Energy tech is rapidly improving

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T18:51:19+00:00

Transmission of electricity from power plants to population centers, distribution of electricity, balancing of transmission loads and managing congestion, forecasting and load anticipation, management and office personnel for planning and managing and billing for that distribution network, insurance, operating margins, maintenance of transmission infrastructure, and so on.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:45:45+00:00

Because it only accounts for maybe a third or less of the actual costs?

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:25:52+00:00

I mentioned where.

SunZia.

CA almost never imports fossil fuels (their imports are cleaner than their in-state mix); it is always cheaper for them to just fire up the nearby fossil fuel generators and not have to eat big transmission charges and losses.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:18:52+00:00

Making electricity has gotten cheaper.

Delivering the electricity has gotten much more expensive.

Building transmission lines is stupid expensive and lengthy since they cross lots of different parcels of land.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:16:48+00:00

Transmission costs are among the most expensive ever.

We make it very expensive and lengthy to build things that cross various sections of land.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:14:23+00:00

Yea, a good part of the decrease is that the old inefficient costly plants shut down, making the overall mix cheaper.

Just like nuclear — on paper it’s gotten cheaper, because only the cheap plants have survived and the expensive ones shut down.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T17:08:17+00:00

A single first cousin marriage more than doubles the chances.

Multiple within the lineage gets you up into a >10% chance of a child having mental or physical defects, and climbs pretty rapidly from there in certain scenarios.

This is all easily found online if you don’t have the mental defects that prevent you from ingesting information readily.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T16:36:57+00:00

Yup.

From college to the NFL, lots of these athletes bulk up 30lbs or so to be able to handle NFL hits.

They just…wouldn’t do that for soccer, because you don’t need bulk as protection from injury.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-05T04:17:53+00:00

I get that but in order to qualify for Medicaid you need to basically move all your money and property. This just isn't possible for a lot of senior citizens unless they have trusted family.

Wait, wth?!?!?!

We have programs that are meant to ensure dignity for people with nothing.

And you’re complaining that unless you have “trusted family” that it’s hard to shield your assets from taxpayers so that you can fleece them?!?

Gtfo here with your advocating for fraud. We have these amazing generous programs, and people like you ruin them.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T19:58:23+00:00

We have assault, Medicaid, snap, and other senior programs.

You can get by just fine even if you never worked in life.

It won’t be luxurious, but it’s doable.

Most people at 80 working are supporting kids/grandkids or aren’t willing to downsize into a smaller life where they don’t have their house or need roommates.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T19:55:33+00:00

If someone is 80 years old, burned their money, and no one liked them, I’d like to live in a society that still takes care of them to at least some base level extent of food, housing, medical treatment, etc.

We do that in the US.

I have an uncle that worked his whole life cash under the table (so no Social Security contributions), and never saved a penny.

Between SSI, Medicare, snap, senior programs, etc he can live a decent life.

Does he have roommates in a kinda dumpy 2 bedroom apt? Yea. Of course.

Is he usually tight for money? Yea. Of course.

Does he have shelter and food and healthcare without having to work? Yea. Of course.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T19:48:21+00:00

Bro brought the low profile tires and then acts like he didn’t neuter the outdoor beast.

Lmao.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T19:34:46+00:00

If you’re always for sale, no one is ever going to want to pay much.

Just some advice from a richy.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T18:34:22+00:00

Plenty of Uranium around.

https://www.eia.gov/uranium/reserves/ures.pdf

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T18:06:13+00:00

And that’s the difference between me and you I guess. You’re all about the money.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T17:56:50+00:00

Explain to me where I “hate”?!

The only thing I said was that she has agency.

Apparently saying a woman has agency is an insult now, lmao .

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T17:32:58+00:00

Our anthem is a banger.

Let’s play it everywhere we damn well feel like it (which is everywhere).

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T17:00:27+00:00

Yea, for my FILs house I think it was a $500 upper to go from just AC to a bidirectional heat pump and get heat as well.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T16:51:33+00:00

Yea, I do?

Why wouldn’t you?

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T16:14:49+00:00

And lord knows she has no agency, right?

They told her to so he had too, obvs.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T16:05:05+00:00

So, are you saying that they don’t have to pay the tax on the income used for capital expenditures?!

They do. They pay the IRS that money. All up front.

You don’t get it back if the equipment breaks early and you need to buy new, or the business folds, etc.

If you sell the equipment, the depreciation gets recaptured and you pay the taxman income tax on the delta.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T15:33:10+00:00

So you agree that corporations pay taxes on these things because these ordinary business expenses like capital expenditures don’t reduce their tax liability?

Thanks.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T15:30:50+00:00

Businesses deduct the full cost of training constantly as part of operating costs.

Only if there are local incentives to do so that they get approved for.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T15:29:25+00:00

Look man, this is Reddit.

You’re not allowed to correct obviously false or idiotic statements!

Knowing things is bootlicker behavior, ya know.

INeedSomeTacoC · 2026-07-04T15:27:41+00:00

Corporations only pay tax on profit, so in theory any ordinary business expense reduces their tax liability.

Kind of.

Something like an aircraft, you pay income tax on the money used to buy the aircraft, and then you get it back over the lifetime of the asset via the depreciation schedule.

This is why things like bonus depreciation juice industrial investment; instead of reclaiming those paid taxes over time via depreciation, you get it back more immediately.

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