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Almost all liberals and socialists seem to have the same problem!

It looks like someone forgot to advise the President that there are problems with the electrical grid which make it impossible to Go Green in a hurry. Could Biden even process that news with his internal information system?

@Ron Wagnervery good podcast. It now seems that Russian ban on gasoline exports is really impacting its overall exports and health of processsing industry. For me everything I hear about Russia becoming weaker is very dear for my heart.

Tom i read a lot of your comments and have a great respect for you. But I always want that the scenario is right. russia started the war, Russia is an evil empire. We all need to fight Russia. In Poland we doubled our military budget after the war started. We all need to help Ukraine. If we do not the next will be NATO countries Lietuva, Lotva, Estonia, and next is Poland, my country. Of course Russia will not attack Poland cause they know we are mad dogs. During all the wars in the past we had very strong partisan movement. We would just kill any Russian by firearms or by hand, that is how Polish citizens are. Poland sends anything we have to Ukraine. We have 2 milllion Ukrainian refugees.

For city cars EV's are competitive, some of my friends think about buiyng a chep Chinese EV car for shopping, and daily commutes within Warsaw. It is ok, it can be this market. But when I go for vacation, say it Croatia 1800 km, or even Czech Republic for 800 km, electric cars are nobrainer for us. Electric cars are a good second cars in the family. But not the first one's. Also for trucks it is no brainer, you just need to understand current demands of European supply chains. Diesel truck makes 800 km (500 miles) a day and does not need to thin k about recharging. I work in transport/logistic industry and electrci vehicles just do not fit yet - when they will have 800-900 km mileage on batteries it would change, but now it is a toy for very rich and not effcient companies.

My company wanted to be ecology wise so we bought 18 LNG trucks instead of all diesel fleet. And you know it is not worth its price. LNG trucks can go for 800 -900 km 550 miles, whereas diesel trucks keeep up to 1000 miles. It was bad investment. I do not even have fantasy about buiyng electric trucks. We have a fleet of 50 some electric last mile delivery small trucks (with 2000-2500 pound capacity) and only for some clients that really pay for this, for each mile driven by electric small trucks. But it is a PR thing, most of our clients stll want us to travel their loads in diesel trucks.

Can your brother cash out?

Nice to see that you are a fan of CO2, we will advise President Biden that he should be prepared for a rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 due to EV manufacture. But not to worry, the vegetation will thank him.

Great because you think CO2 is plant food and not a problem. Score one more for EV's with bad logic.

If Ukraine will win the war I think it is very probable that it becomes NATO member. Russai will be much weaker. Of course Russai will threat us with nuclear atttack whith is not probable. The thing is US A bombs are much closer to Russia and they can destroy Moscow in 7 minuts, before Russsia can decide on second strike.

Snake oil sellers are everywhere , like always, but maybe more in these times. Something with no inherent value is just propagated as a stock/commdity I do not know what. My brother which is bold enough earned a lot on bitcoin, but I always said it is a simple fraud. That is probsbly that I am Certified Internal Auditor and this causes a lot of restrain.

Here's one "analysis" that's worth considering (and criticizing) by those here: https://www.zerocarbonguildford.org/post/should-i-buy-an-electric-car

I don't have reason to doubt these estimates, but to compare the energy used to manufacture those half million plus EV's in Norway to a year's worth of the country's total electric demand is disturbing, or at least worthy of some review. Not all of Norway's EV's were manufactured in the same year! I don't know the average age of Norway's EV's, but I suspect the average is young compared to the average Norway ICE vehicle, on the order of 3-5 years. Let's say the average EV age is 3 years. That means that only 1/3 of the "equivalent to 25% of the total annual Norwegian electricity demand", or more properly, about 8% of Norway's yearly total demand, has been consumed (somewhere) instead of 1/4 of Norway's demand. How many MWh does the manufacture of a ICE vehicle consume? Some research suggests the "embodied energy" (including manufacturing) of a mid-size ICE sedan can range from 35 to 85 MWh, which I also have no reason to doubt. Let's say it is 20 MWh. If we are going to criticize an EV's "embodied energy", it is the DIFFERENCE between the "embodied energy" between an EV and an ICE that needs to be considered, not the absolute. If there is a "energy penalty" that is to be pinned on EV's (which I have no reason to believe does indeed exist), then it is that "penalty" that should be considered. I just don't believe it is such a large penalty as portrayed by the statement quoted. YMMV.

LOL read some of their older commentaries. In 2020 they predicted low oil supply. The same year oil prices went negative due to oversupply. https://www.gorozen.com/commentaries/1q2020 They also predicted a collapse in non-OPEC oil production. How did that go? https://www.gorozen.com/commentaries/2q2018

It's a biased blog using made up numbers. I know you love those made up numbers and pretending to do math. They admit themselves that they are biased and controversial and only want to exploit natural resources. https://www.gorozen.com/about "A fundamental research firm focused exclusively on contrarian natural resource investments with a team with over 49 years of combined resource experience." Try again.

what a load of BS, You are an idiot to take someones BS post as gospel...... first all of the EVs in Norway are not manufactured every year , over and over again so comparing the energy required to the annual Norwegian output is garbage 21 mm tonnes divided by 579,000 vehicles is 40 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle???? which is also BS as it is 5 tonnes per vehicle for the battery.... We estimate an average EV consumes 60 MWh to manufacture??? who is We ??? some idiot that spouts BS and Ecochump????? 2 idiots with IQs of 80, put in a room together, does not yield a person with an IQ of 160.....you just have two idiots in a room. so you are taking someones BS math as your gospel??? when you yourself are incapable of doing simple math..... Norway’s gasoline and diesel consumption fell by a meager 3,200 barrels per day???? so your idiot posting pal says 579,000 vehicles in Norway would only use 3200 barrels a day or 125,000 gallons a day if they were ICE vehicles...........0.23 gallons a day/for each EV????????? so the average EV is driven 5 miles a day???? assuming 20 MPG??? God you are an idiot. 50 mm gallons per year for 579000 vehicles or 85 gallons a year per vehicle...what does 85 gallons a year get you in an ICE vehicle????? 1700 miles a year per vehicle. So all Norwegians only drive to church on Sundays????? Your poster and yourself are not dealing with reality When you are posting some idiots rambling BS please make sure you are quoting real facts not someone who is incapable of spelling or doing simple math. Unless you want to be considered an Idiot, the same as the person you are quoting.