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

[Savageduck]

On Jan 6, 2018, DaveFroble wrote
(in article <p2s4ok$fjs$1 at dont-email.me>):

> 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.

Cross posting, trollish flamewarriors are responsible for that.
>
> 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.

It seems that Tesla, and Ford are going to supply that truck.

<http://www.altellc.com/product-line-up/the-f150-pickup>
<https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-pickup-truck/>
<https://www.teslarati.com/real-challenge-tesla-pickup-truck/>
<https://www.teslarati.com/get-ready-tesla-pickup-heavy-duty-truck/>

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Regards,
Savageduck