I DID NOT CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:50 am
But I helped. Never mind that the ocean water off of Florida is currently as hot as the spa in your back yard and is parboiling the coral to oblivion. Never mind that storms and flooding and the hottest global temperatures ever recorded are upon us right now, today.
I have converted all of my phonographs to Stirling engine power, which means I have Bunsen burners alllll over the house, and need to crank up the a/c commensurately.
https://youtu.be/rV5-s3b_0S0 (not mine, but you get the idea…)
I’m gonna sit in the parking lot and the drive-through line with my gas engine idling away anyway, because I need to have the car air conditioning on to escape this damn heat, of course, silly!
Somehow, though - like others on this forum - I AM NOT CULPABLE!
But now the reality.
We are on our second electric car. We installed a $400 charger on the side of the house, running a very fat extension cord to the 3-phase outlet for the electric dryer. $2 of electricity for 100 miles of driving. Charge overnight in our own driveway.
Never ever have to deal with any of this, ever again:
- pumping gas
- the entire filthy gas station experience
- oil changes
- brake pad replacement
- the related time and money and hassle required for doing those things
- vehicle maintenance of any kind other than tires and wiper blades
Plus we eventually get to stop sending armies overseas to protect the oil supply.
We rented a Tesla Model 3 recently from Hertz. The rate was comparable to an ICE car. We put 550 miles on it in 2 days. Comfortable, effortless charging, and easy in every way. The charging infrastructure is already in place and continues to be built out. The Model Y Tesla small SUV is currently (pun intended) the top selling vehicle in the US, beating out the next two (both Toyotas).
Other major carmakers are making their vehicles compatible with the Tesla infrastructure now, as well as the existing non-Tesla public chargers.
Old movies sometimes show folks shouting “get a horse!” at early cars as they chugged past. Hear an echo?
I have converted all of my phonographs to Stirling engine power, which means I have Bunsen burners alllll over the house, and need to crank up the a/c commensurately.
https://youtu.be/rV5-s3b_0S0 (not mine, but you get the idea…)
I’m gonna sit in the parking lot and the drive-through line with my gas engine idling away anyway, because I need to have the car air conditioning on to escape this damn heat, of course, silly!
Somehow, though - like others on this forum - I AM NOT CULPABLE!
But now the reality.
We are on our second electric car. We installed a $400 charger on the side of the house, running a very fat extension cord to the 3-phase outlet for the electric dryer. $2 of electricity for 100 miles of driving. Charge overnight in our own driveway.
Never ever have to deal with any of this, ever again:
- pumping gas
- the entire filthy gas station experience
- oil changes
- brake pad replacement
- the related time and money and hassle required for doing those things
- vehicle maintenance of any kind other than tires and wiper blades
Plus we eventually get to stop sending armies overseas to protect the oil supply.
We rented a Tesla Model 3 recently from Hertz. The rate was comparable to an ICE car. We put 550 miles on it in 2 days. Comfortable, effortless charging, and easy in every way. The charging infrastructure is already in place and continues to be built out. The Model Y Tesla small SUV is currently (pun intended) the top selling vehicle in the US, beating out the next two (both Toyotas).
Other major carmakers are making their vehicles compatible with the Tesla infrastructure now, as well as the existing non-Tesla public chargers.
Old movies sometimes show folks shouting “get a horse!” at early cars as they chugged past. Hear an echo?