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What is this "big game" thing, though?I should go skiing at such a time as to have less crowds, yes.
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Got most of my return done tonight in TurboTax.
Still awaiting a 1098 from Bank of America for my refinanced-away-from-them mortgage, plus awaiting the Feb 18 date after which TurboTax will be able to import my transactions from Betterment.
Looks like I will end up having loaned the Feds about $2,500 and the state about $1,200, despite not having bought any tax-credit-eligible EVs the whole tax year!
Still awaiting a 1098 from Bank of America for my refinanced-away-from-them mortgage, plus awaiting the Feb 18 date after which TurboTax will be able to import my transactions from Betterment.
Looks like I will end up having loaned the Feds about $2,500 and the state about $1,200, despite not having bought any tax-credit-eligible EVs the whole tax year!
I've now owned the Tesla for 13 months and 4 days! I'm sure this has surprised you all.
As a thought experiment, to recreate it* at today's prices would cost $60,190 + TTL, ignoring local incentives for a national sale. If I really want to buckle down and get a condo sooner rather than later selling it and reverting to the Land Cruiser probably would be a good idea, but the resale market still seems far too soft:
Note that most of those listings don't have FSD or the Acceleration Upgrade. In any case, it shall likely live on in my garage for another year.
* 3, LR AWD + Acceleration Upgrade + FSD, gray over black, 18" aero wheels, including destination
As a thought experiment, to recreate it* at today's prices would cost $60,190 + TTL, ignoring local incentives for a national sale. If I really want to buckle down and get a condo sooner rather than later selling it and reverting to the Land Cruiser probably would be a good idea, but the resale market still seems far too soft:
Note that most of those listings don't have FSD or the Acceleration Upgrade. In any case, it shall likely live on in my garage for another year.
* 3, LR AWD + Acceleration Upgrade + FSD, gray over black, 18" aero wheels, including destination
Forget The Top Shelf. Colorado's Fortitude Ranch Is A Doomsday Timeshare For The Middle Class
Marketing to the annihilation-conscious is not a new idea.
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I don't get how 10 days of a timeshare at a prepper site that's not actually fortified would actually help one out at all if the shit really hit the fan.
You know what PT Barnum said...Forget The Top Shelf. Colorado's Fortitude Ranch Is A Doomsday Timeshare For The Middle Class
Marketing to the annihilation-conscious is not a new idea.
I don't get how 10 days of a timeshare at a prepper site that's not actually fortified would actually help one out at all if the shit really hit the fan.
LOL, wut?Forget The Top Shelf. Colorado's Fortitude Ranch Is A Doomsday Timeshare For The Middle Class
Marketing to the annihilation-conscious is not a new idea.
I don't get how 10 days of a timeshare at a prepper site that's not actually fortified would actually help one out at all if the shit really hit the fan.
Do you get kicked out when your week is over even if the zombies are wandering the radiated wastes?
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Hartsel. Gotta be in Hartsel. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy...
That was my first thought too. There are literally places out there between the backside of Wilkerson pass and Hartsel that have earthwork barriers. In case the vikings attack, I guess.
Today's thought experiment: Should I buy some more solar panels for my house?
Arithmetic section for the bored:
Ignoring state and local sales tax, that'd be $24,000 for said 11.4 kW, or $2.11/installed W. That's pretty good historically for residential installations. I don't know how much the other outfits are running these days because their pricing is totally opaque (e.g. Sunrun, which won't touch a roof that already has another installation, or Namasté Solar).
At 11.9 cents/kWh the generated electricity would save me $1,869 per year. (Xcel Energy would also generously kick in an extra $78/year in RECs, for what little that's worth.) Tesla Energy's offered financing is $0 down, 20 years, 4.99% APR, which would work out to be $2,038 per year if the Federal tax credit is averaged over all 240 payments. 4.99% actually is better than what Lightstream is offering for that size and term, if you're wondering.
Anyway, the point here is that the net cost to me with financing the system would be about $90 per year, and in exchange at the end of 20 years I'd have 11.4 kW of owned panels, therefore increasing my home's value. (And if electricity price went up in the meantime I'd be insulated.)
Cliffs Notes: I think this will be worth it.
I'm going to give Namasté until Monday to tell me if they can work with the SolarCity panels and if they can beat $2.11/W, and will otherwise give Tesla some more business.
(NB: Note lack of Powerwalls in the above math. Those are $6,500 per 13.5 kWh unit with $1,100 fixed "supporting hardware" costs regardless of number of units. The benefit of those would be power during our infrequent grid outages, and time of use pricing. The average benefit we would derive if we could shift half our electricity use to off-peak would be roughly 4 cents/kWh. Therefore payback time ignoring finance charges would be about 15 years. I don't see that as being worth it, especially since we could balloon our bill if not enough energy use was time-shifted.)
Arithmetic section for the bored:
Based off of the above math I'd want the 11.4 kW, or "Large solar size", system since overproduction doesn't pay well in my utility's system, I believe. For that Large system they're charging $25,000 pre-Federal tax credit, with a written promise via a rep that for transactions dated 2/14/20 and before they're taking an extra 4% off to make up for the Fed credit dropping from 30% for 2019 to 26% this year.
Ignoring state and local sales tax, that'd be $24,000 for said 11.4 kW, or $2.11/installed W. That's pretty good historically for residential installations. I don't know how much the other outfits are running these days because their pricing is totally opaque (e.g. Sunrun, which won't touch a roof that already has another installation, or Namasté Solar).
At 11.9 cents/kWh the generated electricity would save me $1,869 per year. (Xcel Energy would also generously kick in an extra $78/year in RECs, for what little that's worth.) Tesla Energy's offered financing is $0 down, 20 years, 4.99% APR, which would work out to be $2,038 per year if the Federal tax credit is averaged over all 240 payments. 4.99% actually is better than what Lightstream is offering for that size and term, if you're wondering.
Anyway, the point here is that the net cost to me with financing the system would be about $90 per year, and in exchange at the end of 20 years I'd have 11.4 kW of owned panels, therefore increasing my home's value. (And if electricity price went up in the meantime I'd be insulated.)
Cliffs Notes: I think this will be worth it.
I'm going to give Namasté until Monday to tell me if they can work with the SolarCity panels and if they can beat $2.11/W, and will otherwise give Tesla some more business.
(NB: Note lack of Powerwalls in the above math. Those are $6,500 per 13.5 kWh unit with $1,100 fixed "supporting hardware" costs regardless of number of units. The benefit of those would be power during our infrequent grid outages, and time of use pricing. The average benefit we would derive if we could shift half our electricity use to off-peak would be roughly 4 cents/kWh. Therefore payback time ignoring finance charges would be about 15 years. I don't see that as being worth it, especially since we could balloon our bill if not enough energy use was time-shifted.)
Very cool!
The government removed all the incentives when it all of a sudden got really popular to install solar so it does not make sense to have solar unfortunately not that I am giving up the dream at least some plans for the garage.
The government removed all the incentives when it all of a sudden got really popular to install solar so it does not make sense to have solar unfortunately not that I am giving up the dream at least some plans for the garage.
An update on my continual insanity: I don't think I'll end up getting a Cybertruck. (Or a Rivian, or a GMC Hummer EV.)
As I mused about last week I'm pretty much locked into the 3 for the time being due to the resale market, not to mention that my wife wouldn't like me getting rid of it in the near term. She very much enjoys driving it around whenever the kid-carting situation allows for its use, and it indeed is very good for what it is, which is a small-ish car.
There's also the background noise that having a condo in the mountains would increase my family's quality of life more than any Cybertruck or the like, although my near-5 year old is still enamored with the concept of it as an all-electric off-roader. Traffic to the ski areas on the weekends around here is doing nothing but increasing, and being able to head up Friday night, ski all day Saturday, ski a few runs Sunday morning and then head back lazily at noon would be fantastic.
I do not make enough money to do everything at once (and can't make significantly more here in Denver so as to hasten this) so I must therefore prioritize and let time pass. This is my rough current list of priorities:
The fate of the Tesla will either be to be sold outright prior to buying a condo when the depreciation curve has flattened out a bit and we've extracted much use from it, if I need to free up some cash at that point in time, or to stick around until/if the PacHy gets replaced with a VW ID Buzz (or Chrysler Portal) post-condo.
Cliffs Notes: Cybertruck reservation officially canceled
As I mused about last week I'm pretty much locked into the 3 for the time being due to the resale market, not to mention that my wife wouldn't like me getting rid of it in the near term. She very much enjoys driving it around whenever the kid-carting situation allows for its use, and it indeed is very good for what it is, which is a small-ish car.
There's also the background noise that having a condo in the mountains would increase my family's quality of life more than any Cybertruck or the like, although my near-5 year old is still enamored with the concept of it as an all-electric off-roader. Traffic to the ski areas on the weekends around here is doing nothing but increasing, and being able to head up Friday night, ski all day Saturday, ski a few runs Sunday morning and then head back lazily at noon would be fantastic.
I do not make enough money to do everything at once (and can't make significantly more here in Denver so as to hasten this) so I must therefore prioritize and let time pass. This is my rough current list of priorities:
- Pay off student loans
- Pay off current vehicle loans
- On-mountain condo, having reverted to Winter Park since the tunnel really is that bad
- BEV minivan like a VW ID Buzz to replace PacHy
- Pay off mortgage(s, if condo materializes) earlier than term
- BEV Land Cruiser-equivalent, like a Cybertruck or its ilk
The fate of the Tesla will either be to be sold outright prior to buying a condo when the depreciation curve has flattened out a bit and we've extracted much use from it, if I need to free up some cash at that point in time, or to stick around until/if the PacHy gets replaced with a VW ID Buzz (or Chrysler Portal) post-condo.
Cliffs Notes: Cybertruck reservation officially canceled
Damn it I was looking forward to some good EV truck info from you. If the current tax rules in Denmark continues I think Model Y would be a very interesting choice for me in two years time.
Good:
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Summit County set to adopt new sustainable building code to prepare for ‘net zero’ future
BRECKENRIDGE — Summit County is set to adopt a sustainable building code that would require new residential construction in the county to be among the most energy efficient in the nation. If adopted by the...
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11.9 cents per kw? Thats pretty cheap..
Its around $18.2/kw for our mostly hydro power here.
Prices have been going up, and will probably grow at a higher-than-inflation pace worldwide; given the trends of energy consumption.
I should buy utilities stock, btw.
Yes, I think I would be possible with some consideration and extra wait time. I think the whole charging network could be made smarter like it should be possible to rent out your home charger. Anyway I am pretty set on getting an EV next time and just find a way to make it work. In this situation its just difficult driving from Copenhagne to Hvide Sande and staying there for some hours and then to Hinnerup after that and back to copenhagen the next morning.
4 days after my initial order the design is apparently ready for approval
Except that their site is broken tonight and I can't actually get past this spinny wheel thing. But that's an excellent pace.
@6thElement s: assuming the rest of this goes as planned this was an excellent price and a good workflow, all online.
Except that their site is broken tonight and I can't actually get past this spinny wheel thing. But that's an excellent pace.
@6thElement s: assuming the rest of this goes as planned this was an excellent price and a good workflow, all online.
This is just horrendous:
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Lift line woes continue at Vail following historic powder conditions
The storm that hit Vail Mountain from Thursday to Saturday was one of the top 5 on record, with 38 inches of reported over a 48 hour period. Saturday, in turn, was the busiest day of the season, according to the number of cars parked in town.
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Will chat with you next time I see you. This time of year we'd get zero output quite frequently as our roof has 18" of snowpack.
@Nick, thoughts on the Woodsman 116?
Do you have a pair? I wonder if they'd be stiff enough for what I appear to like.
Woodsman 116
The Woodsman 116 is an aggressive yet agile offering for directional skiers who want equal parts muscle, float, and quickness on their deep days. As comfortable in a slashing trees as it is straightlining chutes, it is a rare breed amongst typically “soft” competition - real skis, for real...
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Do you have a pair? I wonder if they'd be stiff enough for what I appear to like.
I have a pair of 108s in the garage.@Nick, thoughts on the Woodsman 116?
Woodsman 116
The Woodsman 116 is an aggressive yet agile offering for directional skiers who want equal parts muscle, float, and quickness on their deep days. As comfortable in a slashing trees as it is straightlining chutes, it is a rare breed amongst typically “soft” competition - real skis, for real...shop.on3pskis.com
Do you have a pair? I wonder if they'd be stiff enough for what I appear to like.
(LOL @ myself)
What's your bsl?
bindings mounted for 315 so you'll fit, albiet a few mm front of recommended. They're super fun and you're welcome to take them out anytime. Not as stiff as Wrenegades, but def not noodles. (I don't like soft skis)I figured you already had some.
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Meet up for a day at Loveland? I have a Loveland Pass Card now so am amenable to going there. Feb 19 next week?
If a hard snow day you can try my beloved metal Mantras--I've got demo plates on the bindings so that'll be super easy.
that's possible, maybe for a couple of am hours. I'll let you know.
Confirmed: Electric cars outsold manuals for the first time in 2019
Battery electric models now have a higher overall market share than gasoline models with manual transmissions.
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Are Electric Vehicles Really Better for the Climate? Yes. Here's Why
UPDATE: Get the latest numbers. One of the questions I’m most frequently asked about electric vehicles (EV) is: “Are they really a cleaner option?” While it’s obvious that a fully-electric vehicle eliminates tailpipe emissions, people often wonder about the global warming emissions from generatin
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My family’s fleet’s MPGe is higher yet since we have PV on the roof (soon a lot more!) and offset grid power with wind RECs.