We have some definite challenges ahead.

[Ogre]

-Crissa

How is it that so many every X000 year events are happening all at once?

(Rhetorical Q In case you didn’t notice)

 

[Bill906]

How is it that so many every X000 year events are happening all at once?

I don't know, but pretty sure the fact that today is TwosDay 2/22/22. And this week is palindrome week must have something to do with it. NUMBERS DON"T LIE!!!

Note: Palindrome week is only recognized in the US. But Today being palindrome day is a global event.

 

[Ogre]

I don't know, but pretty sure the fact that today is TwosDay 2/22/22. And this week is palindrome week must have something to do with it. NUMBERS DON"T LIE!!!

Note: Palindrome week is only recognized in the US. But Today being palindrome day is a global event.

Weren’t all the palindrome events were cancelled as part of the Y2K effort to eradicate 2 digit dates.

 

[happy intruder]

How are you taxed per mile in CA? I've only heard of flat registration there. New thing? So they track your miles and have a 14k minimum?

We work from home and drive very little, but also AZ has the lowest electric rates and EV taxes. Power is 5.5 cents off peak, and 7 years of Tesla registration was $60. My brother in CA would see a far lower ROI for an EV change.

California knows what type of EV you have......if it 100% they charge you the gas tax they would get if you used an ICE car....problem is, those of use who dont drive 14k per year are getting screwed.....

 

[SwampNut]

Have you heard about the old Toyota clock problem? They never expected them to last this long, and many stopped counting dates yesterday.

California knows what type of EV you have......if it 100% they charge you the gas tax they would get if you used an ICE car....problem is, those of use who dont drive 14k per year are getting screwed.....

Insanity. Now, I know someone has to pay the road fees, but until EVs are a big percentage they should get a bit of incentive, not a drawback. AZ just started charging a more normal registration fee this year, until the end of last year, an EV was under $10/year. We don't have any fuel tax replacement charge.

What gets me is CA has such crap roads, and we have great roads, and the dollars seem opposite. I'm heading there tomorrow, I know most of the places in CA where I have to kick off AP because the roads are too messed up for it to deal.

 

[happy intruder]

Have you heard about the old Toyota clock problem? They never expected them to last this long, and many stopped counting dates yesterday.


Insanity. Now, I know someone has to pay the road fees, but until EVs are a big percentage they should get a bit of incentive, not a drawback. AZ just started charging a more normal registration fee this year, until the end of last year, an EV was under $10/year. We don't have any fuel tax replacement charge.

What gets me is CA has such crap roads, and we have great roads, and the dollars seem opposite. I'm heading there tomorrow, I know most of the places in CA where I have to kick off AP because the roads are too messed up for it to deal.

agreed....I love driving thru Arizona....super roads around Tucson and Phoenix.....INterstates are super clean and no pot hole or crazy drivers as I can tell

 

[Zabhawkin]

agreed....I love driving thru Arizona....super roads around Tucson and Phoenix.....INterstates are super clean and no pot hole or crazy drivers as I can tell

My dad used to joke when we the road got suddenly rough that we were now in New Mexico (from Arizona). I cracked the same joke on an airplane when we suddenly hit turbulence. It turned out by pure coincidence that we had just crossed into New Mexico

 

[SwampNut]

My wife never pays attention on road trips. She always says oh we’re in California as soon as the car gets noisy.

 

[JBee]

@Ogre look at Woodgas boilers (upsidedown combustion) for lower emissions and better performance. Get a Heat Recovery Ventilation system for better Air quality and to reduce heat loss from window ventilation. You can run an internal fireplace as well then. If you can use a hydronic system with floor heating and/or radiators, there's stratified water boilers to optimise heat flow from multiple inputs/outputs.

You can also easily mod a conventional resistive electric boiler to solar by wiring PV panels to the right voltage and connecting them directly to the heating coil using a DC rated thermostat relay. No inverter or solar charger or batteries required. Storing heat energy in water is cheaper and better than batteries. A resistive wire in slab also works, there are dedicated PV controllers for this and are very cost effective given that PV panels are cheap now, it's only really limited by what space you have. Will work out cheaper than vac tube and is pretty much immune to cold weather.

 

[Crissa]

California allows each Caltrans region to choose their own paving priorities.

-Crissa

 

[SwampNut]

California allows each Caltrans region to choose their own paving priorities.

-Crissa

I've worked with three regions on traffic video, and I can also tell you that they are all very different in quality/attitude of people they employ. Sometimes my Tesla identifies a road worker in a vest as a cone/barrel. Which is not inaccurate for some of those people.