Electric cars.

[AlexBailey]

I don’t have an electric car, but my electric lawnmower is a big improvement over gas lawnmowers.

Starts every time with a push of a button. No trips to the gas station to fill a gas can. Quieter. Much less polluting (small gas engines burn dirtier than vehicles with catalytic converters). Loads of torque for getting through the grass when it’s taller than usual.

I’m sure some rural people are itching to post “I have 50 acres to mow and an electric mower won’t do it!!!!!!!!!” That’s irrelevant. The majority of Americans live in the suburbs where an electric mower does the job perfectly well. Our house is on a half acre lot.

Commercial landscapers can get backpack battery packs for all of their power tools - blowers, hedge trimmers, weed eaters, chainsaws… one battery back can last half a day, then exchange it and keep going.

So much quieter! No gas handling or storage, some of the tools are way more powerful.

 

[colddiesel]

Elon Musk announced 2 days ago that Tesla would not be developing and building any new Supercharger stations but will concentrate on expanding existing locations. He also announced the firing of the executive in charge of the development of new stations and most of her 500 staff. Why has he done this?

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Raising the gasoline tax to cover the full cost of road maintenance and construction is an excellent idea.

Just as long as the electric charging stations are taxed at the same rate so that everyone pays, the ultimate Liberal catch-phrase, their fair share.

That too, is a most excellent idea. Plus a little bit more to cover the cost of battery disposal. That's only fair. You just cannot send those buggers to the scrapyard to be recycled like you can with the gas-guzzlers...

Fucking toxic and China could cut us off from the rare earths in a snit.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Just as long as the electric charging stations are taxed at the same rate so that everyone pays,

I agree, the equivalent tax on a gallon of gas should be levied on the kW rate for charging EV's. Which in the state of Kansas works out to 3.32 cents per kW. Otherwise how do you continue to pay for roads.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Uhmmm, KANSAS has nothing to do with anything.

"The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel."
Wiki

(That doesn't include state taxes.)

Question. What is the kW to gallon conversion? What is the kW equivalent of one gallon when it comes to a vehicle? How much should each kW be taxed? How do we convert our diesels and trains to electricity?

Think of the battery load in kG's on our road and rails. Batteries ain't light in this respect. Especially not compared to a gallon of gas and, again, patiently, we can equip gas vehicles with all sorts of carbon-capture technology, but how do we dispose of the used-up rare-earth batteries?

The altruist Utopian thinker rarely digs this deep for their materials (puns intended).

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I agree, the equivalent tax on a gallon of gas should be levied on the kW rate for charging EV's. Which in the state of Kansas works out to 3.32 cents per kW. Otherwise how do you continue to pay for roads.

Electric cars are heavier than gasoline cars so they cause more wear and tear on roads. They should be taxed more highly, just like heavy pick-up trucks and SUVs should be taxed more highly than compact cars.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Correct.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Electric cars are heavier than gasoline cars so they cause more wear and tear on roads. They should be taxed more highly, just like heavy pick-up trucks and SUVs should be taxed more highly than compact cars.

Do Heavy pick-ups or SUV's face an additional fuel tax currently? There is a huge difference in roadbed settlement/compaction due to 160k/N per tire (Passenger/Truck tire loading) verses 650k/N per tire (Typical Transport Tractor/Trailer loading).

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Correct.

Incorrect, but hey, you're not known for being correct all that often.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

"Do Heavy pick-ups or SUV's face an additional fuel tax currently?"

Yes, yes they do, indirectly. Moving more mass requires more fuel. Thus, they pay more tax.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Incorrect, but hey, you're not known for being correct all that often.

Personal attacks are always a winning rebuttal!







To the shallow, unthinking and hateful. I'm sorry for whatever went wrong in your life to leave you so embittered.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Personal attacks are always a winning rebuttal!







To the shallow, unthinking and hateful. I'm sorry for whatever went wrong in your life to leave you so embittered.

Yes, we get you like to play the victim.

 

[HisArpy]

“Their” like “his” and “hers” is a possessive pronoun. I know English can be confusing for non-native speakers, but you use possessive pronouns to indicate ownership, like “these are their keys”.

“Thank you his!” is ungrammatical.

Everybuddy has a gramma atical. Don't us?

 

[HisArpy]

Commercial landscapers can get backpack battery packs for all of their power tools - blowers, hedge trimmers, weed eaters, chainsaws… one battery back can last half a day, then exchange it and keep going.

So much quieter! No gas handling or storage, some of the tools are way more powerful.

And the risk of electrocution is much higher. Especially if it rains or the sprinklers turn on while they're working.

But hey, the boss has worker's comp insurance. Right? That $25k work comp insurance settlement will fix everything for the survivors.

 

[UWERETHINKINGIT]

I think it’s wonderful that the OPEC countries and constant Middle East turmoil hold sway over our gasoline prices, and therefore economy, to a large degree. Why on earth would anyone want to seek an alternative to that?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

And the risk of electrocution is much higher. Especially if it rains or the sprinklers turn on while they're working.

But hey, the boss has worker's comp insurance. Right? That $25k work comp insurance settlement will fix everything for the survivors.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stick to subjects you know something about. Electrocution is two folds, at low currents say around 100-120 militvolts the heart's electrical sinusoidal signal is interrupted, leading to heart attacks. At higher voltages, usually over 600 volts, burns and muscle constrictions occur causing traumatic injury or even death. Over 10,000 volts and death usually occurs from burning or cooking of the flesh.

We can calculate this using our old friends formula called Ohm's law. So using Ohm's law, for say 50 Vdc and the average skin Resistance of 16,000 ohm, we can see if indeed you can be Electrocuted.

50/16,000=.003125 amps, or 3.125 milliamps. Far below the threshold of death or even a mild shock....

 

[PintlerMan]

Car development done right. You fund racing teams, over time with them tinkering with them, as car guys do to get every drop of usage out of their project to win races, advances the tech. Battery powered race cars have a big future, even the legend, still alive and wrenching, Big Daddy Don Garlits, is working on a dragster that will crush all NHRA records. It'll take time, and development to get day to day electric cars to be normal. man they are so fast. Oh and the Ford Mach E is NOT a Mustang, never will be.

 

[HisArpy]

I think it’s wonderful that the OPEC countries and constant Middle East turmoil hold sway over our gasoline prices, and therefore economy, to a large degree. Why on earth would anyone want to seek an alternative to that?

It's amazing that the Middle East has regained control over our energy supplies. All it took was 3 years under Biden beginning with the elimination of oil leases, revocation of pipeline agreements, and depletion of the Strategic Oil Reserve.

It's almost like it was planned...

 

[Fuzzy1975]

It's amazing that the Middle East has regained control over our energy supplies. All it took was 3 years under Biden beginning with the elimination of oil leases, revocation of pipeline agreements, and depletion of the Strategic Oil Reserve.

It's almost like it was planned...

lol, you sure don't know fuck all about anything......and you call yourself a Lawyer....

 

[UWERETHINKINGIT]

It's amazing that the Middle East has regained control over our energy supplies. All it took was 3 years under Biden beginning with the elimination of oil leases, revocation of pipeline agreements, and depletion of the Strategic Oil Reserve.

It's almost like it was planned...

Ahhhh yes! That’s what did it!!! You solved the mystery!!!

 

[HisArpy]

Ahhhh yes! That’s what did it!!! You solved the mystery!!!

There is no spoon.

 

[UWERETHINKINGIT]

There is no spoon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...hit-record-under-biden-he-hardly-mentions-it/

Use your brain. Not what your being fed on that spoon.

 

[HisArpy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...hit-record-under-biden-he-hardly-mentions-it/

Use your brain. Not what your being fed on that spoon.

Article is from December 2023.

It's now April 2024 and the Strategic Reserve is EMPTY and cannot be used to artificially prop up oil production to meet demand any longer.

Which is why prices at the pump are once again at their all time high. Just like they were before Biden opened the spigot at the Strategic Reserve.


OTOH, if Biden would allow new leases and the Keystone pipeline to go forward again, we might see a reduction in gas prices as more oil becomes available.

You know, just like what was going on under Trump's Presidency. When we weren't dependent on the middle east for our energy needs.

 

[UWERETHINKINGIT]

Article is from December 2023.

It's now April 2024 and the Strategic Reserve is EMPTY and cannot be used to artificially prop up oil production to meet demand any longer.

Which is why prices at the pump are once again at their all time high. Just like they were before Biden opened the spigot at the Strategic Reserve.


OTOH, if Biden would allow new leases and the Keystone pipeline to go forward again, we might see a reduction in gas prices as more oil becomes available.

You know, just like what was going on under Trump's Presidency. When we weren't dependent on the middle east for our energy needs.

It’s just a dumb conclusion. We’ll never produce enough, and OPEC will always hold the puppet strings. We ALWAYS will be dependent on foreign oil prices. It’s a worldwide commodity. Period. We don’t set the price, ever.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

It's now April 2024 and the Strategic Reserve is EMPTY and cannot be used to artificially prop up oil production to meet demand any longer.

Stupid is, as stupid does....

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_ending_stocks_of_crude_oil_in_the_strategic_petroleum_reserve