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Offline TimG

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« Reply #285 on: January 31, 2019, 07:15:04 pm »
And you won't see any Telsa taxis for a long time, if ever.
Time is money for taxi drivers and waiting for a charge is expensive. Taxis need the fast refueling that hybrids offer.

Hybrid should be the way of the future. EVs are a pointless distraction.
EV taxi company goes under due to numerous cost pressures:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-montreals-teo-taxi-gravely-underestimated-its-many-economic-pressures/

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To make matters worse, Téo underestimated the idling time of its electric vehicles, which require charging for several hours per day. Add to that the overhead associated with owning a fleet of cars and paying employee benefits (challenges Uber avoids through its business model), and Téo’s financial struggles are obvious.
People really do not understand the implications of the refueling time for EVs and that this will make EVs less desirable to anyone who is not a dedicated fan of EVs and willing to put up with their idiosyncrasies.



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« Reply #286 on: January 31, 2019, 08:29:49 pm »
I think EV's for commercial use will require some sort of quick change battery system where batteries can be swapped in about the same time it takes to fuel a regular car. Shouldn't be hard to do but it might take purpose built cabs such as London taxis and a standardized battery system between makes.
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« Reply #287 on: January 31, 2019, 09:16:09 pm »
EV taxi company goes under due to numerous cost pressures:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-montreals-teo-taxi-gravely-underestimated-its-many-economic-pressures/

This caught my eye:People really do not understand the implications of the refueling time for EVs and that this will make EVs less desirable to anyone who is not a dedicated fan of EVs and willing to put up with their idiosyncrasies.

Elon Musk is waaay ahead of you. Quick charge/long service batteries are emerging, and of course we can set up batteries stations just like we have gas stations, without the pollution

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« Reply #288 on: January 31, 2019, 10:01:40 pm »
It takes 1:15 for a supercharger to fully charge the Model S standard 85 Kw battery, longer for the optional 100 Kw battery. I still think quick change batteries will be necessary for things like cabs which often run 24 hrs with different drivers. I fully expect that to happen.
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« Reply #289 on: February 06, 2019, 04:10:47 pm »
An interesting news item on this issue I'm just hearing is than NASA, who's operations have provided scientists with much of the confirmation of global warming issues has had to recently fortify the seawalls surrounding parts of their property lest their launch pads be flooded by rising sea level.

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« Reply #290 on: February 06, 2019, 04:13:43 pm »
An interesting news item on this issue I'm just hearing is than NASA, who's operations have provided scientists with much of the confirmation of global warming issues has had to recently fortify the seawalls surrounding parts of their property lest their launch pads be flooded by rising sea level.

Fake news...  they're doing that just to fool people into thinking the seas are rising.   8)
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« Reply #291 on: February 06, 2019, 04:16:36 pm »
I've always wandered why NASA just does not launch garbage and other pollutants into space. A 10km wide slingshot could be used to send debris into orbit.
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« Reply #292 on: February 06, 2019, 04:16:47 pm »
Fake news...  they're doing that just to fool people into thinking the seas are rising.   8)

You just put words in Tim's mouth.
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« Reply #293 on: February 06, 2019, 04:18:57 pm »
I've always wandered why NASA just does not launch garbage and other pollutants into space. A 10km wide slingshot could be used to send debris into orbit.

The residents of the ISS might disagree with you.

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« Reply #294 on: February 06, 2019, 04:23:33 pm »
Fake news...  they're doing that just to fool people into thinking the seas are rising.

I understand they will be repainting the water level scale every other year.

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« Reply #295 on: February 06, 2019, 04:39:08 pm »
I'm planning to cash in on it. With a little help from the melting Thwaites Glacier and a couple of others, my place will soon be waterfront. I'll sell and move a ways inland.

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« Reply #296 on: February 07, 2019, 04:47:19 pm »
A bit of a cold snap out here on the coast just now but don't worry, global warming will fix it soon.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144510/2018-was-the-fourth-warmest-year-continuing-long-warming-trend

Global temperatures in 2018 were 0.83 degrees Celsius (1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The 2018 global temperature average ranks behind 2016, 2017, and 2015. The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.
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« Reply #297 on: February 08, 2019, 12:39:44 am »
Global temperatures in 2018 were 0.83 degrees Celsius (1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The 2018 global temperature average ranks behind 2016, 2017, and 2015. The past five years have been the warmest years in the modern record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2000.

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« Reply #298 on: February 08, 2019, 12:58:23 am »


Right then. To hell with science. What's in the bowl?

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« Reply #299 on: February 08, 2019, 06:37:54 am »
I've always wandered why NASA just does not launch garbage and other pollutants into space. A 10km wide slingshot could be used to send debris into orbit.

Maybe the cost ?  Jeez...