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The smaller one turned to the bigger one and said, "I can't understand how you can be so much bigger than me.
We're the same age; we were the same size as kids. I just don't get it."
"Well," said the big gator, "what have you been eating?"
"Politicians, same as you," replied the small gator.
"Hmm.....Well, where do you catch them?"
"Down the other side of the swamp near the parking lot by the Capitol."
"Same here. Hmm.... How do you catch them?"
"Well, I crawl up under one of their Lexus cars and wait for one to unlock the car door.
Then I jump out, grab them by the leg, shake the crap out of them and eat 'em!"
"Same here." says the big gator. "Do you eat Democrats or Republicans?"
"I eat the Democrats" says the little guy.
"Ah!" says the big gator. "I think I see your problem. You're not getting any real nourishment.”
“You see, by the time you finish shaking the crap out of a Democrat, there's nothing left but an asshole and a briefcase.”
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We ain't there for EV's just yet to be a full replacement of gas vehicles. Too expensive so far. The attached article from July has some good info on them. They say the batteries can be warrantied for up to 100K/10years. When it's time to pay the fiddler for the dance....
""In 2016, studies found that the cost of a typical EV battery replacement could reach $10,000 or more, which is on par with the cost to replace a gas engine in traditional cars. Electric car batteries can be hard to source from anyone other than a dealer, and the time it takes to install and calibrate the batteries means that prices are going to remain steep for some time. The price per kilowatt hour is expected to fall by the end of the decade, but that can be little consolation to someone needing an electric car battery today""
"CHARGING
You may also find that electric cars take too long to charge, even if there is a charging station nearby. Unlike filling up a gas tank, which can take a few minutes, most electric vehicles take much longer to recover a sizable portion of their range. This can make road trips impractical for many, as the requirement to stop and charge for half an hour or more can turn a simple trip into a long, painful one. "
Power here costs $0.09/kwh. If I fill at home that's a $7 cost for 430km. My truck costs me $0.25/km. My cost goes from $18/day to $6/day using ONLY MY WORK km's. The kicker for me however, is that I can charge at work for free. So that definitely makes it great. But those numbers are using charge at home values. Essentially, I save 16 cents for every km (assuming home charging), and 25 cents every km when I charge at work like I do which also carries me through a weekend until Monday. I drove 8400 kms on the new vehicle in three months, at $0.25/km equals $2100 in savings in a 3 month time period. If I charged all that at home it would still be $1300 in savings. Now add the savings from an oil change I did not need to do as well, (another $150) never mind the beautiful thing that I never have to stop on my way home from work to fill up. Everyone is worried about the time lost charging on a road trip but I enjoy the 10 minutes saved every single week of the year not filling up.
On a road trip my vehicle will recharge 60% of it's capacity in 18 minutes, but I doubt I'd use if for a road trip in Canada. What would I do if I had a power failure all night? Well, in the 14 years I've been a homeowner that may have happened to me one time. I usually go 3-4 days on a charge, so probably nothing would happen to me. But let's just say I was dead before the grid went dead and I couldn't charge. AND the grid stayed dead ALL night. Then I'd jump in my truck and go to work. What if I didn't own a truck? Well I guess I'd drive my wife to work and then go to work. Or work from home, or gee I dunno, I guess in that apocalyptic situation I'd miss a day of work. Much like if the average female wakes up with a flat tire.
Is it right for everyone? Heck no, but the feeble reasons many throw out against EV's just don't stand up. I remember when I was like the first guy in Canada to buy a battery ice auger. Everyone laughed. Now I'd be surprised if 10% of ice auger sales are gas. Anyone out there still using corded drills?
Another kicker - when using a vehicle for work purposes you can fill out an expense form, and here we claim roughly 45 cents per km driven. In my situation it costs 9 cents assuming I charge at home. So if I need to use my vehicle for work purposes I will earn 35 cents per km. It's a nice little bonus. Especially highway driving as that equates to $35/hour.
I somewhat buy your numbers for savings above, but one way I think you are over selling the money you are saving is comparing a compact car to a pick up truck. If you did similar math for a small car that gets 35+ miles to the gallon vs a truck than might get 15-20 mile to the gallon. It going to cost you half as much in fuel to drive the compact car as the truck. So you are going to save chuck of money if you are comparing a small car that no matter what fuels it is uses it is going to use a lot less energy than a truck.
However debate electric cars is more funny than Dana's memes we have seen 12 other places already and were not that funny the first time. ;)
And you don’t apply for a permit to build a €45 million seawall to protect your golf course if you really believe that they are not.
Just sayin’….
Husband: What did the dentist say?
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LOL, I went from not giving a crap this morning to, now this damn thing is gonna go right over my house
Here’s hoping you won’t be in it when it hits!
BTDT with Sandy and had plenty, thank you. Stay safe!
