EVs - New Hampshire gets it right

[1dog]

The only “scientific truth“ is people need to adapt to driving a more powerful car! Put them into any fast ICE cars, they’ll make the same mistake!

It’s not the car’s fault. It’s the driver. The sooner we legalize computerize self-driving, the safer our highways will be. People will finally be drinking their coffee and eating their breakfast in the car safely.

More reduction in demand from the consumer: https://12ft.io/proxy

 

[AdironRider]

EV market bloodbath. Ford is losing 132k for every EV that it sells. Tesla 48% earnings miss on 9% revenue drop.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/business/ford-earnings-ev-losses/index.html#:~:text=Ford's%20electric%20vehicle%20unit%20reported,earnings%20for%20the%20company%20overall.

 

[Internet Ski Pro]

WSJ editorial EPA piece is interesting. We can't even produce enough electricity now without over-bearing regulation that causes: a. high prices - hurting the poor; and b. not enough to power regions in hot weather; c. limits gas powered plants which are half as CO2 producing. . . . .

its worth the read.

In PA Blue Mountain will sometimes have to shut down snowmaking in really cold temps. Its not mining for lithium, or self driving cars thats a travesty, its shutting snowmaking down that we really need to get all turned up about.

 

[bigbob]

I worked at Seabrook Station during the construction. Should have finished Unit# 2 and built the sister stations around New England as originally planned. Construction costs on the second unit where much cheaper than the first. the only answer we have for relatively clean base load power is a nuke plant.

 

[abc]

set my cruise control to 75 (if traffic conditions permit- and they do 75-80% of the time)

but with self-driving legal, it’ll be 95+%!

 

[1dog]

I worked at Seabrook Station during the construction. Should have finished Unit# 2 and built the sister stations around New England as originally planned. Construction costs on the second unit where much cheaper than the first. the only answer we have for relatively clean base load power is a nuke plant.

The French do this right, as one nuclear engineer stated, Americans have many different designs for nuclear power stations, we have many different kinds of cheese, and one design for plants. . . . . paraphrasing of course. . . . .

 

[deadheadskier]

Unfortunately, I think Fukishima is still so fresh in many Americans minds that the necessary support for nuclear expansion isn't there right now.

I live about a mile from the nearest Fall Out alarm speaker for Seabrook. Can't say I've thought about the potential danger once in my 15 years living here, but many locals do.

 

[bigbob]

Unfortunately, I think Fukishima is still so fresh in many Americans minds that the necessary support for nuclear expansion isn't there right now.

I live about a mile from the nearest Fall Out alarm speaker for Seabrook. Can't say I've thought about the potential danger once in my 15 years living here, but many locals do.

Shipyard also has floating nukes. never had an issue, but this would concern me more than Seabrook Station with feet of concrete around it built on top of granite ledge.

 

[deadheadskier]

Shipyard also has floating nukes. never had an issue, but this would concern me more than Seabrook Station with feet of concrete around it built on top of granite ledge.

Came close to having an issue at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 12 years ago.

NH Man Charged With Setting $400 Million Submarine Fire To Stay In Jail

A civilian shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine should remain in jail because he is too great a risk to society, a federal magistrate judge ruled Wednesday.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[1dog]

Unfortunately, I think Fukishima is still so fresh in many Americans minds that the necessary support for nuclear expansion isn't there right now.

I live about a mile from the nearest Fall Out alarm speaker for Seabrook. Can't say I've thought about the potential danger once in my 15 years living here, but many locals do.

Fear is a powerful tool. There are people who believe risk can be removed from life. Some believe the government can eliminate risk, others believe thats the biggest risk. Whats the best solution for the most people? It's not black and white. It is worth pursuing.

 

[BodeMiller1]

This is another option, Ford Saleen Boss. May get 25 MPH downhill. Butt, when you need to get to a mountain fast. This will do the trick. Boston to Sugarloaf in under 7 hours. Flat.
(You don't have to plug it in , it just goes.)

 

[2Planker]

This is another option, Ford Saleen Boss. May get 25 MPH downhill. Butt, when you need to get to a mountain fast. This will do the trick. Boston to Sugarloaf in under 7 hours. Flat.
(You don't have to plug it in , it just goes.)

Say What.....
we do it in under 5 hours from Cambridge, No prob

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

I have mixed feelings about nuclear. It would solve the issue of carbon emissions (for electrical generation at least) without ruining landscapes with solar panels and wind turbines. But there's no good solution for handling the waste. Nobody wants to live near where it gets stored or along a transport route (I don't blame them either). Essentially nuclear is kicking the can down the road. It solves one problem but creates a different one that we don't have a solution for. Yet. Or ever. Or maybe not never. Nobody knows...

 

[BodeMiller1]

Say What.....
we do it in under 5 hours from Cambridge, No prob

You stay on the road more.

 

[BenedictGomez]

EV market bloodbath.

Horrendous bloodbath. When there's blood in the street it's time to buy.

 

[Smellytele]

Nantucket Is Already Sick Of Its New Tesla Cybertruck Owner

Riding aboard the Steamship Authority ferry, a Tesla Cybertruck finally made its way to Nantucket last Thursday, and once it was off the boat, its owner wasted no time becoming enough of a nuisance that he earned his own local news article. Later the same day, the Nantucket Current published an...

www.yahoo.com

 

[JimG.]

I saw one in person the first time yesterday. I know that the directive is to only produce vehicles that are unattractive and lacking any sex appeal, but this is the ugliest thing I have ever seen on the road. And didn't DeLorean do the stainless finish thing? Still horrific 40 years later.

 

[BenedictGomez]

didn't DeLorean do the stainless finish thing?

Yup. Fun fact? I grew up only about 10 miles from him. His estate had these massive iron gates with big cursive "D's on each side - I remember as a kid thinking it was pretty cool. Trump wound up buying the place about 25 years ago and turned it into a golf course.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Deloreans were all brushed aluminum or something. The problem was he started trafficking cocaine. Not a solid business decision in hindsight.

 

[2Planker]

Deloreans were all brushed aluminum or something. The problem was he started trafficking cocaine. Not a solid business decision in hindsight.

He was acquitted, But it sure ended his career in the auto biz.