When the only tool you have is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.Guess you missed the point that it's bribes/politics controlling everything now... not bribed to lie 'Fauci'...
When the only tool you have is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.Guess you missed the point that it's bribes/politics controlling everything now... not bribed to lie 'Fauci'...
Fortunately we have lots of tools and eventually use them all...When the only tool you have is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.
For my money 90% of the posts in the general chit chat forum could be closed. I don't come here for the politics. Unfortunately, my preferred method of scanning House Repair Talk for new posts is to use the "What's New" button so all active posts are brought to the top.We can talk about EVs or I can close the thread what be it?
You make a good point. I do the same thing it is the easiest way on a small forum like this where we like to read all new home repair related posts to see what is new.For my money 90% of the posts in the general chit chat forum could be closed. I don't come here for the politics. Unfortunately, my preferred method of scanning House Repair Talk for new posts is to use the "What's New" button so all active posts are brought to the top.
I don't know that Im a "proponent" of electrification but I do think that's where we're headed eventually. Of course the answer to your questions is yes we would have all those things you mentioned and then some. Batteries would be small and super efficient etc. but of course that's not the case today just like your "what if" is not the case so it's sort of a moot point imo. The change will be gradual with each administration pushing the system one way or another. The big time greenies will tell you one thing while the fossil fuel crowd will tell you the opposite. The facts and truth will be in between somewhere, as usual. Oil will get more and more expensive as the easily extracted supply continues to deminish. At some point it will be too valuable to just burn up in a car.
So the whole climate change deal is a harder nut to crack. I'm not an expert on climate so I don't have the credentials to really state facts. I don't consider browsing the web reading articles from my favorite sources as giving me credibility or even facts. I did a bunch of research and wrote a 20 page paper on it about 25 years ago disputing the notion of man-made climate change. These days I'm less sure of that position. I just know if we get it wrong I could be setting my grandkids and some day great grandkids up for a potential miserable existence. Or I can make some generally modest changes in lifestyle and habits and possibly help prevent that. Or I can just throw up my arms and say it's all fake and screw you I got mine you figure it out, won't be my problem, I'll be dead. Sort of like we're doing with the national debt.
Another person who doesn't quite understand Freedom of Speech...For my money 90% of the posts in the general chit chat forum could be closed.
I fully understand Free Speech. This is a home improvement forum and not what I come here for. And as Bud pointed out in his follow up it may very well turn off people coming here for good home improvement information. Most of the political discussions here are pretty lame, coming from either the right or the left. They have the appropriate talking points down but are amazingly free of real information. YMMV.Another person who doesn't quite understand Freedom of Speech...
A big problem is we don't have the refinery capacity needed to convert crude into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. And given the political atmosphere no company is going to invest the hundreds of millions and years required to build new capacity when the governments in the USA, Europe and elsewhere have made it clear that they want to get us off of hydrocarbons. That Keystone XL was shut down on day one of this administration after being greenlighted by the previous sent a big signal that was received loud and clear by the oil and gas industry. To change that trajectory would require bi-partisan support on a scale that isn't possible in the USA today. It would certainly require leadership we haven't seen in the last 14 years.One good thing about EVs is that they move the pollution to someone else's neighborhood, maybe even offshore.
Actually, many venues, such as The Hill, have closed their comments section! Or you have to pay now to be on there and get censored. Too much truth was getting out there opposing their published lies. And many others delete any messages with truth.There are a million venues where all people want to talk about are the problems of the world.
I just signed up for Truth Social a month ago... and I haven’t answered one question about paint or drywall or plumbing yet. If you want to explain to the masses your thoughts on politics that’s a much better venue than here.
I know there are people building their own EVs I had an old friend that made and drove one to work starting in the 60s thru 80s. I would rather read about someone doing that at this site than what I’m seeing it turn into over and over.
Somehow we magically had the capacity to do all that two years ago... even $1.25/gallon gasoline around here if you looked hard for it... plus we were a net ENERGY EXPORTER! Not begging our enemies for oil like now...A big problem is we don't have the refinery capacity needed to convert crude into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
That Keystone XL was shut down on day one of this administration after being greenlighted by the previous sent a big signal that was received loud and clear by the oil and gas industry.
Hard to avoid when Govt.-induced inflation is bumping the price of everything up 50-500% now! Even things that haven't jumped much yet will have to as fuel/transportation/farming/manufacturing/supplier costs triple-quadruple... and soon more...I would love to not talk Politics on this thread, so I started 2 about Politics, and they were both shut down.
Hard to avoid when Govt.-induced inflation is bumping the price of everything up 50-500% now! Even things that haven't jumped much yet will have to as fuel/transportation/farming/manufacturing/supplier costs triple-quadruple... and soon more...
There was a refinery fire that took a major refinery out in Philly. It was permanently closed. They've also converted refineries to bio-fuels to meet government mandates. Many small refineries closed due to the bio fuel requirements. Demand went way down with COVID and then came roaring back. There are a multitude of problems some lay at the feet of the current admin, some going back longer. The point is, we don't have enough capacity today and we're unlikely to get more capacity because the industry isn't going to spend the money when the government has made it abundantly clear they want to drive them out of business. It isn't a giant conspiracy on the part of the oil companies, it is a rational decision based on the changing regulatory environment.Somehow we magically had the capacity to do all that two years ago... even $1.25/gallon gasoline around here if you looked hard for it... plus we were a net ENERGY EXPORTER! Not begging our enemies for oil like now...
Gov. NitWhitmer of Michigan is still trying to shut down the pipelines that supply oil for gasoline for southern Michigan and northern Ohio... despite oil companies offering $Billions to make it safer... that would close our refineries here and kill thousands more great paying jobs... bump gasoline to their desired $10+/gallon...
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