On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 2:01:21 PM UTC-10, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 6/3/2021 4:42 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 10:12:56 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> >> On 6/3/2021 12:17 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 11:52:08 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> >>>> On 6/2/2021 3:35 PM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> >>>>> I won't keep repeating though in case I come
> >>>>> over like I own a Nissan Leaf :-®
> >>>>
> >>>> Battery power in the frozen north, what could go wrong with that?
> >>>>
> >>>> Then again, no block heater to **** with.
> >>>
> >>> I can't say how the new Ford electric F-150 will work in the frozen North but it's certainly rocking the truck world. My guess is that it'll be the "killer app" of the electric vehicle world.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKIRfPjR-To
> >>>
> >> Ford says they will sell 40% electric vehicles by 2030 - which is not so
> >> far off.
> >>
> >> Who will make 40% more power for our aging and faulty electrical grid
> >> and what kind of power will it be with Xiden ****ing all over natural
> >> gas and coal?
> >>
> >> Make book on this - bird killing windmills that ice up and fail and
> >> daytime only solar will NOT step in to save the day.
> >>
> >> Also charging stations that take 30-45 minutes are useless for anyone
> >> making a road trip, working delivery, or not charging at home overnight.
> >>
> >> We're heading for ANOTHER major gubmint-conned "cash for klunkers"
> >> disaster, but this time it will brown out the home power for the rest of
> >> the sheople.
> >>
> >> What say you?
> >
> > If history has taught us anything, it is that people want to buy cars with the latest tech features. They want push-button starts, backup cameras, and touch screens. My guess is that piston engines are going to be as desirable as white-wall tires well before 2030. Gas engines will be seen as an archaic throwback to the past, in much the same way we see the steam engine.. Piston engine technology whether internal, or external combustion, is pretty lame anyway i.e., inefficient. This means that we're going to have to build-up a power infrastructure/network in a hurry. My guess is that this means we're going to have to go nuclear. As always, 1 + 1 will always equal 2..
> >
> Around here the fad imposed by the brilliant city thinkers is to remove
> lanes from our roads. They want people to take magic carpets, not drive.

Around here, they added an extra lane on the freeway. Boy, they're narrow! I suppose they want to make better drivers of us all. Sometimes it feels like we're in an F1 race.