[+] -8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

My post was “I will get an electric vehicle when…” I didnt say they were useless. You read into that with your biases. My biases read this OP as ‘Dumb asses don’t realize they can charge the car” when the reality is way more complicated. Charging takes time which extends the travel. The batteries don’t last, because batteries. And they’re not cheap when they degrade to 10% of their range over a handful of years.

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  • [+] -19 points 8 months ago* (13 children)

    I will get an electric vehicle when the range/charge speed will allow me to make it 1200 miles in 24 hours, and the battery will last longer than 7 years without significant degradation.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Local news says

    Mbock came to the United States as a child from Cameroon in 2002. Court documents show he had a long-standing removal order, "which resulted from a grant of voluntary departure in 2005." It was eventually converted to a removal order. Despite the removal order, family and friends say Mbock completed his yearly check-ins and was able to renew his work permit without any problems from ICE for decades.

    I guess with the push to enforce they no longer wanted to extend his renewals and he finally got removed. I wonder why the article didn’t include that detail?

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Infrared heat lamp. Like the type they use in chick houses. I remember my grandparents had one in their bathroom ceiling next to the exhaust fan in the 80’s. Damn it made getting out of the bath cozy during the winter. It was wired to a dial timer on the wall switch so it shut off automatically.

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