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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] The Futurism of Elon Musk<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 11:25 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:11.55pt'>>>…Sure, we have power shortages now, particularly at sunset on hot days, but… there is a solution to that, and Mr. Musk will sell it to us.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…You wouldn't need a solution if your state faced the reality of its energy needs and balanced them appropriately against the unreliability of a heavily "green" solar/wind grid…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You are right on that Dylan. I am confident that the government will not deal with it effectively (and it isn’t even clear what it could do really (the same party controls both houses with a supermajority in the senate and the governor’s seat (so what could they do?)))<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is up to PG&E, but they are up to their eyeballs in lawsuits over those fires in 2018. So they will opt for rolling blackouts (another one is predicted for this evening, so I will make this short (the power could go out at any minute.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Musk’s solution allows people to increase the power capacitance of the grid. It is analogous to a really expensive integrated generator system. If a prole has 80k-120k to drop into it, that system can integrate rooftop solar, lithium battery backup, create a non-interruptible AC system and even run your AC. It wouldn’t be enough to charge your hotwatt Tesla, and you would need gas clothes drying, but it could carry AC overnight.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For 150k-200k, you could really go first class, and never need to pay a power bill. Granted your payback time on that would be about 30 years, but it can be done. Musk can get that done for you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>