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In reply to the discussion: Fully solar + EV world by 2030? Exciting rumblings of imminent economic shift. [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)10. Some other implications that just occurred to me:
-A lot more economical for average people to live in very cold or very hot places. Particularly with decentralization, it really opens up a lot of the "empty" states. And with robocars doing the driving, people wouldn't have a problem living very far from their work.
-The geopolitical power of the Middle East is eliminated overnight. They would still have a lot of money accumulated over time, but that's not the same thing as controlling the spigots of world energy.
-The economic power of Texas within the United States is weakened.
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Fully solar + EV world by 2030? Exciting rumblings of imminent economic shift. [View all]
True Blue Door
Dec 2014
OP
The Saudis have not cut production in the wake of the price of oil falling and they say they're not
MADem
Dec 2014
#1
I want me an EV...have a 12 year old car waiting for the time...tick, tock, can not wait much more.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#6
Economically that is true but farmers in recent years have had reason to be concerned about the
jwirr
Dec 2014
#21
Build a better battery, build a better solar cell...game over for fossil fuel for transportation and
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#5
A see a 10 foot by 10 foot solar panel on every roof, each cell running at 90% conversion
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#11
Replace all the panels? Keep a store of extra panels? Should be a good store of power in storage.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#27
And I love the idea of those solar roads that produce energy. They are going to test them in my
jwirr
Dec 2014
#23
It is not called a frontier for nothing, most folk live at good latitudes for solar.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#25
Except the OP is talking about a 'fully solar world by 2030'. Not solar except frontiers. nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#30
What they're trying to do is make people who hook their panels into the grid
True Blue Door
Dec 2014
#16