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Uptime 184



Allen Hall: So Joel, we're headed to the big NASCAR race this weekend. So when this comes out, the race would have already occurred down at the Texas Motor Speedway. But we are sponsoring part sponsor of one of the NASCAR cars with Kyle Weatherman. He will be number 91. So if you go back and watch on YouTube, I think you can watch the race afterwards.



You'll see our little Uptime podcast. 



Rosemary Barnes: I've never, never watched a NASCAR race before, but this, this might be just the push that I need. So Allen, you'll have to tell me how I can, how I can tune in and watch this guy. 



Allen Hall: We can Skype it to you somehow, but the NASCAR is actually taking really good action on reducing CO2 emissions through the whole operations.



They have a sustainability person that is working in there. They're making a lot of changes at the NASCAR and I like watching NASCAR. It's a lot of fun, but it's also sort of rewarding to know that something you watch like that is trying to make a difference and they're doing a lot, making a lot of changes internally.



So yes they do drive internal combustion engine cars for now, but the vast majority of the operations is going to be carbon neutral, I believe by 2035. So that is a pretty short timeframe to change as many operations as they have going. And that's commendable. So we thought we'd help him out and we helped Kyle out a little bit, and we're going to be down at the Texas Motor Speedway.



So we'll take some pictures and send them to you, Rosemary. 



Rosemary Barnes: What's your guess, Allen, about when they'll go electric in NASCAR? 



Allen Hall: Actually, probably sooner rather than later. 



Joel Saxum: Spinoff series first, it'll be like Formula E. 



Rosemary Barnes: How long do they drive for? 



Allen Hall: At Kyle's level, they drive about two hours. That's doable now, yeah.



You know, the thing about electric vehicles is they accelerate so darn fast that it would make the races a little more exciting, right? That, that race tightness would really pick up.



Well, more news from Siemens Gamesa as they're expecting a 5 billion loss for Some turbine problems and those turbine problems are still tied to from what we've here the 4x and 5x platform Blades have wrinkles in them and there are some pieces of debris and some bearings which are a huge problem there are approximately 2100 4x and about 800 5x models Affected with about somewhere between 15 and 30 percent of them having issues.



So that's that's a huge number, right? It's about 900 Turbines and at a worst case so there are some changes happening within Siemens Gamesa where they are limiting onshore turbine sales. In fact, they've restricted it.