Tales of a Tech Finance Food Travel Geek & Author
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
Continue readingNew Vehicles, Peak Oil and Future Gasoline 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
Continue readingPeak Oil in the US: Light Duty Vehicle Consumption
In Part 1, I covered what would happen if 10% of the cars on the road became electric overnight. In Part 2 I look at the the technology used to
Continue readingInfrastructure For EV’s Part 2: The Future Grid
Every time I post an article on Seeking Alpha about the growth of electric vehicles, I get a bunch of posts from naysayers that it will require major upgrades to
Continue readingHow Much Infrastructure Is Required For EVs?
People are pissed off at the president for a lot of things, the most recent being quitting the Paris agreement. The image below is mathematical proof that most of us
Continue readingStop Whining. Start Doing. Why 97% Of Us Are Hypocrites. #ParisAgreement
We more than doubled the size of our solar power system in December and the new system got connected to the grid a few weeks ago. The new system consists of
Happy New Year! In 2016, my solar system produced 8328 kWh. The cumulative total so far is 23948 kWh. Visit my solar production tracker page for more details. Since it
Over Thanksgiving weekend I was busy writing articles at Seeking Alpha and submitted three of them. I missed being called names and arguing with random folks online. Here are some
Continue readingMy Articles at Seeking Alpha in the Last Month
So BMW wants Model 3 reservation holders like me to get a BMW 330e hybrid instead of waiting for the Model 3. Here’s why: Basically nobody wants a film camera
Continue readingWhy is BMW so Desperate for Tesla Reservation Holders?
Here are my solar power production numbers for March – 771kWh (at inverter). 766 kWh (at Dominion meter). PVWatts estimate was 675 kWh. Cumulative power production as of Mar 31 is 17482 kWh (17398 at