My Presentation on Going Solar from BeCamp 2018
Here is my presentation on going solar from last year’s (2018) becamp.
2018 EV and Tesla Market Share Update
2018 was the year Tesla took over. Tesla commanded ~65% of the plugin market in December: For the full year 2018, Tesla had 53% market share. GM, with the second
2018 Solar Update – Watt Upp – It’s The (R3V)olution
In June 2018, we got R3V – our Tesla Model 3. A few months later we sold our gas car. Now we are fully electric with a Model 3 and
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The Biggest Proponent of Fuel Cells Tells Us How Bad They Are
Here is a recent tweet from Nikola Motor Company: Analyzing this tweet for just a minute with a little mental math made me realize just how bad fuel cells are.
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Adding Revised Tesla Growth Into My US Oil Consumption Equation
In Part 3 of my series on Peak Oil in the US, I looked at the impact of electric vehicles on Oil consumption. The EV Sales chart in that post
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2017 Full Year Solar Production
Our second system was grid connected in February and we are now officially a net zero house. Our power bill is now negative with the last one cumulatively reaching over negative $1,000. We
Can Tesla’s Semi Truck Be Profitable?
Seeking Alpha just published my article “Can Tesla’s Semi Truck Be Profitable?“. I look at the surprisingly low price of Tesla’s truck and break down what it would take to
Adding Electric Vehicles Into the Oil Consumption Equation
In my last two posts on the subject, I looked at the US light duty vehicle fleet and oil consumption followed by projections of oil consumption going forward based on
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New Vehicles, Peak Oil and Future Gasoline Consumption
In my previous blog post on peak oil, I looked at historical oil consumption in the US and put that next to the fuel economy of the light duty auto
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Peak Oil in the US: Light Duty Vehicle Consumption
I often see discussions, calculations, estimates etc. of when we will reach peak oil. Originally peak oil was related to when we will run out of oil, i.e. when production
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