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EVs are NOT America's future!
Building a tank for pressurized hydrogen isn't that difficult. But that aside, the infrastructure for storing and distributing hydrogen is even more primitive and undeveloped than for EVs. Building it out will be even more costly. Also, building a vehicle that is robust enough to stay intact... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Y'all do realize that water vapor is itself a 'greenhouse gas'? Might as well go full hydrazine if you want a car loaded with a ridiculously explosive fuel. -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Like a lot of modern technology, Full EVs at the moment are basically tax-subsidized toys. The only things they do well are already done well by ICE vehicles. Take away the tax subsidies (and the free use of the roads that ICE drivers are paying for) and they're revealed as a vanity possession... -
What a REAL truck looks like.
Yeah, they 'inexplicably' break down 41% of the time -
Dumping EVs, returning to gasoline powered vehicles.
Cost of distribution infrastructure. Insufficient graft (although I can't imagine why not) -
Dumping EVs, returning to gasoline powered vehicles.
Let's be "reasonable" and imagine there are some breakthroughs in battery technology in the immediate future that means we don't have a vehicle where over 50% of the unladen weight of the vehicle is battery made out of currently-scarce resources. A successful vehicle is still schlepping around... -
Dumping EVs, returning to gasoline powered vehicles.
Far too many of you guys mistake a solid set of objections to a technology to Luddism. EVs are a niche market with a very restricted set of use cases because current technology and infrastructure are a limiting factor. They'll stay a niche market until gubmint dictates that we all have to... -
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need auto mechanic Canton area
Especially if he's at the north end of town - I've used these guys a few times. https://www.ballgroundtire.com/ They're pretty accommodating with schedules and are reasonably priced. There was one time they had the opportunity to rip me off and the were honest with me, which is a definite... -
White cverspray on black paint?
Yeah, if it's something like Rustoleum, I doubt ammonia will do anything. Goof Off might work - again, check a discreet area of car finish first. -
White cverspray on black paint?
A bit depends on the type of paint was being sprayed. If it's relatively recent latex paint, a rag with some diluted ammonia on it will soften the overspray and you can wipe it off (experiment on the paintwork of your car first in a discreet location if you don't have clearkote treatment) If... -
Oil pan gasket leak
Go to Ball Ground Tire & Auto over on Ball Ground Hwy and ask if they can take a look. (678) 325 1200 I've found them very fair when it comes to maintaining a couple of Hondas and a Subaru we own. But as others have said, oil for a 2009 Mazda is cheap. If you have to put a quart in every month... -
The Inconvenient Truth About Electric Cars
You only get energy out if you put it in. I was going to say that what you're proposing is effectively 'perpetual motion', and then you explicitly propose that might be one solution. Hybrids use technologies such as regenerative braking already. If you gather energy from 'wind' when you're... -
The Inconvenient Truth About Electric Cars
What fuel source would power that alternator? Gasoline? Effectively, that's what a hybrid does. -
If you're gonna buy a Toyota
Being part scots, and therefore really cheap, just thinking about truck prices makes my balls retract. My wife runs the household budget - and is damn good at it - and she said to me last week "we really should get a truck now we're in Georgia". Nope.