I doubt it. That's what people like to say about the Volt - that it is a Cruze with an electric motor. Except that's not true at all. The Volt is much more luxurious ride and is better appointed than a Cruze. I suspect the Bolt will be similar.
A job at McDonalds. I also worked at a dry cleaners and a Dairy Queen.
So there you have it kids. If you want a successful, fulfilling career in IT, learn how to make fries and Blizzards and learn how to press Wrangler jeans...with extra starch please!
I disagree about us needing more water. Our Ag industry is simply not as important as it would like everyone to believe. There is common misconception that food prices would skyrocket and people would go hungry if California's Ag production was severely cut short. This is especially true here in the Central valley where I was raised and live. People here are led to believe (by agribusiness propaganda) that California's economy would sink without Ag. It's not true at all.
California grows almost no staple crops, like wheat and corn. Instead we dominate the pistachio, almond, strawberry and artichoke markets. We also grow a shitload of alfalfa, a water intensive crop which at the present time is being shipped to China to feed their cows.
Food is a world-wide industry which is extremely agile. Any shortage in one area of the world can easily be filled by another.
The most sensible solution is to regulate water so as to price farmers out of production in times of drought. When the rains come back (and they will), they can grow to their heart's content. Ag is 2% of California's economy. It's not worth the investment.
So instead of spending a few more pennies per gallon to set up the mass-desalinization
Adding a "few more pennies" to the cost of a gallon of water means increasing the wholesale cost of water five to ten-fold.
The problem is, when these folks say that they want to save 25% of California's water use through cuts to residential and municipal water use...
Meaningless feel-good policies. 4% of California's developed water goes to municipal use, while 80% goes to agriculture. It's most likely agri-business funded propaganda that has you thinking desalinization is an answer to our water problems. What the Ag industry would like is for cities to switch to super expensive desalinated water, so they can have the existing cheap water sources all to themselves.
Ask the Democrats who were running congress at the time, maybe even read the transcripts of the hearings where people from the Bush administration sat before that congress and said what a horrible idea it was.
Fact: CRA loans had a much lower default rate than non-CRA loans.
I built one to match the features of the Volt and the base price climbed to $23.1K. After rebates, my loaded Volt cost 28K.
The focus is a nice little car. I like Ford vehicles. But it's still a buzzy little gas guzzler and it only gets 36MPG highway.
I'm getting 80MPGe in my Volt and drive 20K miles a year. With free workplace charging (from a Solar array BTW), my daily 79 mile commute costs me $1.03-1.50 in my Volt, depending on the weather. At 36MPG highway and current gas prices, which are historically normal, that same commute would cost $7.26 per day in the Focus.
I keep my cars for a very long time. My last car was a 2004 Sonata. If I were one of the many people who swap out their cars every 4 years, the Volt would certainly make much less sense.
I bought one last September and love it. My previous car was a 2004 Sonata and I wanted to move onto something a bit more luxurious. I had my mind set on a 3 series or possibly a entry level Mercedes, but the more I read about the Volt (not from Fox News), the more I became intrigued.
You are right about the visibility though. It's pretty bad.
Battery prices have been dropping like a rock for the last several years. Price parity should come very soon, and it will probably neatly coincide with the expiration of the federal tax subsidies.
I actually really like the way the Volt looks. I would not have bought one otherwise. The Volt's back-end is a little Prius-y looking.
IMO, all other EVs in my price range are ugly as hell. The BMW i3 is the absolute worst. I can't believe the same company that designed the i3 designed the i8.
pee mileage charges and tolls are popular with nobody except the Ayn Rand crowd.
Not true at all. Per mile taxes are already being used in many other countries which are all far from Randian paradises.
From wikipedia:
Internationally, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland have implemented various forms of VMT fees, limited to trucks. New Zealand also has such a system applying to all heavy vehicles and diesel-powered cars. France, Belgium and Russia all have truck based systems under development.
I am about as far from the Ayn Rand crown as you could get and I am for per mile road taxes, as long as efficiency and weight are factored into the equation.
I drive an electric(ish) car, a Volt, and drive 20K miles a year. 75% of those miles are electric, which means I am not paying my fair share of gas taxes. Under Oregon's model, I would be charged $300 per year, which doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
This sentiment was probably common among Windows admins at the lower end of the competence scale (admittedly a large group) who were projecting insecurity about their own skills.
I spent years molesting the cmd environment to do things that I could have done much easier in just about any unix shell, so powershell is indeed "the best thing ever", in the context of my job at a Windows-only shop.
But now it's all these damn giant phones that don't fit in my pockets, don't have replaceable batteries - what ever happened to cell phones getting smaller?
Perhaps the Galaxy S4 Mini. It's reasonably small and a couple of generations old, so it won't cost too much.
Yeah. He's a former practicing psychologist who was reprimanded by the Texas State Board of Psychologists after hiring and *allegedly* sleeping with a 19 year old client.
EV's require the total replacement of the vehicle. CNG does not.
Fleets are replaced every ten years regardless. Nobody is suggesting replacing every car now.
And last, but not least, won't put added stress on our aging electric grid which is suffering from supply and distribution problems driven by environmental concerns.
Stress on the electric grid would only be an issue if every car were replaced overnight. Again, that's not going to happen. Fleets have a 10 year lifecycle.
IMHO, CNG is...more convenient, less complex and cheaper to maintain.
Absolutely wrong. EVs are much simpler than any solution which relies on controlled explosions and multi-geared transmissions. Maintenance requirements are much lower. Properly managed lithium ion batteries can easily hold 90% capacity over ten years.
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I doubt it. That's what people like to say about the Volt - that it is a Cruze with an electric motor. Except that's not true at all. The Volt is much more luxurious ride and is better appointed than a Cruze. I suspect the Bolt will be similar.
...taking a religious ceremony and perverting it to no longer have a religious element.
To the state, marriage has never had a religious element to it. It is a legal contract pertaining to rights and obligations between two parties.
Churches are merely granted the *privilege* of performing official marriage ceremonies.
A job at McDonalds. I also worked at a dry cleaners and a Dairy Queen.
So there you have it kids. If you want a successful, fulfilling career in IT, learn how to make fries and Blizzards and learn how to press Wrangler jeans...with extra starch please!
...about a fork of one of the most popular (and awesome) FreeBSD-based firewall distros with the tag 'linux'...kindly die in a fire.
Thank you.
I disagree about us needing more water. Our Ag industry is simply not as important as it would like everyone to believe. There is common misconception that food prices would skyrocket and people would go hungry if California's Ag production was severely cut short. This is especially true here in the Central valley where I was raised and live. People here are led to believe (by agribusiness propaganda) that California's economy would sink without Ag. It's not true at all.
California grows almost no staple crops, like wheat and corn. Instead we dominate the pistachio, almond, strawberry and artichoke markets. We also grow a shitload of alfalfa, a water intensive crop which at the present time is being shipped to China to feed their cows.
Food is a world-wide industry which is extremely agile. Any shortage in one area of the world can easily be filled by another.
The most sensible solution is to regulate water so as to price farmers out of production in times of drought. When the rains come back (and they will), they can grow to their heart's content. Ag is 2% of California's economy. It's not worth the investment.
So instead of spending a few more pennies per gallon to set up the mass-desalinization
Adding a "few more pennies" to the cost of a gallon of water means increasing the wholesale cost of water five to ten-fold.
The problem is, when these folks say that they want to save 25% of California's water use through cuts to residential and municipal water use...
Meaningless feel-good policies. 4% of California's developed water goes to municipal use, while 80% goes to agriculture. It's most likely agri-business funded propaganda that has you thinking desalinization is an answer to our water problems. What the Ag industry would like is for cities to switch to super expensive desalinated water, so they can have the existing cheap water sources all to themselves.
Ask the Democrats who were running congress at the time, maybe even read the transcripts of the hearings where people from the Bush administration sat before that congress and said what a horrible idea it was.
Fact: CRA loans had a much lower default rate than non-CRA loans.
..."Ping of Death".
I get it. you disagree with the government subsidizing technologies.
Gas would be $8.00 to $10.00 a gallon if not for government subsidies of our oil industry, so you'll have to excuse me for not giving a shit.
Sure.
I built one to match the features of the Volt and the base price climbed to $23.1K. After rebates, my loaded Volt cost 28K.
The focus is a nice little car. I like Ford vehicles. But it's still a buzzy little gas guzzler and it only gets 36MPG highway.
I'm getting 80MPGe in my Volt and drive 20K miles a year. With free workplace charging (from a Solar array BTW), my daily 79 mile commute costs me $1.03-1.50 in my Volt, depending on the weather. At 36MPG highway and current gas prices, which are historically normal, that same commute would cost $7.26 per day in the Focus.
I keep my cars for a very long time. My last car was a 2004 Sonata. If I were one of the many people who swap out their cars every 4 years, the Volt would certainly make much less sense.
Of course it always makes the most financial sense to keep an old car (or not drive at all if possible), but people don't *want* old cars.
Average price of gas is around 3 dollars,
Not in California.
I don't care what you think. You obviously have your mind made up.
Yes.
You will die.
I bought one last September and love it. My previous car was a 2004 Sonata and I wanted to move onto something a bit more luxurious. I had my mind set on a 3 series or possibly a entry level Mercedes, but the more I read about the Volt (not from Fox News), the more I became intrigued.
You are right about the visibility though. It's pretty bad.
Battery prices have been dropping like a rock for the last several years. Price parity should come very soon, and it will probably neatly coincide with the expiration of the federal tax subsidies.
I actually really like the way the Volt looks. I would not have bought one otherwise. The Volt's back-end is a little Prius-y looking.
IMO, all other EVs in my price range are ugly as hell. The BMW i3 is the absolute worst. I can't believe the same company that designed the i3 designed the i8.
pee mileage charges and tolls are popular with nobody except the Ayn Rand crowd.
Not true at all. Per mile taxes are already being used in many other countries which are all far from Randian paradises.
From wikipedia:
Internationally, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland have implemented various forms of VMT fees, limited to trucks. New Zealand also has such a system applying to all heavy vehicles and diesel-powered cars. France, Belgium and Russia all have truck based systems under development.
I am about as far from the Ayn Rand crown as you could get and I am for per mile road taxes, as long as efficiency and weight are factored into the equation.
I drive an electric(ish) car, a Volt, and drive 20K miles a year. 75% of those miles are electric, which means I am not paying my fair share of gas taxes. Under Oregon's model, I would be charged $300 per year, which doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
I'm a good test case as I'm 36 now, and have worked in IT in the same institution since I was 20.
Early on in my career work stressed me out a lot more than it does today, even though today I am responsible for many more things.
I just think as you get older, the intensity of your emotions mellows out.
These stressed out Millennials are just...young.
There is nothing wrong with a good UI for common administrative tasks. Windows is designed to be operated by people with a varying skill levels.
This sentiment was probably common among Windows admins at the lower end of the competence scale (admittedly a large group) who were projecting insecurity about their own skills.
I spent years molesting the cmd environment to do things that I could have done much easier in just about any unix shell, so powershell is indeed "the best thing ever", in the context of my job at a Windows-only shop.
The parent is talking about average fuel efficiency over time for fleets. It is a known quantity.
But now it's all these damn giant phones that don't fit in my pockets, don't have replaceable batteries - what ever happened to cell phones getting smaller?
Perhaps the Galaxy S4 Mini. It's reasonably small and a couple of generations old, so it won't cost too much.
Isn't Dr. Phil more of a counselor?
Yeah. He's a former practicing psychologist who was reprimanded by the Texas State Board of Psychologists after hiring and *allegedly* sleeping with a 19 year old client.
Whoa re you? T Boone Pickens?
EV's require the total replacement of the vehicle. CNG does not.
Fleets are replaced every ten years regardless. Nobody is suggesting replacing every car now.
And last, but not least, won't put added stress on our aging electric grid which is suffering from supply and distribution problems driven by environmental concerns.
Stress on the electric grid would only be an issue if every car were replaced overnight. Again, that's not going to happen. Fleets have a 10 year lifecycle.
IMHO, CNG is...more convenient, less complex and cheaper to maintain.
Absolutely wrong. EVs are much simpler than any solution which relies on controlled explosions and multi-geared transmissions. Maintenance requirements are much lower. Properly managed lithium ion batteries can easily hold 90% capacity over ten years.