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What Annoyed You Today?
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Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Hillary Clinton's voice. 
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Hillary Clinton's voice.
Not to mention her face and troll doll like figure!!!
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
When governments and green freaks don't tell the whole story....if they actually know all the facts.
(sent by my brother)
IMPORTANT...
Note: This story is based on British Columbia hydro rates. Can you imagine what it would cost if it was Ontario, the highest utility rates in North America ... WOW!!!! And that's not even a drop in the bucket, wait till you read what we have to do with the whole grid system. Talk about insanity !!!!
As a "joke", my Chev dealer gave me a Volt as a loaner while my full-size pick-up was getting some attention. He thought it was funny to give his energy company CEO this thing here on Vancouver Island!
I live 30 kms outside of Victoria near Sidney.
The battery was dead - later he admitted they almost never charged it. While the car was "ok", on gasoline, it was pretty anemic. So for the extra money, even taking into account Chev rebates and Provincial incentives, you get an under-powered, heavy car that felt "too small" for its actual size (battery has to go somewhere).
Now the kicker: at a neighborhood bbq, I was talking to a Neighbour, a BC Hydro executive. I asked him how that renewable thing was doing. He laughed, then got serious. If you really intend to adopt electric vehicles, he pointed out, you had to face certain realities. For example, a home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service.
The average house is equipped with 100 amp service. On our small street (approx 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than 3 houses with a single Tesla, each. For even half the homes to have electric vehicles, the system would be wildly over-loaded.
This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles ... Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius elected officials ram this nonsense down our collective throats, not only are we being forced to buy the damn things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system! This latter "investment" will not be revealed until we're so far down this dead end road that it will be presented with an oops and a shrug.
Old Part (USA info)
If you want to argue with a "green" person over cars that are eco-friendly, just read the below:
Note: However, if you ARE the green person, read it anyway. Enlightening.
Eric test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors...and he writes...For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000 before rebates.........So the American Government wants proud and loyal Americans not to do the math, but simply pay 3 times as much for a car, that costs more than 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times longer to drive across the country.....
Where do I sign ?
(sent by my brother)
IMPORTANT...
Note: This story is based on British Columbia hydro rates. Can you imagine what it would cost if it was Ontario, the highest utility rates in North America ... WOW!!!! And that's not even a drop in the bucket, wait till you read what we have to do with the whole grid system. Talk about insanity !!!!
As a "joke", my Chev dealer gave me a Volt as a loaner while my full-size pick-up was getting some attention. He thought it was funny to give his energy company CEO this thing here on Vancouver Island!
I live 30 kms outside of Victoria near Sidney.
The battery was dead - later he admitted they almost never charged it. While the car was "ok", on gasoline, it was pretty anemic. So for the extra money, even taking into account Chev rebates and Provincial incentives, you get an under-powered, heavy car that felt "too small" for its actual size (battery has to go somewhere).
Now the kicker: at a neighborhood bbq, I was talking to a Neighbour, a BC Hydro executive. I asked him how that renewable thing was doing. He laughed, then got serious. If you really intend to adopt electric vehicles, he pointed out, you had to face certain realities. For example, a home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service.
The average house is equipped with 100 amp service. On our small street (approx 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than 3 houses with a single Tesla, each. For even half the homes to have electric vehicles, the system would be wildly over-loaded.
This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles ... Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. So as our genius elected officials ram this nonsense down our collective throats, not only are we being forced to buy the damn things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system! This latter "investment" will not be revealed until we're so far down this dead end road that it will be presented with an oops and a shrug.
Old Part (USA info)
If you want to argue with a "green" person over cars that are eco-friendly, just read the below:
Note: However, if you ARE the green person, read it anyway. Enlightening.
Eric test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors...and he writes...For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000 before rebates.........So the American Government wants proud and loyal Americans not to do the math, but simply pay 3 times as much for a car, that costs more than 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times longer to drive across the country.....
Where do I sign ?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great post !
My printer went t*ts up today, right in the middle of printing some important stuff. So I thought I might as well get a new one, as I've had ten years use out of the present machine, and new cartridges to test to see if it works are almost the cost of a new printer.
But !
Could I find a printer at a reasonable cost ?
No !
All-in- one printers, no problem - but I recently replaced my old scanner with a new one, so all I need is a printer. But I've had to buy a printer/scanner/copier instead. At least it only cost around £8 more than a colour cartridge though.
My printer went t*ts up today, right in the middle of printing some important stuff. So I thought I might as well get a new one, as I've had ten years use out of the present machine, and new cartridges to test to see if it works are almost the cost of a new printer.
But !
Could I find a printer at a reasonable cost ?
No !
All-in- one printers, no problem - but I recently replaced my old scanner with a new one, so all I need is a printer. But I've had to buy a printer/scanner/copier instead. At least it only cost around £8 more than a colour cartridge though.
Computer problems for a week...had a tech in tonight, found issues but still something hidden somewhere...so still not totally fixed...might be off again for a few days...gonna have to get a new PC me thinks, current one is 5 years old now...can't keep throwing money at it...
at6
1st Sergeant
Sorry to hear that Wayne. Mine is still going ten years on but I know one of these days I'll end up replacing it. Is there a possible virus hiding in it?
at6
1st Sergeant
I've had to stop watching the race between Trump and Clinton. It's worse than watching two vampires fight for a used tampon.
It was working when the tech guy left, but he said there was still something there not found..I said to stop at that point as enough money was spent ..after he left I discovered Windows defender was on my Pc so I ran it to try, it found something serious which I promptly deleted.....been running fine ever since..touch wood,....still went and got a new one today anyway just to cover my butt...
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
3rd root canal in 4 months, and the second one on the same tooth. Just returned to work after nearly a week of Anti-biotic induced stupor. Still am out of it, but am able to function somewhat. Hopefully this is the end of it!!!!
fubar57
General
Had my laptop for 8 years now but it is slowing down. Started to back up photos and documents. Good call on the Defender Wayne which reminds me..................
Just finished a wedding, but had just sent the first course and was checking details with the wedding coordinator to discover we had different details and i was 10 meals short with about 2 minutes before the main course was due to go out !
Absolute nightmare !
Absolute nightmare !
at6
1st Sergeant
News reported that Beagle puppies were blinded and euthanized at the University of Missouri in the name of scientific research. All facilities conducting such barbaric practices should be shut down. I've never made any secret that I care more about dogs than I do people. They don't rape, rob, murder, or commit heinous acts in the name of some perverted religion or political view. The researchers and their relatives should rounded up for spaying and neutering. If I seem angered by such news it is because I can't find such cruelty acceptable.
Lost our preliminary Lacrosse Final today, attack just could not score goals try as they might...
Been laid out on the couch with a bug since Thursday...feeling lousy until yesterday...
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
- 38,174
- Mar 26, 2007
Reading this. I should not care being European but still. Bad mouthing McCain (what ever the politics) a brave man.
NY Daily News Cover Mocks Trump As 'G.I. Joke' For Avoiding Draft (PHOTO)
NY Daily News Cover Mocks Trump As 'G.I. Joke' For Avoiding Draft (PHOTO)
still not completely over this bug sh!t....
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Hillary.............again.
at6
1st Sergeant
How about bug poop Bill? Brokenzipper didn't serve either and managed to avoid the draft and yet that was not a cause for disqualification. "News" people are pack of wankers.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Spending a couple of hours on the phone (mostly on hold) with HP for something they messed up on my son's computer when they had it for warranty work
