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2018 430i Gran Coupe
What about the cost and the waste when getting rid of old batteries.
Electricity costs about 4X as much in England, how will that save money?
And people park outdoors a lot, and most of those on the street. Very few have a garage or even driveway. How ill they charge up?
Questions. Questions. Questions!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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That’s what I’ve heard also. So why does Mother Nature continue to allow lightning strikes that cause forest fires that harm our planet? Does Mother Nature think that man can clean up all of her sins?
jmonroe
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
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That’s what I’ve heard also. So why does Mother Nature continue to allow lightning strikes that cause forest fires that harm our planet? Does Mother Nature think that man can clean up all of her sins?
jmonroe
The answer is scale. Mother nature - lightning strike here or there, once in a while. Human - furnaces in every house, every day. I think there is a difference. BTW, wood's harm is not necessarily more CO2, it's everything else that is burnt with it. Just smell a campfire. "Aromatic" hydrocarbons does not mean perfumes. It means smog, cancer, asthma.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
2018 430i Gran Coupe
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Or worse.
jmonroe
Their most recent move is to order 60 fully electric buses at over $1 million apiece. One can only imagine how many of those 1000 pound batteries one of those requires. I think I'll save your post just in case my councillor gets too righteous about that. He is known locally as "Bicycle Sam" because he is all about those bike lanes (which almost never seem to see much use) at the expense of motorists and loves to portray his save-the-world initiatives as "the right thing to do" without any other justification.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfyG6FXsUU
He does a good job explaining stuff like this.
And nobody is banning ICE anywhere soon. Or shutting down every carbon based power plant. Moving toward something is not going all or nothing.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
OH wait... now we have to talk about how much drinking water is used up, and methane produced from the cattle that gave you the beef in your diet to power your calorie burning.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
I was the John Deere place to see about trading in our X730 on something else. They didn't have any tractors I was interested in and wouldn't until the end of August; assuming they got shipped.
They did say a new X730 was ordered by a guy, but he hasn't been answering his phone when they call. Yesterday was the last day he had to pick it up. If he didn't get it, it's mine.
They gave us $6500 trade value on our 2014 X730.
2020 Ascent Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
"By the late 1800s, large cities all around the world were “drowning in horse manure”. In order for these cities to function, they were dependent on thousands of horses for the transport of both people and goods.
In 1900, there were over 11,000 hansom cabs on the streets of London alone. There were also several thousand horse-drawn buses, each needing 12 horses per day, making a staggering total of over 50,000 horses transporting people around the city each day.
This huge number of horses created major problems. The main concern was the large amount of manure left behind on the streets. On average a horse will produce between 15 and 35 pounds of manure per day, so you can imagine the sheer scale of the problem. The manure on London’s streets also attracted huge numbers of flies which then spread typhoid fever and other diseases.....
....By 1912, this seemingly insurmountable problem had been resolved; in cities all around the globe, horses had been replaced and now motorised vehicles were the main source of transport and carriage.
Even today, in the face of a problem with no apparent solution, people often quote ‘The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894’, urging people not to despair, something will turn up!" https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/
So the automobile cured one problem and created many others. It will take the collective will of the people to ban ICE vehicles and replace them with electric alternatives. These "new" technologies are not optimal but with constant innovation BEV will become ubiquitous on the American landscape.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hyundai-kia-raided-over-suspected-defeat-devices-german-prosecutor-2022-06-28/
We don't think of them as players in the diesel market but over there that type of power was/are popular.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
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That’s in keeping with the old and still true saying, “xxxx flows downhill”.
jmonroe
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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Oh, they set 2030 is for 40 percent renewable electric power. 8 YEARS! Not closing carbon based power plants any time soon?
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2018 430i Gran Coupe
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But will that stop California from trying it again? Maybe they’ll be smart enough to see how it goes in Europe unless California wants to be a trail blazer for the US. Stuff like this never stopped them before, though.
It’s going to be a fun ride for some but I don’t want to buy a ticket for that ride anytime soon.
jmonroe
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Indeed
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2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
a combo of switching to EVs an PHEV/EV models, and shifting to higher MPG normal options, will make a huge impact on overall demand, even without changing driving habits much. do that do and demand really drops!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40423290/1955-chrysler-new-yorker-for-sale-harry-truman/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_cdb&utm_medium=email&date=062822&utm_campaign=nl28190927&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers
A heated jacket and knobby tires.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
You see that issue to a lesser extent on Mackinac Island. But poop isn't the only issue. I remember one time there they warned us of the puddles and the fact that it hadn't rained there in several days.
Another issue was that those horses sometimes died while working. What they usually did was cut the dead horse out of the reins and keep moving letting the city get rid of the horse.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
If only it weren’t a Chrysler.
That was not their glory days. My Dad bought a 1957 Plymouth Sport Suburban station wagon (that’s the car I learned to drive on). It was the worst car he ever owned. But, it was his fault. His BIL (my Mom’s brother) bought a 1956 Plymouth wagon (not the sport model with all the goodie’s) and he told my Dad not to buy it. Told him he’d have problems at given mileages with the engine and tranny. Sure enough, his predictions were spot on. My Dad dumped that thing in two years and bought a 1959 Olds Super 88. That Olds turned out to be a pretty good car but compared to that Plymouth anything would be.
jmonroe
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/automotive-history-the-cars-of-president-harry-s-truman/
Mostly lower-model Chryslers, but a few Dodges scattered in there too.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I forgot to mention that the 1957 wagon had the push buttons for actuating the transmission (I always referred to that gimmick as typewriter drive). The buttons were mounted on the far top left of the dash. While the buttons always worked (I don’t remember them ever hanging up and failing to move) but once in gear, that was when the problems started. Cute but no cigar.
jmonroe
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
A good morning welcome, minor stuff but dialed in for me.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
Everyone says the cars all look the same today …. But many 57-59 cars across several makes were pretty darn similar if you ask me.
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Spotting something that we could not identify was a pretty rare occurrence, and usually involved either a foreign make or a classic of some kind. In the 1950s, there were still a lot of cars from the 1930s on the road. Not restored classics, just everyday drivers.