EVs are NOT better than ICEVs in every way!

A friend of mine just got banned from the Energy Discussion Forum on Farcebook by the group’s willfully ignorant FASCIST admin G██ C██████. My friend’s egregious infraction? Must have been something he said that warranted the removal of all of his posts, expulsion from the group, and personal block from said admin’s profile. Was it …
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“Popular Science” is now SCIENCE-FREE!

The magazine / web site “Popular Science” needs to rename and rebrand to “Popular Science Denial”. I recently read this article where they foment fear of a drowning planet… because feels and reasons. In short, they claim that Antarctic ice will melt and raise sea levels by more than 16 feet by the year 2500, …
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UPS should go out of business for THEFT and violating the Rights of their customers!

Okay… the insanity continues. UPS is starting to act like Dear Leader’s Gestapo/Stasi/KGB agents. This video explains it better than I can right now, plus she’s smart and fun to look at. Basically, UPS has decided to END the accounts of ANYONE shipping guns or gun parts… because… feelings? There exists a well-written article over …
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Are you actually driving a COAL-POWERED EV?

We hear it all the time: “EVs are ‘ZERO EMISSIONS’.” Is that true? First, let’s completely ignore the millions of barrels of oil used and gigatons of CO2 gases released in mining, refining, manufacturing, and transporting those shiny new EVs… and instead assume that an advanced race of benevolent intergalactic space aliens beam down the …
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What has a lower total cost of ownership… ICEVs or EVs?

EV owners and enthusiasts will constantly repeat a myth by explaining that “EVs are cheaper to operate and maintain than a gasoline-powered car.” Are they right, or are they perpetuating a myth by ignoring a major cost item (or several)? Let’s compare what it would take to run an EV and an ICEV to 500,000 …
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What are the material requirements to replace all ICEVs with EVs?

Let’s do the math. 286 million vehicles are currently registered in the United States. If all were Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus vehicles, then that’s 286 million battery packs, all 50 kWh in size. For cobalt: According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, EVs require 24kg of cobalt per 100 kWh of lithium battery …
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What are the power requirements to replace all ICEVs with EVs?

It will take HUNDREDS OF YEARS to convert the United States to electric cars! The efficiency of a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range is 24 kilowatts per 100 miles. Americans drove over 3.2 TRILLION miles in 2017, 2018, and 2019. If every mile was driven solely by one of those Tesla Model 3s, that’s 768 …
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BREAKING NEWS – There is no more IRONY in California

Let’s get this out of the way… [facepalm] I just read this article from the Washington Times, and the title says it all: “California Democrats to investigate cause of high gas prices” Really?!? California’s implementation of the “Jungle Primaries” — effectively making it almost illegal to run as a Republican in the State — is …
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Guns aren’t the problem. Gun control is.

We are a nation of laws. The law that reigns supreme, above all others, is the United States Constitution. From that document, we have forged a strong, economically prosperous, and influential nation. For those strange, rare, and infrequent times where something is NOT covered (because, after all, the founding fathers had no idea about telephones, …
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