tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post3765604298785452865..comments2024-03-28T14:29:52.589-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Energy woesEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-39081856686262126732021-09-28T23:40:18.462-04:002021-09-28T23:40:18.462-04:00Of course the grid is the weak link, but, my elder...Of course the grid is the weak link, but, my elderly father 82, just purchased a Tesla model 3. And after me driving it most other cars are boring in comparison. The range on it is 350 miles. All wheel drive. Self driving. 62,500$. For home charging we added a 60amp 240v circuit. I don't think you can do that in homes 30y old with maybe 120amp service. Imagine every single garage adding that load to the grid? Since it's a Tesla you can recharge at super chargers, which are 15x faster than anything else out there. <br />Consider: I am planning a 800mi trip from pueblo to phoenix using only super charging. To drive about 13hrs will require a extra 1.5hrs of charge time according to EV trip planners. The stations cost 25cents per kwh. Will it work? We will see for thanksgiving coming up. Also the car is unbelievably fast. It took about 6 seconds to be going 100mph on I25. I didn't believe the speedo until I twitched the steering to see what would happen. Yup you don't want to do that very much.<br />Con's: Expensive to purchase, Insurance expensive at about 250$ month for an old man, Pueblo does not have a super charger, you have to completely learn a computerized up your ass vehicle. If you are rich and want to impress people and can plan routes around charge stations this is the car for you. No way can I afford this deal. But it's freaking fun. Tesla now sells a 9.2 second 150mph in 1/4mi 4dr sedan making over 1,000hp Model S Plaid. That is the fastest current production car at over 200mph and 150k$ price tag. When this country adds 1,500 small nuclear power plants then there will be realistic EV's for people like me. Marco the Labhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123976566727977243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-20641463281078697552021-09-28T23:36:11.110-04:002021-09-28T23:36:11.110-04:00This is a *big* deal. Systematic failure???This is a *big* deal. Systematic failure???Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-12103502227286546042021-09-28T20:41:19.714-04:002021-09-28T20:41:19.714-04:00The automakers only have to build and sell the Ele...The automakers only have to build and sell the Electric Vehicles. They don't have to address the 8000# gorilla in the room. The fact that these vehicles have extremely limited range AND take HOURS to recharge is irrelevant. But then every one with the IQ of soap knows that it's impossible to replace the current gas/diesel vehicles with batteries and still have a functional transportation system. Their true goal is NOT to replace the current system but to eliminate it. They DON'T WANT Americans to be able to travel when, where and as far as we wish. The want us STUCK where THEY want us and they KNOW that banning oil power and replacing it with electric which CANNOT do the job will give them what they want. CONTROL....control over everyone. Because that is the ONLY thing the criminals in power care about....CONTROL and POWER.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-46100984029905759902021-09-28T19:48:04.560-04:002021-09-28T19:48:04.560-04:00The reason the automotive companies seem to be goi...The reason the automotive companies seem to be going green is that it is the only possible way to meet the fuel efficiency standards over the next decade or so.<br />Those standards are not possible with internal combustion engines (as was the plan). <br />They know better than the EV nonsense but they would like to stay in business.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875771168878913283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-19170534941934335082021-09-28T18:01:50.264-04:002021-09-28T18:01:50.264-04:00Yeah....Toyota hasn't drank the Kool Aid....ye...Yeah....Toyota hasn't drank the Kool Aid....yet. Give it time though. Eventually their Corp will be infiltrated by Greenies and they'll join the woke club. Anything and any group that isn't explicitly conservative will eventually become leftist.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-62243273501740167052021-09-28T16:55:30.041-04:002021-09-28T16:55:30.041-04:00I worked for a company that is one of Toyota's...I worked for a company that is one of Toyota's competitors.<br /><br />I will give Toyota credit for being the ONLY major company stepping out and saying, "Electric vehicles are a partial solution because the grid is not ready for 100% EVs."<br /><br />That is from a company that is arguably #2 in EV technology. Toyota is a company that worships the sanctity of honest data.<br /><br />Everybody else is "Oohing" and "Ahhing" over the emperor's new clothes"Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-74486584989181758822021-09-28T16:31:50.439-04:002021-09-28T16:31:50.439-04:00Those "energy woes" WILL be heading our ...Those "energy woes" WILL be heading our way and soon. The idiot criminals in power intend to wean ALL of us from our dependence on affordable energy....even if it kills us. Which in reality is the real goal they have in mind. Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-56675811544958592212021-09-28T15:43:52.666-04:002021-09-28T15:43:52.666-04:00That was per month on the ration cards.That was per month on the ration cards.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-90772260900420760262021-09-28T15:43:15.333-04:002021-09-28T15:43:15.333-04:00There's always been a Black Market. Back in th...There's always been a Black Market. Back in the seventies when I was overseas in Germany, there was a black market for American booze and cigarettes. We were issued ration cards for liquor and smokes. I think it was a total of a gallon of booze and 4 cartons of cigarettes plus 10 separate packs of smokes.<br /><br />Those that didn't smoke or drink, bought Marlboros and either Jim Beam or Jack Daniels and saved them for trade on the BM. If caught, it was at minimum, an article 15 with loss of pay and rank.<br /><br />I imagine Black Marketeers in the old Soviet Union faced a bullet or numerous years in the Gulags, if caught.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.com