It's not that they cannot. They don't have an incentive to do it. If I'm being paid for my performance while I'm a CEO, why would I spend money today (and hurt my performance today) to fix a problem that MIGHT affect…
So how does recycling revert this back to the original structure? Is it just basically melting it?
So why does a battery wear out after an extended number of uses?
Does the lithium, cobalt, etc. not undergo a material change as the battery is used? Meaning, is the lithium in a brand new battery the same as the lithium in a battery that's been used for years?
> Of course not, but they do actively make decisions based on profit over sustainability. and that's what they're supposed to do. Make the most profits while abiding by the law. As consumers start caring more about…
I keep seeing this argument that companies are responsible for pollution. While yes it's true, why do you think those companies are polluting? It's not because they get up in the morning and say "better go pollute a bit…
some people (like me) don't have separation of work/life balance. I get emails 24 hours a day. Markets move every second from sunday evening until friday afternoon. I'm constantly on my phone or in front of my computer.…
Best I could find with a quick search. I think it's still too early for a proper study. https://insideevs.com/news/405885/tesla-model-s-battery-afte... https://electrek.co/2020/06/06/tesla-battery-degradation-rep...…
Yea, they graze under/around solar panels but that's pretty much all you can do for a solar farm. Wind gives you more opportunity to use the land. I don't see the solar site management thing happening by the way. A lot…
Nothing and some companies are looking at that. It changes the dispatch characteristics but that's not a big deal. I can see this happening more in the future when you kind of run out of space and have increased demand…
Large solar farms take up a lot of land. Much more than wind does. It also makes that land useless for anything else other than solar. Large wind farms generate more power than solar on a per acre basis and have a lot…
This is standard accounting principles. GAAP/IFRS accounting require you to do this. It's not malicious
It's not that they cannot. They don't have an incentive to do it. If I'm being paid for my performance while I'm a CEO, why would I spend money today (and hurt my performance today) to fix a problem that MIGHT affect…
So how does recycling revert this back to the original structure? Is it just basically melting it?
So why does a battery wear out after an extended number of uses?
Does the lithium, cobalt, etc. not undergo a material change as the battery is used? Meaning, is the lithium in a brand new battery the same as the lithium in a battery that's been used for years?
> Of course not, but they do actively make decisions based on profit over sustainability. and that's what they're supposed to do. Make the most profits while abiding by the law. As consumers start caring more about…
I keep seeing this argument that companies are responsible for pollution. While yes it's true, why do you think those companies are polluting? It's not because they get up in the morning and say "better go pollute a bit…
some people (like me) don't have separation of work/life balance. I get emails 24 hours a day. Markets move every second from sunday evening until friday afternoon. I'm constantly on my phone or in front of my computer.…
Best I could find with a quick search. I think it's still too early for a proper study. https://insideevs.com/news/405885/tesla-model-s-battery-afte... https://electrek.co/2020/06/06/tesla-battery-degradation-rep...…
Yea, they graze under/around solar panels but that's pretty much all you can do for a solar farm. Wind gives you more opportunity to use the land. I don't see the solar site management thing happening by the way. A lot…
Nothing and some companies are looking at that. It changes the dispatch characteristics but that's not a big deal. I can see this happening more in the future when you kind of run out of space and have increased demand…
Large solar farms take up a lot of land. Much more than wind does. It also makes that land useless for anything else other than solar. Large wind farms generate more power than solar on a per acre basis and have a lot…
This is standard accounting principles. GAAP/IFRS accounting require you to do this. It's not malicious