Agreed. I come here for radio and to escape the incessant political
sniping going on.
I think the guidelines published by AA7BQ at QRZ.com nailed it. Have a
read if you haven't seen it.
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/a-message-to-our-members-about-politics.758779/
How about a "no politics" policy here as well?
73,
Steve
W1SRD
On 4/12/2021 07:20, Michael Coslo wrote:
If there is one thing I joined this group for, it is politics. Come on lads, if we
want this sort of thing, we can go to facebook, 4Chan or 7.20 MHz, because
that’s where we are heading.
Most respectfully,
- Michael Coslo N3LI -
Frequency Coordinator, Beaver Stadium
mjc5@psu.edu
mjcn3li@nittany-arc.net
Mobile 814-404-3991
On Apr 12, 2021, at 10:13 AM, AA5CT via RFI <rfi@contesting.com> wrote:
re: "The current administration's infrastructure plans call for
significantly beefing up generation capacity and well as distribution."
Please, long range planning w/o consulting the engineering teams
directly involved? Central Planning is a quite wasteful way to do
things. Fortunately Texas is out from under most of FERC's thumb
on account of our separate 'grid' that does not cross state lines.
On top of that, there are new primary energy sources on the horizon,
with lab testing and demonstrations taking place (and planned) even
as I write this that is going to challenge the "central gen" model,
thereby rendering a lot of this new 'planned' infrastructure into what
is called "stranded assets", and paid for out of my pocket. See, that
is where it hits me, and you, Jim
de AA5CT Jim
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On Sunday, April 11, 2021, 7:12:14 PM GMT-5, Jim Brown
<jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
You may need to get your news from better sources, like Wall Street
Journal, NY Times, Wash Post. The current administration's
infrastructure plans call for significantly beefing up generation
capacity and well as distribution. Just as current capacity is quite
sufficient for the current number of EVs, as more are sold, so will
there be more power.
I'll be 80 in the fall; we bought a Tesla Model 3 as our contribution to
leaving our planet for our grandchildren. It IS much more economical to
run and maintain over the long term, but it's unlikely we'll be able to
drive it long enough for it to pay US back. We love the car -- it's
quite well engineered. Several neighboring hams, including N6TV, W6JTI,
W0YK, W3AB, and W6GJB drive an EV -- mostly Tesla, but also Chevy Bolt.
All are made in the USA, and all of us are quite happy with them. They
have STRONG acceleration, handle well, and are a pleasure to drive.
My wife is also quite happy with the Prius she bought about six years
ago. Meanwhile, my big Toyota 2006 SUV, bought new in 2005, sits in our
driveway, with about 210,000 miles on it, not having moved in nearly a
year. We're keeping for hauling stuff too big for the cars we drive
every day. I loved it for all of the 15 years it was my primary vehicle,
but it drinks three times as much gas as the Prius.
73, Jim K9YC
On 4/11/2021 4:21 PM, Lloyd - N9LB wrote:
I saw a news report that the US does not have nearly enough generating
capacity to charge all the forthcoming electric vehicles.
So we will have to ration the electricity for charging the batteries in your
electric vehicle. Every other Tuesday from Midnight to 6am?
Another option would be to install gas fired home generators to charge up
your vehicle. Seems like we are running in a circle here.
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