ROCKMAN wrote:"Some texans will always drive pick me up trucks, but others will get with the program and enjoy the benefits of transport powered by the renewable generation that Texans have already INVESTED in. Good for them."
In reality with regards to our big alt build out neither our citizens nor the politicians give a crap about EV's.
When in Texas, I notice. But like I said, Texans do like their pick me up trucks. Nothing wrong with that, any more than there are EVs running up and down my block a couple times a day, and NG powered mass transit and parcel delivery trucks.
Rockman wrote:It was all about our booming home and business electricity demand. As proven by the fact that only 0.2% of vehicles sold in Texas were EV's. Despite:
"In the summer of 2014 Texas began offering a $2,500 rebate on electric cars, plug-in hybrids and natural gas-powered vehicles. That money is on top of federal tax credits that can reach $7,500. For the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, the two most popular cars in the state program, $10,000 in incentives can knock off almost a third of the retail price. That’s tempting, even with gasoline selling for about $2.50 a gallon."
I was trying to be nice there Rockman, I realize that Texans aren't always that smart in their transport choices compared to other parts of the country.
Rockman wrote:Needless to say even with 10% of our electricity coming from wind (and now with solar beginning to take off) Texas isn't not part of the mythical "transition" away from ICE's. Especially now that gasoline has fallen from $2.50 per gallon to under $2. LOL.
Well, once upon a time where I was lived wasn't part of the non-mythical transition either. Until it was. Now we've got charging stations at the department stores and pizza places, the wife has them at work just as I did back when the transition started (callit sometime during the last peak oil scare), and watching them try and go in the snow is hysterical, the computers not being happy with wheel spin, and the poor things just sitting there like an animal in a trap, can't even spin its poor tires.
In either case, gasoline prices look like they are headed up, and while them being down didn't stop EV sales in my neck of the woods, maybe them going back up again will cause some texans to reconsider their participation in the ongoing transition. Of course, I understand that Texas might require more convincing then other states, to get with the new transport paradigm, so lets here it for $8/gal just like peak oil was supposed to cause a decade ago but didn't! The wife, she won't care, she has already transitioned and doesn't buy gasoline anymore for commuting, grocery getting, doctor trips, going to the movies, I mean really, gasoline?
Plant Thu 27 Jul 2023 "Personally I think the IEA is exactly right when they predict peak oil in the 2020s, especially because it matches my own predictions."
Plant Wed 11 Apr 2007 "I think Deffeyes might have nailed it, and we are just past the overall peak in oil production. (Thanksgiving 2005)"