Don't worry the politicians wot waste an opportunity to get money out of people......they will probably make a yearly inspection like some places do emissions and get the mileage driven and charge them by how much they drive.....just watch...

i had a diesel eletric tug it takes a lot of power to make it work just like a locomotive and its a lot of maintenance to keep it working, to turn a propeller takes a lot of constant power the wires are massive when things go wrong you have a big fire fast...... lithium batteries on the water are seriously unsafe how many on here dunked their RC boat? then quickly retrived only it to hear it sizzling then burst into fire? for a good lesson take a flat rc battery and cut it with a knife you will learn the quirks of lithium!

you think the 12v system on a boat w/ corrosion drives you nuts,,watch what happens when corrosion on a 300-800v battery connection,fireworks.and yes,for a couple of years they'll be fine,and then boom.see what tesla had to do to connectors for ludicrous and plaid battery upgrades.connectors and lug thickness and surface area.
and I have a extended range ev,the battery gets sucked down quick at 120mph

Have read several times near 60% of our electricity comes from fossil fuels.


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We can decrease our reliance on coal if we used renewable energy and move away from fossil fuels
My Solar panels return power back into the grid 10 months out of the year
The other 2 months I use natural gas for heating and electric portable heaters to supplement the gas heaters
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As far as batteries catching fire, there are newer battery technologies that does not catch fire when the layers inside the batteries are shorted ( as in the case of an automobile crash)

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In NJ when my 36 solar panels generate a certain amount of electricity per month, i receive 1 SREC credit

Then that SREC credit gets sold in the market and i receive $240,

I generate these SREC every month since 2008






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I get what you are saying but its not feasible for most people and way to costly. Also until they build more nuclear reactors then there will not be enough energy to power a electric grid as well. At a cost of 30k for solar panels, there is no way that most home owners could afford that. If I supplemented my natural gas with electric portable heaters my electric cost would double my heating bill easily, maybe triple it. All this green energy is ok in theory, but not going to work for many years. I'll stay with my friends of coal. As for boats I'm pretty sure that electric motor doesn't sound near as good as my 525's and I don't have to sit forever while fueling versus charging some battery pack. All this nonsense about green energy will stop once these fools are gone out of office.

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I believe in Nuclear power. There are new nuclear power plants that does not have the issues with cores overheating.

on another note .. BYD blade battery does not catch fire







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and yet,,its been like 5yrs since that announcement was made.I love all the click bait articles about new battery tech that never makes it to market.