12 States to ban diesel vehicles

[Dftodd]

Same problem in Holland. Heat pump and solar panels are mandatory to get permission to build a new house, yet theres no one to service it if it breaks down. And solar panel companies go bankrupt one after another because the market collapsed since energy companies charge a backfeeding fee if you backfeed your excess solar into the grid

And yes they are right to do so. Energy plants produce 10 kilovolt, distribute it long distanve through above ground cables, to local 1Kv transformers on a city scale, and then every few blocks share a transformer that transforms it to 240V single phase or 400V three phase (in Europe)

And the government thought it was a good idea on a sunny day to feed the same amount of energy back into the grid at end-user voltage... Anyone remember Ohms law, I=U/R ??

It's similar here with solar. You pay big money for an install thinking your going green. Financed it.... with funny fine print and weird interest rates.

Company does a half arsed job on the install, doesn't have it wired correctly.

Then goes out of buisiness and your stuck with a mess and payments on system that doesn't work.

Best case is you get a decent install. But your still got some loopy financing with payments fixing to double in a few years.

Then good luck selling the place and getting someone to take over your green financial headache attached to your home.

Power companies pay you pennies on the wholesale price for the power you put back to the grid. So that incentive is gone as well.

 

[ultrarunner]

I don’t have a negative to report with my 2008 panels totaling 6kW

No financing and owned system with ground mount…

The ground mount was surprisingly very expensive but it’s a one time cost and keeps the panels off of my tile roof and tanks less than a minute twice a year to switch between winter and summer sun angle…

Pull the clevis pin and tilt to the other slot and replace the pin.

 

[Oaktree]

Power companies pay you pennies on the wholesale price for the power you put back to the grid. So that incentive is gone as well.

I can understand that. Residential installations are penny-ante compared to a real electric supplier. Probably negative return for the the utility in the end with all the paperwork involved. Why should regular customers subsidize those with solar installations?

 

[Dftodd]

I can understand that. Residential installations are penny-ante compared to a real electric supplier. Probably negative return for the the utility in the end with all the paperwork involved. Why should regular customers subsidize those with solar installations?

I wasn't disagreeing with you on that part of it.

The results are similar as to overseas by comparison when it comes to solar.

A bunch of fly by night cowboys installing one day and out of buisiness the next.

Leaving the gullible in the lurch.

 

[ultrarunner]

I can understand that. Residential installations are penny-ante compared to a real electric supplier. Probably negative return for the the utility in the end with all the paperwork involved. Why should regular customers subsidize those with solar installations?

My commercial electric rate is better than anything residential.

Utility is very much pushing solar with grants to public schools, etc.

It does seem odd solar is a detriment while at the same time utility and lawmakers and regulators encourage it?

As solar started becoming popular the utility said it hoped those coming online will be enough to retire old hydro and avoid new hydro…

 

[Jstpssng]

They pushed solar here for a while with incentives... paid for by those of us who didn't jump on the bandwagon. The results far exceeded their goals. Now some are upset because incentives have ended.

 

[nisaacs]

More good news...

Truck OEMs want to leave CARB’s Clean Truck Partnership

Trump EPA weakens DEF derates

DOJ sues CARB, sides with truck OEMs

 

[Torvy]

Regardless of one's opinion on fuel economy, allowing one state to dictate rules on interstate commerce violates the constitution.

As for an earlier comment about being one country...we have never been. The US is a collection of 50 countries who abrogated a piece of their sovereignty to improve their defense and trade options.

"One nation, under God..." - a nation is a group of people with a shared background. We tend to use country and nation interchangeably. They are not the same.

 

[arrow]

The last one is very real here where Tesla started.

I have a high school teacher friend who really likes his Tesla which had gone from really cool a few years back to now getting snide remarks and damage…

He is just one of several in similar situations.

Sad in America in 2025 there are those that feel not guilt destroying the property of others to send a messsge.

You can thank the left subsidized media for this.
Along with all the free loaders the politicians have created.

 

[arrow]

Regardless of one's opinion on fuel economy, allowing one state to dictate rules on interstate commerce violates the constitution.

As for an earlier comment about being one country...we have never been. The US is a collection of 50 countries who abrogated a piece of their sovereignty to improve their defense and trade options.

"One nation, under God..." - a nation is a group of people with a shared background. We tend to use country and nation interchangeably. They are not the same.

Not until the outer worldly aliens attack.