{"id":144624,"date":"2023-07-20T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=144624"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:59:41","slug":"thursday-shorts-solar-roof-drag-shows-oil-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=144624","title":{"rendered":"Thursday shorts – Solar roof, drag shows, Oil Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you own a house, you probably read Elon Musk’s claim that Tesla was developing a home roof: each shingle is a little solar panel and he claimed the roof\u00a0 costs would be comparable to a shingle roof. Uh, no.<\/p>\n

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At first glance, the Solar Roof looks like a fairly normal roof, but if you look closely, you can see it\u2019s a combination of glass solar tiles and steel roofing tiles.<\/p>\n

The Powerwall is an integrated battery system that stores solar and other energy for later use. When paired with the Solar Roof, the dynamic duo captures all the sun\u2019s energy during the day and keeps it for you to use at night.<\/p>\n

The homeowner is part of the Swell Energy Home Battery Rewards Program, which takes energy collected by the Solar Roof and sends it back to the power grid. The program will earn the homeowner about $350 a month for five years \u2014 totaling $21,000.<\/p>\n

But before you start ripping shingles off your roof, you should know that this is an expensive option. It\u2019s difficult to nail down a price for the Solar Roof due to many variables, but one estimate done by Forbes has a 2,000-square-foot, two-story house costing around $64,000.\u00a0 theCoolDown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I’m OK at simple math – they are saying a roof over 1,000 square feet cost $64,000? And in five years you can make back $21,000, so this will cost several times a normal roof and in exchange you get a 30 year payback (unless you live someplace where the electric company doesn’t buy back.) Sounds a heck of a lot higher than a standard roof to me.<\/p>\n

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At a an air show at Joint Base Lewis McChord last weekend, spectators questioned (on Instagram, of course) that some of the exhibitors has scantily-clad wimmen<\/em> in their AOs.\u00a0 Hetero girls dancing and associated with cars and planes… how unacceptable\u00a0 Drag queens… well, drag queens.\u00a0 I know the historical, and my, choice.<\/p>\n

In the midst of ongoing controversy over a Pentagon decision to limit drag shows on bases after some critics complained of alleged adult content, the models and the racy musical performances over the weekend raised questions from LGBTQ+ advocates about what criteria Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is using to stop some performances associated with the gay community while allowing other provocative acts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Jennifer Dane, an LGBTQ+ advocate and an Air Force veteran who was one of the last to be investigated under the Pentagon’s old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, told Military.com that allowing the models at Joint Base Lewis-McChord appears to point to a double standard.<\/p>\n

“It just sends a message that that’s OK, assuming that’s heteronormative,” Dane said. “But if it’s homosexual-based or anything else, that’s not OK.” Military.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ermigawd….think she might have actually gotten a clue. FYI, Ms. Dane is the blonde, the “scantily clad” Asian lady is one of the women targeted, and one of the outfits complained about. I’ve seen scantier at high schools nowadays.<\/p>\n

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Last but not least – remember when the Biden administration sold off part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? It was supposed to “drive gas prices down” (which it did, byt something like $0.12\/gallon) but they were gonna repay it – real soon – so fast we would never notice – like the kid who lifts a $20 from is Dad’s wallet on the dresser.<\/p>\n

But buried deep beneath the surface are storage caverns so massive they\u2019re tall enough to house the Empire State Building with plenty of room to spare.<\/p>\n

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These reserve sites are supposed to hold enough backup supply to ensure the US never runs short of oil. Right now, they\u2019re sitting half empty.<\/p>\n

It only took about six months for the Biden administration to sell off 180 million barrels from the federal stash in the fastest withdrawal on record. But refilling it to capacity will likely take decades, if it happens at all.<\/p>\n

Oil prices are now much higher than when most of the inventory was originally bought \u2014 the average price paid for oil in the reserve was $29.70 per barrel, which compares with the current benchmark cost for US crude futures at about $75.\u00a0 Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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From what I read, much of the oil was originally bought relatively cheaply compared to now and we don’t want to pay updated prices. (Yeah, I want a $5000Corvette like they were when Sniffy Joe got his, too.) And apparently there are standards and testing required which didn’t used to exist… so in simple terms, they pulled cheap oil out, there ain’t no oil as cheap to put back – and the American taxpayer is on the hook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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