Storage isn’t that big of an issue at the moment. We have plenty of reservoirs where we have/are pumping oil out

Solar def has more maintenance cost because it’s so diffused.

The payback period on solar is pretty long. It’s even worse without subsidies.

I work at a plant that’s going to make renewable fuels from cooking oil at large scale. The company also makes biofuels from corn at scale. It’s the hottest trend in the fuels market today. Mostly because of government credits (it doesn’t work without them because crude is still way cheeper).

This is entirely a whatabouism argument designed to distract from his problematic actions. I’m not even Jewish and I think this is super problematic.

I think they’ve been trying, but it doesn’t exist because BEV tech is still expensive. It requires rare earth metals and big battery packs that cost a lot to make. We’re pretty good at combustion tech and building a combustion engine is much cheeper. Without massive subsidies across the entire EU I struggle to see how this can be implemented.

The cheapest BEV today is $30k. That’s the Nissan Leaf at the lowest trim package. Maybe the industry can lower costs a little, but we would need a pretty big jump in tech by 2035.

Most people can’t afford BEVs today. What are they going to buy? This seems ill fated

His wealth isn’t from his time in office. He married rich.