Brewha
3 years ago

Talking about upgrades...er recalls I mean...safety schmafety


Tesla 'Recalls' Over 360,000 Full-Self-Driving Vehicles, Plans OTA Update Fix



It's official...Tesla is now the new Prius of the road. Toot Tooty...that's not a good thing either.

DrMaddVibe wrote:



You only wish - in your sad little dreams - that you had the Full Self Driving package.
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DrMaddVibe
3 years ago

You only wish - in your sad little dreams - that you had the Full Self Driving package.

Brewha wrote:



Not even in your fart smelling dreams. I KNOW how to drive and don't need that kind of gimmickry. Besides, you know you didn't plop down the money for that. You bought the cheap entry trendy version.
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DrMaddVibe
3 years ago
Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-Outs Of Gasoline Cars



The European Union last week approved a law that will ban the sale of combustion engine cars in its member states from 2035.

For Germany and Italy as well as for Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary, the new bill sets a first deadline for the sale of gasoline-powered cars.

However, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, the current governments of the former two countries, however, have already spoken out against the ban - calling into question the timeline of the phase-out that climate scientists call absolutely necessary, but that could also face delays.

Infographic: Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs of Gasoline Cars | Statista

You will find more infographics at Statista

Other European Union countries had already embraced the phase-out of gasoline cars: The Netherlands, Belgium's Flanders region, Sweden, Greece and Slovenia are all looking to end the sale of gas-powered cars even earlier, between 2029 and 2030.

The only country in the world beating this is Norway, an electric mobility pioneer from outside of the European Union, where around 80 percent of new cars sold are already fully electric and 100 percent are scheduled to be in 2025.

Similarly, voluntarily formed blocks of uniform vehicle standards could be dissolved in the U.S. over the issue of combustion engine cars.

California in August set a phase-out date for new sales of these vehicles, also for 2035, and while 17 states had previously tied their vehicle standards to California's under the Federal Clean Air Act, several now want out. The states going along with California's decision (or expected to do so shortly) are Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Delaware— - fewer than half of California's former allies.

While hybrids were initially expected to be phased out as well in California, some advanced hybrids with large battery power will now be allowed. Other nations treating hybrids favorably in their phase-outs are Canada, Slovenia, Singapore and Japan,but most nations want them gone also by the time their ban date comes up.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has been setting the toughest goals of any country, issuing not just a phase-out of new gasoline car sales, but a full road ban for combustion engine cars, tuk-tuks and motorcycles by 2040. But the country has also attracted international attention in the recent past for issuing sweeping legislation whose implementation proved problematic. For some smaller countries without their own carmakers or their subsidiaries, a gas car phase-out can actually be easier to implement in some ways. Cape Verde, which along with many other nations around the globe signed the COP26 declaration to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2040, internally set the goal to achieve this feat even earlier, by 2035. To do so, it would merely have to ban the import of gas-powered cars by that date.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/combustion-going-bust-global-phase-outs-gasoline-cars 

What is this??? Second thought? Whatever happened to just jumping without looking??? Guess the fools rushing in should've waited for Simon to "say" its okay. LMMFAO...so predictable. All socialist ideals are.
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Brewha
3 years ago
These things must be confusing and confounding to those who don't think pollution is a problem, don't understand EV's and cannot conceive of a vehicle better than a gas powered one.

Life is tough. But it's tougher when you're stupid....
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HockeyDad
3 years ago

These things must be confusing and confounding to those who don't think pollution is a problem, don't understand EV's and cannot conceive of a vehicle better than a gas powered one.

Life is tough. But it's tougher when you're stupid....

Brewha wrote:




No no. Pollution is not a problem. Global warming is the existential threat. EVs are good for global warming, bad for pollution. Once we fix the climate we will go back and fix the pollution.
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DrMaddVibe
3 years ago

Life is tough. But it's tougher when you're stupid....

Brewha wrote:



I'll take your word on that. The amount of suffering you show here is telling.
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RayR
3 years ago

No no. Pollution is not a problem. Global warming is the existential threat. EVs are good for global warming, bad for pollution. Once we fix the climate we will go back and fix the pollution.

HockeyDad wrote:



As long as that EV battery pollution doesn't poison his HUT, Brewha don't care.

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HockeyDad
3 years ago

As long as that EV battery pollution doesn't poison his HUT, Brewha don't care.

RayR wrote:



I’m kinda the same way. Frank Congo. We will send them some Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl champs shirts as restitution.
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Brewha
3 years ago

No no. Pollution is not a problem. Global warming is the existential threat. EVs are good for global warming, bad for pollution. Once we fix the climate we will go back and fix the pollution.

HockeyDad wrote:


You could run for office this that kind of speech.

You got Rays vote already….
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BuckyB93
3 years ago
One thing I don't get is...

Mining coal: bad
Drilling for oil and gas: bad
Doing the above is hazardous to the environment and increases the (perceived) impact on man made global warming.

Mining Li, Cu, Co, Ni, Mn to make batteries (the backbone of almost all current "green" energy solutions): good
Doing the above will save the environment and will lessen the (perceived) impact on man made global warming.

I'm not against EV's. They have their niche. They are not the solution to our (perceived) man made global warming issues.

What we really need is some more government money funneled into research on matter-antimatter reactions and increasing the mining of dilithium.
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Brewha
3 years ago

One thing I don't get is...

Mining coal: bad
Drilling for oil and gas: bad
Doing the above is hazardous to the environment and increases the (perceived) impact on man made global warming.

Mining Li, Cu, Co, Ni, Mn to make batteries (the backbone of almost all current "green" energy solutions): good
Doing the above will save the environment and will lessen the (perceived) impact on man made global warming.

I'm not against EV's. They have their niche. They are not the solution to our (perceived) man made global warming issues.

What we really need is some more government money funneled into research on matter-antimatter reactions and increasing the mining of dilithium.

BuckyB93 wrote:


The problem with coal is not mining it. The problem with gas and oil is not drilling for it.
These things have a minimal impact on the local area where they occur - but not a good one, granted.

The problem with coal, gas, and oil is BURING them.
Because if produces large, global amounts of carbon dioxide. A “green house gas” that causes the earth to retain more of the suns heat rather than reflecting it back into space.

The elements you mention above are metals - they are not buried into the atmosphere. Metals are relatively easy to recycle.




If it makes you feel better, fusion reactor designs (there are a few) are starting to pan out. Lots to read about improvements beyond the Tokamak design.
And you really need to be able to handle fusion, if you hope to master Star Trek type reactors….Li2 notwithstanding.
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Brewha
3 years ago
You might like the Bucky:

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BuckyB93
3 years ago

The problem with coal is not mining it. The problem with gas and oil is not drilling for it.
These things have a minimal impact on the local area where they occur - but not a good one, granted.

The problem with coal, gas, and oil is BURING them.
Because if produces large, global amounts of carbon dioxide. A “green house gas” that causes the earth to retain more of the suns heat rather than reflecting it back into space.

The elements you mention above are metals - they are not buried into the atmosphere. Metals are relatively easy to recycle.




If it makes you feel better, fusion reactor designs (there are a few) are starting to pan out. Lots to read about improvements beyond the Tokamak design.
And you really need to be able to handle fusion, if you hope to master Star Trek type reactors….Li2 notwithstanding.

Brewha wrote:



But doesn't mining for the ore and refining the ore of these metals require energy and create green house gases? Guess you overlooked that part of it.

Recycling: Metallic Cu is rather easy to recycle (energy wise) while the others are not so much.

Nuclear energy: I'm 100% on board that the US should start building new plants and tapping into this source of energy. Fusion reactors are at least one or two generation away assuming we put in the time and resources needed to make it get there. I'm confident that we can get there and it will be a turning point of human evolution/progress.

Re: dilithium crystals... we could probably buy them on e-bay along with a set of dungeons and dragons dice
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Brewha
3 years ago

But doesn't mining for the ore and refining the ore of these metals require energy and create green house gases? Guess you overlooked that part of it.

Recycling: Metallic Cu is rather easy to recycle (energy wise) while the others are not so much.

Nuclear energy: I'm 100% on board that the US should start building new plants and tapping into this source of energy. Fusion reactors are at least one or two generation away assuming we put in the time and resources needed to make it get there. I'm confident that we can get there and it will be a turning point of human evolution/progress.

Re: dilithium crystals... we could probably buy them on e-bay along with a set of dungeons and dragons dice

BuckyB93 wrote:


Yes - there is an environmental impact for mining for all metals. Aluminium and iron included.

Burning fuel for energy is far and away more damaging - on a global scale - than refining the rare earths needed to move to a renewable infrastructure.

The problem of burning fuel for energy is clear. But to many, something’s are never clear.
So for those who “can’t trust science”, well - there will be regulations and mandates.

Reminds me of when we go rid of leaded gas - a lot of uniformed outrage.
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Sunoverbeach
3 years ago
Is uniformed outrage when the military gets pissed?
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Brewha
3 years ago
Uh…..yes.

Yes it is.
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DrafterX
3 years ago



Reminds me of when we go rid of leaded gas - a lot of uniformed outrage.

Brewha wrote:




And a lot of dead leaf blowers and lawn mowers... 😟
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HockeyDad
3 years ago

And a lot of dead leaf blowers and lawn mowers... 😟

DrafterX wrote:



Mexicans?
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DrafterX
3 years ago
And Somalis... no body ever thinks about the Somalis... 😟
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Brewha
3 years ago
I admit it.

I never fully realized or appreciated the collateral damage, and countless loss of life among the Somali and Mexican ground care workers - caused by unleaded gas.

I think a moment of silence is in order.
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