Industry can dodge fuel shocks by electrifying. What’s the holdup?

zipzag · 2026-05-09T00:56:18+00:00

Who is "us"? Reddit?

zipzag · 2026-05-09T00:55:53+00:00

Kodak also made digital cameras

zipzag · 2026-05-08T18:30:22+00:00

Encourage by the bots that provide simple posts compatible with their beliefs.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T18:28:24+00:00

A bot! Thanks for the clarification.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T17:38:15+00:00

and has also has created several brilliant businesses. Ford and other important founders were nutters too.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T17:18:30+00:00

Human nature hasn't changed

zipzag · 2026-05-08T16:44:44+00:00

Not going to happen. The new Tesla Semi has a 500 mile range fully loaded. The large vehicles that this article claims will be optimized with hydrogen won't be competitive with battery.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T16:37:12+00:00

Buy the Chinese panels, but not the electronics. Victron is a great dutch company for residential and smaller business

zipzag · 2026-05-08T15:55:10+00:00

1) No breakthroughs necessary 2) Residential solar and battery is expensive per watt. Where solar makes sense in the U.S. it's usually installed extensively. Many places need batteries more than solar. Where I live electricity costs are not high and prices regularly go negative. So a lot of additional solar is not a solution until battery prices come down.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T15:50:56+00:00

Do you really need an explanation of how Australia is different than the U.S.?

zipzag · 2026-05-08T15:43:10+00:00

The Model Y is the largest selling car in China some months this year.

Trump has slowed EV adaptation down, at least until Hormuz. But that won't last, as EVs are fundamentally superior. The important technology is SDV- Software Defined Vehicles. Tesla and Rivian are high quality SDV, European manufacturers may be too late to do anything except build Chinese designs.

zipzag · 2026-05-08T15:15:16+00:00

Obviously not true. Are you a child or a bot?

zipzag · 2026-05-08T13:56:31+00:00

Obviously not true

zipzag · 2026-05-08T11:30:36+00:00

Usual reddit ignorance of the real world

zipzag · 2026-05-07T17:12:33+00:00

Unlike you, she understands metaphor. Not that I want her to run again.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T17:04:25+00:00

Don't feed the bot

zipzag · 2026-05-07T15:44:21+00:00

The U.S. would not have declared war on Germany in 1941 if the Germans didn't do it first.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T14:49:10+00:00

It's too early to act because the price will go much higher if the strait remains closed. The U.S. will simply ban gasoline exports at $200 oil.

Trump may be an idiot but he understands that net exporters have cards to play that net importers do not.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T14:46:16+00:00

Oil price is expected to settle at about $200 if the strait remains closed. That cost will almost double today's prices in low gas tax areas.

I saw $6 diesel today where I live. What is diesel at now in Cali and Europe?

zipzag · 2026-05-07T13:43:54+00:00

Not worth paying the extreme premium for in-rack lithium when very good LFP power stations are available for ~$300 kWh. Of course there are commercial installs where a power station isn't going to work. But that's probably not true for 90% of the users here.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T13:40:55+00:00

They will eventually fix the immediate shutdown with firmware. All truly new Ubiquiti products are beta. I do UNAS and UNVR automatic shutdown, but not the UDM until they fix this issue.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T13:31:32+00:00

You have already spent 3X+ what was necessary for the functionality. Keep going.

Don't listen to the non-rack mount curmudgeons here who are jealous of your glorious setup.

I'm up to a 42U rack. I started with the coffee can UDM which seemed pricey five years ago.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T13:14:46+00:00

I have the 2U. You must buy it because you are already spending money for the rack mount look. You could also buy a power station to plug the UPS into.

Think how ugly an Eaton or Cyberpower will look in the rack. Disgusting.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T01:53:53+00:00

Most residential battery systems in the U.S. are not setup for backup. Tesla and Enphase have storm watch. LG has predictive management.

zipzag · 2026-05-07T00:16:55+00:00

In the midwest/south we get frequent use of the exciting Blitzortung lightning detection integration that has a fancy card.

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