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Sean Dague @dague.net · 11m

Market design has problems, for sure, but moving electrons to L3 points en mass also has huge actual costs. If markets distort the actual costs of things too much, we get run aways on arbitrage that are counter productive, and work against your goals.

See: ethanol subsidies

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 11m

They wouldn't, they would just hoover up electricity, drive to the nearest parking lot, burn the battery on non road miles, and repeat.

Nothing requires L3 electricity to go into road miles. With V2L & V2H electricity is fungible (which is good).

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 57m

I think highly subsidized L3 creates dangerous arbitrage escape that makes the whole system even more expensive.

eTransit vans full of Bitcoin mining hardware kind of arbitrage escape.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1h

The unfortunate part of this NY Times visualization is that because NY Times staff doesn't understand electricity markets at all, they based this on state averages, and gives pretty wrong results for most people.

Utilities don't work that way. This should really be zip code based.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1h

So, 100% agree. I don't think L3 is the lever. I think it's a lot of L2 infrastructure and utility programs that mean that DER controlled charging will give you $0.10 kWh energy rates.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1h

I've got a follow up conversation with a friend to show them, yes they could have done their 6 week road trip this summer in an EV.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1h

Is it? I don't know that's true. And the implications on power delivery requirements are huge.

The impediment I've seen in engaging is that EV chargers aren't on the side of the strode with big flashing signs like gas stations, so people think L3 chargers don't exist. Cost wasn't the key concern.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 2h

I still don't think that makes sense.

Because that would mean you are making pulling 200kW at a random time cheaper than pulling 10kW in the afternoon.

You don't want 20 cars to decide it's cheaper to L3 and go and pull 4 MW instead of 200 kW in the middle of the afternoon.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 2h

It also would have been nice if they actually let you choose your Utility. State averages are actually terrible proxy for electricity prices. I can't get the tool to give me my actual utility charging price (which is currently $0.17 kWh off peak).

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 2h

EVs that charge on L2 can be part of demand response and make the grid cheaper. EVs on L3 can not, and cause unpredictable congestion. Making L3 as cheap as L2 makes the grid more expensive.

Much better to push on ways to bring L2 to more kinds of parking.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

“We’ll schedule it as soon as she wants”?

She’s been demanding it for weeks but Republicans keep blocking her.

They really really really don’t want the files to come out

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 20h

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 15h

I know Fall and Winter heatwaves are less deadly than those that happen in the Summer, but there's something about it being 80 degrees out while getting dark at 6pm that feels awful and eerie.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

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Arvind Ravikumar @arvindpawan1.bsky.social · 1d

The solution to protect Americans from the harms of protectionism is to get rid of protectionist policies that drive up prices, reduces economic growth, and results in job losses!

Yet another handout is not the answer. We just want a government that’s not stupid or evil.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 3d

What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I'm genuinely starting to think that the people who say they want to see American's really fight back are really saying they want a specific kind of visible, stereotypical depiction of protest, and have zero zero tolerance for the kind of groundwork it takes to make change happen.

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isaac @sevier.io · 1d

Nice to see this statement. I've heard that the cancellation of all these clean energy projects has caused absolute chaos among the unions, which have been preparing for specific projects, assigning experienced workers to them, and opening new jobs to backfill these moves— all now completely shot.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers @ibewinternational.bsky.social · 1d

"By canceling projects and locking out IBEW members in the private and public sector, the President is sending a message that their paychecks, their families, and their communities do not matter." #IBEW Int. Pres. Kenny Cooper bit.ly/47bao0y

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans talk a big game about toning down political violence. But last week I called for a vote on my bill that would have given all Americans, including judges and other elected officials like this necessary privacy protections to stay safe. Republicans blocked it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 2d

So everyone on the right so upset about the political violence of Charlie Kirk’s murder (even before we knew the facts) is going to speak out loudly and clearly about this too, right?

Judge Diane Goodstein’s home burns to ground after ruling against Trump

Judge Diane Goodstein's husband was among those injured after he jumped from the burning house.

www.newsweek.com

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 2d

…and then, for a decade or two, they started enjoying unseasonably warm Octobers, with gardens still flowering, and some fruits having second growing seasons. The warmth was almost too pleasant for anyone to realise the magnitude of the danger it represented.

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Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social · 4d

“How can Portland POSSIBLY stand against the might of the federal government?!”

“Let me introduce you to our frog.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem about to somehow violate the 3rd Amendment in the year of our lord 2025

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

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