I think there's something to having it in the back. My first car was a 1985 Ford Tempo, and it had a diesel engine - rare, but it was incredibly reliable and got insane gas mileage. It had a big battery that was in the trunk of the car. In 1998, when the car had over 300,000 miles on it, the battery died. That battery said Ford on it.
Being an AGM from the factory also helped many of us get a LOT more than seven years out of them. But, being in the trunk ALSO made it a 50/50 balance...and for DRIVERS, that matters.
I was being conservative. My Miata is 21 years old and I installed the 3rd battery (including the original) last year. So, 10 years on average for the first 2.
ok, so we don't go directly to saudi and buy just their oil but we all know who really drives the bus in the oil market. almost all of the major oil producers are bad actors. maybe the battery players will follow the same path but currently the folks with a lot of raw battery material are generally better than the folks with a lot of oil. we already have the largest refining capacity in the world for petroleum. we recognized the strategic aspect of that decision a long time ago. we should have also used the same approach to battery element refining but we abdicated that to the Chinese and now they control most of it. we could take that mantle away from them if we wanted.
Damn I miss the days when the USA was the top producer and had a bigger seat at table Instead of groveling
OPEC has some level of control of prices through supply restriction. But that effect is decreasing. Further, Saudi Arabia is an ally. They are bad guys, but they are bad guys that we have a relationship with. I guarantee any of these bad actors will sell oil to whoever wants to buy it. That is true unless the US is specifically belligerent to them. I don't know how you can say this. China basically controls the supply of the RMs unilaterally. Much more so than petroleum. US refining capacity regardless of any absolute value is deficient. I have heard experts say as much. Thinking that the US is going to build factories that pose more environmental issues than even refineries is not rational. Maybe you statement was true though. IF, but IF isn't even close to actual right now.
Good stuff in here about the global warming debate previously mentioned: Overview of the Koonin-Dessler Debate – Watts Up With That?
Calling AOC and cohorts. Good man that Paul Harvey. He always knew “the rest of the story” and liked to pass on the info.
Interesting, the article I read says the 2023 model can go up to 620 miles between charges. That's a massive variance.
It's pretty pleasant, but it's still warmer than usual. Furthermore, we went through a pretty bad drought that didn't really start to subside until yesterday, when it rained most of the day. Most of the land that's usually green is dried out and brown. Several trees are starting to lose their leaves, not because the weather is changing but because they're drying out. Also, if you're looking for a city to bust my balls with, London isn't your best choice. Cambridge or Norwich are quite a bit closer.
.? I took mc's point to be all the alarmists in the EU predicting calamity from the heat. But if it was a different reason I am ok with that too
Texas Republicans still not strengthening our grid. Time to get actual conservatives in there to return us to oil, gas, coal and nuclear.
Part of the problem with nuclear is that SouthTexas punted on their permit many years ago. We would need the feds to approve a new one. SlowJoe won't allow that to occur. As to coal...I firmly say we need to fire up all those mothballed generator units that Obummer demanded be taken off-line, and get the coal burning now that the EPA has been declared to have over-reached. Let's use a SCOTUS decision to our benefit.
Your reasoning is correct. The oppressive heat in England must have put Deez on edge a little bit. I’ll allow it.
That's his point - to a point. Lol. He also likes to give me **** because I complained about the heat. He has made that pretty clear. Keep in mind that he led with London, which isn't in the EU and isn't very representative of most of Europe in its weather. He tossed in Berlin afterwards so it would be less obvious and to give him some plausible deniability.
My error in using EU. Should have not been lazy. I meant Europe. After what we went through Europe's whining looked silly.
And to think people still wonder why I don't want any of those connected pieces of crap in my home...
This is no surprise. Is it? "PARIS (AP) — France’s minister for energy transition said Friday that French electricity giant EDF has committed to restart all its nuclear reactors by this winter to help the country through the broad energy crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine." Minister: All French nuclear reactors to restart by winter
