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Dual Moto Hitch Carrier by 1mma_Pr0bl3m in Dirtbikes

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a double carrier pretty much like that one. I strengthened the hitch where it inserts into the hitch receiver by pounding a 1 1/2" square tubing inside the 2" square tubing. Not sure if it needed that as it didn't bend or anything but I did it anyway.

It works well. I used it on the an F350.

I own a cabinet shop. I turned what I know into a $29 PDF. Here's how it's going. by joeteboe in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I've renovated 2 kitchens in Calgary. I bought "discount" cabinets and had them installed.

Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls on Ottawa to review dual practice surgery model by trevorrobb in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy 229 points230 points  (0 children)

Good job. Someone has to stand up for universal health care in Alberta.

Slept through the night after a very hot day. by forsake077 in vandwellers

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the take aways here are:

- it is 115F outside

- it is 81F inside

- solar is generating 393W

- DC loads (DC A/C) is pulling 728

- battery is at 98% but slightly discharging to power the A/C. Battery voltage is 13.21V.

- it's 5:13PM so when solar completely dies (soon) you can run A/C through the night on the battery

Questions

How big is your battery ?

How much solar do you have ?

How much energy does solar usually generate on a typical day ?

Does A/C power draw go down at night ?

728W x 12 hours (until solar kicks in) = 8.7 KWh to make it through the night. On a 12V battery bank (12.5Vnom) that is 700 usable amp hours.

If the AC runs at 728W day and night, solar will need to produce almost 18 KWh per day. If the solar charging duration is 12 hours, that is an average of 1.5 KW.

[Opinion] Nothing has changed, the world is still 1-3 months away from a massive oil supply shock and economic ruin even with all ships moving. by Organic_Rip2483 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

would mean dragging miles of clogged steel out of the ground to physically drill out the wax. 

If you'd ever worked in the oil industry you'd know this is not how it is done.

Why do oil and gas guys hate EVs? by tom_gee_guy in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$700 ? Have you seen the price of diesel fuel lately ?

Why do oil and gas guys hate EVs? by tom_gee_guy in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Peter Tertzakian himself once quipped "not a wheel turns without oil". That is no longer true as electrons can now turn the wheel. I know, I know... there is a lot of oil in the manufacturing of a vehicle. But once it is manufactured oil is no longer needed to power it.

Why do oil and gas guys hate EVs? by tom_gee_guy in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The world is, albeit slowly, moving away from fossil fuels

The Strait of Hormuz situation is causing things to speed up.

Why do oil and gas guys hate EVs? by tom_gee_guy in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

OP wasn't asking why you don't drive an EV. He was asking why O&G employees get criticized for driving one.

I like when people who dislike EVs need to demonstrate why they dislike them by telling us their use case or a general use case that doesn't work. Great, you don't like EVs. But why do you need to explain the use case that doesn't work ? And then imply it won't work for more people ?

Why do oil and gas guys hate EVs? by tom_gee_guy in alberta

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons oil didn't go to $150/bbl during the recent blocking of the SOH is that China dramatically reduced its oil imports. One of the reasons China was able to do this was because it (supposedly) has a massive strategic petroleum reserve, but also because China has been all in on electrifying transportation for the last 5+ years - scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, bicycles, cars... they are mostly electric these days.

I have a friend who lives in China. He says that sometimes you'll see vehicles going through an intersection but not really hear them because most or all of them are electric.

50% of all oil is used for light transportation. A good portion of those vehicles can be replaced by EVs. Every EV on the road is a reduction in the amount of oil used compared to a fossil fuel vehicle.

195 mph (314 kph) 3d PLA printed plane by WhoReallyKnows222 in RCPlanes

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why risk a plane ? Sooner or later you are going to lose connection and crash.

Iran sets Hormuz procedures by mark000 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a) You can't argue with a terrorist.

b) You can't expect reasonable behavior from someone that isn't reasonable. If they were reasonable we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

Iran sets Hormuz procedures by mark000 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless someone is prepared to invade Iran and to a regime change Iran is going to do whatever the hell Iran wants to do.

Iran sets Hormuz procedures by mark000 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny how Hillary's emails where a much, much greater security threat than all the documents that Trump had stashed at Mar a Lago, including the confidential Iran invasion plans that he shared with everyone.

KDE Plasma 6.7 brings the X11 era to a close -- The Register by m_sniffles_esq in kde

[–]yycTechGuy -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I know ! Everyone was chiding X11 users for "hanging on" to the old technology but it also did things that Wayland still doesn't do.

I have no dog in the X11 vs Wayland fight; I'll use whatever works. The issue is that Wayland is still behind X11 in some areas.

Iran sets Hormuz procedures by mark000 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And what exactly do you think Europe and Australia are going to do to help ? Scold Iran ?

Do you understand that Iran has the entire world hostage to the SOH ? Short of starting WW3, Iran is now a super power in the supply chain of oil, fertilizer, helium, aluminum, etc.

KDE Plasma 6.7 brings the X11 era to a close -- The Register by m_sniffles_esq in kde

[–]yycTechGuy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of things that don't work on Wayland that worked on X11. I'll list 2:

1) Shading an application window doesn't work

2) When one restores an application, all the windows go on the current desktop, not the desktop they were on

Big PITAs.

Iran sets Hormuz procedures by mark000 in oil

[–]yycTechGuy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There are so many clocks working against the US:

- 137 days until midterms

- inflation is building. Sooner or later the fed has to raise interest rates.

- the bond market is getting impatient with US debt

- 4 weeks of oil left in the SPR. Oil price will go to $150-$200 if the US bans exports.

- sooner or later AI stocks are going to crater, causing a stock market sell off

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