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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2018-01-10 kl. 20:32, skrev DaveFroble:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Den 2018-01-10 kl. 17:55, skrev Bob Gezelter:
>>> On Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 11:35:58 AM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>> Doomsdrzej  <dre at do.om> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I want power in my vehicle as well as the ability to drive as far as
>>>>> I want to and that is something electric cars will never allow for.
>>>>
>>>> You might want to try the Tesla.  Range isn't there yet, but it's got
>>>> more low end torque than most V-8s, and it handles decently.  Range is
>>>> actually better than some of those V-8s too, though of course it takes
>>>> longer to fill which is a problem.
>>>>
>>>> It's getting there.  What is cool about the electric car from both a 
>>>> performance and conservation standard is that you're not paying a
>>>> huge overhead running with low power most of the time.  With the
>>>> gasoline engine, you have to size the engine for peak power that
>>>> you're only using very occasionally, and you pay an efficiency penalty
>>>> at low power.  With the electric motor you use only what you need; you
>>>> get crazy high peak power and good efficiency in cruise at the same
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not ready to buy an electric car yet, but I wouldn't discount them
>>>> if I were you.   The Tesla is way too expensive for what it is, but
>>>> that will change given time.
>>>>
>>>> And I might add, given that this is a computer architecture group,
>>>> that what made these cars possible was high density battery
>>>> technology, and what made that possible was smart charging.  The
>>>> lithium chemistry was known for many years but it takes a lot of
>>>> charge control technology to keep them from destroying themselves.
>>>> It's not something you can do with an 8051 anymore.  CPU makes it
>>>> possible. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres
>>>> precis."
>>>
>>> A postscript. Range is nice, but the average use of the overwhelming
>>> majority of personal cars is well within the range limits of a single EV
>>> vehicle charge.
>>
>> And in many cases even in the range of a bicycle or a Vespa scooter.
> 
> Maybe there Jan-Erik, but not here.
> 

Can be done anyware. It is just political will.

> Go grocery shopping, got 10 bags, too much for bicycle or scooter.
> 
> Need  load of lumber (or whatever0, need the truck.
> 
> Visit LA and then still make that statement.  Place is very spread out.
> 

You have to have responsible city planners that makes sure that day-to-day
day needs are within reasonable distances. And also that there are plenty
of cycle roads and pavements for those that prefer a walk. Of course you
can lower the car uses if you want. Many would probably also have a better
health, which is also a huge cost saver.