I'm done working a steady job. I recently retired and don't plan on doing 6 to 3 kind of work ever again although I will be working different projects. I made 60K a year when I retired which is a lot of money where I live but isn't the lap of luxury. You really manage to hire cooks, maids and pool boys on 230K? You're pretty good with your money then. Or hiring illegals.
They don't, and for one simple reason. To avoid the tax all you have to do is move outside the city. Which is of course what happens. Only an idiot would allow themselves to be extorted if they could avoid it. I knew a lot of senior NCOs when I was in the Air Force that retired to states with no state income tax for that very reason.
It's not rich. RIch people don't have to work. That's rich. Rich people have people to do their yards, clean their pool, cook their food, clean their houses and drive them where they want to go in a car that cost more than I'll make in my lifetime. That's rich. 250K is living comfortably with no worries.
I think 20 watt panel is a waste of time. Here's a 100 watt one at Amazon for about 100 dollars shipped free with prime. https://www.amazon.com/HQST-Wa... That should actually work out a little better. I don't know how much it's subsidized or anything like that though.
Electronics for power distribution isn't the type of electronics that gets cheaper over time. Those are high grade for a reason as they are the most important part of a power system.
I'm retired. I don't drive near as much as I used to so It will have plenty of daytime to charge in. Yeah, if I still worked 6am to 3pm it'd cut into the charge time.
My run to work was 15 miles one way. About 3 miles at 55, 5 at 65 and 7 at 70 or so. The car is a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis with dual pipes on a 4.6 V8. 4500 pounds of metal, glass and leather. It loves the Interstate. I ran it to Atlanta and back a few years ago at 90MPH and got over 22MPG. It's so damn smooth and stable, the best ride of any car I've ever owned including the BMW sedan I owned in Germany. It's not very efficient but I know I'm going to miss it when it's gone.
It's called an accelerator. You don't have to drive it aggressively if you don't want to. Sometimes it's good to have that power on tap for when it is needed like accelerating to highway speed to merge onto the freeway.
I owned a 4X4 pickup for years that I probably put 800 miles a year on. I finally realized that for what it cost me in insurance and taxes I could rent something for the few times I needed it. When I priced a new set of tires for it at 1200 dollars I finally sold it.
My next vehicle will be an EV I'm pretty sure. If they're at 200 miles now then in 4 years when I look to buy one it'll probably be 300 which will meet my need. I'm starting on solar panels now for my house so by the time I get the EV my fuel costs will be zero. Can't beat that. I like saving the environment when it saves me money.
AC doesn't really make much difference in my gas powered vehicle. Mileage from the summer when it runs nonstop, wide open cold to cool days when I ride with no AC is absolutely nothing. 19 MPG year round unless I take a road trip and mileage goes up to 24 on the Interstate. I had an AC problem where the compressor died and it was a few days before I could get it into the shop. That week I ran with the windows down and no AC. My mileage dropped to 17.5. Aerodynamics apparently makes more difference.
I could support myself on minimum wage. It'd be a bare existence but I could exist on it. In South Georgia. I have no idea how people in San Francisco live on three times that. Or NY City for that matter. The only jobs here I know of that pay minimum wage here are fast food or some part time jobs. I know one guy that does construction and he pays teenagers 10 bucks an hour just to pick up trash on the job site.
Yes, that one. Not the Battle Flag but the Confederate Government flag. I was surprised but then I realized why he did it. Not many outside of the South know the official flag, most think of the Battle Flag.
The flag didn't bother me and I love Skynyrd it was the rest of it that was offensive. Even though my Dad by today's standards would be considered racist, the N word was forbidden in my house. My father didn't consider black people his equal (although frankly I don't think my Dad really considered anyone his equal) but he never believed in mistreating anyone. I remember watching race riots on TV in the 60s and my Dad saying "We committed a terrible sin in bringing those people here and making slaves of them, and now we're going to pay for it."
The real cost of solar is in storage. But for peak usage during the day to prevent having to fire up more generators it's perfect. I saw one installation where they used excess solar electricity to pump water uphill to a reservoir. At night they used the water to run through a dynamo to recover the electricity. An interesting concept, using gravity to store power.
In mid Georgia we've got cotton being replaced by solar panels. My last trip to Columbus I drove through Taylor county, a lot of red clay that used to grow cotton. Those areas are covered by mile upon mile of solar panels as far as the eye can see. It's a brilliant thing considering that when they produce the best is the same time when A/C units are working hardest. The green revolution is here and it's paying it's own way. It continues just fine without subsidies because it makes money. Money talks.
I remember as a child in Georgia I was going to racially integrated schools watching buses burning in Boston. It never occurred to me that the North wasn't integrated already. Then when I joined the US Air Force in 1979 I went to tech school and going to my room and seeing my room mate had a Confederate Flag, the Stars and Bars, on his wall. I asked him where he was from thinking Carolinas or maybe Alabama. Imagine my surprise to find out he was a Yankee from New York. He loved Lynyrd Skynyrd too, he had Gimme 3 Steps blaring on the stereo. I had grown up around black people and found his attitude offensive even compared to what I was used to at home. Some of the people I met in the military from Ohio and such places were even worse.
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I'm done working a steady job. I recently retired and don't plan on doing 6 to 3 kind of work ever again although I will be working different projects. I made 60K a year when I retired which is a lot of money where I live but isn't the lap of luxury. You really manage to hire cooks, maids and pool boys on 230K? You're pretty good with your money then. Or hiring illegals.
https://www.priortax.com/filin... A list of cities to avoid.
They don't, and for one simple reason. To avoid the tax all you have to do is move outside the city. Which is of course what happens. Only an idiot would allow themselves to be extorted if they could avoid it. I knew a lot of senior NCOs when I was in the Air Force that retired to states with no state income tax for that very reason.
It's not rich. RIch people don't have to work. That's rich. Rich people have people to do their yards, clean their pool, cook their food, clean their houses and drive them where they want to go in a car that cost more than I'll make in my lifetime. That's rich. 250K is living comfortably with no worries.
This is a much better deal.
https://www.amazon.com/HQST-Wa...
I think 20 watt panel is a waste of time. Here's a 100 watt one at Amazon for about 100 dollars shipped free with prime. https://www.amazon.com/HQST-Wa...
That should actually work out a little better. I don't know how much it's subsidized or anything like that though.
Most people start smoking well before 18. Another stupid law that accomplishes absolutely nothing.
Electronics for power distribution isn't the type of electronics that gets cheaper over time. Those are high grade for a reason as they are the most important part of a power system.
I did look into some 40" tires and I about shit myself. Mud bogging is more expensive than drag racing.
I'm retired. I don't drive near as much as I used to so It will have plenty of daytime to charge in. Yeah, if I still worked 6am to 3pm it'd cut into the charge time.
The panels are the least expensive part of the project. Controllers and other electronics are what cost out the ass. Batteries are OMG expensive.
My run to work was 15 miles one way. About 3 miles at 55, 5 at 65 and 7 at 70 or so. The car is a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis with dual pipes on a 4.6 V8. 4500 pounds of metal, glass and leather. It loves the Interstate. I ran it to Atlanta and back a few years ago at 90MPH and got over 22MPG. It's so damn smooth and stable, the best ride of any car I've ever owned including the BMW sedan I owned in Germany. It's not very efficient but I know I'm going to miss it when it's gone.
It's called an accelerator. You don't have to drive it aggressively if you don't want to. Sometimes it's good to have that power on tap for when it is needed like accelerating to highway speed to merge onto the freeway.
I owned a 4X4 pickup for years that I probably put 800 miles a year on. I finally realized that for what it cost me in insurance and taxes I could rent something for the few times I needed it. When I priced a new set of tires for it at 1200 dollars I finally sold it.
My next vehicle will be an EV I'm pretty sure. If they're at 200 miles now then in 4 years when I look to buy one it'll probably be 300 which will meet my need. I'm starting on solar panels now for my house so by the time I get the EV my fuel costs will be zero. Can't beat that. I like saving the environment when it saves me money.
AC doesn't really make much difference in my gas powered vehicle. Mileage from the summer when it runs nonstop, wide open cold to cool days when I ride with no AC is absolutely nothing. 19 MPG year round unless I take a road trip and mileage goes up to 24 on the Interstate. I had an AC problem where the compressor died and it was a few days before I could get it into the shop. That week I ran with the windows down and no AC. My mileage dropped to 17.5. Aerodynamics apparently makes more difference.
Who collects that fee? The State?
Only about 80 percent of the news organizations are actually run by the DNC. Many are still independent. They're working on it though.
I could support myself on minimum wage. It'd be a bare existence but I could exist on it. In South Georgia. I have no idea how people in San Francisco live on three times that. Or NY City for that matter. The only jobs here I know of that pay minimum wage here are fast food or some part time jobs. I know one guy that does construction and he pays teenagers 10 bucks an hour just to pick up trash on the job site.
Yes, that one. Not the Battle Flag but the Confederate Government flag. I was surprised but then I realized why he did it. Not many outside of the South know the official flag, most think of the Battle Flag.
The flag didn't bother me and I love Skynyrd it was the rest of it that was offensive. Even though my Dad by today's standards would be considered racist, the N word was forbidden in my house. My father didn't consider black people his equal (although frankly I don't think my Dad really considered anyone his equal) but he never believed in mistreating anyone. I remember watching race riots on TV in the 60s and my Dad saying "We committed a terrible sin in bringing those people here and making slaves of them, and now we're going to pay for it."
The real cost of solar is in storage. But for peak usage during the day to prevent having to fire up more generators it's perfect. I saw one installation where they used excess solar electricity to pump water uphill to a reservoir. At night they used the water to run through a dynamo to recover the electricity. An interesting concept, using gravity to store power.
In mid Georgia we've got cotton being replaced by solar panels. My last trip to Columbus I drove through Taylor county, a lot of red clay that used to grow cotton. Those areas are covered by mile upon mile of solar panels as far as the eye can see. It's a brilliant thing considering that when they produce the best is the same time when A/C units are working hardest. The green revolution is here and it's paying it's own way. It continues just fine without subsidies because it makes money. Money talks.
I remember as a child in Georgia I was going to racially integrated schools watching buses burning in Boston. It never occurred to me that the North wasn't integrated already. Then when I joined the US Air Force in 1979 I went to tech school and going to my room and seeing my room mate had a Confederate Flag, the Stars and Bars, on his wall. I asked him where he was from thinking Carolinas or maybe Alabama. Imagine my surprise to find out he was a Yankee from New York. He loved Lynyrd Skynyrd too, he had Gimme 3 Steps blaring on the stereo. I had grown up around black people and found his attitude offensive even compared to what I was used to at home. Some of the people I met in the military from Ohio and such places were even worse.
18 cores should be enough for anyone.