The Ledger, every show
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Hurlbut: EV market would not exist without DOE loan to Tesla
“You know, we invested in Tesla, and that spurred the entire electrical vehicle market, and that wouldn't have happened without that government capital at a cheap rate.”
Hurlbut: $250B of $370B in clean tech investment goes to red states
“Axios this morning cited three hundred and seventy billion dollars to boost green energy and technology sectors. Two hundred and fifty billion dollars of that is going to red states.”
Hurlbut: US clean tech capacity will meet demand within a couple of years
“Some of these products are only made in China, and we want to build that capacity here, but there are demand for these products, and we don't have the capacity to meet that demand right now.
We will in a couple of years once we build all these facilities.”
Hurlbut: US will definitely miss 2030 climate goals under Trump
“You know, the executive power that Trump would have if he was president, we would definitely not be hitting those goals because he would affect the executive branch in a major way.”
Hurlbut: Projected global warming has dropped from 3.7°C to 2.7°C since 2015
“And since 2015, the projected amount of warming expected in the coming decades has dropped from 3.7 to 2.7 degrees Celsius.”
Hurlbut: 180 scientists warned Biden that LNG emissions rival coal
“The president received a letter from like a 180 scientists saying that When you look at those life cycle emissions, it's almost, or could be worse than coal, and you're locking this stuff in for, like, 40 years if you build these big export facilities.”
Hurlbut: EV debate will soon become obsolete as costs fall
“I think the debate will quickly be obsolete just because it'll be like supporting DVDs over streaming when streaming came out. I mean, it's a better machine in every way. The EV that you buy today will be the most expensive EV ever, because the costs just keep…”
Hurlbut: DOE Loan Programs Office has ~3% default rate
“The default rate on those loans is about three percent, which is in line with a commercial bank, yet the DOE is required by statute to take innovative technology risk.”
Hurlbut: Building wind and solar is cheaper than fossil fuel plants
“It's now cheaper to build wind and solar projects and fossil fuel plants.”