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OTOH - CarScoops: Mustang Mach-E Crash Wasn’t Autonomous After All Say Police. It Was Something Else. Story states possible DUI or driver experiencing a health episode.
And - The Autopian: That Mustang Mach-E Crash Video Probably Isn’t What You Think It Is.
Near the end of The Autopian story, it asks why it appears the driver is praying and hands not on the wheel. Maybe it locked, too?
Still..braking or forcing into neutral is disabled or overridden by the tech?
The Drive: Google Tells Search Users It's a Good Idea to Throw Car Batteries Into the Ocean.
Maybe using Quora for featured answers isn't such a good idea after all!
Quora! 🤣
This topic still gets new mileage at Chans.
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Anyone/everyone else using Blogger Platform, when uploading an image or video, getting the FULL PAGE upload screen instead of the previous, SMALLER-sized upload "window-within-the-window" of the "New Post" selection?
They tried this same thing a year or more(?) ago and quickly reverted to the "old way" - the regular sized (smaller) upload image/video "window-within-the-window." AKA: The SMALLER sized screen during image or video uploads.
It's not just cosmetic, the SMALLER upload screen is a time-saver because while an image or video is being uploaded, one can be adding labels, a later posting time and date, etc. Using the smaller screen means a smaller carbon footprint and is GREENER than the full screen option. It is!
If you use Blogger, after you've logged in, please - kindly - provide feedback to them by clicking on the Circled Question mark located upper right screen and then click on SEND FEEDBACK. Be nice, beg them to return to small screen upload image/video mode.
If you DON'T BLOG, but have Gmail or other Google apps or account, you can help us out by doing the same with your Gmail account. Same procedure, once you're logged in, click on the Circled ? and SEND FEEDBACK. Thank you!
JoNova: Electric regret: Almost half of Australian and US EV owners want to go back to a combustion engine.
Nearly half of American owners of electric cars want to switch back to traditional cars powered by internal combustion engines, according to a consumer survey released by McKinsey and Co. earlier this month.
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How much longer can the saviours of the world keep trying to force this dead-horse “transition” upon us?
The car manufacturers surely realize they are being forced into a financial dead end.
Kelly Blue Book - Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable.
EPA ratings are optimistic for most electric models.
A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are not particularly accurate. [ Shocking! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Oh well...DD ]
If the EPA’s numbers are off, we should note, then the rest of the world has it even worse. EPA range figures are famously lower than those published by many other governments.
SAE International, a global association of engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries, used data from tests performed by Car and Driver to study real-world EV ranges.
In a 75 mph highway test, Car and Driver found that “more than 350 internal-combustion vehicles averaged 4.0 percent better fuel economy than what was stated on their labels. But the average range for an EV was 12.5 percent worse than the price sticker numbers.”
Or, 4,500 gallons of water; the story mentions both amounts.
* Fire officials said that nothing was wrong with the car before it combusted.
* Approximately 6,000 gallons of water was used to extinguish the blaze.
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It is unclear what caused the blaze,[.]
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Firefighters arrived at the wrecking yard to find the Tesla fully engulfed in flames. Each time the firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames, the Tesla's battery would reignite the fire.
The fire department posted an Instagram video of the ordeal, saying that even when firefighters moved the Tesla onto its side to spray the battery directly, the car would burst into flames again 'due to the residual heat.'
Eventually, the firefighters dug a pit near the Tesla and moved the burning car into it and then filled the pit with water, 'effectively submerging the battery compartment.'
The technique worked, and the fire department was able to put out the fire with no injuries and 4,500 gallons of water used - about the same amount of water used for a building fire.
Fires generated from electric vehicles can be especially hazardous, as they generate over 100 organic chemicals including some potentially fatal toxic gasses like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide.
Hazardous chemicals and fatal toxic gasses are good for the environment! 👍
Green Matters: European Wind Turbines at a Standstill Amid an Ongoing "Wind Drought".
But as of recently, barely even a breeze has made its way through the through the winter air.
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"Britain is in the middle of a wind drought — and the timing couldn't have been worse. For several days now, the U.K. and western Europe have been calm, with barely a breeze," Thomas Moore writes for Sky News.
"It is not until Wednesday, or even Thursday, that speeds pick up in Scotland and the North Sea, where most of our wind farms are. That shows in the mix of energy being used in the freezing conditions."
"The risks could increase with global warming," [🤣 - DD] he continues. "Scientists working for the United Nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change have looked at what could happen to wind speeds in future. Even if the world reaches net zero soon after 2050, limiting the rise in temperature, winds will weaken significantly in the northern hemisphere." ["Even if." FFS. Retardicus Maximus. - DD]
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According to Yale Environment 360, the phrase "wind drought" is exactly what it sounds like — it refers to an extended period of time that an area lacks wind, or experiences slower-than-usual wind speeds. In 2021, wind speeds were 15 percent slower than in previous years, making for one of the least windy periods in the U.K. in nearly 60 years.
What are "usual wind speeds"?
Git yer fans out folks, them turbhans ain't gonna spin themselves!
The Mirror (November 22): National Grid sparks panic after warning of blackouts in alert before cancelling.
National Grid sparked panic this evening after an automated alert said the firm's capacity was "tight" and warned of blackouts - before cancelling it.
The firm put out a warning that homes could experience power issues tonight causing panic at 7pm this evening.
The alert was later cancelled.. [sic] It had originally said there was would be a tight margin when consumption would naturally increase as people come home from work and school.
On Twitter National Grid ESO wrote: "The ESO has now withdrawn the Capacity Market Notice issued at 2:33pm today."
Earlier it wrote: "The ESO is confident that electricity margins are sufficient for this evening. However, a capacity market notice (CMN) has been triggered by the automated system.
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The National Grid issues warnings when supplies are likely to be under pressure. This comes when insufficient power is being generated to supply the demand across the country.
The National Grid website says: "The notices are intended to be a signal that the risk of a System Stress Event in the GB electricity network is higher than under normal circumstances."
One worried person on Twitter wrote: "National grid has apparently announced that its struggling to cope with the amount of energy being used in the UK and we could have a blackout from 7pm tonight. Let’s hope it’s a bunch of b****t and doesn’t happen."
Another added: "So, the National Grid warns about possible blackouts tonight and then cancels the alert...we haven't even had a frost yet."
It comes as National Grid had previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality as winter hits its peak and icy weather bites.
A Panic Test Run? World Governments and Agencies have learned to push that panic button and watch too many freak out and it doesn't take much. "A respiratory virus that has a 99.8% change of survival? Shut down the world, wear a mask, stay six-feet apart from other and WARSHHHHA YOUR HANDS!"
We move electricity round Great Britain’s system to keep homes and businesses supplied with the energy they need 24/7, 365 days a year.
Everything wrong that's happening everywhere is all by design. No one person and no group of people could possibly be so grossly incompetent.
A Constant State of Panic. Not playing along.
Errol Webber@ErrolWebber
“Get an EV,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said.
This is at an EV charging station in California.
In the Thread a comment claims:
"That video is one or two years old. (REEEEE! - DD) Things have improved!"
"Things have improved." So...there are more lines like this now than when that video was taken? Progress! 👍 👍
August 2022:
AW Journal (Archived): Finland warns of toilet paper shortage.
The Finnish company Metsä Tissue, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of sanitary and hygiene products, has announced the threat of a shortage of toilet paper due to the energy crisis. The company announced this in a press release published on Friday, August 26.
“In recent weeks, Metsä Tissue has been forced to reduce production for several days at its factories in Zilina (Slovakia) and Kreuzau (Germany) due to high electricity prices,” the report says.
March 2020:
Forest.fi (Archived): Five facts about toilet paper – no, we’ll not run out of it.
If ever anything is certain, it is that stockpiling toilet paper in Finland or in most other Western countries is pointless. There will not be a shortage of toilet paper.
Two mills in Finland make tissue paper: the Metsä Tissue mill in Mänttä and the Essity mill in Nokia. Both are producing toilet paper at full capacity. Maintenance shutdowns at many mills have also been postponed until later.
A story at Europe Says (Archived) simply states, "Finnish firm warns of toilet paper shortage as energy costs wipe out production." That firm is...you guessed it, Metsä Tissue who, as we can see from above, in the span of a little over two years said, "There will be no toilet paper shortage," to, "There's a toilet paper shortage."
The comments at the Europe Says story are interesting.
Here's a select few, hit the link for the rest:
ShortRound89 says:
August 26, 2022 at 6:28 pm
Water is the way.
Key_Proposal_1715 says:
August 26, 2022 at 5:08 pm
About time people stop using paper and use water instead
^ [Water...until water restrictions hit, which is already happening. - DD]
asdwarrior2 says:
August 26, 2022 at 7:53 pm
Time to learn to wash your ass and have a dedicated ass towel
^ [A "dedicated ass towel." Yeah, that sounds sanitary. No pathogenic issues there! - DD]
TP Shortages! Coming soon to the U.S., only a matter of time. Either real or because of panic/hoarding buying. Biden has his diaper stash and a Caregiver who changes it and wipes his butt so he doesn't care. He's unaware of this TP existential threat as he is everything else.
Heck, with all the money we'll be making under Biden's YUGE tax cut for the middle class, we'll all be able to afford our own Groom of The Stool!
ScoopTrade: Germany faces toilet paper shortage due to soaring gas prices.
RT: Germans warned of toilet paper shortage.
Alahed News: Germans Warned of Toilet Paper Shortage.
The crisis on the European gas market could lead to reduced production of toilet paper in Germany, according to Martin Krengel, chairman of the nation’s paper industry association, Die Papierindustrie.
“We are particularly dependent on gas for the production of tissue paper. Without it, we will no longer be able to provide security of supply,” Krengel said in a statement published on Thursday.
According to data provided by Die Papierindustrie, each German citizen uses an average of 134 rolls of toilet paper per year. “In the current energy crisis, our top priority is to provide people with this important commodity,” Krengel stressed.
Last month, the Bavarian Paper Association warned that operating paper plants may become unprofitable if they are forced to work at reduced capacity due to natural gas shortages.
Counter Signal - EXCLUSIVE LEAK: Trudeau installing weapons armouries, interrogation rooms for Ministry of Climate Change.
The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is building a new facility in Winnipeg that will be home to a firearms armoury, interrogation rooms, biological labs, media relations offices, “controlled quiet rooms,” and intelligence facilities.
The plans, which were drawn up by a firm in Winnipeg, open a window into Trudeau’s future plans for Climate Enforcement.
Down the hall from the proposed “Firearms Storage” rooms are several evidence rooms, interrogation suites, and adjacent recording rooms.
According to a recently posted Indeed.com ad, the Ministry is searching to recruit a battalion of Climate “Pollution” Officers, a unit within the coldly named “Environmental Enforcement Directorate.”
If you emit too much carbon or use too much fertilizer, you may just be on the Climate Communists’ hit list.
The entire facility that was leaked to The Counter Signal is sketched to be over 50,000 square feet, will house hundreds of ECCC staff, and will also be home to weather forecasting staff.
Hit the link, it's an incredible story.
Castro would be proud of his boy. Any visitors from Canada that want to drop a comment on this?
ADDED - Trudeau's Convoy. They're all EVs, right?
The Guardian (Archived): Wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears, scientists say.
The next generation of wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears at the end of their service, scientists have said.
"You vill eat ze turbines and ze bugs!"
Oil Price.com (Archived): U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls To 35-Year Low.
The United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) now has only 453.1 million barrels in its inventory, following another significant drop in the past week that puts the emergency reserve at a low not seen in three and a half decades, Reuters reports, citing the Department of Energy.
In the week ending August 19th, the SPR saw another draw of 8.1 million barrels, following smaller releases in the weeks leading up to that.
Same issue, different coverage at Climate DePot.
Hit the links for full coverage.
Home heating costs for winter states will be off the charts.
This is all by design and it's not Biden. He's an empty vessel. He doesn't know what day it is unless he's amp'ed up. This is all orchestrated by his handlers and the globalists behind the curtain. Their goal is breaking the American economy. No one can be this inept. It is pure evil, control and avarice that drives them.
If you're cheering on a "Red Wave" this November election thinking that will really change things, well - - - good luck. I wish you well. You maybe haven't lived long enough to underestimate RINOs and the UniParty to the degree you should. I'm not a pessimist, but Mitch McConnell isn't interested in changing course all that much.
Removed everything from the basement and filled it up with gasoline. Still have a ways to go to top it off. I'm working on it.
Please...no smoking or open flames. Thanks.
LA Times (Yahoo Archived): California went big on rooftop solar. Now that's a problem for landfills.
California has been a pioneer in pushing for rooftop solar power, building up the largest solar market in the U.S. More than 20 years and 1.3 million rooftops later, the bill is coming due.
Beginning in 2006, the state, focused on how to incentivize people to take up solar power, showered subsidies on homeowners who installed photovoltaic panels but had no comprehensive plan to dispose of them. Now, panels purchased under those programs are nearing the end of their typical 25-to-30-year life cycle.
Many are already winding up in landfills, where in some cases, they could potentially contaminate groundwater with toxic heavy metals such as lead, selenium and cadmium.
Sam Vanderhoof, a solar industry expert and chief executive of Recycle PV Solar, says that only 1 in 10 panels are actually recycled[.]
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“The industry is supposed to be green,” Vanderhoof said. “But in reality, it’s all about the money.”
But-but-but...wind turbines will be better than solar panels, then, right? No.
Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In Landfills: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Toxic Garbage.
The National News (July 16, 2022): Second Cobra meeting called as UK heatwave triggers national emergency.
Londoners urged not travel on Monday and Tuesday with 80 per cent chance record temperature could be set and warning lives are at risk.
BBC (January 28, 2021): Renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels for first time as UK's biggest source of electricity in 2020.
For the first time, renewable energy overtook fossil fuels to be the biggest source of electricity in the UK in 2020.
Wind, solar, bio-energy and hydro (water) power generated a record 42% of UK power last year, while fossil fuels - mostly gas - produced 41%, according to a report by energy experts Ember and Agora Energiewende.
In 2019, renewables generated 37% of the UK's electricity, compared with 45% for fossil fuels.
How's that green, renewable energy working? The AC running good? Better get those child laborers in third-world countries to hurry up and increase their lithium and cobalt production. The Stiff-Upper-Lippers are having a heatwave.
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Update/Addition: Ooof ..hit the BBC link and scroll all the way to the bottom (which I didn't do the first time) and READ THE COMMENTS. They kind of all read like this:
"This is awesome, great news."
"The world will live longer." 🤣🤣🤣
"This is awesome."
"This is great news that renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels."
I hope these same commenters enjoy their heatwave.
Great Game India: France To Turn Off Street Lights In Response To Energy Crisis.
France is poised to be completely cut off from Russian gas. France is set to to turn off street lights in response to the energy crisis as a result of this.
President Macron declared that public lighting would be turned off at night in order to save energy, despite the fact that he claimed “France has little dependence on Russian gas.”
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Because of the crisis in Ukraine, Macron claimed that “the summer, early autumn will be very hard” for the French people. He also stated that a complete cutoff of Russian gas was appearing quite probable.
Macron’s announcement that some public lighting will be switched off at night in select locations prompted warnings to French citizens to practice energy “sobriety” and get ready for even higher food prices.
France had a chance with Marine Le Pen, but noooooooooooooooooo...France and the globalists re-installed Cuck Macron again.
🤣"ENERGY SOBRIETY." 🤣
Way to go France! Love your leader Macron. Better get those wind turbines spinning if you want electricity or plan to stay above freezing this winter!
