Holy Crap! Looks like EV's are going to be an even bigger problem as they apparently are throw aways after 10 years or so, no one is going to spend $30K to repair a 10 year old car.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Looks like EV's are going to be an even bigger problem as they apparently are throw aways after 10 years or so, no one is going to spend $30K to repair a 10 year old car.

You go California, such i***ts, this is the problem when government decides it knows better than free markets.

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Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Blurryeyed wrote:

Looks like EV's are going to be an even bigger problem as they apparently are throw aways after 10 years or so, no one is going to spend $30K to repair a 10 year old car.

You go California, such i***ts, this is the problem when government decides it knows better than free markets.

Yep, plus the toxic waste and destruction of the environment produced making the batteries.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

The power grid needs to be able to handle the demand which will be much greater than it is now and will it ever be able to handle the demand.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

JRiepe wrote:

The power grid needs to be able to handle the demand which will be much greater than it is now and will it ever be able to handle the demand.

Right now CA is limiting charging and power usage .

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Architect1776 wrote:

Right now CA is limiting charging and power usage .

Yeah, I saw that on the news.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Blurryeyed wrote:

Looks like EV's are going to be an even bigger problem as they apparently are throw aways after 10 years or so, no one is going to spend $30K to repair a 10 year old car.

You go California, such i***ts, this is the problem when government decides it knows better than free markets.

Yes, but 1,000++ lbs. of toxic waste that will last forever.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Fotoartist wrote:

Yes, but 1,000++ lbs. of toxic waste that will last forever.

I actually liked the idea of EVs but this is a deal breaker for me.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Blurryeyed wrote:

I actually liked the idea of EVs but this is a deal breaker for me.

There is a new no energy way just discovered to extract hydrogen that is now being worked on to scale it up.

lbrande

The $29,000 is what it costs to refurbish a Lycoming IO360 aircraft engine.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

lbrande wrote:

The $29,000 is what it costs to refurbish a Lycoming IO360 aircraft engine.

So?
Apples and oranges.
The engine is reused not dumped in a landfill.

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

Fotoartist wrote:

Yes, but 1,000++ lbs. of toxic waste that will last forever.

100 %Wrong. As usual,

https://blog.ucsusa.org/jessica-dunn/are-ev-batteries-recyclable/

lbrande

Architect1776 wrote:

So?
Apples and oranges.
The engine is reused not dumped in a landfill.

That depends upon the tolerances on the engine, just like a ICE for an automobile.

lbrande

Architect1776 wrote:

So?
Apples and oranges.
The engine is reused not dumped in a landfill.

The comparison is called a "simile".

"a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid"

The Aardvark Is Ready

Blurryeyed wrote:

Looks like EV's are going to be an even bigger problem as they apparently are throw aways after 10 years or so, no one is going to spend $30K to repair a 10 year old car.

You go California, such i***ts, this is the problem when government decides it knows better than free markets.

anotherview Loc: California

The infrastructure to support the e-car does not yet exist. Further, this onlooker has seen no non-political statement of when the necessary infrastructure will come about.