January 6th

Posted on January 6, 2023 by On the North River

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EV is doomed.

Posted on January 5, 2023 by On the North River
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From ACE

Posted on January 4, 2023 by On the North River

Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced CEO of crypto Ponzi scheme FTX who stole $10 billion in customer funds and set it all on fire, has pleaded not guilty to being the disgraced CEO of a crypto Ponzi scheme who stole $10 billion in customer funds and set it all on fire. (CNBC)

Since the next two most senior executives of crypto Ponzi scheme FTX have turned King’s evidence he is very likely what is known in legal parlance as fucked, though we are still waiting to see whether this is merely Ghislaine Maxwell fucked or all the way Jeffrey Epstein fucked.

Given that he is physically incapable of shutting up, my money is on the latter.

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First post of the New Year, lets kick the EV’s while they are down.

Posted on January 3, 2023 by On the North River

EV are stupid.  They are even stupider in the winter, especially where it’s exceptionally cold.

1. EVs are not ready for frigid road trips. I warned about this in August: Driving an EV on the highway in extreme cold will produce a range loss of 40% or more. EV owners of various brands traveling for the holidays shared numerous stories verifying this annoying (and potentially dangerous) reality. Drivers traveling in temperatures at or around zero with a headwind could go only 100 to 150 miles before needing to stop and recharge, depending upon the car, significantly increasing travel time. When they did charge, they had to deal with another disconcerting problem with EVs and winter…

2. EV fast-chargers operate much more slowly in extreme cold, if they work at all. The colder the EV battery, the slower the rate of charge that it will accept, making “fast-charging” in subzero temperatures a potentially miserable and plodding experience. Think a 45 to 60 minute charge instead of a 25 to 35 minute one. To top it off, users reported that fast-charging equipment, particularly from Electrify America, often just didn’t work in temperatures below -10 °F. Tesla’s proprietary Superchargers didn’t seem to have the same reliability issues.

I imagine that if you do get a charger to work and you sit inside the vehicle while you wait for the charger to charge.  But running the EV heater for the inside compartment might mean you’ll be there longer, a lot longer.  But wait!  I was reading that the heater in the Tesla doesn’t work while charging.  Better carry a small portable (gas) generator for the electric blankets you’ll need if you don’t want to freeze to death while waiting for a charge. 

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Merry Christmas.

Posted on December 25, 2022 by On the North River

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Doug: A happy Christmas story! Repost

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Doug

Not very many people know how this tradition started.

When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor.

He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said very cheerfully, ‘Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn’t this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?’

And thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

John: I have a special reason to repost this.  My friend Doug is in the hospital with terminal cancer tonight.  My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. 

If you can say a prayer for this Marine tonight. 

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His Highness wishes his subjects “A Merry Christmas”.

Posted on December 25, 2022 by On the North River

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Clearing out the meme drawer.

Posted on December 22, 2022 by On the North River

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It’s that time of year. I’m sorry to say.

Posted on December 22, 2022 by On the North River

 

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A new word “Warm Banks”, it’s short for Government caused catastrophe.

Posted on December 21, 2022 by On the North River

BRITAIN’S FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES GO UNTAPPED, BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE “WARM BANKS.” British homeowners broken by energy costs turn to “warm banks”. “The problem with it is that it’s not for the homeless. These government-designated refuges are for homeowners, who are at risk of freezing to death in their own homes because they can no longer afford the heating oil, gas and/or electricity to keep them livable. All this during what is shaping up to be a brutal winter.”

The statistics are absolutely staggering.

…Energy bills in Britain have leapt by more than 80% this year – one of the highest rates in Europe – forcing people to make impossible choices between heating their homes or eating, according to experts.

And it is predicted to get worse.

An estimated 8.4 million British households will be in fuel poverty from April 2023, according to National Energy Action.

And it can happen here.  In November the basic unit of electric energy, the Kilowatt-Hour, increased 26% from the previous month.  In December, it increased an additional 30%.   This is not a failure of the fuel industry nor of Capitalism; it’s entirely political.

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