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Environment & Energy

MadameButterfly

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4. I think it's brilliant

Reply to byronius (Reply #2)

Sun May 25, 2025, 03:40 AM

May 25

I'll be looking into it. i have solar panels on my roof, I think it will be green enough for me. Yes, we can't rely on slave labor from Chinese run lithium mines in Africa. Wish the US had been on top of that and of course Trump won't address it. Battery tech is evolving, would evolve better with some government incentives.

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Ah, the big myth that electric cars are "green." NNadir May 25 #1

The general negativity in the writing makes it hard MadameButterfly May 25 #3

I have worked too long, and too hard, to understand issues in energy and the environment, by appeal to the primary... NNadir May 25 #5

Excuse me for not bragging in my earlier post about how much I actually do know about nuclear energy MadameButterfly May 25 #8

My father was a meat cutter. I'm a vegetarian. Your point is what? NNadir May 26 #10

Good grief MadameButterfly May 30 #11

Contractors like my brother are going to need trucks. hunter May 25 #6

I like it. I think it'll sell. byronius May 25 #2

I think it's brilliant MadameButterfly May 25 #4

I plunked down my fifty buck deposit about a month ago. OilemFirchen May 25 #7

I drive Uber/Lyft - 200 miles/day M-F Finishline42 May 25 #9

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