Climate policy

[mead107]

4 minutes ago, Koko said:

Greta Thunberg says stupid shit.

 

This is what I found most fascinating:

 

@$$h@l&s trying to destroy priceless works of art and glue themselves to walls is "reasonable"?

Can’t fix stupid 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, Koko said:

Greta Thunberg says stupid shit.

 

This is what I found most fascinating:

 

@$$h@l&s trying to destroy priceless works of art and glue themselves to walls is "reasonable"?

 

She's calling the change in tactics - any change in tactics - reasonable.

 

Though I have little doubt she believes the tactic itself is reasonable as well.  That's what iconoclasts do.

[Joe Miner]

 

 

[Spartacus]

6 hours ago, Joe Miner said:

 

 

after you get close to break even after 100k miles, you get to replace the battery for $25k

and its back to being worse for the environment than gas cars

[snafu]

On 10/26/2022 at 9:22 PM, Cinga said:

Yup, this makes me want to run right out and buy a new EV....

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/hummer-electric-vehicle-tail-light-costs-4-000

 

 

I’d be telling my mechanic to bypass the fancy controller.

 

There’s got to be a workaround. It is a frikkin lightbulb. 
 

 

[Nouseforaname]

21 minutes ago, snafu said:

I’d be telling my mechanic to bypass the fancy controller.

 

There’s got to be a workaround. It is a frikkin lightbulb. 
 

 

First rule about buying a hummer, don’t buy one.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

41 minutes ago, snafu said:

I’d be telling my mechanic to bypass the fancy controller.

 

There’s got to be a workaround. It is a frikkin lightbulb. 
 

 

 

Apparently it's not just a frickin' light bulb; the controller is built in to the bulb.  

 

It sounds like complexity for complexity's sake.  

[snafu]

16 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

Apparently it's not just a frickin' light bulb; the controller is built in to the bulb.  

 

It sounds like complexity for complexity's sake.  

 

Right.  Hence my suggestion to bypass the controller completely.  Replace it with simple "on/off". Make it as stupid as it should be.  The way it is now is a prime example of engineers "improving" things.

 

Simple is good. I wanted to have my plumber take out the electronic pilot light in my boiler and replace it with a simple, trusty thermocouple.  That way, I have heat when the power goes out.  He won't do it.  Apparently, that's IlLeGaL.  I don't trust myself to not completely eff it up.  The way it is now is a prime example of politicians "improving" things.

 

 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

12 minutes ago, snafu said:

 

Right.  Hence my suggestion to bypass the controller completely.  Replace it with simple "on/off". Make it as stupid as it should be.  The way it is now is a prime example of engineers "improving" things.

 

Simple is good. I wanted to have my plumber take out the electronic pilot light in my boiler and replace it with a simple, trusty thermocouple.  That way, I have heat when the power goes out.  He won't do it.  Apparently, that's IlLeGaL.  I don't trust myself to not completely eff it up.  The way it is now is a prime example of politicians "improving" things.

 

 

 

But if the controller's in the bulb, you can't just bypass it.  You need an entirely different kind of bulb altogether.

 

[devnull]

29 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

But if the controller's in the bulb, you can't just bypass it.  You need an entirely different kind of bulb altogether.

 

 

1.21 gigawats?

[Taro T]

On 10/23/2022 at 6:05 AM, Ann said:

 

You don't mess with people's children or pets. This will end badly for the climate change people. 

 

Here's to hoping.  

[Spartacus]

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/macron-urges-us-china-pay-their-fair-share-climate-change

 

As the world's biggest hypocrites arrive in their private jets at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh (or as Rabo's Michael Every puts it, "Sham el-Chic"), French President Emmanuel Macron quickly made an early splash (perhaps more so even than Greta who is trying to get rich from her book telling us how we need to destroy capitalism), when he "urged" the United States, China and other non-European rich nations to pay their fair share to help poorer countries deal with climate change.

"We need the United States and China to step up" on emissions cuts and financial aid, Macron told French and African climate campaigners on Monday on the sidelines of the COP27 summit.

 

"Europeans are paying," he said.

 

"We are the only ones paying."

"Pressure must be put on rich non-European countries, telling them, 'you have to pay your fair share'," he said, using every socialist's favorite term.

 

 

 

[Nouseforaname]

 

[Hedge]

To be paired with digital currency, I am sure:

 

“Transaction declined. I’m sorry, sir, it says you’ve already purchased half a pound of beef this year. Perhaps you would be interested in the mealworms instead? It also says you remain eligible for a complementary state sponsored assisted suicide.”

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

[Joe Miner]

 

 

[Spartacus]

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/california-mulls-ban-all-gas-and-diesel-truck-fleets

 

The plan would mandate that all new trucks operating around busy railways and ports be zero emission vehicles by 2024 - while all diesel trucks would be phased out by 2035, and eventually, banishing every truck and bus fleet from California roads by 2045, where feasible, according to SFGATE.

 

 

"This will do damage to us. We don't really understand how to charge these vehicles," he said, adding "Those pieces of equipment go home with those men every day, so they'll need to be charged from home? How do you compensate that person for that?"

 

On the other side of the fence, environmentalists - including the Sierra Club, argued in favor of an expedited timeline to rid California roads of internal combustion engines as quickly as possible.

 

Maybe they can also figure out how to solve the massive logistical and economic issues that would surely ensue, as well as what to do with all that lithium when the batteries eventually go bad?

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

15 hours ago, Spartacus said:

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/california-mulls-ban-all-gas-and-diesel-truck-fleets

 

The plan would mandate that all new trucks operating around busy railways and ports be zero emission vehicles by 2024 - while all diesel trucks would be phased out by 2035, and eventually, banishing every truck and bus fleet from California roads by 2045, where feasible, according to SFGATE.

 

 

"This will do damage to us. We don't really understand how to charge these vehicles," he said, adding "Those pieces of equipment go home with those men every day, so they'll need to be charged from home? How do you compensate that person for that?"

 

On the other side of the fence, environmentalists - including the Sierra Club, argued in favor of an expedited timeline to rid California roads of internal combustion engines as quickly as possible.

 

Maybe they can also figure out how to solve the massive logistical and economic issues that would surely ensue, as well as what to do with all that lithium when the batteries eventually go bad?

 

Ultimately, California's going to stave when they discover they can't transport food.

[devnull]

15 hours ago, Spartacus said:

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/california-mulls-ban-all-gas-and-diesel-truck-fleets

 

The plan would mandate that all new trucks operating around busy railways and ports be zero emission vehicles by 2024 - while all diesel trucks would be phased out by 2035, and eventually, banishing every truck and bus fleet from California roads by 2045, where feasible, according to SFGATE.

 

 

"This will do damage to us. We don't really understand how to charge these vehicles," he said, adding "Those pieces of equipment go home with those men every day, so they'll need to be charged from home? How do you compensate that person for that?"

 

On the other side of the fence, environmentalists - including the Sierra Club, argued in favor of an expedited timeline to rid California roads of internal combustion engines as quickly as possible.

 

Maybe they can also figure out how to solve the massive logistical and economic issues that would surely ensue, as well as what to do with all that lithium when the batteries eventually go bad?

Looking forward to a red state trucker challenging this on the Interstate Commerce Act

[Cinga]