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Effete Snob

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57. This may come as a surprise to you
Mon Feb 27, 2023, 04:46 PM
Feb 2023

But a significant portion of the population does not own a home, and instead rents one. Likewise, a significant portion of people who do own homes, own condos, townhouses or other properties that do not come with a private garage in which they can install electrical appliances, and they certainly cannot install them in the parking lot or street outside of their home.

So, no, I have not had to touch a piece of "lawn equipment" in over 20 years, among other things, having long ago sold a home with a large yard for, among other reasons, the very reason that I was done spending my weekends being a grass farmer. That was an occupation I do not miss. I am financially well off, but I don't have an interest in doing yardwork, so along with my neighbors and co-owners we pay people whose job that is. We have people from exotic lands abroad come to take care of our grass and trees. I totally get that a lot of people enjoy a second job as a grass farmer, and they aren't interested in using their weekends to spend time with children or spouses, but I find my own occupation and my family to be a lot more interesting than figuring out how to do battle with a dandelion.

I have no idea how the device you linked is at all useful to me. Am I supposed to run a cable outside, across the sidewalk, and into the parking lot of the complex?

I gather that in your future, everyone will have a garage - and on top of that, they will park their car in it. Is that correct?

But, no, running an electric cable across the lawn and sidewalk to the parking area would not only be a trip hazard, but I am certain that my neighbors, who are much snobbier than I, would get the vapors. Along with not having second jobs as grass farmers, we are also not part time auto mechanics or car washers along the private street to which the townhouses front.

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Don't ship it on the railroad, that's for sure. Throck Feb 2023 #1
Let's buy it from China Wolf Frankula Feb 2023 #2
Needed to be said The Mouth Feb 2023 #3
I get that mining is ecologically problematic and I'm sure lithium ore will be bad, OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #4
There's nothing perfect in this world jimfields33 Feb 2023 #5
It's also an opportunity to make sure this mining operation is done OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #7
Just out of curiosity Effete Snob Feb 2023 #21
Well. if I had an electric car, I would charge it directly from the solar panels on my garage. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #25
Ah, you have a garage Effete Snob Feb 2023 #27
That's the rural lifestyle for you. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #29
So inthewind21 Feb 2023 #55
This may come as a surprise to you Effete Snob Feb 2023 #57
If I had an electric car, I'd put it in garage. Two car garage would be plenty jimfields33 Feb 2023 #28
Ha Effete Snob Feb 2023 #30
No. One is outside. The other inside. Yes two car garage is fine with jimfields33 Feb 2023 #32
That day has been here for a few years Caribbeans Feb 2023 #20
Far more energy is WASTED producing hydrogen vs electricity for one thing Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #22
Gotta build an entirely new pipeline network to transport it NickB79 Feb 2023 #33
"But if you want to have cars running on batteries instead of gas" Effete Snob Feb 2023 #8
You can't see it in the picture, but the one on the right has far less asthma tinrobot Feb 2023 #10
That's great Effete Snob Feb 2023 #12
Post removed Post removed Feb 2023 #14
I really don't think you're going to get that genie back in the bottle anytime soon. paleotn Feb 2023 #15
Remember the Embarcadero Freeway? Effete Snob Feb 2023 #18
That thing was a travesty ... Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #24
Yes, but Effete Snob Feb 2023 #26
There are all sorts of places to charge cars tinrobot Feb 2023 #35
How about people that park on the street in front of their house? MichMan Feb 2023 #38
If they don't have "private" charging, then yes, they would need to use "public" charging. tinrobot Feb 2023 #40
That means those will probably be charging at peak times when it is more expensive instead of night MichMan Feb 2023 #41
Usually not. Most public charging is either a flat fee and/or free. tinrobot Feb 2023 #43
Yes Effete Snob Feb 2023 #58
The big one of course Sgent Feb 2023 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Feb 2023 #16
I don't want cars running on batteries. Even though I own a hybrid, I feel as guilty as hell... NNadir Feb 2023 #17
Tesla Sgent Feb 2023 #59
You can believe whatever you want. NNadir Feb 2023 #62
Which is why the total electric car route is a fantasy. oldsoftie Feb 2023 #31
Actually, Latin America has the world's largest amt of lithium womanofthehills Feb 2023 #47
+1 n/t ChazII Feb 2023 #51
Disclosure: The company mining is Lithium America I purchased their stock ... aggiesal Feb 2023 #6
The explanation is pretty simple Effete Snob Feb 2023 #9
I agree, but the jobs are not near the housing to use bikes ... aggiesal Feb 2023 #11
Gosh I wonder how that happened Effete Snob Feb 2023 #13
Not to mention the land in that photo for the mine... EX500rider Feb 2023 #46
It takes mega water and contaminates it womanofthehills Feb 2023 #48
I assume they have a source for what they need to mine there or they wouldn't build a mine nt EX500rider Feb 2023 #49
This mine actually mines it Sgent Feb 2023 #60
But it does use water & they are fighting over water rights womanofthehills Feb 2023 #63
Good. jeffreyi Feb 2023 #19
this 👆 mopinko Feb 2023 #37
100% recycling tommorrow Sgent Feb 2023 #44
I doubt a few acres of SW scrub switching to mining will make them extinct EX500rider Feb 2023 #50
Their numbers have declined 80% since 1985. jeffreyi Feb 2023 #52
And what's more likely to make them go extinct EX500rider Feb 2023 #53
Yep. jeffreyi Feb 2023 #54
Um inthewind21 Feb 2023 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author jeffreyi Feb 2023 #61
Follow the money. The oil companies are paying for this fight. The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #23
I have the same suspicions. tinrobot Feb 2023 #34
This is why we need more public transit and less spread out communities. Crowman2009 Feb 2023 #36
Not everyone lives in a densely populated city. MichMan Feb 2023 #39
I know that, and also I think that even if driving is one's only option in rural areas... Crowman2009 Feb 2023 #45
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