Morning coffee

[FiveSevenLiter]

Got out three times this week, it sure enjoys that 94 Octane.
Terry
 

[CobraJoe]

[rmk57]

   The majority of electric cars in B.C are charged by hydro electric power. Should be the same for Washington, Oregon, California also.

[Tom S]

If there actually was a law that all electric cars had to be charged by wind & solar I wouldn't be surprised to see much wider & faster developments to deliver electricity that's generated by wind, solar & even atomic power.

[RICH MUISE]

Tens of thousands of wind turbines in Texas...how about the rest of the country?

[mustang6984]

Tens of thousands of wind turbines in Texas...how about the rest of the country?

There are a lot in Idaho and in E. WA. some in MT as well as WY. CA has a bunch too.

[KYBlueOval]

There are none in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. According to Mark Twain it will be 20 years before it happens here.

"When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens everywhere else"
Mark Twain

[lalessi1]

There are very few if any in Louisiana that I am aware of. We don't have a lot of open areas with relatively sustained winds except the marshlands.

[Ford Blue blood]

I'd like to hear what the "warmers" have to say about an event that occurred ten thousand years ago?

[CobraJoe]

    Here on the East Coast, whales are dying at record numbers supposedly due to off shore wind farms. An average of 52 whales have died each year along the East coast since 2007. In 2022, 43 whale deaths were reported.
    Two local groups in New Jersey and New York raised questions in January about a potential link to the recent whale deaths and offshore wind activities. A group of 12 New Jersey mayors, who had not previously advocated for whales, made national news with a letter seeking a moratorium.
    The Right Whale population, which has plunged 30% since 2011, can't sustain itself if even one whale a year dies as the result of human causes, according to the federal Marine Mammal Commission. The figure is particularly alarming given the diminishing size of local whale populations. There are less than 350 North Atlantic right whales remaining.



"People look at a dead, 35-foot humpback whale, in Lido Beach, NY, Jan. 31, 2023. "



"First responders and a Monmouth County work crew load a dead whale onto the back of a flat bed truck to be hauled away from Whiting Avenue Beach, New Jersey." 

[hiball3985]

This is getting on the edge of political so I better not comment. 

[CobraJoe]

Yeah, I think I'll change the subject and post a pic in the "Random Picture Thread"   

[hiball3985]

I had a road trip planned for Saturday but when I backed the Ranchero from the garage I noticed a big puddle of oil on the floor  so that ended my plans. Jacket it up to look under and found the oil pressure switch leaking badly. Damn crap parts they make these days.

[Fairlane62]

We have a lot of wind turbines in Oklahoma.  They are heavily subsidized. A friend has some on his farm and they are set up on a 99 year lease program.  We had some bad freezing rain a couple years ago and the wind turbines froze up, as well as the solar farms, so folks have to be sure there is a contingency plan in place to provide power during adverse conditions.

[mustang6984]

What is hilarious about the 99 year lease...the windmills typically last between 4-7 years before they need to be replaced. Gonna be a lot of replacing going on over on the farm.