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Dinos Gonatas - energy & electric transmission

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2024-03-12 21:45:41

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@npub1l0s…pgrv the average voter pays for food and energy... and btw those electric bills that heatpumpers are so excited about and think are "clean energy" - are linked 1:1 to fossil fuel prices. You could add a TON of renewables to the power mix but as long as marginal plants are fossil- the power prices will be determined by fossil fuel costs (and we are light years from adding a ton of renewables on the US east coast).
The average voter also won't be impressed that inflation has mostly abated because prices are still at high levels compared to 2019. Their expectation is that low inflation means prices would go back to 2019.

2024-03-12 21:45:41

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2024-03-11 20:44:49

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@npub1tra…npqw he gave those shares to charity so no, there is no tax liability if the foundation uses the shares for a social purpose (there are often abuses though with executives with their own foundations actually deploying the money for charity but thats a separate issue)

2023-09-12 15:54:05

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@npub1l0s…pgrv there is no need for Amazon to build solar panels on its warehouses considering it's cheaper to buy utility scale solar or wind on the wholesale market... the business model for EV's in vans worth looking into but if the cost premium for those > the cost of carbon then it isn't worth it. how many electric UPS and Fedex trucks are out there?

2023-09-04 16:28:55

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@npub1l0s…pgrv TAKING $ from out of city residents should involve those residents, obtaining consent from their leaders. Port Authority of NY&NJ the appropriate model, with appointees from governors of both states.
Doing what NYC did here by contrast was a needless & divisive battle against NJ, suburban NY. Republicans licking their chops...

2023-09-03 23:08:21

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@npub1l0s…pgrv no complaints about a $15 congestion charge here- complaint is about who keeps the $. It’s a gratuitous war declaration on adjacent municipalities & states. Where was the stakeholder consultation & buy in? So unnecessary & avoidable…

2023-09-03 15:27:32

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@npub1l0s…pgrv congestion pricing is a great idea- widely & successfully deployed in my field (electric transmission). But, like electric transmission, the funds should be used to benefit those who pay them. In contrast here, the MTA proposes to keep the funds. This is not only wrong (they’ve proposed using them to fund the NYC/MTA sinkhole- with more projects like $70M escalators - what my town spent to build an entire new high school) but earns political opposition from NJ, CT and suburban NY, who will litigate for years. by making this a political football instead of building consensus from all stakeholders, there’s guaranteed repeal the next change in presidential administration. They’ll have the transponder data from each congestion fee payer- all they have to do is send a check to whichever municipality each driver is registered in.

2023-08-30 12:24:53

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 there were articles on the new voters Abrams found and where she found them.

2023-08-30 11:34:39

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 bc her strategies were critical in targeting a decisive majority in her state, with canvassing that found new voters (and including the profiles of these new voters)

2023-08-14 23:10:26

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@npub1l0s…pgrv LOLOL but I give you full credit for the smart stuff you post!
Then there's the stuff that makes you wonder what you had for breakfast- like the fancy espresso and dumping on people in the suburbs, as if their support isn't critical to the things you care about most (and to which dumping on them is surely counterproductive)

2023-08-14 23:10:26

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2023-07-14 18:07:16

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@npub1l0s…pgrv the insulation piece is very important. The heat pump piece, unfortunately, has been vastly over-hyped as a way to "eliminate gas in heating" when what it really does is just offload it to the power generation system. Eventually, when renewables are on the margin, yes, heatpumps would be a win but we're light-years away from that (and even further given closures of large nuclear plants in NY, Germany)