The 2019 Blamaro

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Put the junk in the trunk.

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interior

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Plugging in

[BCreekDave]

I wonder if it is possible to make a "siphon" cable? Pull up next to a car in a parking lot, pop open their charging door and download a few kW's.

[Billohio]

Is there any way that you could pull up to a guy charging his and borrow the cable for a while?? Maybe they shut off when unplugged. Seems like these cars will ruin driving anywhere on vacation. If they get 350 miles a charge, you would have to charge 3 times to get where my family goes in Florida.

[markinnaples]

I've always thought that Tesla or another charging company should partner up with McDonalds and install a few charging stations at their restaurants that are located right off major highways and interstates. Maybe dedicate 4 spaces with super chargers where you have to pay for the charge (I know it's free now in most places but it's not going to always be and I think people will pay for the convenience even now if it saves them from having to drive very far off the highway). It's a win-win for both: the person will probably have a drink or bite to eat while waiting for the charge as well as making a nominal amount to charge up the vehicles.

Also, I bet in the not-too-distant future, batteries will improve tremendously with much increased ranges and the time to charge will be reduced. I would imagine that there also may be battery exchange stations where you pull in and there is a mechanism that will drop the battery out the bottom of the car and install a new in a relatively short time. The wave of the future is definitely electric whether we like it or not.

[70 copo]

Electric is here now and the basic technology existed 100 years ago. The problem then as now is: Conventional electric will never be as convenient as fossil fuels.

The only way this changes is if thermal resonator technology is created and made so efficient that a battery would only be needed only for extreme usage conditions.

We get that technology and it is over for fossil fuels. Till then we get to enjoy our gas powered vehicles.

[mssl72]

Did anyone else catch 60mins last night? There was a spot on harvesting nodules from the Pacific Ocean that contain a bunch of rare earth minerals which would supply raw materials to build among other things batteries. They were talking about how many electric car batteries they could build from the trillions of nodules they could bring up.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-ea...es-2019-11-17/

[danachevroletfor1967]

Yeah, I caught that story on 60 Minutes. Very interesting. What worries me somewhat is what damage could be done to the ocean floor including plants and animals that live there in the deep if all this potential harvesting goes thru.

[mssl72]

Originally Posted by danachevroletfor1967

Yeah, I caught that story on 60 Minutes. Very interesting. What worries me somewhat is what damage could be done to the ocean floor including plants and animals that live there in the deep if all this potential harvesting goes thru.

I totally agree with you. While it's a nice find, like most, it'll probably get aggressively harvested with little regard for the impact on the underwater environment. I don't want to come across as what some would describe as a "tree hugger", but I don't like seeing things get destroyed. From what the newscast said the US isn't even in the game. China has laid the most claim.