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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 22, 01:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
Water vapor is the biggest contributor to global warming. |
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I thought that was the methane produced by my special ghost pepper sauce chillie !! Complete with 4 kinds of beans. 
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rinselberg
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OCT 22, 06:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
Floating wind turbines don't make much sense due to the amount of petroleum lubricants contained in the mechanisms. |
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I seriously doubt that is a significant drawback. What happens to the oil when they change it? I can't say that I've ever tried to look it up, but why wouldn't they be able (and willing) to filter and recondition the used wind turbine oil and reuse it in another turbine? I wouldn't think they "burn" anything but a very small fraction of the lubricating oil. Maybe it just goes into the motor oil recycling market, along with all the used motor oil from millions of cars and trucks.
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olejoedad
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OCT 22, 08:25 PM
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The turbines require maintenance at regular intervals, that means changing the oil, amongst other things.... opportunities for pollution due to spillage.
Of course, I'm sure the maintenance ships will be powered by electricity.
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rinselberg
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OCT 22, 09:54 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
The turbines require maintenance at regular intervals, that means changing the oil, amongst other things.... opportunities for pollution due to spillage.
Of course, I'm sure [sarcasm] the maintenance ships will be powered by electricity. |
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That reminds me of the Great Offshore Wind Farm Oil Spill of 2021.
It's like the Prussian Incursion of 1807 ... at the end of this 90-second "YouTube"
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randye
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OCT 22, 11:15 PM
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"Floating Offshore Wind Shot"
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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 23, 08:41 AM
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Wichita
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OCT 23, 10:34 AM
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A Tesla battery pack is designed to last a million miles. Also they recycle them with a 92% reusable materials extracted after recycling.
I know all these articles mention shortages in a doomsday demand and supply point, like cobalt. The greatest use of cobalt and lithium isn't EVs, it's portable electric products like phones, tablets and laptops. But that's besides the point.
Tesla announced on battery day that they have developed a lithium iron battery that is cobalt free.
I'm sorry folks. As much as you want the EVs market to fail, it will not as they are much more superior to ice cars and will dominate the market within 10-years.
People thought portable computers, internet, cell phones and etc were all fads and used by very few people. EV among them. You may be an old granny holdout and be last to adoption, but you will be driving an electric car as your primary car by the end of this decade.[This message has been edited by Wichita (edited 10-23-2022).]
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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 23, 10:45 AM
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Not until they find a way to improve the range.
My ICE bike is virtually unlimited. Fuel comes in 1 litre cans and I get about 150km out of that. Saddlebags can hold 12 of them, and I can get the stuff just about anywhere if I need more.
The electric coffee-getter I am working on, 50km and I am looking for a plug. Yes it'll be a fun ride, and silent so I dont wake anybody up going for a snack at 2 or 3 am with a screaming engine, but range-wise it's useless as teets on a boar. (Pretty standard set-up, 500w, 36v, 20Ah). My old Eagle got me one (ONE) round-trip to town and back per day, then needed 8 hours to charge. Unlike the truck
Math is a little different for cars/trucks, but the principal and ratios are about the same.
Electric are neat toys and not much more.[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 10-23-2022).]
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Wichita
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OCT 23, 12:23 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:
I can get the stuff just about anywhere if I need more.
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You are talking about Trudeau here. He will ban gasoline next. Finding 'more' will because problematic.
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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 23, 12:50 PM
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LOL, we all know how that guys "bans" turn out...Alberta and Saskatchewan have already told him to pound sand over the gun thing, and on an individual level we just kinda laugh and point then go do what the hell we want anyway.
He couldnt lead a fat kid to an ice cream, and has about as much "authority" anymore as the fat kid throwing a temper-tantrum for vanilla.
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