Nuclear power is the hallmark of the oil industry and conservative politicians. They know that nuclear takes decades to approve and build - which lets them grasp the last drops of oil as long as possible while delaying actual clean solutions we are already doing with none of the scary things that were predicted.

That is not deep well geothermal at all. The Geysers is traditional geothermal where heat is close to the surface, uses aquifer water, and easy to get to.

Deep well geothermal has only recently become feasible due to advancements in drilling technology like directional drilling and fracking. It is something we could only start doing recently, and with the cooperation of the experts in the field - the oil and gas companies who have a vested interest in NOT seeing this technology bloom.

It can also be set up to be a closed system run from Carbon Dioxide for better efficiency - eliminating the corrosion and mineral issues you pointed out that happen in some geothermal plants.

Your arguments may be sound for geothermal 1.0, but this solves those issues. As someone who has a power related quote in their sig, you may want to learn more about this:
https://ted.com/talks/jamie_c_...

I am not sure what you are talking about. Can you copy/paste the link or data from the CAISO site to support your claim?

https://www.caiso.com/Pages/de...

California is far from bankrupt, having created a rainy-day fund from past budget surpluses. And their grid is quite robust - with less than one percent energy derived from coal and the majority already coming from emission free energy sources.

However, this doesn't stop the media from waxing poetic about two hours of rolling blackouts in a small part of Northern California which are the only instances of power generation related outages in the past two decades...

Deep Well Geothermal (AKA: "Geothermal Anywhere") uses existing oil drilling tech to create geothermal energy production nearly anywhere it is needed.
https://news.mit.edu/2022/quai...

From what I have seen, a geothermal plant about the size of a corner gas station can power hundreds of homes with emissions free, 24/7 electricity. This reduces the need for battery systems.

Go look up the "Gold Medallion Home" projects from the 50's through the 70's. To help the energy crisis and to get us off of foreign oil we encouraged all electric new construction, underground wiring, and hidden transformers. Worked well for decades. We can do it again.

Not to mention that these programs come in sets that include greater production (like residential solar initiatives) and energy storage (think PowerWalls and bidirectional charging EVs) that reduce grid demand and increase clean energy production.

I also saw no mention of deep well geothermal (aka: "Geothermal Anywhere") which can power a small town from a gas station sized plant using existing drilling technology and producing no emissions other than heat.

We can do it. We have done it. No speculation needed.

There is a lot of misinformation being passed around, and a lot of false assumptions about EVs in general from people who just don't have the experience of owning one or who are getting information from political sources that are backed by over $100M a year in oil industry donations (opensecrets.org). Let me see if I can break some of these down.

"I need 500+ miles of range" - No you don't. You don't have a 400+ mile commute. You are thinking in terms of a gas car where you fill up once a week and drive until you are empty. Or you are suddenly becoming a long haul trucker. Either way - keep reading.

"The infrastructure can't handle the load" - Yes it can. As we build up more EVs, they are not being built in isolation. Many states are also encouraging things like alternative energy, rooftop solar, deep well geothermal, and more - which both adds to our raw production and reduces grid demand by using local production like rooftop solar. Not to mention things like PowerWalls and bidirectional charging of EVs which will let you generate energy by day, store it, and release it as needed and have the ability to tap into it when usage spikes. California tested this out last Summer with PowerWalls pumping energy back into the grid as needed. Bidirectional EVs can do the same - even power your home if there is a power outage.

"EV's are too expensive" - Only if you don't do the math and include the lack of maintenance and gas purchase over the life of the car. My daily commute in my V8 is $15 a day, $10 a day in my v6 car, and $3 by EV. I saved so much by switching that I was able to pay my car off early. Plus the manufacture of an EV is far less costly than a gas car, so more room to reduce margins once more hit the street and the competition ramps up.

"The battery wears out and costs $20K" - yes, batteries wear out. The only place I saw a battery PACK that expensive was at full dealer cost. But you will likely get well over 200 - 300K miles out of your EV before getting that close. I had a battery issue at 250K miles and was able to find a shop that found the 3 underperforming cells (out of 11) and just replaced those cells with refurbs/used cells and gave me a year warranty on the whole pack for about $750. Far less than the price of oil changes during that same milage. And battery tech is getting better all the time,

"They catch fire too often" - No - they catch fire far less often than ICE vehicles. Somewhere around 60+ gas car fires to 1 EV fire the last time I checked. Gas car fires are so common they don't make the news. EV fires are so rare they are national news.

"The cold/heat/hills/towing affect range" - yes they do - just like a gas car. Plan for it. Mostly the are in the singe digits due to temperatures because most EV batteries include a temperature monitoring and regulation system (BTMS) that warms and cools the battery as needed to minimize this effect. Trailers are starting to be built with battery packs and drive wheels included to extend range. And at least in an EV, you will recover some of that energy through regenerative braking - unlike a gas car/truck.

"I can gas up in 5 minutes" - I can plug in my EV in 11 seconds, then walk away and be productive (multitask) rater than sit at the pump for 5 minutes (single task). I usually charge overnight at home when rates are low and start every day with a 'full tank'. Get out of the gas car mentality that you have to drive someplace special to charge. You really don't unless you are doing a 200 mile commute each day - in that case, charge up at work. Next - look at recharge lanes and push to get them set up on highways so you can charge as you drive.

There are more, but these hit the highlights of comments from non-EV owners who "WILL NEVER BUY AN EV" and are super proud of that fact that they are going to keep spending more money in gas and maintenance because the gas company paid their politician to scare them back to the gas pump as long as possible.

I always thought a "fold" change was the exponent change of the number. Thus, a 3 fold change would be 8 times the original number. This, I deducted, was derived from the number of layers in a folded sheet of paper after the stated number of "folds". Fold a sheet of paper three times and you end up with 8 layers of paper.

But looks like I was wrong. It just means "times". 3-fold means 3 times the original number.

Honestly - I liked my explanation better...

Compared to....? You are only citing one city.

Chicago is not on the top 10 list of most dangerous cities per capita - but seems to be the only city the right mentions when shootings are talked about.

Can you add some more data points (Cities in the top 10) so we can compare?

Don't send the British group - send the new guys from the American version - they are expendable.

Really?

I thought the privacy rights folks have been telling me for years that my data is everywhere already. I guess my data isn't as far flung as I was led to believe.

I host sites on a reseller account. What's a good way to check up on this and make sure my hosted sites are OK? I'm not going to go check every link in every site and compare that to every file on the servers for each site. There has to be an easier way.

Fox was brought up for their propensity to use emotional pleas to sway public opinion away from scientific analysis or inquiry.

I mean, seriously, Linus Pauling didn't stumble on to the workings of chemical bonding through emotional pleas and Beck-esque tantrums. (LPI - please forgive me for using Mr. Paulings name in the same sentence as Glen Beck).

On matters of importance to the nation and the world, should we decide based on a Koch Brother funded talking head spouting drabble that doesn't pass muster on PolitiFact, yet somehow makes the rich richer and everyone else poorer? Or should we examine things with a sense of tough love where we do what the evidence shows us is probably best, consider that a starting point, and adjust as the evidence dictates?

Back to your point - the Democrats may have been in charge when this Copyright act was passed - but has it not been upheld by the Republicans as well during the foregoing 34 years? Is this wrong? What studies or research have been done to show the affects with and with out this legislation? And with other modifications to this legislation might make it more balanced? I think these questions are best answered over feeding into the US vs THEM political system we are currently enjoying, which backs only two possible solutions, usually in nearly direct opposition to each other.

So, does this mean we get more grains of sand on our beaches, too?

Costa Rica is rather famous in Central America for not having a military of any sort. What better gift for a country with no military than an aircraft carrier with no engines, gear boxes, or pumps!

Well, at least the next time they declare war, the enemy will have something to sink.

You see, Costa Rica jumped into WWI by declaring war against Germany and Japan - still, with no army, navy, or air force, mind you - and Germany sent a U Boat to go sink some of Costa Ricas navy. The German U Boat commanders tried to be sneaky and went down and around the cape of good hope and attacked from the Atlantic side - thinking that is where the navy was hiding. Imagine the disgust in that German officers heart when all he found were fishing boats.

Now do you get it?