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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/21/2026 > the-customer-has-spoken-car-industry-faces-up-to-catastrophic-ev-collapse

“The Customer Has Spoken”: Car Industry Faces Up to Catastrophic EV Collapse

3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (696+ words) I think the customer has spoken. That's the punchline," said Jim Farley, the Chief Executive of Ford, as he unveiled a $5 billion annual loss " joining the wider car industry in facing up to a catastrophic collapse in the EV market....

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/18/2026 > forging-and-vaulting-ahead-for-critical-minerals

Forging and vaulting ahead for critical minerals

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (945+ words) While the nation was focused on an ongoing personal tragedy and the Super Bowl, representatives of 54 nations met last Wednesday in Washington, DC, at the request of Secretary of State Marco Rubio to plot out a pathway to mutual independence…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/18/2026 > renewables-catastrophically-expensive

Renewables Catastrophically Expensive

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1244+ words) Hi, inspired by Alex Epstein's video on X What happened to common sense..? Not profitable..? Not risky..? Too old-fashioned..? You can either have common sense or communist sense, but you can not have both. Don't sugar coat it like that....

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/15/2026 > open-thread-177

Open Thread – Watts Up With That?

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1834+ words) A place for discussion I liked not that referendum" Keir Starmer has drawn up plans under which the UK will ramp up its net zero targets and cede control over its energy policy as part of'closer alignment with Brussels. " Telegraph…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/13/2026 > the-super-bowl-without-evs-tells-you-everything

The Super Bowl Without EVs Tells You Everything

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (446+ words) Except for Seahawks fans or those who appreciate a stingy defense, the action on the field of this year" Super Bowl left a lot to be desired. But off the field, between the kickoff and the final score, this year…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/07/2026 > arkansas-lithium-jackpot-new-tech-turns-ancient-saltwater-into-white-gold

Arkansas’ Lithium Jackpot: New Tech Turns Ancient Saltwater Into ‘White Gold’

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (574+ words) Tucked beneath the pine forests and farm fields of southwest Arkansas, drillers have stumbled'upon a critical mineral jackpot: lithium in the'region's ancient saltwater'formations. Last fall, the U.S. Geological Survey announced that an estimated 5 to 19 million tons of lithium are located in…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 02/01/2026 > utility-scale-lithium-based-energy-storage-systems

Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage Systems

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (471+ words) This report was written at the request of the Hauppauge Fire Department because of their concerns about a proposed large Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility at 111 Rabro Drive. This would be located within 3500 feet of an elementary school, a…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 01/28/2026 > the-cost-of-wind-and-solar-power-backup

The Cost of Wind and Solar Power Backup

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (457+ words) In Texas, a very sunny state, I derived a value of $40 per MWh for solar. Again, the values from NREL, Lazard, and EIA are all over the place and range from around $25-$45 per MWh. We used an installed capacity of…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 01/27/2026 > do-renewables-make-for-cheaper-electricity

Do Renewables Make for Cheaper Electricity?

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1809+ words) What Greg Brophy Meant to Say Graphs that Don't Demonstrate Diddly I am convinced that when choosing between a world with prosperity hobbled because of expensive and poorly performing energy systems, against a world of growth in atmospheric CO2 that is…...

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wattsupwiththat.com > 01/25/2026 > solar-australia-to-get-free-midday-grid-solar-power-but-dont-charge-your-ev

Australians to Receive Free Midday Grid Solar Power – But Don’t Charge your EV

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1005+ words) h/t Observa " Happy exploding transformer day: " very high levels of consumption during the free-power period " may lead to increases in network costs. " Shared solar: Labor's "free power" plan to have daily cap to stop abuse by EV and home…...