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9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

2 things that concern me.....1 is the performance of the batteries in very cold weather (I see Norway has a lot of them though so maybe this isn't so serious of a problem)?

and 2 is establishing the kind of charging infrastructure we need to allow people to drive long distances with them.

I see hybrids as a good middle ground for now and work towards full electric within 20 years.

 

The mileage is about 20% less in cold weather per charge. But improvements in range and charging time will make it less of an issue in the future. I think the power grid upgrades and charging station expansion may take a while. But once car makers say they will  only produce EVs, then the infrastructure work will have to catch up. 

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4 hours ago, rclab said:

Will, considering the source, this could either lead to a deep philosophical discussion or be just for the birds. As always .......

i just want to know the reason behind the avatars

30 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

You should see the porn site forums then...

i deliberately weenie'd that post

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16 hours ago, uncle W said:

the people living next to lithium mines will have a different take on this...

fwiw they shouldn't be using lithium, I already complain about lithium batteries in my cameras lol.  The technology isn't as developed as NiMH and NiMH batteries last a lot longer- like more than 20 years while lithium batteries (for cameras anyway) fail within 10 years regardless of how often you charge them.  I also hate proprietary batteries where you're forced to buy from the manufacturer.

so now I've resorted to printing my own dummy batteries using a 3D printer and adapting them to work on AC power which is of course far more reliable than lithium batteries  (since they are dummy batteries they dont contain any lithium of course, they just fool the camera into thinking they are lithium batteries and are connected to a power supply which I plug into an outlet.  I also made one of these that works on usb power from a laptop or phone and one that works on DC power from a car cig lighter.)

 

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3 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

I'm always left in awe reading recollections from the old-timers of storms half a century or more in the past. I desperately wish my mind worked that way... after a couple seasons, almost all events just blend together in my head. 

you should write more, writing improves your memory which I discovered accidentally when i started keeping a dream diary and realized I dreamed 20 or more times a night

AND I'm not an old timer!  I loathe the baby boomers and everything they stand for.  I just told one in the financial industry the other day "the world would be a much better place if your parents' generation knew how to use condoms!"

 

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34 minutes ago, Torch said:

Would it be asking too much if just once we have a storm that stays snow from start to finish here in western Nassau?
Which  weather g’d do I have to pray to?

dude....dont even lol.  I've been defending western Nassau so people realize how much different the snowfall climatology is here vs eastern LI and you just had to come here and post this lol.

 

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