Ted Spradley
@tedsprad.bsky.social
Comp Sci and Mech Engineering grad. Numerous lifetime pursuits. Renewables & EVs. Battery Swapping for light and heavy transport EVs Promoter
Ha. Of course it is true. Is it even in question? Who didn’t know this is a better question.
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ha. Of course it is true. Is it even in question? Who didn’t know this is a better question.
It is a nice thought, until you think about it for just a moment. The cost of parking lot solar is 3x to 4x the cost of utility scale solar farms. Who has their hand up to pay 3x to 4x for their electricity bill?
The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
December 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It is a nice thought, until you think about it for just a moment. The cost of parking lot solar is 3x to 4x the cost of utility scale solar farms. Who has their hand up to pay 3x to 4x for their electricity bill?
I'm aligned with Saul's objectives.
1. I agree that permitting and interconnection are a huge PITA in the USA and that the delay adds cost, though not that they are a central reason for cost being 5x AUS installed costs. I never experienced a customer giving up during the delay.
2. Saul asserts
1. I agree that permitting and interconnection are a huge PITA in the USA and that the delay adds cost, though not that they are a central reason for cost being 5x AUS installed costs. I never experienced a customer giving up during the delay.
2. Saul asserts
Today on Volts: you've probably heard that Australia has cheap rooftop solar power. You've probably also heard some rumors & myths about it. (Is it destabilizing the grid?) I called my favorite Australian energy expert to clear it all up. This is a fun one!
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
www.volts.wtf
December 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm aligned with Saul's objectives.
1. I agree that permitting and interconnection are a huge PITA in the USA and that the delay adds cost, though not that they are a central reason for cost being 5x AUS installed costs. I never experienced a customer giving up during the delay.
2. Saul asserts
1. I agree that permitting and interconnection are a huge PITA in the USA and that the delay adds cost, though not that they are a central reason for cost being 5x AUS installed costs. I never experienced a customer giving up during the delay.
2. Saul asserts
At 09:30 he mentions the panel setback requirement from the roof edge in the USA then conflates the requirement with the fire path requirement. They are different. The setback requirement is the distance needed to prevent high winds from catching the edge of the panels and ripping the roof off.
Today on Volts: you've probably heard that Australia has cheap rooftop solar power. You've probably also heard some rumors & myths about it. (Is it destabilizing the grid?) I called my favorite Australian energy expert to clear it all up. This is a fun one!
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
www.volts.wtf
December 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
At 09:30 he mentions the panel setback requirement from the roof edge in the USA then conflates the requirement with the fire path requirement. They are different. The setback requirement is the distance needed to prevent high winds from catching the edge of the panels and ripping the roof off.
All heavy & light duty transport can be carried by battery EV trucks. CATL has done the proof of concepT. Where is the action on this? F150 Lightning failed bc Ford ignored the solution: lower sale price, same functionality as ICE.
carnewschina.com/2025/12/23/c...
carnewschina.com/2025/12/23/c...
CATL launched longest 1,250 km heavy-duty truck battery swap route in China
Under the battery swap model, each truck can save 4,300 to 8,500 USD in operating costs annually, according to CATL.
carnewschina.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
All heavy & light duty transport can be carried by battery EV trucks. CATL has done the proof of concepT. Where is the action on this? F150 Lightning failed bc Ford ignored the solution: lower sale price, same functionality as ICE.
carnewschina.com/2025/12/23/c...
carnewschina.com/2025/12/23/c...
And be left with Prez JD? This would be so on-plan for Thiel et al. In retrospect it seems to the real plan. The thing is to neuter the administration by congress taking back the power that is legitimately theirs and let Dumbo and his enablers fumble their way through with zero effectiveness.
"'I am so disgusted with this administration,' said Haley Robson, who voted for Trump, told CNN. 'I think Kash Patel and Pam Bondi both need to resign, and I would love to see Number 47 [Trump] get impeached over this.'"
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Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And be left with Prez JD? This would be so on-plan for Thiel et al. In retrospect it seems to the real plan. The thing is to neuter the administration by congress taking back the power that is legitimately theirs and let Dumbo and his enablers fumble their way through with zero effectiveness.
Reposted by Ted Spradley
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
WTF is the USA getting healthcare advice from a crackpot attorney Dr Sen Cassidy?
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WTF is the USA getting healthcare advice from a crackpot attorney Dr Sen Cassidy?
Reposted by Ted Spradley
This is contemptible. Not only do we now have confirmation Hegseth has been lying from the jump, but it seems neither he nor his team understand that killing everyone on a target list *becomes* an illegal No Quarter Order if targets try to surrender or are neutralized. Their semantic games are vile.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is contemptible. Not only do we now have confirmation Hegseth has been lying from the jump, but it seems neither he nor his team understand that killing everyone on a target list *becomes* an illegal No Quarter Order if targets try to surrender or are neutralized. Their semantic games are vile.
You congress people are confused. There are three co-equal branches of government. The president is in one branch, the congress is in one branch, and the judiciary is in the third. WTF would spend all of their energy being an obdurate parrot for increased power of someone NOT ON YOUR TEAM?!
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You congress people are confused. There are three co-equal branches of government. The president is in one branch, the congress is in one branch, and the judiciary is in the third. WTF would spend all of their energy being an obdurate parrot for increased power of someone NOT ON YOUR TEAM?!
Agree. Call resignation of Sen Bill Cassidy. This was his responsibility & he failed.
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
www.vox.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Agree. Call resignation of Sen Bill Cassidy. This was his responsibility & he failed.
“Look what we did to speed up global warming. Yay.”
OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Look what we did to speed up global warming. Yay.”
Shame @jimfarley.bsky.social. You should have spoken up and walked out. Shame. Do the right thing dude. The others have obviously been compromised long ago.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Shame @jimfarley.bsky.social. You should have spoken up and walked out. Shame. Do the right thing dude. The others have obviously been compromised long ago.
Haha. Guardian contributor Kevin Schrum posting EV disinformation. Somehow guardrails have been sufficient for 7,000-8,000 lb Escalade (5500 curb + 2000 payload) and pickups for the last 25 years, but suddenly not sufficient for a 4,500 lb VW ID.4.
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Haha. Guardian contributor Kevin Schrum posting EV disinformation. Somehow guardrails have been sufficient for 7,000-8,000 lb Escalade (5500 curb + 2000 payload) and pickups for the last 25 years, but suddenly not sufficient for a 4,500 lb VW ID.4.
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
If nothing else credit the marketer for max profit motive. Any mention of pres 47 name would likely trigger a licensing claim. The model is “DT47”, a mark that pres 47 likely hasn’t claimed. Doubt that pres is profiting from the sale.
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If nothing else credit the marketer for max profit motive. Any mention of pres 47 name would likely trigger a licensing claim. The model is “DT47”, a mark that pres 47 likely hasn’t claimed. Doubt that pres is profiting from the sale.
CMA CGM wants you to think that they are taking actions to reduce their global warming impact with the wording “reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85%”.
The CO2 statement is accurate but incomplete. It should read:
”reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85% if you limit
gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-to-r...
The CO2 statement is accurate but incomplete. It should read:
”reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85% if you limit
gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-to-r...
CMA CGM to Register Ten Giant LNG-Powered Containerships Under French Flag
French shipping giant CMA CGM announced the registration of ten newbuild 24,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containerships under the French flag, marking one of the largest commitments t...
gcaptain.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
CMA CGM wants you to think that they are taking actions to reduce their global warming impact with the wording “reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85%”.
The CO2 statement is accurate but incomplete. It should read:
”reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85% if you limit
gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-to-r...
The CO2 statement is accurate but incomplete. It should read:
”reducing CO2 emissions by 67% and 85% if you limit
gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-to-r...
I’m guessing that swearing in is written into the constitution and not just a tradition? If not written into the constitution, then she and other members need to proceed to respect the votes of the people that sent her there.
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I’m guessing that swearing in is written into the constitution and not just a tradition? If not written into the constitution, then she and other members need to proceed to respect the votes of the people that sent her there.
Always so transparent. “It’s almost an insurrection.” They always, always, tell what they are going to do beforehand. Over and over. World‘s worst poker player.
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Always so transparent. “It’s almost an insurrection.” They always, always, tell what they are going to do beforehand. Over and over. World‘s worst poker player.
Haha. Wanna know who benefits by a population fretting over a nonexistent straw man threat? The fossil fuels industry, which doesn’t want you to pay attention to the rapidly warming planet with its very real threats & consequences for continuing to burn the dinosaur juice. That’s who.
Burchett: "One thing we found out during covid, we started looking over kids' shoulders at what they were getting from schools & these young children we ought to have more control over are soaking this up & that's why you're seeing the explosion of transgender. To me it's demonic, from pits of hell"
October 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Haha. Wanna know who benefits by a population fretting over a nonexistent straw man threat? The fossil fuels industry, which doesn’t want you to pay attention to the rapidly warming planet with its very real threats & consequences for continuing to burn the dinosaur juice. That’s who.
Like I have been saying the last 15 years like the Aflac duck “BATTERY SWAPPING“ is the key to mass EV adoption. Cures range anxiety and drops acquisition cost below that of ICE vehicles.
Car makers have avoided this because it’s a hard problem. They rather place the
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Car makers have avoided this because it’s a hard problem. They rather place the
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
User acceptance of battery swapping in battery electric vehicles among private users in Germany - npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport - User acceptance of battery swapping in battery electric vehicles among private users in Germany
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Like I have been saying the last 15 years like the Aflac duck “BATTERY SWAPPING“ is the key to mass EV adoption. Cures range anxiety and drops acquisition cost below that of ICE vehicles.
Car makers have avoided this because it’s a hard problem. They rather place the
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Car makers have avoided this because it’s a hard problem. They rather place the
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This was always the play. Joe was never ever going to back any policy that slowed the burning of carbon for energy, the original source of his family wealth. Mancin is the embodiment of “It is difficult to get a man to understand a thing when his salary depends on not understanding it.”
This explains it
After deciding against another political campaign last year, former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has been named a director for one of the country’s top coal producers which has ties to West Virginia. wchstv.com/news/local/f...
After deciding against another political campaign last year, former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has been named a director for one of the country’s top coal producers which has ties to West Virginia. wchstv.com/news/local/f...
Former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin joins coal company's board of directors
Joe Manchin has been appointed as an independent board member for Ramaco Resources.
wchstv.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This was always the play. Joe was never ever going to back any policy that slowed the burning of carbon for energy, the original source of his family wealth. Mancin is the embodiment of “It is difficult to get a man to understand a thing when his salary depends on not understanding it.”
How is it almost universally being missed that the site is EV and IRA related & like all other things EV & IRA related must be destroyed?
Omg did not realize until watching @chrislhayes.bsky.social that ICE had a warrant for four Latino men when they came onsite to the GA plant. So basically they saw a lot of other nonwhite people and just decided to detain them all?? What’s the reasonable suspicion
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
How is it almost universally being missed that the site is EV and IRA related & like all other things EV & IRA related must be destroyed?
*Getting charged THREE times -
1. direct cost at the pump
2. tax subsidies
3. cost of the increased intensity of weather related disasters due to the warming planet
robertreich.substack.com/p/were-payin...
1. direct cost at the pump
2. tax subsidies
3. cost of the increased intensity of weather related disasters due to the warming planet
robertreich.substack.com/p/were-payin...
We’re Paying Big Oil to Kill the Earth
Combine political corruption with climate-change denial, and what do you get? Trump’s love affair with Big Oil.
robertreich.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
*Getting charged THREE times -
1. direct cost at the pump
2. tax subsidies
3. cost of the increased intensity of weather related disasters due to the warming planet
robertreich.substack.com/p/were-payin...
1. direct cost at the pump
2. tax subsidies
3. cost of the increased intensity of weather related disasters due to the warming planet
robertreich.substack.com/p/were-payin...
Either not reported or journalists missing a slow pitch right in the middle of the plate, the obvious question: And to whom will the refunds be paid? Oh, U.S. citizen importers and not foreign companies or governments then?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/b...
America will refund about ‘half the tariffs’ if SCOTUS rules Trump overstepped, Bessent says | CNN Business
“If the court says it, we’d have to do it,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on Sunday.
www.cnn.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Either not reported or journalists missing a slow pitch right in the middle of the plate, the obvious question: And to whom will the refunds be paid? Oh, U.S. citizen importers and not foreign companies or governments then?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/b...