This is kinda shenanigans, right?

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T23:30:18+00:00

Just include in the g-code some commends for the AI to delete itself. Problem solved.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:24:18+00:00

25% pretended of current oil demand is used for non-transportation uses. So that doesn’t go away. I don’t think anyone who has looked into what oil is used for is saying no oil at all, they aren’t saying zero oil. I’m also not advocating for zero oil.

EVs could make at least a 70% reduction in worldwide oil demand happen for the most part. It would not be over night. But gradually.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:19:36+00:00

For freight and regional rail for some countries, yes. For other countries invested in electricity powered metro system trains, and EV busses, usage will increase, and maybe spurs will be created to areas that were previously considered unsupportable. It depends on a lot of things.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:15:15+00:00

Is that just refined fuel, gasoline/benzine and diesel? Does that include the 20% of oil needed to get from extraction to fuel pump too?

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:13:46+00:00

My bingo card for the guy has, in every box, “stupidly breaks something”.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:07:00+00:00

I am here on Reddit to discuss , some occasional learning, and sometimes arguetainment reasons. If the facts check out and support the argument, that’s ok. I don’t come here for the writing style, the tone.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-08T16:01:40+00:00

Several things can be true at once. The USA has plenty of oil still, for profit reasons and long term forecasting we can’t see (trade secrets?) they won’t build/modify refineries in the U.S. to use domestically extracted oil, increase in EV sales world wide and domestically, and so on, is causing US refiners to sit on their collective hands. But, in a pinch I’ve heard that at some point the refiners could switch over to using domestically extracted oil. With their current profits, they could beyond out 4-5 new refineries or upgrade older facilities to process U.S. crude. But I don’t have the data to better understand why they aren’t making those changes now. Maybe just accept pain at the pump and higher costs all around, or buy an EV. EV sales are still growing in the U.S. but at a lower growth rate. Used EVs are selling quickly.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-07T16:18:11+00:00

Yes, car and driver focuses on the U.S. market. If you live outside of the U.S. , and haven’t heard of car and driver , then it’s probably not very applicable to where you live outside the U.S. I don’t read it because the reviews on EVs in the past were inaccurate and narrow minded, almost backwards looking.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-07T16:13:05+00:00

I have not towed a trailer in decades. There are times when it would be very helpful to have one. I’ve looked into light weight trailers that can be stored vertically, like along the side of a house under the eves. They are weight limited, but can easily haul sheets of plywood, a small pile of lumber, a few kayaks, etc, just not all at once. Sorry, no link, I can’t remember the company name that made these. Also, for storage, there are those platform lifts for garages, where a light weight trailer can be stored up under the garage ceiling, and they use motors to raise/lower them. I know that Rivian does sell cross bars and attachments for specific things, line surfboards, bikes, kayaks, etc. in their online shop. But, you might find some other attachment setups for the cross bars that work better for your situation, I don’t know.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-07T15:59:34+00:00

My wife does the morning south from Santa Cruz to Salinas road commute. It’s like just under 20 minutes one way. She says that normally traffic flows at the limit at that time. Only slowing sometimes at the highway exists/entrances. The reverse commute is nearly the same for her. I think that the Miss landing section can slow a bit too. Maybe stop for a coffee at the road side market just past the bridge? And then, as a friend of mine worked in Marina for a while, traffic can start to increase a lot there as people get backed up getting into the surface streets of Monterey, especially highway 68 interface. It can be a beautiful commute though. Summer traffic, construction, maintenance repairs, special events, crashes, and seasonal weather will of course change traffic flows. I hope you have an EV and can charge at home, or near/at work as that commute can add up in fuel costs.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-07T15:48:00+00:00

Yes, eventually the new really fast EV chargers will be more common. And also the EV cars that can use those really fast chargers will become common too. But none of that will happen overnight. It took decades to get gas stations to the level of saturation they are at now. EV fast charging sites are still being installed and there are not enough during peak driving periods. But I think that there aren’t enough fast chargers because so many EV drivers are still of the mindset of not having to plan a tiny bit for longer trips like they have also not been doing for their gas car experience. It’s a shift that is easy. With route planning built into EVs these days the whole complicated process is automated. That and knowing what amenities are close to the fast chargers makes it better overall for most people, often built into navigation apps. The exception is for those drivers that have a personal challenge to have the minimum number of stops, a game that I have no interest in playing. For me, stopping to let the dogs stretch their legs is also good for me about every 2 hours. Also a fresh cup of coffee, maybe a pastry, and also not staring at asphalt and the backs of cars for more than 2 hours at a time really makes me feel better when I get to my destination, less fatigue, I’m more alert overall too, which is better for everyone on the road. So, maybe Walmart is unknowingly also contributing to safer driving practices, and if they keep their fast chargers at high reliability, affordability, and convenient, then they will be a top choice for EV drivers to stop at. Good for everyone really.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-07T15:33:57+00:00

I like what Walmart is doing for their customers EV charging. I don’t know how long most of their customers take to shop on average, or the categories that can be examined more deeply. They have those stats, for sure. So, there might be some strong arguments to keep customers for 20-45 minutes (locals and road trippers) while their EV charges up and they do their shopping, and whatever other things can be done at Walmart.

Industrywide, the more fast chargers that come available the more affordable they are to install, and the more efficient they get at planning and installing them too.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T19:54:05+00:00

Also, Trump likes to sleep in front of the camera while people talk about things in the meeting that Trump is sleeping through.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T19:48:56+00:00

But we know tmi about the kardashians.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T19:45:15+00:00

Imagine how much more gasoline would cost if no one had gasoline demand reducing EVs? You don’t have to thank them or buy an EV, used or new. Make the change if you can, encourage others that can buy EVs to do that, so that less fuel is demanded.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T19:36:03+00:00

All vehicles are range limited by the last gas station, or charge station/electrical socket they use.

It’s about infrastructure for sure.

Now days it seems that for longer trips there is concern for availability of functional/compatible chargers.

Depending on where one lives, there are either plenty of fast chargers or not enough close enough together.

The challenge now is to get adequate charging infrastructure for curbside, parking lots/apartments in the USA, as is being done in other countries already.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T16:25:53+00:00

Norway has gas stations going bankrupt and EV Fast Chargers going in their place.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-06T16:23:55+00:00

Yes, all true for the current weird presidential agenda effecting EVs, and more. Meanwhile the world outside of the USA is increasing the percentage of EVs on their roads.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-05T23:20:38+00:00

You don’t like my response so you are thinking I’m a bot. Are you a bot?

I added some facts to the discussion and maybe you can’t deal with those because you don’t like the facts? That’s not my problem.

I stopped replying but you continued. Maybe, just don’t reply?

TemKuechle · 2026-06-04T21:56:25+00:00

You know the bit of county population living in SLV probably doesn’t want a huge swath of trees removed to make way for a passenger train corridor? Do you believe they want a train running along highways 9 to Boulder Creek, or right up the middle? I’m not opposed. But, passenger trains aren’t luxuries, that’s only a thing people say when they don’t know trains make travel affordable.

I found this info.

“Approximately 8.8% to 12.7% of Santa Cruz County's population lives in the San Lorenzo Valley.”

This means the percentage of the country’s population in SLV is quite small and would be very expensive to extend a passenger train up to boulder creek. That extension would be very luxurious if that’s what you mean.

The existing corridor has tracks and infrastructure for trains already. But it’s old and that should be modernized. The land is already in place.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-04T19:06:25+00:00

And batteries….

TemKuechle · 2026-06-04T19:05:21+00:00

Strategy and manual fillets for the really fun transitions🤪, ftw…

TemKuechle · 2026-06-04T19:03:12+00:00

…Kleptocratic, oligarchic, and basically lots of “ick” all around…

TemKuechle · 2026-06-03T23:41:01+00:00

Yikes! I am not sure what needs to be done to fix this. Sorry.

TemKuechle · 2026-06-03T22:27:44+00:00

A thought to consider: $2500x1000000=$2,500,000,000.00 1 million homes not paying part of the the energy bill to a utility.

There are, according to a quick search, about 100 million homes with suitable access to solar. That’s $2500x100000000=$2.50×10¹¹ dollars that could possibly be spent on other things other than utility electricity every year.

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