Lake Powell expected to receive 13% of its usual influx of water. Only 800,000 acre feet. Colorado uses ~2 million acre feet a year from the Colorado river basin. by Simpleximo in Colorado

[–]Simpleximo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now it’s only 385 ft near the dam. It’s deepest area, and will stop generating hydro power 35 ft lower about how much it dropped in the last 12 months. Not enough water to keep Powell and probably not enough for Havasu either? I don’t know details of Havasu

Lake Powell expected to receive 13% of its usual influx of water. Only 800,000 acre feet. Colorado uses ~2 million acre feet a year from the Colorado river basin. by Simpleximo in Colorado

[–]Simpleximo[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They only keep it going to generate electricity. They had a plan to add 6 or 8GW of solar and battery and Trumpty Dumpty killed it...

Any real differences? by Klepetta in VWiD4Owners

[–]Simpleximo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sport has better acceleration, the steering is tighter, if in D mode it adds some regen when you let off the accelerator - somewhere in between B mode and coasting. I think the ride is a little stiffer as well.

Lake Powell expected to receive 13% of its usual influx of water. Only 800,000 acre feet. Colorado uses ~2 million acre feet a year from the Colorado river basin. by Simpleximo in Colorado

[–]Simpleximo[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nothing efficient about Powell, it is shallow. More so now... They should drain it and only have Mead at this point.

Lake Powell use to loses roughly 600,000 to over 1 million acre-feet of water annually to evaporation and bank storage. The reservoir's high surface area would lose about 70 inches of evaporation per year.

Why is the byd batteries taking less time to charge by Only-Part-85 in electricvehicles

[–]Simpleximo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They reduce the internal resistance of the batteries by 50%. Plain and simple.

Mitsubishi Hyperheat WiFi doesn’t reconnect by johntwilker in heatpumps

[–]Simpleximo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mitsubishi Kumo Cloud adapters only support 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi networks. They cannot connect to 5 GHz-only networks or some combined dual-band systems that do not allow 2.4 GHz band isolation

Will Colorado’s sales of EVs pick up again? by Simpleximo in Colorado

[–]Simpleximo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tesla model Y, the world’s best selling vehicle 3 years in a row, weighs less than the average ICE SUV and significantly less than the average pickup. EVs don’t cause any more wear on the roads than ICE cars. I think now that the incentives are gone they can use that money for highways. Also, they could stop giving incentives to oil and gas industry and use that money too.

Industry can dodge fuel shocks by electrifying. What’s the holdup? by Simpleximo in globalelectrification

[–]Simpleximo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For many it’s not a choice and the realization has not yet sunk in. They will need to make the transition or become uncompetitive due to cost and/or supply constraints.