I'm with you. I like my scotch on the rocks, and I like to eat the little scotch-flavored ice cubes when I'm done with the drink. I don't care how angry that makes scotch lovers. My wife got me these rocks to chill the drink, but that's not for me.
And a G&T is the definitive summer drink (for me).
I learned from a very... experienced coworker. Chase every drink, beer or otherwise, with a pint of water. You'll piss like a racehorse, but you'll have a seriously reduced hangover.
Yeah, it's on the top of the list when the price comes down. Right now I'd just buy something like a Versa. At 10 miles per day, I'd have to own the Versa for a looooooong time before I used enough gas to pay for the Leaf. It's falling fast - they knocked off 5 or 6k last year, so in 5 years or so when I'm ready for a new car, it could be a real contender. Presumably, gas will have gone up as well.
We'll hang on to the minivan for longer trips. It gets a whopping 20 miles a day of use, so we don't expect to replace that anytime soon, either:)
I disagree. This whole kerfuffle is over Tesla pushing this network in their marketing.
I don't need to be the 100th person to note here that most people rarely need to drive over 250 miles a day, and that there are simple solutions when such people do need them.
I agree completely. If your usage is for your daily commute and you have another car for long trips, the Tesla will do fine. Actually, the high-mileage model is way overkill. Tesla could go bust tomorrow, and you could still drive it the same way you drive it today.
Why is there some assumption that an EV must outperform gas cars in every single use case?
I'm certainly not on that bandwagon. When an electric car makes economic sense, I'll be jumping on the bandwagon. They are already practical from a use standpoint, now it's just cost. My commute is only 10 miles and my wife's is only 5, so we'll be prime candidates.
If you plug a Tesla S into a regular electrical outlet somewhere along I-95 it will take 46 hours to get a full charge. If you somehow find access to a 220V outlet, you would only be sitting there for 8-10 hours. It's fair to say that the demise of Tesla would have a significant impact on your ability to quickly "gas up" the car. If that is not your use case, then there really is no risk. I'm not saying that Tesla will fail (though the odds are against them) - I'm saying that your usage of the quick-charge stations is completely dependent on their survival. Not only that, but efforts to sell the car will be hampered when the maker is no longer in business. My neighbor picked up a very cheap Saab for this very reason.
Now my use of the word "toy" is kind of trollish, but I can't see how they can be regarded as something else. They certainly make no economic sense. I view them as a toy, like a Corvette or a Porsche 911.
You are right. The amazing thing is that there is a ton of css embedded right in the html, so it would be trivial to fix. And they already mixed content and layout, so no (additional) harm done. And all it does is add a gradient to the sides of the page.
I'd think that would be easier to deal with than the other side of things: what if they NEVER get popular? Where will you charge your $60,000 toy when Tesla is no more?
I certainly agree that the Venn Diagram starts to get tiny here, but there are people who want to run legacy Windows apps on a tablet. Probably not very many, but they do exist.
He has the option of paying what the domain is worth but'd rather not pay.
The domain is worth either what they are asking or $8, depending on what the arbitrators decide. This is all written in your domain name contract - Ron Paul isn't calling in favors or paving new roads here, he's exactly following the rules as laid out.
It won't hurt sales. If people want "small and portable", they understand this comes with an engineering tradeoff of serviceability - not to mention a big jump in price. There is no shortage of heavy, modular, bulky, relatively inexpensive laptops.
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You are right. We've never been hit by anything larger. We should definitely wait until something gets really, really close before we take any action.
Just thank your lucky stars that this didn't happen 3000 years ago, or we'd have to endure another book in the bible.
Actually, it's pretty similar to some of the existing books. Hmmm.
Diabetes?
Used to be 95%.
I thought it was an "emoticon" of a large breasted woman giving the finger.
I'm with you. I like my scotch on the rocks, and I like to eat the little scotch-flavored ice cubes when I'm done with the drink. I don't care how angry that makes scotch lovers. My wife got me these rocks to chill the drink, but that's not for me.
And a G&T is the definitive summer drink (for me).
I learned from a very... experienced coworker. Chase every drink, beer or otherwise, with a pint of water. You'll piss like a racehorse, but you'll have a seriously reduced hangover.
Yeah, it's on the top of the list when the price comes down. Right now I'd just buy something like a Versa. At 10 miles per day, I'd have to own the Versa for a looooooong time before I used enough gas to pay for the Leaf. It's falling fast - they knocked off 5 or 6k last year, so in 5 years or so when I'm ready for a new car, it could be a real contender. Presumably, gas will have gone up as well.
We'll hang on to the minivan for longer trips. It gets a whopping 20 miles a day of use, so we don't expect to replace that anytime soon, either :)
Well this is just silly.
I disagree. This whole kerfuffle is over Tesla pushing this network in their marketing.
I don't need to be the 100th person to note here that most people rarely need to drive over 250 miles a day, and that there are simple solutions when such people do need them.
I agree completely. If your usage is for your daily commute and you have another car for long trips, the Tesla will do fine. Actually, the high-mileage model is way overkill. Tesla could go bust tomorrow, and you could still drive it the same way you drive it today.
Why is there some assumption that an EV must outperform gas cars in every single use case?
I'm certainly not on that bandwagon. When an electric car makes economic sense, I'll be jumping on the bandwagon. They are already practical from a use standpoint, now it's just cost. My commute is only 10 miles and my wife's is only 5, so we'll be prime candidates.
Ah, yeah, that makes sense. For some reason I was picturing places like Great Britain and France. I imagine those "forests" wouldn't last long :)
If you plug a Tesla S into a regular electrical outlet somewhere along I-95 it will take 46 hours to get a full charge. If you somehow find access to a 220V outlet, you would only be sitting there for 8-10 hours. It's fair to say that the demise of Tesla would have a significant impact on your ability to quickly "gas up" the car. If that is not your use case, then there really is no risk. I'm not saying that Tesla will fail (though the odds are against them) - I'm saying that your usage of the quick-charge stations is completely dependent on their survival. Not only that, but efforts to sell the car will be hampered when the maker is no longer in business. My neighbor picked up a very cheap Saab for this very reason.
Now my use of the word "toy" is kind of trollish, but I can't see how they can be regarded as something else. They certainly make no economic sense. I view them as a toy, like a Corvette or a Porsche 911.
I can't say I blame you, if this is true. The State of CA would be at fault for implementing such a predictably bad incentive system.
I'm surprised Europe had enough forest. Thanks for pointing me on a Wikipedia odyssey :)
The failure of a single company will not make the tens of thousands of gas stations in the US disappear.
You are right. The amazing thing is that there is a ton of css embedded right in the html, so it would be trivial to fix. And they already mixed content and layout, so no (additional) harm done. And all it does is add a gradient to the sides of the page.
Wood? LOL.
That wasn't a troll. If one presumes that you were actually using these rapid chargers, then one can presume that you'd miss it when it's gone.
What happens if these things gets popular?
I'd think that would be easier to deal with than the other side of things: what if they NEVER get popular? Where will you charge your $60,000 toy when Tesla is no more?
It's fusion power, just long-distance.
Well, then so is gasoline.
Then you probably don't commute from Baltimore to New York City via car.
All joking aside, if T-Mobile can go from 3 to 4 without really changing anything, then my theory isn't very funny. If it was ever funny.
I certainly agree that the Venn Diagram starts to get tiny here, but there are people who want to run legacy Windows apps on a tablet. Probably not very many, but they do exist.
He has the option of paying what the domain is worth but'd rather not pay.
The domain is worth either what they are asking or $8, depending on what the arbitrators decide. This is all written in your domain name contract - Ron Paul isn't calling in favors or paving new roads here, he's exactly following the rules as laid out.
It won't hurt sales. If people want "small and portable", they understand this comes with an engineering tradeoff of serviceability - not to mention a big jump in price. There is no shortage of heavy, modular, bulky, relatively inexpensive laptops.
I apologize for my completely useless posts, devoid of all content. :)