From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: They're Even ADMITTING It, Stupid
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:11:19 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-01-20 11:33, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> WHICH building are these generators powering?
>
> https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/tesla-superstation-10-1-23.jpg?
> ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=clip&w=2048
Prove that those are generators.
>
> This is from September 30, 2023.
>
> In 2017, Tesla CEO said that all Superchargers in the automaker's
> network were being converted to solar.
>
> 7 years later, and...?
>
> Superchargers charge vehicles up to the 80% sweet spot in as little
> as 20 minutes, but to provide that kind of power for nearly 100 bays
> takes something solar can't provide - diesel generators.
>
> Investigative journalist Edward Niedermeyer discovered that the
> station was powered by diesel generators hidden behind a Shell
> station. Reporters at SF Gate tried to find out how much of the
> station's electricity was from the generators, but couldn't get a
> response from Tesla.
>
> The station isn't connected to any dedicated solar farms, which
> means that absent the diesel generators, the station is powered by
> California's grid.
>
> According to the U.S. Energy and Information Administration, in June
> 2023, natural gas supplied nearly 5,000 megawatt hours of
> electricity in California, whereas non-hydroelectric renewables
> supplied about 7,250 megawatt hours.
>
> https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/30/largest-ev-charging-station-
> in-the-world-uses-diesel-powered-generators/
Already dealt with and I've shown you an image of the building where the
generator was once parked...
...and it is gone.