How many feet since the last glaciation?
We are at or near the peak interval of our current interglacial. (or sine wave)
8 inches in 120 yrs seems about right.
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We are at or near the peak interval of our current interglacial. (or sine wave)
8 inches in 120 yrs seems about right.
Saw this at the La Paloma when it came out.
What a great surf flick.
What is the frequency of the sine wave?
http://www.johnenglander.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Englander 420kyr CO2-T-SL rev.jpg
It looks to be roughly 10 to 20 thousand years for the smaller wave, and somewhere around 70 to 100 K years for the big dipper.
I don't see a sine wave in there.
Sheriff Joe
DA
Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
https://m.townhall.com/columnists/p...subsidy-and-sustainability-fantasies-n2358396
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Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
Paul Driessen | July 22, 2017
The first justification was that internal combustion engines polluted too much. But emissions steadily declined, and today’s cars emit about 3% of what their predecessors did. Then it was oil imports: electric vehicles(EVs) would reduce foreign dependency and balance of trade deficits. Bountiful oil and natural gas supplies from America’s hydraulic fracturing revolution finally eliminated that as an argument.
Now the focus is on climate change. Every EV sale will help prevent assumed and asserted manmade temperature, climate and weather disasters, we’re told – even if their total sales represented less than 1% of all U.S. car and light truck sales in 2016 (Tesla sold 47,184 of the 17,557,955 vehicles sold nationwide last year), and plug-in EVs account for barely 0.15% of 1.4 billion vehicles on the road worldwide.
In recent months, Tesla sales plunged to nearly zero in Hong Kong and Denmark, as huge government subsidies were eliminated. Now Tesla’s U.S. subsidies face extinction. Once its cumulative sales since 2009 reach 200,000 vehicles in the next few months, federal tax rebates will plunge from $7,500 per car to zero over an 18-month period. The same thing will happen to other EV companies that reach 200,000.
Subsidies clearly drive sales for EVs, which are often double the cost of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. Free charging stations, and access to HOV lanes for plug-ins with only the driver, further sweeten the deal. For those who can afford the entry fee, the ride is smooth indeed. In fact, a 2015 study found, the richest 20% of Americans received 90% of hundreds of millions in taxpayer EV subsidies.
https://m.townhall.com/columnists/p...subsidy-and-sustainability-fantasies-n2358396
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Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
Paul Driessen | July 22, 2017
The first justification was that internal combustion engines polluted too much. But emissions steadily declined, and today’s cars emit about 3% of what their predecessors did. Then it was oil imports: electric vehicles(EVs) would reduce foreign dependency and balance of trade deficits. Bountiful oil and natural gas supplies from America’s hydraulic fracturing revolution finally eliminated that as an argument.
Now the focus is on climate change. Every EV sale will help prevent assumed and asserted manmade temperature, climate and weather disasters, we’re told – even if their total sales represented less than 1% of all U.S. car and light truck sales in 2016 (Tesla sold 47,184 of the 17,557,955 vehicles sold nationwide last year), and plug-in EVs account for barely 0.15% of 1.4 billion vehicles on the road worldwide.
In recent months, Tesla sales plunged to nearly zero in Hong Kong and Denmark, as huge government subsidies were eliminated. Now Tesla’s U.S. subsidies face extinction. Once its cumulative sales since 2009 reach 200,000 vehicles in the next few months, federal tax rebates will plunge from $7,500 per car to zero over an 18-month period. The same thing will happen to other EV companies that reach 200,000.
Subsidies clearly drive sales for EVs, which are often double the cost of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. Free charging stations, and access to HOV lanes for plug-ins with only the driver, further sweeten the deal. For those who can afford the entry fee, the ride is smooth indeed. In fact, a 2015 study found, the richest 20% of Americans received 90% of hundreds of millions in taxpayer EV subsidies.
Bruddah IZ
DA
What a beast of a car though. I don't give a crap about how its supposed to help the environment. Nobody beats me off the line or in a quarter mile.Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
https://m.townhall.com/columnists/p...subsidy-and-sustainability-fantasies-n2358396
×
Tesla Battery, Subsidy and Sustainability Fantasies
Paul Driessen | July 22, 2017
The first justification was that internal combustion engines polluted too much. But emissions steadily declined, and today’s cars emit about 3% of what their predecessors did. Then it was oil imports: electric vehicles(EVs) would reduce foreign dependency and balance of trade deficits. Bountiful oil and natural gas supplies from America’s hydraulic fracturing revolution finally eliminated that as an argument.
Now the focus is on climate change. Every EV sale will help prevent assumed and asserted manmade temperature, climate and weather disasters, we’re told – even if their total sales represented less than 1% of all U.S. car and light truck sales in 2016 (Tesla sold 47,184 of the 17,557,955 vehicles sold nationwide last year), and plug-in EVs account for barely 0.15% of 1.4 billion vehicles on the road worldwide.
In recent months, Tesla sales plunged to nearly zero in Hong Kong and Denmark, as huge government subsidies were eliminated. Now Tesla’s U.S. subsidies face extinction. Once its cumulative sales since 2009 reach 200,000 vehicles in the next few months, federal tax rebates will plunge from $7,500 per car to zero over an 18-month period. The same thing will happen to other EV companies that reach 200,000.
Subsidies clearly drive sales for EVs, which are often double the cost of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. Free charging stations, and access to HOV lanes for plug-ins with only the driver, further sweeten the deal. For those who can afford the entry fee, the ride is smooth indeed. In fact, a 2015 study found, the richest 20% of Americans received 90% of hundreds of millions in taxpayer EV subsidies.
Sheriff Joe
DA
I heard they are pretty quick.
What year is your wife's?
Bruddah IZ
DA
2014
Hüsker Dü
DA
I'm sure you don't see the irony in that . . .
Bruddah IZ
DA
Hanapaa!! Joe chummed, you spooled.
Bruddah IZ
DA
Dude freakin' 0-60 in less than 4 seconds. It was scary the first time I rode in my buddy's car. Asked me if I wanted to drive. I declined. I was still trying to pull myself out of the passenger seat imprint. The new S models go 0-60 in 2 seconds he says.
Sheriff Joe
DA
Climate crisis getting so dire DiCaprio’s *giving up private jets (*next Wed. only)
http://michellemalkin.com/2017/07/2...caprios-giving-up-private-jets-next-wed-only/
http://michellemalkin.com/2017/07/2...caprios-giving-up-private-jets-next-wed-only/
Sheriff Joe
DA
Sounds fun, I used to have a mustang GT, it seems I was going 100 mph everyday. Too much car for my own good.
My nephew trying to change the climate all by himself.
Bruddah IZ
DA
I used to love moving those (Randy Reyes style) to different locations in Waikiki as needed when I worked part-time for Budget in the early 90's. My HPD buddies would just shake their heads when I popped the clutch on Kapiolani near the Hyatt.
Sheriff Joe
DA
That has to be hard on the equipment.
Randy is a mechanical genius.
Probably the best diesel transmission guy in the country.
He creates his frankenstein and tries to breaks it, and then he rebuilds it better, and faster.
Bruddah IZ
DA
I might have to trade my wife's 2014 S model for one of his beast.