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HAHA_goats t1_jcmm51v wrote
Reply to comment by ApiContraption in PsBattle: A truck lost its 10 tons of waste. by lartcestvous
Years ago I was driving across Texas and caught a whiff of a horrendous rotting meat mixed with BO and wet dog smell. It kept getting stronger and I realized it was probably the truck way ahead of me, just short of the horizon.
I decided to tough it out long enough to pass it. Probably a bad plan. The stink just kept getting thicker until I was almost gagging.
But I passed it! The truck was painted all white at some point, but most of it was obscured with brown stains and rust. Stenciled crookedly across the back was a single word: INEDIBLE.
I don't know who needed that sign.
HAHA_goats t1_j8weqoh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Tesla Workers Announced a Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired. by psychothumbs
If you take the company's word for it, no company ever does any wrong.
Tesla already has a poor track record for how they treat employees, do I'm inclined to distrust their defense.
HAHA_goats t1_ixrhjd7 wrote
Reply to comment by TheJadedSF in Rotten Rodents: The 10 Worst and Weirdest Computer Mice by southbaytechguru
I'm one of those weirdos that found it comfortable. I do not know why I'm so defective.
HAHA_goats t1_ixqr9hp wrote
Reply to comment by cruisin5268d in Caterpillar Successfully Tests First All-Electric Large Mining Truck by Sorin61
Gotta quibble that efficiency claim.
Gensets have pretty poor efficiency. It's not likely to be more efficient than the on-board engine. You get some benefit when scaling up, so one big generator is better than multiple small ones if you have a consistently high demand. That leaves a little room for gains if you'll be constantly recharging multiple trucks. But that will almost certainly be offset by losses in the batteries themselves.
Fossil fuel power plants on the grid just use a much more efficient heat cycle than diesel. It's hands-down better to charge vehicles from the grid or renewable.
edit for the stupid: I am not arguing against battery EVs. I'm just pointing out that charging them with diesel gensets isn't beneficial.
HAHA_goats t1_iufgbx8 wrote
Reply to comment by cheeksmear in Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally by zsreport
If it burns down your house it's bad.
HAHA_goats t1_jd0jcs9 wrote
Reply to Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers in addition to earlier cuts by Familiar-Turtle
Job destroyers.