irvinehomeowner
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Oh... "grateful" is your new word for "bragging"? Got it.
morekaos said:I?m pointing out ?it sucks for them?. I feel fortunate and grateful.
morekaos said:Really this doesn't affect me much. I drive a 1991 restored Ford Bronco on weekends for fun. My commute is 1/2 a mile from my home by golf cart. The real pain comes in filling up my yacht for this summer..that sucks but I am fortunate, I can afford it. Most in this economy can't...the middle and lower class suffers the most and they don't have many options to ease the pain...sucks for them ;D ;D >
irvinehomeowner said:And gas is over $6 a gallon... while I am enjoying my sweet EV gas immunity.
zubs said:Yah I don't do long road trips with my EV.
If I had to go to vegas, I'd drive my gas car.
But for anything below 200 miles.....I just drive the electric
Still saving about $350 a month on gas.
A bonus is my environment has less air pollution.
zubs said:Riverside should thank me for polluting them less with my EV
the real moral of this story is buying a non-Tesla EV is foolish given the paucity of non-Tesla chargers (and absence of non-Tesla Superchargers) and the vastly superior battery/software/silicon technology employed in Teslas. All of the other auto makers will spend themselves into BK trying to build a profitable EV lineup. My prediction is Ferrari will be the last ICE mfr able to sustain an ICE business while not being dependent on an EV transition given their appeal is the sound of the engine.morekaos said:Won't get this reporter bragging about her EV...total disaster...
irvinehomeowner said:And gas is over $6 a gallon... while I am enjoying my sweet EV gas immunity.
I Rented an Electric Car for a Four-Day Road Trip. I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.
Our writer drove from New Orleans to Chicago and back to test the feasibility of taking a road trip in an EV. She wouldn?t soon do it again.
For now, however, long-distance travel by electric vehicle proved almost impossible, saving just $100 and costing hours. At several points, Wolfe recalled, the car nearly ran out of battery; they missed several appointments. They also had to take drastic steps to curb their use of power, such as unplugging their phones and turning down their windshield wipers.
She wrote: ?Over four days, we spent $175 on charging. We estimated the equivalent cost for gas in a Kia Forte would have been $275, based on the AAA average national gas price for May 19. That $100 savings cost us many hours in waiting time.?
Wolfe also described conversations with fellow travelers: ?The woman charging next to us describes a harrowing recent trip in her Volkswagen ID.4. Deborah Carrico, 65, had to be towed twice while driving between her Louisville, Ky., apartment and Boulder, Colo., where her daughter was getting married.? She noted that the woman had described feeling unsafe while charging at night, and that her family had urged her to trade in her electric car in favor of an old-fashioned gas model.
Wolfe concluded:
The following week, I fill up my Jetta at a local Shell station. Gas is up to $4.08 a gallon.
I inhale deeply. Fumes never smelled so sweet.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-rent...e-charging-it-than-i-did-sleeping-11654268401
And Tesla charging stations are WAY cheaper than the 3rd party chargers. My last trip to Socal I spent I think 30-40$ at the TSCs (Harris Ranch, Manhattan Beach and back).OCtoSV said:the real moral of this story is buying a non-Tesla EV is foolish given the paucity of non-Tesla chargers (and absence of non-Tesla Superchargers) and the vastly superior battery/software/silicon technology employed in Teslas. All of the other auto makers will spend themselves into BK trying to build a profitable EV lineup. My prediction is Ferrari will be the last ICE mfr able to sustain an ICE business while not being dependent on an EV transition given their appeal is the sound of the engine.morekaos said:Won't get this reporter bragging about her EV...total disaster...
irvinehomeowner said:And gas is over $6 a gallon... while I am enjoying my sweet EV gas immunity.
I Rented an Electric Car for a Four-Day Road Trip. I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.
Our writer drove from New Orleans to Chicago and back to test the feasibility of taking a road trip in an EV. She wouldn?t soon do it again.
For now, however, long-distance travel by electric vehicle proved almost impossible, saving just $100 and costing hours. At several points, Wolfe recalled, the car nearly ran out of battery; they missed several appointments. They also had to take drastic steps to curb their use of power, such as unplugging their phones and turning down their windshield wipers.
She wrote: ?Over four days, we spent $175 on charging. We estimated the equivalent cost for gas in a Kia Forte would have been $275, based on the AAA average national gas price for May 19. That $100 savings cost us many hours in waiting time.?
Wolfe also described conversations with fellow travelers: ?The woman charging next to us describes a harrowing recent trip in her Volkswagen ID.4. Deborah Carrico, 65, had to be towed twice while driving between her Louisville, Ky., apartment and Boulder, Colo., where her daughter was getting married.? She noted that the woman had described feeling unsafe while charging at night, and that her family had urged her to trade in her electric car in favor of an old-fashioned gas model.
Wolfe concluded:
The following week, I fill up my Jetta at a local Shell station. Gas is up to $4.08 a gallon.
I inhale deeply. Fumes never smelled so sweet.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-rent...e-charging-it-than-i-did-sleeping-11654268401
morekaos said:I just laugh at how gullible people are. The selfishness in the denial of reality is concerning in that, the vast majority of Americans don't live in EV-Multi verse. Most people do not even have the ability or choice of buying or having EVs. They are suffering the consequences of this tiny (2%) minority feeling better about themselves....talk about selfishness...
Gullible? Selfishness? People buy things for their own lifestyle, much like you and your yacht, they also don't feel like paying for gas and save time not going to the gas station, much like your electric golf cartmorekaos said:I just laugh at how gullible people are. The selfishness in the denial of reality is concerning in that, the vast majority of Americans don't live in EV-Multi verse. Most people do not even have the ability or choice of buying or having EVs. They are suffering the consequences of this tiny (2%) minority feeling better about themselves....talk about selfishness...
morekaos said:We control the horizontal...we control the vertical...Take that Paris Climate Agreement!!
Feds Discover Largest Oil, Natural-Gas Reserve in History
In all, the new reserve is said to contain 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 46.3 billion barrels of oil, and 20 billion barrels of natural-gas liquids, the Interior Department?s U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Almost a third of the U.S.?s total crude-oil production comes from the Permian Basin where the reserve was found, making it the biggest shale-oil-producing region in the U.S.
?American strength flows from American energy, and as it turns out, we have a lot of American energy,? said Zinke. ?Before this assessment came down, I was bullish on oil and gas production in the United States. Now, I know for a fact that American energy dominance is within our grasp as a nation.?
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/feds-discover-largest-oil-natural-gas-reserve-in-history/
U.S. Becomes a Net Oil Exporter for First Time in 75 Years
America turned into a net oil exporter last week, breaking 75 years of continued dependence on foreign oil and marking a pivotal ? even if likely brief ? moment toward what U.S. President Donald Trump has branded as ?energy independence.?
http://fortune.com/2018/12/06/oil-exports-us/
https://youtu.be/FCcdr4O-3gE
https://youtu.be/FCcdr4O-3gE
nosuchreality said:No we won?t inflation is driven by corporate behavior. Like the 100% mark up on the Ford Lightning.
Every stop to ask how beef more than doubled yet rancher price for their cattle never went above 5 year average?
morekaos said:nosuchreality said:No we won?t inflation is driven by corporate behavior. Like the 100% mark up on the Ford Lightning.
Every stop to ask how beef more than doubled yet rancher price for their cattle never went above 5 year average?
Sure. Transportation, processing, labor (union) and feed costs all went up by that and more. It all stems from energy and wages Pay someone $15 bucks to flip your burger and what do you think you will pay for that burger.?...the basics of economics.