Electric Cars -- anyone own one?

[NorCalMikie]

Taxes??? Just paid $5.57 a gallon for Chevron. A BUNCH of taxes tacked on to a gallon of gas. But we in California have that "$pecial Blend".

 

[rr2030]

Taxes??? Just paid $5.57 a gallon for Chevron. A BUNCH of taxes tacked on to a gallon of gas. But we in California have that "$pecial Blend".

I was at the Peterson Auto Museum in LA earlier this week. Shell station down there had regular @ 7.79, Premium @ 7.99. I admit other gas stations were $.20 cheaper. No, I did not need fuel thank God.

BTW If you ever have the opportunity to visit the Peterson Auto Museum you won't be disappointed

 

[Knotwild]

Funny how many carbon based lifeforms decry carbon as the most evil element in the world. Wonder how frequently they look in the mirror.

I agree, I don't think it's evil - I have plants that are hungry for it. Kill all the evil carbon based plants and we should be ok.

 

[ronsatspokane]

I agree, I don't think it's evil - I have plants that are hungry for it. Kill all the evil carbon based plants and we should be ok.

That and eliminate the deadliest compound on earth (Dihydrogen Monoxide) and we will be saved.

 

[Knotwild]

Dihydrogen Monoxide

It's not that bad. I made tea out of it tonight and later own I will use it to rinse after I brush my teeth.

 

[jackieschmidt]

That and eliminate the deadliest compound on earth (Dihydrogen Monoxide) and we will be saved.

I hear you can buy that in bottles now, without a background check.

 

[ronsatspokane]

It's not that bad. I made tea out of it tonight and later own I will use it to rinse after I brush my teeth.

It just killed 11,300 in Libya with 10,000 more missing. Bad stuff. Most lethal compound in the world.

 

[ronsatspokane]

I hear you can buy that in bottles now, without a background check.

I've got one of those bottles right in front of me. Do I live on the edge or what?

 

[Brians356]

BTW If you ever have the opportunity to visit the Peterson Auto Museum you won't be disappointed

Loved it, one of the best. The La Brea tar pits are just across the boulevard from the Peterson. There's rich irony in that.
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[bsekf]

Just check the subsidies and it is easy to see what works and what doesn't. The subsidies are paid with fiat money, we print that. When interest on the debt, 31 trillion, is more than the GDP we are doomed. Europe has realized wind and solar is not sensible and have gone back to nuclear. We are slow learners!

I believe the power that saves the earth has not been invented yet.

 

[rwj]

I believe the power that saves the earth has not been invented yet.

Check out how stars work..

 

[Brians356]

Europe has realized wind and solar is not sensible and have gone back to nuclear.

Not exactly "gone back" to nuclear. Sweden did just reverse its moratorium on uranium mining and plans to build 10 large new nuclear reactors. But Germany shut down its last three nuclear plants this year, and, while it imports lots of electricity from France, is trying to block France's plan to modernize its nuclear power plants! Finland just started up a huge new nuclear power plant. A few other nations - Spain, Switzerland, Belgium and Bulgaria - continue to operate older reactors.
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[Brians356]

Check out how stars work..

Ah, fusion power generation. The miracle technology which, for 60 years now has been only 10 years away from practical realization. Research into fusion reactors began in the 1940s, but until December 2022 no device had ever reached even momentary net energy gain.
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[D Coots]

They just shut down an old nuke plant 20 miles from me.


They should be building more.

 

[NorCalMikie]

I wonder what's worse. polluted environment, getting shot by some low life pos that gets away with everything or a million other things?
EVERYTHING has it's drawbacks.
A Nuke power plant? Seems like the REST OF THE WORLD is dealing with them so far. There are FREAK accidents in everything we do. Pick your own and roll with it.
Sure better than waiting for good weather, 70*, the sun to shine or the wind to blow to run your AC of charge your EV.

 

[jackieschmidt]

They just shut down an old nuke plant 20 miles from me.


They should be building more.

^^^^^^^^

 

[jackieschmidt]

Ah, fusion power generation. The miracle technology which, for 60 years now has been only 10 years away from practical realization. Research into fusion reactors began in the 1940s, but until December 2022 no device had ever reached even momentary net energy gain.
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I think it’s that “3 million degrees Fahrenheit“ thing that is the stick in the mud.

 

[rwj]

Ah, fusion power generation. The miracle technology which, for 60 years now has been only 10 years away from practical realization. Research into fusion reactors began in the 1940s, but until December 2022 no device had ever reached even momentary net energy gain.
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The sun has been “powering” the earth for billions of years.

Fission power was commercialized in Shippenport PA in the late 1950’s for electricity generation. It’s only a matter of time until we sort out fusion power… unless we destroy ourselves first!

 

[jdh47]

If this has been posted already I apologize.

3 Suspicious Narratives Behind the Big Push Toward Electric Vehicles - Discern Report

(Natural News)—If the average American household switched to electric vehicles (EVs), the additional electricity consumption per household would be equivalent to 25 refrigerators. But if EVs use up this much energy, why are manufacturers and the government still urging the public to switch to...

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[NorCalMikie]