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Chemical spill soon after in Texas (Sunday) and another  one in Tucson  last night. 
 
* Comparatively little news reporting while we are distracted by balloons, earthquake deaths in Turkey, Ukraine, etc 
 
*   No emergency alert on my phone for the Tucson spill. Nextdoor has nothing 
 
* Even Chest under comments 
 
We got back from a vacation and the only thing that was amiss was that the navigation app rerouted us to get off I-10 sooner than normal. I figured the usual  late night freeway construction or accidents. It was an “accident”.  Nitric acid spill. Truck driver dead. 
 
America is under attack and no one who was “elected” to do something about it is doing a thing.  But don’t worry. CBP sent us to secondary inspection to look at our dried pork rinds.  Good god the inanity.  
 
The rhetorical  question is why  are these chemical ”accidents”  being under reported? We know why. 
 
 

DD, or so I heard?

Been doing it for 50+ years, doc, and my dentist tells me I have very strong teeth with no gingivitis.  And no cavities in the past 20 years.

Solar is the key if you're going to buy an EV.  Get off the grid.

No coke in this house.  And if I DO have a soda, never one with fake sweeteners.  That stuff makes me ill.
 

DD, or so I heard?

Mod whims, eh?  All depends on the direction the wind is blowing on any particular day.  Welcome to CEHST, kiddo.

So on another forum I habit, there was a recent fridge thread, so I went back thru 5 pages of posts to see what was recommended.  LG & Samsung responses were mixed, roughly 50/50 loved/hated them.  Subzero got honorable mention (but pricey), Bosch seemed to fare well anecdotally, but the OP ended up buying the Samsung Bespoke.   GE profile seemed to do well also.
 
Sorry I can't really nail it down any better for you.  I haven't bought a fridge in over 25 years.
 
Also, please report yourself for taking this thread off topic.  Normally doesn't happen here in CEHST...

*Quietly raises his hand while ducking his head*

"Huh?"

I live in the city.  I have access to 15/30/50A hookups.  And I STILL won't buy one because they are WAY over-priced.  If one pays $20-35k more for an EV than an equivalent ICE, how many years of fuel did they just pre-pay?

At LEAST a decade.  Maybe two.  And then that battery replacement will be due...

And while hybrids seem to be all the rage these days, they aren't all they are cracked up to be either...
 
 
 
https://jalopnik.com/consumers-may-have-been-misled-on-plug-in-hybrid-effici-1850095950

And EV charger reliability is not doing so well in the UK and the US.
 
https://insideevs.com/news/652195/ev-charging-stations-reliability-low/ 

*Quietly raises his hand while ducking his head*

"Huh?"

Avoid Samsung.  They have sadly gone WAY downhill in quality.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L7PJK9M/
 
For beautiful, clear ice balls.  He will cherish you.

So on another forum I habit, there was a recent fridge thread, so I went back thru 5 pages of posts to see what was recommended.  LG & Samsung responses were mixed, roughly 50/50 loved/hated them.  Subzero got honorable mention (but pricey), Bosch seemed to fare well anecdotally, but the OP ended up buying the Samsung Bespoke.   GE profile seemed to do well also.
 
Sorry I can't really nail it down any better for you.  I haven't bought a fridge in over 25 years.
 
Also, please report yourself for taking this thread off topic.  Normally doesn't happen here in CEHST...

Avoid Samsung.  They have sadly gone WAY downhill in quality.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L7PJK9M/
 
For beautiful, clear ice balls.  He will cherish you.

Why yes, I do.  Makes splendiferous ice!!  Slower to melt, and beeyootiful to look at while sipping.

No one mentioned this yet?  Wow....
 



https://nypost.com/2023/02/10/animals-sick-dying-near-east-palestine-ohio-train-crash/

https://nypost.com/2023/02/08/evacuation-order-lifted-after-hazardous-ohio-train-derailment-fire/

I am going to add this one as well.  Of course the story is most EVs will be charged at home, but if that is not an option, costs are increasing.  For comparison, 1 gal of gasoline is about equal to 33.7 kwh of energy so at around $3 - $3.1 / gallon (recent price here in MI), that is 10-11 kwh/$1 and the recharge time is ~5 minutes.  If using Electrify America without pass, it is about 2 kwh/$1 or with pass about 3 kwh/$1.
 
https://electrek.co/2023/02/03/electrify-america-customers-raise-ev-charging-prices/

Been saying this for years.  The one thing that amazed me is the average number of miles driven annually by EVs is only a little more than 5,000.  Heck, I do 20k annually now.
 
As electric car sales surge, their benefits are increasingly criticized
 
However, if you live in a state that mostly burns coal for electric power—like Utah, Indiana, or Kentucky—your car’s carbon footprint will approach that of an ICE vehicle. And EVs only reduce emissions if people actually drive them instead of a comparable ICE vehicle. Researcher from the University of Chicago recently concluded tat he typical EV is only driven 5,300 miles per year, ‘about half the US fleet average’.”
 
It appears affluent EV owners use their electric cars when it’s convenient but rely on their conventional cars or trucks for about half their travel. Of course, an EV that mostly sits in a driveway doesn’t do much to bring down emissions. Which is why, as those University of Chicago researchers concluded, “electricity may not be as easily substituted for gasoline as previously thought.”
 
It is also important to consider the environmental impact of the car itself. A typical EV battery pack contains about 25 pounds of lithium, 30 pounds of cobalt, 60 pounds of nickel, 90 pounds of copper, and hundreds of pounds of other materials. All those minerals must be mined, processed (mostly in China), and shipped around the world—which takes energy and creates pollution. Is all that environmental disruption worth it?
 
https://nypost.com/2023/02/11/as-electric-car-sales-surge-their-benefits-are-increasingly-criticized/

Yep, his wife and handlers are truly horrible people, just like Jill Biden.

So if it is “half fake” then by definition it is “half true”.  More than likely the true part is the information about Old Joe’s corruption.

Will all those who tried to claim that Ivermectin was a safe, effective drug against covid, and who denigrated those who knew better, please raise their hands, if it's not too much to ask?
 
 
 
https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/02/10/gold-standard-rct-from-gates-funded-company-proves-ivermectin-works-against-covid/

 

Meh,  I doubt any democrat politician will be indicted on felony charges after Hilary walked on the email scandal and the whole Hunter/Big Guy deal.

Yeah, saw that.  The "half fake" laptop story.  That Hunter has now admitted was HIS laptop.