turned to rubble.

-I met a traveller from an antique land, -Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone -Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, -Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, -And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, -Tell that its sculptor well those passions read -Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, -The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; -And on the pedestal, these words appear: -“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; -Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" -Nothing beside remains. Round the decay -Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare -The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Shelly, circa 1800's)

I still have resevations about A.I. Claude just deleted a entire database of a business, and all backups. When questioned, it confessed though. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-agent-deletes-company-s-entire-database-in-seconds/ar-AA21UbLU

Tis all about putting things into perspective....

No. but it less discourteous than the other misnomers that sprang to mind.

OME, in the interest of fact hunting I asked A.I. and the answer to your question is ....... "The price of tea in China varies widely based on factors like quality and type, with average prices around $10 for 250g of tea, while high-quality varieties can cost significantly more, even up to $1,000 for 500g." So there!

That's relevant. Remember Donold once promised to make eggs cheaper.

Are you referring to unsolicited phone calls? I totally agree. They are an insult to our intelligence. But we cannot blame the politicians for it, no matter what political party is in power. Further, I cannot stand the businesses that persist in using foreign call centres. Or A.I. voice prompts. But I still cannot blame politicians for such business decisions that create poor customer service (even the big profitable banks are often guilty of it).

gotta larf. Just displays the level of Amerikan ignorance for the world to see. But the world doesn't neen any more proof. of course I question 'is that pic real?' These days truth challenges irony a lot.

Like all 'end of use' engineering stories....... I'm still waiting to hear all about the grand innovative car tyre recycling plan. or the grand plastics recycling plan......... or the innovative nuclear waste recycling plan. We hoomin beans are not very innovative when we finish playing with our toys.

Good question. No doubt there is a connection. On the flip side of that thought, Without my grasp of language, I would never have found out how unintelligent some folk are....