Sparlock

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think you know what Apartheid is sorry.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The Volvo EX90 is a 7 seat EV.

Volvo makes quite a few EV and hybrids now. The “Overseas Delivery Tourist Experience” is also a nice touch if you ever wanted to go to sweden.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve been looking at the EV9 and people who have driven it seem to love a lot about it, except for one thing. The incessant beeping. It has safety features that beep about everything and often you don’t know why it’s even doing it. You can turn it off but they only stay disabled till you turn it off. next time you get in bEep BEep beEp.

My wife would end up lighting it on fire and pushing off a cliff she would be so annoyed. If there is no way to permanently disable it then hard pass.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Most new EV models allow you to set a “leave time” for when your car needs to be fully charged, with a warm battery and a pre-heated cabin. For example, Tesla owners have the ability to “precondition” their car, which entails setting a time via the Tesla app for their car to pre-heat.

Many people pre-heat standard engine cars in the winter, setting an app isn’t really that much different and arguably more convenient.

It’s a stupid argument to be so concerned over power being used when ICE are ridiculously wasteful. In a standard 50L tank 30 liters literally goes to doing nothing other than getting hot. If your EV is pulling 60% of the total energy bill to keep the battery warm you have other issues that need looking at.

Just out of curiosity are you clutching your pearls over the clock drawing power while your car is parked too?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yea you can just pay to heat the air in a internal combustion engine where 60% of the energy goes to making heat instead.

What is even your point?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
If you don’t have a block heater you don’t live someplace cold, just chilly. Either way it’s no reason to not get an EV.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I had a 87 corolla for the longest time. I sold it to a teenager a over a decade ago and I still see it rolling around town. Great car if you are only worried about going a-b and don’t need fancy things like usb chargers or A/C.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Block heaters are a thing for decades and no one worries about needing to keep the oil warm. Don’t see how warming a battery is any different.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keep in mind that social security is set to run out in 10 years time.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
To make SS solvent all they need to do is make higher income earners contribute on the same scale they make lower income earners pay already.

If people making above 140,000ish had to keep contributing at the same rate as everyone UNDER that number do there would be no issue at all. But a billionaire pays as much into SS as someone making 140k a year, probably LESS.

Tax the rich already!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials: It's ok to mourn the death of social media⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
How do you pronounce xitter?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Wow it’s been years since I read GEB…
I should revisit it. Thanks!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Nope in BC in a little city. The cost of houses here is rarely 1 Million. You seem to just want to be mad about things even if you need to exaggerate to be able to stomp your feet like a toddler over it. Since you have some anger over this so I’m gonna bid you a good day since talking to you is pointless when facts don’t matter.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
They aren’t.
I just moved last year.
But keep hyperbolizing, it only undermines the point you seem to want to hammer on.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Not all of us live in big cities where we would need to cry over high rent and house prices.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
In Canada you can get a 40k loan from the federal govt that is 0% interest on a 10 year term for doing green upgrades to your home. My solar generates more in credits than than the cost of the loan over the year. The Greener Homes Program is a bit of a pain to jump through all the hoops but getting thousands off in grants and a 0% loan is worth it.