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Climate Change / Re: Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
« Last post by banddag on Today at 08:59:47 pm »
Quote from: DB on Today at 08:48:26 pm
There are lots of battery claims. They're a dime a dozen... They also claim you can charge it in 6 minutes. With what? To charge a 100 kWh battery in 6 minutes takes a million watts... Or over 4,000 amps at 240 V... And that's with 100% efficiency (no losses)...

Toyota claims their 2026 ev's can charge in 10 minutes.

Battery technology is changing so rapidly companies cannot keep up
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Deputy Treasury Sec’y: Biden Helped Lower Inflation, But Food Companies Are Gouging
« Last post by PeteS in CA on Today at 08:58:59 pm »
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Adeyemo :

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Adeyemo was born to Yoruba parents in Ibadan, Nigeria, and raised in Southern California. His father was a teacher and his mother was a nurse. He has two younger siblings. After graduating from Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California in 1999, he received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and a juris doctor degree from Yale Law School in 2009.

He held banking and economics related positions in the OhBummer! MalAdministration, but he has zero experience in actually running a business, let alone a food processing business.
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Climate Change / Re: Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
« Last post by banddag on Today at 08:57:51 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on Today at 08:31:08 pm
Does that plant have only one shift?  Do they shut down from 5 pm to 9 am?

They have battery backup I believe. Also the new solar panels still get done charge at night through ambient temperature
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Climate Change / Re: Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
« Last post by Smokin Joe on Today at 08:50:23 pm »
Quote from: banddag on Today at 05:12:49 pm
EV's are not going anywhere and will take over. I drove a Tesla and it was an incredible drive. How many people after buying a battery powered drill still use their plug in drill. Not many. I went to my local Pilot truck stop this morning to get gas and they are putting in 25 ev chargers.

Ford Lightenings was a mistake to begin with but do not blame EV's over them.
Not sure what climate you live in, but up at 48 degrees North, that just isn't going to happen. We'll keep the old ICE vehicles running until you get an EV that has at least 8" ground clearance, 4WD, the ability to carry a ton or better over 300 miles bucking snowdrifts while keeping the cabin 90 degrees or more warmer than the outside air (just at 50-60 degrees F inside), and has enough additional reserve to heat the cabin for 12 hours in case something should go wrong.

We don't buy vehicles for summertime play, but for the worst conditions we might face, and it IS a matter of life and death.
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Music Threads / Re: TIE each subsequent SONG together by whatever means you deem relevant, Title/Artist/Theme
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 08:49:50 pm »
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks


www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvCgSqPZ4EM

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Climate Change / Re: Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
« Last post by DB on Today at 08:48:26 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on Today at 08:36:30 pm
Whom did they steal that technology from?  And how were they able to bypass the laws of physics?  Besides, they already have the best battery they could possibly have.  It is lightweight and doesn't require specialty metals.  It is called a 'hydrogen tank'.


Batteries did not just come out.  They've been around for almost two centuries.

There are lots of battery claims. They're a dime a dozen... They also claim you can charge it in 6 minutes. With what? To charge a 100 kWh battery in 6 minutes takes a million watts... Or over 4,000 amps at 240 V... And that's with 100% efficiency (no losses)...
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Music Threads / Re: TIE each subsequent SONG together by whatever means you deem relevant, Title/Artist/Theme
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 08:47:17 pm »
Toy Story - You've got a friend in me


www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYOJ_hSs0o
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Music Threads / Re: TIE each subsequent SONG together by whatever means you deem relevant, Title/Artist/Theme
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 08:44:50 pm »
Zach Williams - Rescue Story


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghi-48bqqDE
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Deputy Treasury Sec’y: Biden Helped Lower Inflation, But Food Companies Are Gouging
« Last post by Smokin Joe on Today at 08:42:13 pm »
Nitwit. Biden raised the price of producing and transporting everything in the store with his war on oil, starting day one. Double the price of motor fuels with hostile policies, and that will be reflected in the price of the goods those motors transport.

That does not include extra costs for the energy consumed to keep produce from turning to goo, meat from decomposing, and the cost of the feedstocks that provide the chemicals to make plastic packaging, and other products.

I'd say it's pretty much all on Biden, and trying to shift the blame to producers who are as much victims as shoppers, is just one more example of his incontinent prevarication.

If he was wearing a mask, the BS stain would be apparent to all.
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Deputy Treasury Sec’y: Biden Helped Lower Inflation, But Food Companies Are Gouging
« Last post by Hoodat on Today at 08:41:55 pm »
Yet another person in government who is a total idiot when it comes to economics.
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