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DMiller
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Posted: 14 Mar 2021 at 6:15am |
Hypocrite Bill Gates in 2019, noting Wind Solar and Battery systems as Garbage. Oh and BTW, the man OBVIOUSLY has Parkinsons, which can lead to Dementia.
Then this leads to the all too prevalent wind power SPECTACULAR failures Edited by DMiller - 14 Mar 2021 at 6:19am |
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DMiller
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GM changed in the late 40’s early 50’s, Ford around same time except on ton and half or bigger trucks. Even today the old two lug Budds are still LH thread left side while the hub pilot systems are RH all wall around.
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Dusty MI
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I don't remembering Ford having left hand threads on their wheel hubs. My folks had a '57 F-100 Pick-up and a '59 Station Wagon, they did not have left hand threads.
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Grayray
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If I remember correctly, all cars had left hand threads on the lugs on the left side of the car. Ford and GM changed to all right hand threads in the early 60's, and Chrysler made the change around 66 or 67. When my son bought his '51 Willys M38, I warned him about that. He said he is glad I did, other wise he would have been buying some new lug bolts.
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LouSWPA
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'59 Pontiac Catalina had them for sure
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jaybmiller
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yeah, 62 Chrysler Saratago had them.... don't ask WHY I know.....
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Kansas99
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Don't forget the left hand threaded studs, that was some unnecessary confusion. Edited by Kansas99 - 13 Mar 2021 at 2:40pm |
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jaybmiller
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I remember when Ford in Oakville went 100% 'Metric', well, except for a LOT of 1/2-20 wheel nuts, which seemed to go onto the Metric studs easily with 5/8" impact guns.. HUGE friggin 'safety recall' (unlike the tierod ends on my F150...hmmmm).
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The once mighty GM was a product of capitalism, the new disaster of GM is a product of socialism. If capitalism would have been allowed to function properly as GM achieved success and bought up other brands and became more competitive and that was rewarded with more success. Then as the execs, unions, shareholders, etc were taken over by greed and finally took the company down, instead of taxpayers bailing them out the company should have been sold off. Buick to so and so, Pontiac another, Cadillac to another, etc. Then the process could have started over with the hands of many at the top competing to make a better product at a better price, instead we have the pockets of many drained into a company that is a shell of it's former self, but still controlled by a few new idiots at the top. Same for Chrysler, except now it's controlled by a Italian bike manufacturer. Although I'll cut them a little slack because they are building the Dodge TRX 4X4, and I heard it's slightly faster than a bike getting a load from point a to point b.
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steve(ill)
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I remember when GM said " by xxx date, everything will be METRIC in our operation"... xxx years later they were WAY BEHIND.. So they made their METRIC BOLTS 6.3 mm ...... ( which was 1/4 inch )....
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jaybmiller
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re: GM..... As of now, that’s the plan, things can change but they’re totally committed at this point. They have NOTHING to lose..... The CEO and other '3letter' types will personally make millions and of course .. When the E-car biz fails, the taxpayers will, once again, BAIL OUT GM..... best to buy 'futures' in aluminum (grid wire)... as the 'GRID' has to be much improved to power the chargers to repower the batteries.. |
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Tbone95
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Yep.
I tend to think, or believe, or something, that that statement of their mission is to cater to public opinion. If they were to say at this point “no way in hell can we do that by then”, it would look bad. But in 8-10 years if they make the announcement that “hey, we’re trying, but the infrastructure just isn’t there”, it will look ok for them. Edited by Tbone95 - 13 Mar 2021 at 12:15pm |
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
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Tbone95
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Well, all you GM fans, get used to it, or buy something in the next 12-14 years, because they are serious about complete electric line up by 2035. Got a friend that’s a supervisor at GM Powertrain, I asked if they’re really serious and plan to pull it off. As of now, that’s the plan, things can change but they’re totally committed at this point. The Powertrain plant is wondering if they’ll get new investment and a piece of the action or if they’ll be shuttered.
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LouSWPA
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the OP is rather aged, and has been floating around the 'net for quite some time, in one form or another, and does have some errors, as has been pointed out.
However, on a national basis, reports are, our national grid system is at near capacity. and, while today, we may have many more homes with 240v 200 amp services than when the original article was written, there are still a lot of homes with 100 amp services. And, instead of major investments in new power plants, we are shutting them down in favor of windmills and solar farms! Even IF, and that is a big IF, the windmills and solar farms proved to by viable, the addition of an electric car in place of 30-40% of the current national fossil fuel fleet would be a backbreaker for the current(no pun intended) grid infrastructure! 'the lights would go out in Georgia', as well as most of the rest of the country. In addition, the windmills and batteries and solar cells all require extensive mining operations for rare materials, and toxic processing, and create major EOL disposal issues. The net effect is less green, not more green, at least at current technology. Electric vehicles do have a place, but it is doubtful they will ever be cost effective (in pure dollars, and/or resources) to be considered viable in most cases. However, what does become abundantly clear from this discussion......all one need do to have a clear understanding of why such questionable green technology is being foisted upon us, by those in Congress and investors, is to examine who is heavily invested in such 'pie in the sky' schemes. Why, it is the very same people passing legislation forcing it upon us, and the very same politicians that are shutting down our current power plants and setting unproductive EPA standards on current vehicles, and forcing gas and oil transportation via rail, rather than much safer and cheaper pipelines, etc !!!! (why do I hear Gomar Pyle in the background...'surprise, surprise, surprise'!) YES, the very same people who can act on insider trading! The very same people who can actively pass legislation that could/would have a major effect on their very own investments. and, of course, the more direct route of siphoning our tax dollars to political friends and family. does anyone remember the solar cell company Obama granted $millions to, and two years later it all evaporated, grant money gone, borrowed money gone, and company bankrupt.....and nothing to show for it!
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I am still confident of this;
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JohnColo
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Who wants to live in Flint? I heard it has bad water. |
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steve(ill)
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Jay... paint your face black, walk with a limp, tell everyone your gay, and learn to speak Spanish.... YOUR IN LIKE FLINT !!
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jaybmiller
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re: Up there, sucks, still don't know why you stay! The northern boarder's closed and no passport.......
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Tbone95
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Yes, I would need the charging station. I consider that a piece of equipment needed, not an upgrade to my house electrical. Well, I would if I bought a Tesla. I'm just going by Dave's link, and my house is up to code. Up there, sucks, still don't know why you stay! I may not be able to charge my Tesla from dead empty over night, but easily could keep up with my daily range, again, according to the link.
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I could charge a car decently at my house with no upgrade to my electrical. well, yeah, except for the 'charging station' for the Ecar....$$$$ and of course, up here, THAT has to be done by a licensed electrician AND inspected ($$$$$$). When it's inspected WHOLE HOUSE gets inspected and it must ALL be up to CURRENT code !! Odds are 99.44% of houses don't meet CURRENT code. 'Little' things like ARCfault breakers for every recptacle in every 'bedroom'...$$$$$. Wired together smoke/CO monitors....$$$$$ just the tip of the iceberg ,but NEVER mentioned when going Ecar...... BTW if you don't have a 'fast' Tesla charger ,you can't filly recharge overnight.
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Tbone95
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I could charge a car decently at my house with no upgrade to my electrical. House is fairly new, very large capacity electrical, 240v circuit readily available in the garage, service down our road very lightly tapped into.
But, at today's costs, why would I? Let's say it saves me $25 per "fill up" to an otherwise comparable car. I fill my car with gas maybe 30 times per year? So I save $750 per year? Take 25-30 years to save the same money in gasoline, totally ridiculous, not even close. Had a very similar conversation with a coworker back in the 07-08 crunch. He was going to buy a smart car, or some other such super economy vehicle because he said he couldn't afford to drive his PAID FOR truck to work. I calculated how he couldn't possibly save enough on gas to make his car payment, though I might have chipped in a few bucks a week just to watch him get in and out of an economy car. If you need a new vehicle, and saving money on fuel is a consideration for you, sure it saves money. But you can't pay for a vehicle on fuel savings from another vehicle. My sister did the same thing, traded in a paid for vehicle on something better on gas, though NOTHING wrong with her current vehicle. Total money spent goes up, not down. I'll drive my car until the wheels fall off. 185,5xx this morning. 30 mpg. Why in the heck would I spend money on something that gets 35mph? Let alone, $70k for a Tesla or whatever?! Crazy people!!!
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I.....just tended to phrase my response conversationally. Didn't feel like preaching watching the cow tank fill up.
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Fusion reactors are hindered by a flux action in the plasma
So the brilliant engineers decided it just needed to be larger. That unit is being constructed in the EU and is out of control on price Tokamak is the style of a fusion reactor, the best they have accomplished is 30 seconds of operating where the output was no better than input energy where some are considering them non viable. Lockheed Skunk Works is working at one but as usual no information coming from them. |
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Still waiting on my Mr Fusion to be back in stock at the auto parts store.☹️
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The volt gets 37MPG when in gas mode. On a full charge it went 40 miles. Around here (Long Island NY) gas today is 2.89 and electricity is $0.21 per KWH. So the Volt cost 7.8 cents per mile while running on stinking gasoline. When running on clean electric, it costs 9.8 cents per mile. It already costs more to run in electric mode. Only a few places have low (.11) electric rates, I note that those places also have lower gas prices.... So GM stopped making the Volt, it wasn't selling. Gm has the magic touch-remember the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix? Same car from same joint GM/Toyota factory. Toyota sold a ton at a premium, Pontiac struggled to give them away at lowered prices. The grid will collapse if we all got electric cars. Massive infrastructure upgrades will be required. Both distribution and generation. We have the NIMBY (not in my back yard) anti-everything. So expect a fight. Need for a lot of grid enhancements will collide with opposition forces. Will be a mess. As for electric rates, I can see additional charges added to support the highway infrastructure. Or that and raising registration rates on all vehicles. Hey good idea, a tax increase, a no-brainier, can't pass up a tax increase. For the New Green Deal. Fusion reactors are still "just around the corner". Yeah, but that is also nuclear, the neutrons will activate and transmute the reactor materials, leaving another radioactive mess. Power plant will have a short working life, 1/3 of a fission nuke at 5x the cost. What a bargain! And that was our holy grail hope for the future? I guess our only non-fossil fuel way will be massive affordable grid batteries that can
store this solar and wind energy. Just to add to the grand challenge, let's tear down the dams and hydro electric plants. Let the river run free and green and wholesomely feel-good! I recently saw a chart, the us electric consumption is now 10X what it was in 1940. And set to double if we go electric cars and electric home heating. Trillions and trillions to be spent on
infrastructure. What stocks to get? Siemens? They have an Allis connection. |
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Tbone, look at it this way, it does take a 'Rectifier' to charge the battery in a Tesla, every evening one will HAVE to plug in that machine for 10 hours. This explains a Great Deal MORE
80a at 240v from 6-30 hours, 3.7-17.2kw per HOUR at 240v or can or MUST have your service UPRATED to 480v(3Ph) 300a to get a Rapid Charge 140kw in 30 minutes. I CANNOT get Three Phase here. so if HAVE to do that AFTER get service uprated to 3ph will be 170kw for 30 days(+/-) 5100kwh CHARGES on your electric bill. At the LOWEST TIME factor(6hr) at 240v is still 37kwh-172kwh PER NIGHT if takes longer then that ALSO goes UP. Then there is the heater factor to consider where the battery CANNOT be below freezing to charge and the heater eats 90% of the charging juice. All again AFTER Uprate House Power Supply which also means NEW Lines to the Distribution system that is already at Max Load. So where is all these MAGIC(PFM) Megawatts going to come from? Average HOME bill could very well raise by a factor of FOUR per month.
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K99, I’m not 100% sure what they mean, but I took it as the losses between what’s metered and what gets put in the battery. So you’d have to pay for 117.6 kWh from the power company to get 100 put in your car. You can’t take energy from point a to point b and / or change it’s form without a loss.
As for the original story, once I read that “electricity is one of the least efficient ways to power something “ (or something like that), I was like really?! Hmmm Edited by Tbone95 - 11 Mar 2021 at 4:42pm |
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So according to Tesla 85% of the charge is usable. Question is does that mean you put back 100% of the kWh every time? If so then it would be less efficient when comparing cost per mile. Cost for a refill would be 1.15 x cost of kWh
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steve(ill)
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16 KW is 16000 watts.
Watts are VOLTS x AMPS... on a 240v charger that would be 67 amps for 1 hour.. He said it took 10 hours to charge... so he could be using a VERY SMALL charger, or the whole story is wrong.
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steve(ill)
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Your right Tbone... my mistake.. I was trying to figure out why he had $1.16 and 10 hours instead of that actual cost of $.116 per kwh ....
your right, it does not matter how many HOURS it takes to charge. That is a function of how big the charger is. His battery is 16 KWH so it can take 16 KW for an hour or 1.6 KW for 10 hours.. ............. so your calculation of 16 kwh x $.116 per kwh = $1.86 is correct.. The original post was off by x 10. Kind of changes the CONCLUSION compared to the little gas motor !!
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