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  1. brenthutch
    No they sell it as winning the Iowa caucuses, which is ironic as the last candidate who won a contested Iowa caucus was Ted Cruz who was against this pork. Yet another example of how stupid they can be.
  2. brenthutch
    The only reason corn ethanol is even a thing is because the first shot of the presidential campaign is fired in Iowa. It was never a good idea to burn three gallons of diesel to get one gallon of ethanol. Of course this wasteful boondogglery can always be justified in the name of “saving the planet” much like most of the green initiatives we are wasting billions on.
  3. brenthutch
    As usual you are the voice of reason, I will stand down.
  4. brenthutch
    Sounds like the EV, solar, biofuel, wind and geothermal industries. Let’s call them a boondoggle instead.
  5. brenthutch
    Then why don’t you opine on chemistry?
  6. brenthutch
    More useless drivel.
  7. brenthutch
    Which is pretty much par for the course for most “green” energy schemes.
  8. brenthutch
    More useless drivel, do you actually have anything substantive to contribute?
  9. brenthutch
    Very interesting but has nothing to do with this post.
  10. brenthutch
    Thank you Normiss for your substantive and thoughtful contribution to the discussion
  11. brenthutch
    Lithium and sulfur, chlorides, silica compounds, vanadium, arsenic, mercury, nickel and other toxic heavy metals.
  12. brenthutch
    “DEFRs that provide sustained on-demand power and system stability will be essential to meeting policy objectives while maintaining a reliable electric grid. While essential to the grid of the future, such DEFR technologies are not commercially viable today…I believe that the laws of physics are a fundamental challenge for any DEFR technology as documented in my comment on renewable energy systems and the second law of thermodynamics.” New York has closed its Indian Point nuclear plant, is sun setting its natural gas plants and will rely on wind, solar and magic to keep the lights on. https://reformingtheenergyvisioninconvenienttruths.com/new-yorks-reforming-the-energy-vision-background-material/dispatchable-emissions-free-resources-page/
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    Yet another scam in the name of “saving the planet”
  14. brenthutch
    Off topic, let’s stay focused. Let me hear your thoughts on carbon credits and ethanol subsidies.
  15. brenthutch
    No, why do you ask?
  16. brenthutch
    https://www.aei.org/economics/quotation-of-the-day-on-ethanol-one-of-the-great-political-boondoggles-of-our-time-and-its-dangerous-and-delusional/
  17. brenthutch
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2024/06/20/european-2030-ev-sales-targets-slashed-again-raising-ice-ban-doubt/ “If sales don’t recover, the European Union’s ban on the sale of new combustion cars by 2035 will be undermined. High vehicle prices, unpredictable battery capacity, poor long-distance range and clunky recharging are putting EV buyers off. Private buyers are wary of unpredictable residual values, as Tesla-led price cutting has led to a debacle in the second-hand market. EVs were supposed to be cheaper to charge than combustion vehicles, but that proposition has begun to Crumble too.” On what planet are the EV transition predictors living?
  18. brenthutch
    See what I mean about Olof’s OCD.
  19. brenthutch
    I never said anything about “owning the libs” and the whole setting the hook thing was in response to Olof’s apparent inability to resist responding to each and every post I made. I just find it bizarre that so many on this forum think we are in an existential climate crisis and that somehow EVs, solar panels and wind turbines will prevent bad weather.
  20. brenthutch
    No, misleading and untruthful would be cherry picking the numbers from Belgium and France to give the illusion of a healthy EV market. The truth of the matter is that EV sales have stalled (and in some cases declined) at a time all of the big brains predicted the opposite.
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    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/06/20/electric-car-sales-tumble-across-europe-demand-germany/ “Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) plunged across Europe last month, fuelled by a sharp drop-off in demand in Germany. Official figures show that sales for new EVs fell by 30pc in Germany last month, which led to a broader fall of 12.5pc across the Continent… As well as a drop in demand across Germany, the Netherlands also reported a 12.5pc decline in new EV sales last month”. Sharing a simple facts does not make one a Troll. If your worldview is so fragile that it cannot withstand reality you might want to adjust your thinking.
  22. brenthutch
    High confidence in rain but no observed increase in flooding.
  23. brenthutch
    The only prediction I recall you making, was that we would all be driving EVs by now.
  24. brenthutch
    Yeah you talk a lot but you don’t actually say anything.
  25. brenthutch
    Within the range of historical norms. Why do you ask? Are you claiming something about last year’s hurricane season was unprecedented?