On 3/24/22 11:52, Ed Lee wrote:
> On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7:32:00 AM UTC-7, Ed Lee wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 12:10:04 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 11:13:29 AM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 8:20:12 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7:13:20 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 2:49:01 PM UTC-7, Ralph Mowery wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <c1dca867-d42c-4fff...@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>> edward....@gmail.com says...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think there are two working chargers there, but the whole rest area is closed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, i signed up for "Good Sam" road service before the trip. I was expecting to use it up hill out of LA, 25 miles from 2000 feet to 5000 feet. Didn't expect to use it so soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First cop came at 5am, woke me up and told me to leave. I said i am calling the tow truck.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Second cop came at 7am. She gave me 4 hours before she is calling their tow truck.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> After several phone calls to "Good Sam", finally got a pickup with flat back trailer. But my front wheels are locked without power to steer or put gear in neutral. He had to pull it up with the wheel locked.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Came to charging place. Plug it in and nothing happen. My 12V battery is also drained. No charging circuit or power relay. I had to wire up jumper spare battery to enable 12V than charge. The main was down to 10%. At 15%, i can at least shift to neutral, drop the car down.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The tow driver was constantly on the phone to his office, complaining about the time it's taking. I gave home $20 tips.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is the public ready for EV? Are we there yet?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like the tow trucks are going to have to install large generators
>>>>>>> so they can charge you up in an hour or so to get you going again. Sort
>>>>>>> of like them bring you a 5 gallon can of gas for the gas cars when you
>>>>>>> run out. How long would it take for say a 10 kw generator like you can
>>>>>>> buy for your house to charge the car up to run for an hour or so if you
>>>>>>> do not run the heat or air ?
>>>>>> No, 2 to 3 kw battery inverter would do. Just enough to bring it up to shift gear (15% SOC).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They (dispatcher and tow-er) were ill prepared for EV, especially totally dead battery (10% SOC). Jack-up tow truck would be better than flat bed, for locked wheels. With flat bed, he should at least have wheel dollies. Also, he was pulling left or right wheels alternatively, because he did not have cross-strap connecting both wheels. Perhaps it's the owner's (me) responsibility to carry towing cross strap. A flat-bed need to wait for me to charge 5% to unlock drive chain, whereas jack-up can just drop me off there. Anyway, good learning experience for both of us. But how many other tow-er and driver need to learn this way?
>>>> Laugh what you want. There are still hundred thousand of us around.
>>>>> If you continue to drive in a manner that any hiccup will sideline you, you will find very few towing companies know how to tow an EV. Why? Because they've never had to tow one.
>>>> Yes, we only need a self driving mobile charger, no towing necessary.
>>> Why don't you start that business?
>>
>> In due course. First, they (google or cruise) need to be approved for FSD. Then we can order a custom version with battery and charger inside. It's going to be a Leaf club, just for older EV and Tesla charging at Nissan dealers. I have seen a few, don't know why they need to do that.
>
> I am going to call this self driving flat bed (not truck or trailer) the "Leaf Rack".

Saw this link on another board, thought some humor would be welcome
here: https://twitter.com/hkuppy/status/1402825213956472836

--
Regards,
Carl

On 3/24/2022 1:36 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> bitrex wrote:
>> On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
>>> <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale
>>>>> generating and distribution systems take a long time to build. And
>>>>> need fuel.
>>>>
>>>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They
>>>> said only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
>>>>
>>>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
>>>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
>>>
>>> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
>>> leadership doesn't want that.
>>>
>>> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat
>>> cat Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the
>>> left lane was actually reserved for them.
>>>
>>> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
>>> bicycles.
>>
>> Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
>> unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
>> rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
>>
>> <https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
>>
>> I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this
>> class of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about
>> driving. The highways are clogged up with idiot morons you just put
>> your life and tens of thousands worth of car on the line anytime you
>> go significant distance, and us young Gen Xers don't have that many
>> paid-off assets to spare...
>
> What's so "freedom" is that people are free to choose driving and they
> do. The reasons are different in different areas but it's just practical
> to have the flexibility.

I think older people had more of an experience relating the automobile
to concepts of "freedom" than younger people do at this point. There was
indeed more freedom at that time things weren't as built up, more space
to go and have your own adventures.

By the time I got my hands on a car those place were fast evaporating
everything was a strip mall, homes & condos and most places looked very
much like every other place, why drive 50 miles to go to some other mega
mall that looks exactly like the one 5 miles away.

And you could take your girl out on a ride to the country for a romantic
interlude and there wasn't 50,000 police officers in black SUVs up your
ass everywhere you go looking for "loiterers" and shining a flashlight
in your face anytime you stop somewhere for 5 minutes that's not for the
purposes of buying something. "What are you kids up to? Everyone ok?" etc.

> Japan would fit easily between you and Chicago. For those distances
> planes are more practical. Japan even had a custom "commuter" version of
> the 747 made only for them, with smaller tanks and modifications to last
> for many short trips.

Fuel was what, 50 cent a gallon at that point which likely helped. Still
probably burned 20% of their gross just taking off on a hop like that.

It's remarkable anyone ever thought passenger air travel would be easy
money & the list of defunct commercial airlines was long even when fuel
was cheap.

If the business hadn't been invented yet and you described the hustle to
an investor "Well we're going to launch a few hundred people through the
air at 35,000 feet in an aluminum tube and this scheme is really going
to bring in the bucks" I think the investor might invest in a hot dog
factory instead seems like a safer bet.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:56:46 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

>On 3/24/2022 11:45 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:22:34 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
>>>> <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
>>>>>> and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
>>>>>
>>>>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They said
>>>>> only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
>>>>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
>>>>
>>>> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
>>>> leadership doesn't want that.
>>>>
>>>> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat cat
>>>> Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the left
>>>> lane was actually reserved for them.
>>>>
>>>> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
>>>> bicycles.
>>>
>>> Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
>>> unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
>>> rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
>>>
>>> <https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
>>>
>>> I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this class
>>> of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about driving.
>>
>> Running out for another six-pack after you get there.
>>
>> It's funny to see rich greenies fly to climate conferences in their
>> private jets, where their gigabuck yachts are waiting. They tend to
>> build multiple mansions in the mountains and right on the beach in
>> Malibu and Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii.
>
>Describes a tiny fraction of "greenies." Like 1% of them, perhaps...
>
>> And tell us to walk and wait for busses and eat lentils. And to grow
>> natural non-GMO food without fertilizer.
>
>
>Man when was the last time you ever waited for a bus or had to eat
>lentils cuz you didn't have a choice in the matter, 1972? No one's ever
>going to force you to do any of that, you're fine.

"Man"? I guess Uncle Joe has brought that expression back from ancient
times.

Gas prices are going to push a lot of people onto trains and busses
and long walks to finish up trips. That's partly by design.

--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

On 3/24/2022 1:17 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:56:46 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 3/24/2022 11:45 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:22:34 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
>>>>> <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
>>>>>>> and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They said
>>>>>> only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
>>>>>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
>>>>> leadership doesn't want that.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat cat
>>>>> Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the left
>>>>> lane was actually reserved for them.
>>>>>
>>>>> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
>>>>> bicycles.
>>>>
>>>> Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
>>>> unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
>>>> rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
>>>>
>>>> <https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
>>>>
>>>> I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this class
>>>> of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about driving.
>>>
>>> Running out for another six-pack after you get there.
>>>
>>> It's funny to see rich greenies fly to climate conferences in their
>>> private jets, where their gigabuck yachts are waiting. They tend to
>>> build multiple mansions in the mountains and right on the beach in
>>> Malibu and Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii.
>>
>> Describes a tiny fraction of "greenies." Like 1% of them, perhaps...
>>
>>> And tell us to walk and wait for busses and eat lentils. And to grow
>>> natural non-GMO food without fertilizer.
>>
>>
>> Man when was the last time you ever waited for a bus or had to eat
>> lentils cuz you didn't have a choice in the matter, 1972? No one's ever
>> going to force you to do any of that, you're fine.
>
>
> "Man"? I guess Uncle Joe has brought that expression back from ancient
> times.

If "Uncle Joe" were really Uncle Joe I figure America would look much
different by this point & it doesn't look much different to me.

> Gas prices are going to push a lot of people onto trains and busses
> and long walks to finish up trips. That's partly by design.

I have learned that when a market figures it can bilk some extra bucks
and figures that people can afford to pay it and will pay it that's what
it tends to do. Only a real Uncle Joe could set the price of gasoline by
fiat and I don't think this one is that.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

>On 3/24/2022 1:17 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:56:46 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/24/2022 11:45 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:22:34 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
>>>>>> <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
>>>>>>>> and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They said
>>>>>>> only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
>>>>>>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
>>>>>> leadership doesn't want that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat cat
>>>>>> Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the left
>>>>>> lane was actually reserved for them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
>>>>>> bicycles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
>>>>> unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
>>>>> rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this class
>>>>> of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about driving.
>>>>
>>>> Running out for another six-pack after you get there.
>>>>
>>>> It's funny to see rich greenies fly to climate conferences in their
>>>> private jets, where their gigabuck yachts are waiting. They tend to
>>>> build multiple mansions in the mountains and right on the beach in
>>>> Malibu and Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii.
>>>
>>> Describes a tiny fraction of "greenies." Like 1% of them, perhaps...
>>>
>>>> And tell us to walk and wait for busses and eat lentils. And to grow
>>>> natural non-GMO food without fertilizer.
>>>
>>>
>>> Man when was the last time you ever waited for a bus or had to eat
>>> lentils cuz you didn't have a choice in the matter, 1972? No one's ever
>>> going to force you to do any of that, you're fine.
>>
>>
>> "Man"? I guess Uncle Joe has brought that expression back from ancient
>> times.
>
>If "Uncle Joe" were really Uncle Joe I figure America would look much
>different by this point & it doesn't look much different to me.
>
>> Gas prices are going to push a lot of people onto trains and busses
>> and long walks to finish up trips. That's partly by design.
>
>I have learned that when a market figures it can bilk some extra bucks
>and figures that people can afford to pay it and will pay it that's what
>it tends to do.

We talked about that in Economics 101. Economic forces determine
supply and demand and prices. Everybody naturally charges what they
can get. One of the few rational things that government does here is
antitrust law.

>Only a real Uncle Joe could set the price of gasoline by
>fiat and I don't think this one is that.

No, but his team is doing a lot to discourage gasoline and NG
production. California too, with gas near $7 a gallon.

The price of gas doesn't bother me (short commute, engineer's income)
but I feel sorry for low-wage workers with long commutes, or people
who need a pickup truck to make their living.

We love the Saturday farmers' market, but the sellers have to get up
before dawn and drive 100 miles each way to sell us carrots.

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 10:54:47 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
>
> >On 3/24/2022 1:17 PM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >> On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:56:46 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 3/24/2022 11:45 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:22:34 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> >>>>>> <fizzbin...@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >>>>>>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
> >>>>>>>> and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They said
> >>>>>>> only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
> >>>>>>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
> >>>>>> leadership doesn't want that.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat cat
> >>>>>> Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the left
> >>>>>> lane was actually reserved for them.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
> >>>>>> bicycles.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
> >>>>> unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
> >>>>> rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this class
> >>>>> of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about driving.
> >>>>
> >>>> Running out for another six-pack after you get there.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's funny to see rich greenies fly to climate conferences in their
> >>>> private jets, where their gigabuck yachts are waiting. They tend to
> >>>> build multiple mansions in the mountains and right on the beach in
> >>>> Malibu and Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii.
> >>>
> >>> Describes a tiny fraction of "greenies." Like 1% of them, perhaps...
> >>>
> >>>> And tell us to walk and wait for busses and eat lentils. And to grow
> >>>> natural non-GMO food without fertilizer.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Man when was the last time you ever waited for a bus or had to eat
> >>> lentils cuz you didn't have a choice in the matter, 1972? No one's ever
> >>> going to force you to do any of that, you're fine.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Man"? I guess Uncle Joe has brought that expression back from ancient
> >> times.
> >
> >If "Uncle Joe" were really Uncle Joe I figure America would look much
> >different by this point & it doesn't look much different to me.
> >
> >> Gas prices are going to push a lot of people onto trains and busses
> >> and long walks to finish up trips. That's partly by design.
> >
> >I have learned that when a market figures it can bilk some extra bucks
> >and figures that people can afford to pay it and will pay it that's what
> >it tends to do.
> We talked about that in Economics 101. Economic forces determine
> supply and demand and prices. Everybody naturally charges what they
> can get. One of the few rational things that government does here is
> antitrust law.
> >Only a real Uncle Joe could set the price of gasoline by
> >fiat and I don't think this one is that.
> No, but his team is doing a lot to discourage gasoline and NG
> production. California too, with gas near $7 a gallon.
>
> The price of gas doesn't bother me (short commute, engineer's income)
> but I feel sorry for low-wage workers with long commutes, or people
> who need a pickup truck to make their living.
>
> We love the Saturday farmers' market, but the sellers have to get up
> before dawn and drive 100 miles each way to sell us carrots.

It's a scheme to push people into EV, especially low end EV. I have many people asking about my Leaf, mainly for a second short commune car.

On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:13:53 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
> On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:34:37 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
> > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 7:20:41 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:35:05 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee
> > > <edward....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 9:03:43 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > >> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> > > >
> > > >US and Cal also.
> > > >
> > > >So, who are we going to call for help?
> > > >
> > > >I am stuck overnight between chargers. The rest stop with charger is closed. Of course, there is no way to find that out except when approaching the area. Otherwise, i would have charged-up somewhere else.
> > > Is that situation hypothetical or real?
> > Real. Plugshare show the charger available, but no way to get to it without running the blockage.
> Plugshare is updated by users who wish to contribute, like reviews on Google maps.
>
> The Tesla data is a lot more accurate, as their chargers are connected to their system in real time.

I think that's true for CalTran network also. Plugshare is pulling data from the machines. So, it's correctly showing that the chargers are up and running. But ... And why didn't they shut down the machines in unaccessable rest area?

Kingsburg Rest stop (0/2)
South bound complete blockage, no access
Fresno Maintainence Stations (0/4)
All four stations power cables are gone
Frazer Rest Stop (1/4)
Two stations had communication problem.
One station lock in payment option
One station working
CA58/184 (0/2)
One station had communication problem
One station with missing ChaDeMo power cable
Many sites with only one working charger.

I am going to write to CalTran again . They were great at bring them up, but not keeping them up, only after a year or so.
They are not technical engineers.

On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 11:45:39 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:22:34 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:
>
> >On 3/20/2022 11:01 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:38:55 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> >> <fizzbin...@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >>>> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
> >>>> and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
> >>>
> >>> They didn't say they wanted to replace the cars with anything. They said
> >>> only that they wanted to eliminate the cars.
> >>>
> >>> Biden phrased it the same way. They intend for you to use a bus or a
> >>> bicycle, but they won't say what they really want.
> >>
> >> Good point. Owning a car grants freedoms to the masses, and our wise
> >> leadership doesn't want that.
> >>
> >> When I was in the Moscow, all the cars had to pull over whan a fat cat
> >> Party member zoomed by in the left lane in his limo. I think the left
> >> lane was actually reserved for them.
> >>
> >> We underlings are slowing down the elites. We should be on trains or
> >> bicycles.
> >
> >Have you seen what the e.g. sleeper trains in Japan look like? And
> >unlike Amtrak they don't even cost an arm and a leg to ride on rattly
> >rails and get a complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for $389 one-way.
> >
> ><https://youtu.be/KG53Pr3pFg4>
> >
> >I would ride this to visit my buddy in Chicago every time if this class
> >of service were available in the US, what's so "freedom" about driving.
> Running out for another six-pack after you get there.
>
> It's funny to see rich greenies fly to climate conferences in their
> private jets, where their gigabuck yachts are waiting. They tend to
> build multiple mansions in the mountains and right on the beach in
> Malibu and Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii.
>
> And tell us to walk and wait for busses and eat lentils. And to grow
> natural non-GMO food without fertilizer.

It's funnier to watch someone post drivel in newsgroups while being completely phobic about having an actual conversation with someone who can challenge him and show him all his logical missteps. Yeah, hilarious. He tries to win arguments by totting out debating techniques used by 6 year olds, calling people funny names.

Well, it's funny when it isn't so bad as to be pathetic.

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On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 3:26:58 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
> On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:13:53 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
> > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:34:37 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
> > > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 7:20:41 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:35:05 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee
> > > > <edward....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 9:03:43 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > > >> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> > > > >
> > > > >US and Cal also.
> > > > >
> > > > >So, who are we going to call for help?
> > > > >
> > > > >I am stuck overnight between chargers. The rest stop with charger is closed. Of course, there is no way to find that out except when approaching the area. Otherwise, i would have charged-up somewhere else.
> > > > Is that situation hypothetical or real?
> > > Real. Plugshare show the charger available, but no way to get to it without running the blockage.
> > Plugshare is updated by users who wish to contribute, like reviews on Google maps.
> >
> > The Tesla data is a lot more accurate, as their chargers are connected to their system in real time.
>
> I think that's true for CalTran network also. Plugshare is pulling data from the machines. So, it's correctly showing that the chargers are up and running. But ... And why didn't they shut down the machines in unaccessable rest area?

Because it Caltran. It's not like they understand anything about BEV charging or care about it.

> Kingsburg Rest stop (0/2)
> South bound complete blockage, no access
> Fresno Maintainence Stations (0/4)
> All four stations power cables are gone
> Frazer Rest Stop (1/4)
> Two stations had communication problem.
> One station lock in payment option
> One station working
> CA58/184 (0/2)
> One station had communication problem
> One station with missing ChaDeMo power cable
> Many sites with only one working charger.
>
> I am going to write to CalTran again . They were great at bring them up, but not keeping them up, only after a year or so.
> They are not technical engineers.

I think you and your Leaf are a good match.

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On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 5:35:22 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
> On Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 3:26:58 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
> > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:13:53 PM UTC-7, Rickster wrote:
> > > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:34:37 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:
> > > > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 7:20:41 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:35:05 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee
> > > > > <edward....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 9:03:43 AM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > > > > >> https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> > > > > >
> > > > > >US and Cal also.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >So, who are we going to call for help?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I am stuck overnight between chargers. The rest stop with charger is closed. Of course, there is no way to find that out except when approaching the area. Otherwise, i would have charged-up somewhere else.
> > > > > Is that situation hypothetical or real?
> > > > Real. Plugshare show the charger available, but no way to get to it without running the blockage.
> > > Plugshare is updated by users who wish to contribute, like reviews on Google maps.
> > >
> > > The Tesla data is a lot more accurate, as their chargers are connected to their system in real time.
> >
> > I think that's true for CalTran network also. Plugshare is pulling data from the machines. So, it's correctly showing that the chargers are up and running. But ... And why didn't they shut down the machines in unaccessable rest area?
> Because it Caltran. It's not like they understand anything about BEV charging or care about it.
> > Kingsburg Rest stop (0/2)
> > South bound complete blockage, no access
> > Fresno Maintainence Stations (0/4)
> > All four stations power cables are gone
> > Frazer Rest Stop (1/4)
> > Two stations had communication problem.
> > One station lock in payment option
> > One station working
> > CA58/184 (0/2)
> > One station had communication problem
> > One station with missing ChaDeMo power cable
> > Many sites with only one working charger.
> >
> > I am going to write to CalTran again . They were great at bring them up, but not keeping them up, only after a year or so.
> > They are not technical engineers.
> I think you and your Leaf are a good match.

Thank you for your expressed concern and understanding. As you are well aware, EV charging is a mission critical logistic issue. Deplotment of transport readiness must be carefully planned. We believe that it is critical and essential to create a commission to address and to coordinate the important issues across multiple departments.

Major issues are: equipment uptime managements and planned inaccessiblities.. Furthermore, interconnectiblity of sites with limited resources.

But we are certainly doing better than the Russian military.

On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 2:06:33 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:32:03 -0700 (PDT), M Kfivethousand
> <marik...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 9:55:20 AM UTC-5, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:27:09 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> >> <fizzbin...@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >bitrex wrote:
> >> >> On 3/18/2022 12:57 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
> >> >>> In article <n6d93hh06f3l5rsk5...@4ax.com>,
> >> >>> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com says...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> The US was never an empire like England and Spain and China and
> >> >>>> Japan. All the states chose to be states. We didn't have much of a
> >> >>>> colonial empire, and don't hold any territory by force.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I would say the war between the states (Civel War) held many states
> >> >>> by force.
> >> >>> Wasn't Texas taken from Mexico ?
> >> >>
> >> >> Some would say all of America was taken from lots of people, lol
> >> >
> >> >And everywhere else is populated by the original inhabitants.
> >> Don't ignore animal rights! Nasty invasive humans killed off the
> >> native animal populations who owned the land, well, everywhere.
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_animals_extinct_in_the_Holocene
> >>
> >> and that's just North America.
> >>
> >> Some of the extinction may have been natural, but hunter-gatherers
> >> sure didn't help.
> >>
> >> Do "original inhabitants" own the land?
> >>
> >What about herderers
> >they have an impact too I bet
> >
> >I myself prefer a nice bit of cheese
> The US used to be a cheese desert, but things are better now. Sartori
> makes great parmesan. Cowgirl Creamery makes fun stuff. Tillamook
> cheddars are good.
>
\I am unfortunately limited to Aldis products, which their business model results in their limiting selections to their own brand

I will Will try some of your suggestions but will order by mail

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:25:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje
> <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On a sunny day (Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:03:33 -0700) it happened
>>jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote in
>><q2b93hdrktcvjl33sid25tbbboff7s2cho@4ax.com>:
>>
>>>
>>>https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
>>>
>>>
>>>I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
>>>and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
>>
>>Northstream2 will work by that time ?
>
> Germany is already energy poor, mostly by choice. And hostage to
> Russia.
>
>>
>>was watching Russian TV and I did see / feel a sense of unity there that I do not - and have
>>not seen in the US in ages.
>
>
> Well, Russian TV tolerates no dissent.
>
> One cool thing about the US is its lack of unity. People are
> inherently different, so sporting-level diversity works.
>
>
>>Think US is all over, just last bits of noise from a dying empire.
>>
>
> The US was never an empire like England and Spain and China and Japan.
> All the states chose to be states. We didn't have much of a colonial
> empire, and don't hold any territory by force.
>
> What swept the world, and continues, is US science and culture and
> SUVs and food. Check google Street View all over the world. Everything
> looks like Dallas.

Lol, everything looks like dallas.
> It's unfortunate that, at the end of WW2, Russia forced the US to be
> the defender of europe, the world's unwilling policeman.
>
> But more to the point, we have gobs of gas and oil, and politicians
> will drill before being voted out.

The US is a far more peaceful place than continental europe. Isn't there
something like zero recorded years of no wars going on over there? Those
fuckers just can't get along at all, for any reason, for any period of
time.

The last war on US soil was 1865.

On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 1:39:26 PM UTC-4, Cydrome Leader wrote:
> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:25:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje
> > <pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On a sunny day (Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:03:33 -0700) it happened
> >>jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote in
> >><q2b93hdrktcvjl33s...@4ax.com>:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/18/great-reset-germany-wants-eu-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-and-diesel-cars-by-2035/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I wonder where the electricity will come from. Large-scale generating
> >>>and distribution systems take a long time to build. And need fuel.
> >>
> >>Northstream2 will work by that time ?
> >
> > Germany is already energy poor, mostly by choice. And hostage to
> > Russia.
> >
> >>
> >>was watching Russian TV and I did see / feel a sense of unity there that I do not - and have
> >>not seen in the US in ages.
> >
> >
> > Well, Russian TV tolerates no dissent.
> >
> > One cool thing about the US is its lack of unity. People are
> > inherently different, so sporting-level diversity works.
> >
> >
> >>Think US is all over, just last bits of noise from a dying empire.
> >>
> >
> > The US was never an empire like England and Spain and China and Japan.
> > All the states chose to be states. We didn't have much of a colonial
> > empire, and don't hold any territory by force.
> >
> > What swept the world, and continues, is US science and culture and
> > SUVs and food. Check google Street View all over the world. Everything
> > looks like Dallas.
>
> Lol, everything looks like dallas.
>
> > It's unfortunate that, at the end of WW2, Russia forced the US to be
> > the defender of europe, the world's unwilling policeman.
> >
> > But more to the point, we have gobs of gas and oil, and politicians
> > will drill before being voted out.
>
> The US is a far more peaceful place than continental europe. Isn't there
> something like zero recorded years of no wars going on over there? Those
> fuckers just can't get along at all, for any reason, for any period of
> time.
>
> The last war on US soil was 1865.

Yeah, if you don't count the war on blacks for the next hundred years.

Weren't we in a war in Hawaii in 1941? Oh, I guess technically we weren't at war until a few days later.

Then there were many, many war actions on US embassies which are considered US soil.

I suppose for the most part though, you are right that we have mostly been able to be aggressive enough to do the fighting elsewhere... other than against blacks.

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