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Figure out where we're going to get the metals for all the batteries it will take to create the world these dreamers want. You'll soon see that the entire scheme is fantasy.



If it really were about shifting energy usage from fossil fuels to a "renewable" power grid, there would be an equal enthsiasm for electrifying all home and hot water heating.

There isn't, for two main reasons:

1. Making resistive elements in a box will not enrich any mineral companies, perputrate planned obselecence, nor maintain R+D departments.

2. It would be very easy and cheap to do, and when the resulting droves of people convert to electric heating, it would very quickly become apparent that our grid just cannot handle the extra load.




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