[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[DaveFroble]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Tim Streater  <timstreater at greenbee.net> wrote:
>> In article <060120181149170429%nospam at nospam.invalid>, nospam
>>> range is only a problem for long road trips, and in those cases, rent a
>>> vehicle. eventually, that won't be a problem, as more charging stations
>>> are built.
>> I think some of you guys need to calculate the power rate needed to
>> charge the higher range cars in any sort of reasonable time. You'll
>> find it quite high. Then you have the problem of supplying that power
>> at a safe voltage, and without such a high current needed that even Mr
>> Muscles can't lift the charging cable, never mind plug it in.
> 
> It's not that bad, one or two cars at a time.  These days it's not unusual
> at all for houses to have 200A service and putting a 100A 240V outlet in
> the garage for a charger does not require a major retrofit.
> 
> Where it gets bad is when you start thinking about doing that in every house
> in the country and the degree to which the grid needs to be enlarged in order
> to deal with that load on a constant basis.
> 
> It'll happen, and the money is there to make it happen because it's the same
> money that is currently going into purchasing gasoline, but it's not going to
> happen today and it's not going to happen tomorrow.
> 
> But you can go out right now and buy a BMW i3 at your dealer today,
> get a charger installed on your existing service panel, and have a whole
> lot of fun driving fast right now.  It's not cheap, but that's how it goes.
> --scott
> 

Not sure how this got into c.o.v, and no, I'm not helping the problem.

People who want to drive gasoline powered autos should be the biggest proponents 
of electric vehicles for local usage.  Look at what happened to the cost of 
gasoline, almost $4.00 a gallon in the US, when a glut of oil happened 
worldwide.  Gasoline dropped as low as less than $2.00 a gallon.

So, say there is a 25% drop in the demand for gasoline.  The soccer mums are 
mostly driving electric vehicles, less than 100 miles per day.  What's going to 
happen to the cost of gasoline?

I am more than ready for en electric vehicle.  More than enough to get me to the 
airport.  What else matters?  Unfortunately, you can't live out in the boonies 
without a truck.

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