Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 9 May 2023 14:10:35 -0500 Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > *"Hydropower is still the mainstay of the Norwegian electricity > system*. At the beginning of 2021, there were 1 681 hydropower plants > in Norway, with a combined installed capasity of 33 055 MW. In a normal > year, the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
*"Hydropower is still the mainstay of the Norwegian electricity system*. At the beginning of 2021, there were 1 681 hydropower plants in Norway, with a combined installed capasity of 33 055 MW. In a normal year, the Norwegian hydropower plants produce 136.4 TWh, which is 90 % of Norways total

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Yup. Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > It's easier for Norway, they can finance all their schemes by selling oil to > the rest of the world while at the same time congratualting themselves for > being carbon neutral. > > >> On Tue,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Apparently Norway's electricity is about $0.12/KWH all in, including supplier charges. We're paying $0.16/KWH just for the electricity here in north central MA. A year ago we were locked in at $0.10KWH... If I bought from National Grid it'd be $0.24/KWH just for the electricity. -Curt On

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
That’s Iceland. Norway has oil and hydro, that was one question I had as what was powering the cars. Cold climate too. Probably no nukes. --FT Sent from iFōn > On May 9, 2023, at 12:58 PM, greg via Mercedes wrote: > > Doesn't Norway have a super abundant supply of geothermal energy

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Pretty much forever Texas has been on its own grid with I think one interconnect in North Texas to some other grid. There was a huge amount of installed wind generation in West Texas which was fine until one very frigid New Year’s Day in like 09 or 10 the wind just died. No wind power which was

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread greg via Mercedes
Doesn't Norway have a super abundant supply of geothermal energy producing nearly free electricity? Quite a different situation here. Greg > Sorry to interrupt the ongoing reviews of over priced used Mercedes, but I > found this interesting - not what I expected: > > "Norway is more than a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
And has abundant cheap hydro electricity. Randy On 09/05/2023 11:50 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: Plus Norway is roughly the size of New Mexico, with a smaller population than New York City... On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 11:41 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Plus Norway is roughly the size of New Mexico, with a smaller population than New York City... On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 11:41 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It's easier for Norway, they can finance all their schemes by selling oil > to the rest of the world while at

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
It's easier for Norway, they can finance all their schemes by selling oil to the rest of the world while at the same time congratualting themselves for being carbon neutral. On Tue, May 9, 2023, at 11:12, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Sorry to interrupt the ongoing reviews of over priced used

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Probably being led by the same boneheads that had them disconnect from the national grid. That worked out well for them. -D > On May 9, 2023, at 12:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Interesting. Meanwhile, Texas is doing all it can to unwind the development > of solar and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Norway's near-total adoption of electric vehicles

2023-05-09 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Interesting. Meanwhile, Texas is doing all it can to unwind the development of solar and wind power in order to facilitate natural gas development. Texas is currently the leading producer of renewable energy in the country. Go figure. On Tue, May 9, 2023, 12:13 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >