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The Real Reason LA port is backed up

Easy enough to say but on the Walmart aisle level how do you convince consumers to pay more? It is a solution that does not have a practical path forward.

Except that importing less can be a way to spend less. If you buy less, you spend less.
If you buy good stuff, it will last you longer.

If you buy a 235 HP 1997 Taurus SHO, the engine or transmission will blow. If you buy the boring 170 HP pushrod model, you could still be driving it a quarter century later (my wife's car.)
If you buy a PC with high-end CPU and graphics, it will die sooner. Low-end model, use it until you want to replace it, then relegate it to the entertainment center or lab. An HP branded "E-machine" I got early 2000's was our music player until HDD interface on motherboard died.

Bet I spend way less than the average American, and the average Silicon Valley Denizen (except for Solar, lab equipment, certain other discretionary purchases, taxes.)

 
You didnt answer my question. Price is fair , profit made . Are you gready ?
The invisible hand of economics in a free market should determine prices.
The higher price will melt the barriers to entry of new competition increasing transportation capacity.

Would you sell your home at half what the realtor says it is worth simply because you have enough profit and do not want to be greedy?
 
Why would Venezuela stand out in your example? Socialism is a failed model, but it is not what caused Venezuela's collapse.. that was our doing. The USA is responsible for it.
it is the most recent, and while yes we had a helping hand in it it was also do to their own repressive policies that led to us and other countries saying screw you. currently our policies are going to the repressive side...how much longer until other countries say screw us? China already has because we gave them the wherewithal to do so. if we had cracked down on them and their abuses 20 years ago instead of allowing them to act like they have we would be in a much stronger position.. and yes that means that some folks will not get their Iphone23xyz for 900 usd... they might have to pay two or three grand and that would lead to less stupid spending when you have to pay that much for one.
 
I agree with 99% of this the part I do not agree with is your supposition that its someone unknown.... they are called bureaucrat's and elected officials. we have allowed them to legislate their way free and clear to do what enters into their little pea brains. how does pelosi's husband make all that money on such timely trades? its called insider information which she gets do to her position on various committee's yet If I did the same the SEC would climb so far up my azz that i would not need to worry about a coloscopy the hospital could just stuff a camcorder up there.

She comes to mind the quickest, there are plenty of others on both sides of the aisle.
Let me first say I'm not a fan of Pelosi, but I am a fan of truth and facts, regardless of who they benefit or harm.

Pelosi's husband is not doing anything unusual.. they all do this stuff.. The family and friends of every high ranking elected official have always taken advantage of the inside information.

The difference is where the spotlight shines.

To single out Pelosi's husband is just a political hit job, and that's the crux of the issue.. media information will distort the truth without actually lying.
They botch up the truth by providing content, not context... and both are important.

Fake Example:
Barrows, Nebraska has found lead in their municipal drinking water supply. The government is supplying drinking water to thousands of homes that is contaminated with lead and children's health is suffering.

The Truth: All ground water has lead, the context which people need to understand is "how much lead?".

The context with Pelosi's husband is that insider information has always been used in such a way.. the only difference now is that the media has told you about one person.. IE: political hit job.

And Pelosi's husband can't issue a statement saying everyone does it because that would be admitting guilt.. and none of the others will admit to it because that would be cutting their own throats.
 
I give Pelosi and Pence credit for pulling the all nighter on 1-6 to certify the results of the fair and free election.
The detailed plan of the coup was to have a judge review the sequence of events in the morning to possibly follow different sections of the constitution. Pelosi and Pence heroically prevented this effort from happening. They could have called it the night to reconvene in the morning but instead stayed the course to preserve our government.

Actions of Pelosi's husband are nothing in comparison. Does not make it right and possibly more disclosure should be required.
And yes I assume this is a political hit job because Pelosi continues to stand in the way of certain political asperations to change the government.

JMHO
 
What non-engineers don't understand is it may cost $5000 to clean something up 99%,
but that last 1% may cost you a million bucks.

Trying to convince an environmentalist that costs matter is futile.
They will wreck and destroy an economy for almost ZERO benefit just to get that last .05% benefit that is practically meaningless.

Banning old trucks will not do anything noticeable for the air but it will damage our economy substantially.
oh please...
give you nonsense a rest already
 
What non-engineers don't understand is it may cost $5000 to clean something up 99%,
but that last 1% may cost you a million bucks.

Trying to convince an environmentalist that costs matter is futile.
They will wreck and destroy an economy for almost ZERO benefit just to get that last .05% benefit that is practically meaningless.


oh please...
give you nonsense a rest already
I take it that you aren't an engineer. LOL
 
What non-engineers don't understand is it may cost $5000 to clean something up 99%,
but that last 1% may cost you a million bucks.

Trying to convince an environmentalist that costs matter is futile.
They will wreck and destroy an economy for almost ZERO benefit just to get that last .05% benefit that is practically meaningless.



I take it that you aren't an engineer. LOL
i take i actually look at science instead of pseudo science..
and to answer you question.. i am actual engineer
 
What non-engineers don't understand is it may cost $5000 to clean something up 99%,
but that last 1% may cost you a million bucks.

Trying to convince an environmentalist that costs matter is futile.
They will wreck and destroy an economy for almost ZERO benefit just to get that last .05% benefit that is practically meaningless.



I take it that you aren't an engineer. LOL
I take the accounting side and see a cap on cost with a $200,000 Tesla Semi in a couple more years.
Can't wait for more Koch propaganda to stop this next step.
 
i take i actually look at science instead of pseudo science..
and to answer you question.. i am actual engineer
So you believe in cleaning up the air or water ; the last 1% costs no more than the previous 99% ?
 
Lets try to remain civil, let's also avoid sweeping (and by definition imprecise) generalizations, turn other groups into strawmen or statements about our own group that can come off as arrogant and divisive.

Plenty of environmentalists are engineers (and scientists and economists), plenty of engineers are not particularly conscious of economic or enviornmental factors, and plenty are. Generalizations and caricatures don't benefit any of us, and don't lend themselves to constructive good-faith discussion.

This thread has been on thin ice since the start, if political rants cannot be avoided, it will be locked. I understand that this can be hard, particularly with topics that blur the line between substantive solar related topics and politics, but we all need to try, there are a million places to discuss politics, this forum is not one of them. My subjective test for myself--if a borderline political topic (even if relevant to the subject matter here) gets me fired up, I hold off on commenting.
 
so the port is doing its job but the red tape is blocking everything
My understanding is that there is a shortage of container carriers ( trailers) which is contributing to the slow times to unload ships. I don't know if red tape is the reason there is a shortage of trailers. One report suggested that some of the existing trailers are tied up storing empty containers and the solution to the bottleneck would be to find some place where the empties can be stored other than on trailers.
 
Quit engaging this misinformed rant and let this thread die. What does this have to do with building any DIY solar? It does not help people interested in solar. LET IT DIE.
 
The trucking issue with California LA ports, ie the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB), is that all semi tractors have to be current with new California emissions standards. As a consequence, that mean trucks cannot be older than 3 years if they are to pick up or deliver containers at those ports. This issue wipes out approximately half of the fleet trucks used to move containers in/out of the port. Operating the port 24/7 will not cure the issue, because all it does is pile up more containers that sit idle as they await a limited number of trucks to pick them up. THIS is the central issue.


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The real issue is local air quality. The emissions equipment to clean the air is more important than ever due to delays at the port:


Business Insider

Truckers at 2 backlogged US container ports have collectively sat idling for 50 years so far in 2021, data suggests​

https://www.yahoo.com/news/truckers-2-backlogged-us-container-135847894.html

Plenty of trucks waiting to be loaded. EV trucks can not come soon enough.
 
"Idle time - the time in which engines are running but trucks aren't moving - climbed by 50% per vehicle between the start of 2018 and October 2021, Lytx said.

So far in 2021, trucks at the two ports have racked up more than a day's worth of idle time on average - which, collectively, amounts to 50 years' worth, according to Lytx."

Only reasons to be idling are if the line keeps advancing, or if engine is needed to run A/C.

A day of idling in a year. 24 hours x 60 minutes = 1440 minutes/year
1440 minutes / 250 working days = 5.76 minutes/day.
Is that one port visit per day?
Not really that much time. Close to my idling a traffic lights during my short commute.

It's just a massive amount of shipping.
 
My point is there are plenty of trucks regardless of the required emissions mandate in the OP.
Now when we hear about cranes idling for lack of trucks.... then we can talk about trucking restrictions.
 
My point is there are plenty of trucks regardless of the required emissions mandate in the OP.
The link from the OP is not a news article, its a link to an explicitly partisan blog (self described "band of conservative misfits"), with a track record for pushing various conspiracy theories. They seem to have begun with the answer they wanted and worked backwards to bend the facts to fit their narrative. Its disappointing to see people posting this sort of link as if it was news, and without stating biases or the low quality of the source site. We should be more careful/skeptical of the sources that confirm our own biases, or make us feel right or righteous all the time, in most cases those sources are not news and are just feeding you what they know you want to believe/hear.
 
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