EV's, Reliable Power, et al

[Herman]

Windmills are a scourge in Kansas. We drove through Kansas coming back from Vegas and they're a complete eyesore. Used prop blades everywhere too!

I hear Southern Alberta near the Montana border is like that too.

[Herman]

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[Herman]

After billions of dollars wasted, on the breezy Saturday morning at 9:53 am - October 18th, 2025:
ALL the wind turbines in ALL of New England are contributing only 1.82% of the power to our grid.
(For context, refuse is contributing 3.25% of the power to the grid.)
Or in other words - only 176 MW of the current system demand of 9,044 MW.
Once again, it is natural gas at 63% and nuclear at 22% heating our homes and keeping our lights on.
Source: ISO-NE Website

[DKG]

What an incredible waste of taxpayer's hard earned dollars.

This is the problem with command economies where governments pick which industries will succeed and which ones will fail instead of counsumers.

Dying EV market running on subsidies
Recent production cuts show Canada's fledging, heavily subsidized EV market heading for scrap heap

Canada's fledging electric vehicle market — designed to run on taxpayer-funded subsidies to EV manufacturers and buyers — is heading for the scrap heap.

Every new announcement of production cuts in Canada throws into further doubt the decision of the federal, Ontario and Quebec governments to earmark up to $52.5 billion in capital investments and production subsidies — according to the Parliamentary Budget Office — to create an EV supply chain sector in Canada.

While much of this money hasn't yet been spent, what is the point of subsidizing an industry the car makers themselves are abandoning?

The latest blow came with GM's announcement Tuesday that it's scrapping production of its BrightDrop Zero EV delivery van in Ingersoll, Ont., because of poor sales.

In May, it idled the plant, laying off 1,200 workers with a now-abandoned plan to reopen it at half-capacity in November.

GM recently announced a $1.6-billion loss in its third-quarter EV earnings and plans to reduce production in favour of gas-powered vehicles.

Last week, Stellantis announced it was shutting down its previously idled Jeep Compass plant in Brampton.

That was supposed to produce parts for both EV and other versions of the vehicle, throwing 3,000 jobs into doubt with the company transferring production to Illinois.

EV MARKET SHORT-CIRCUITING?
That's part of its $13-billion US plan to increase auto production in the U.S. by 50% over the next four years, while de-emphasizing EVs in part because of the ending of federal subsidies under the Trump administration, as well as its ongoing tariff policies.

Honda has put on hold its plan to build four EV and EV battery plants in Ontario for at least two years because of the slowdown of EV sales in North America.

In Quebec, a plan by Northvolt Batteries North America to produce EV batteries in the province was scrapped when its parent company filed for bankruptcy in Sweden.

EVs cost more than conventional gas-powered vehicles and have limited range, particularly in cold climates like Canada's.

The only way to increase sales is to subsidize consumers to buy them, which the federal government and many provinces have either suspended or abandoned, although the feds promised during this year's election to bring them back.

In other words, to throw good money after bad.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-dying-ev-market-running-on-subsidies