Or ask Australia their thoughts on the matter. They are developing / have developed microgrids with batteries located as consumer residences, and then large scale battery fields that take the place of peaker plants.

Not only will EVs get better over time, but so will the power grid. In just March of this year, the US hit an all-time record of 18% of the entire country’s electricity generated by wind and solar. Personally I normally generate all of mine with solar, and in times when I don’t, I trade renewable energy credits, so…

Current EVs are far cleaner over their lifespan by every measure. Engineering Explained has a better video explaining it. People ignore all of the oil production, farming for corn for ethanol and all the ancillary stuff for ICE that they try to cram in when comparing an EV. Getting Oil out of the ground, processing it…

Unless I missed it, this doesn’t seem to account for building the BMW. Just because it doesn’t have a huge battery it doesn’t make manufacturing process CO2 free.

if he hasn’t already, I hope John Oliver tears into this one.  That a corporation could imprison someone whom they saw as an “enemy” is mind-blowing.  He’ll probably sue them and get them to settle for a few million bucks that they won’t ever miss but they will have gotten their message out.

I love the notion of getting to learn antique, dark age and medieval systems by hands-on work with them. History is best learned via experience.

Interesting that he implies that President Biden has some sort of cognitive dysfunction even though there’s no indication of that, while his predecessor in office (despite his self-reportedly amazing showing with man/woman/person/camera/tv) was the one who not only showed not-insignificant signs of such a decline, but…

Way back in Feb 2020 we were actually having a really bad flu year on top of  covid starting global spread.  I told my boss’s boss we should have a nice shutdown every February because so many people were out sick, and February sucks ass anyway.  

I havent been sick in 2 years. Lets just keep using masks and respecting eachother’s personal space. If you dont like wearing a mask, its prob cuz your breath stinks. I would recommend Therabreath*, I’ve woken up after a night of drinking, drank coffee, used some mouthwash, and been fine while walking in the store.…

“BIDEN HASN”T STOPPED COVID!!”

At least in some places COVID has put an end to that typical american “I’m clearly febrile and having chills and coughing and sneezing, but look how tough I am to still make it to work and come to this meeting” bullshit. For a variety of reasons like workplace culture and lack of meaningful sick time, people in this…

Thank you William Joseph “Wild Bill” Donovan! Your legacy of global meddling is intact!

Nitrogen doesn’t contain moisture. Ambient air does. A pure nitrogen fill would provide more predictable, and less likely increases in tire pressure at higher temperatures (i.e. a rolling tire). Water will evaporate and convert into a gas. Also, oxygen is a smaller molecule and will permeate rubber tires quicker than…

One of these days the finance guy is going to convince me that I actually need the extended warranty. And then I’ll cancel the sale contract and go buy a car that’s reliable enough and/or offers a good enough factory warranty to not need an extended one.

I fill my tires with a custom blend of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% secret sauce. Only costs me $198 though, because I do it at home.

THANK YOU RONALD REGAN

Revenue-generating sports. I’m goddamn sick of the sexism. Maybe we stop paying college coaches so much? Just a thought.