Life is tough! Especially if you believe the big big lies & as the above picture says, “But it’s tougher when you are stupid!” 

This piece is not intended to insult anyone, far from it! it’s just an observation & while there is great  accuracy of fact, it is meant to be in some degree tongue-in-cheek.

Have you ever thought about something & then just passed over it? You didn’t take the time or make the effort to become educated! For instance, didn’t you ever wonder how could a 5000 lb. + SUV get a 5 star crash rating & also a Smart car gets the same rating? Well if you did, but didn’t go any further than refer to the above picture, which I borrowed from another post! The IIHS testing methodology is as illogical as any there is. Setup a wall, drive a car into it, rate the results! Really!? So that means that a feather propelled into that same wall should receive a, what 10 star rating! Because that feather is not going to receive any damage. Put another way, I’ll drive the 5000 lb. SUV at you sitting in the Smart car! Do you fell good about that? If you do, see above picture! Of course only after you proudly show your 5 star rating from your coffin.

Do you believe you can burn a gallon of gas to charge a battery & that charged battery will give you more energy than the gallon of gas? Enough energy to take the same vehicle more than 3 times farther then just burning that gallon of gas directly in the engine to propel the car down the road? If so, see above picture! Because that defies physics! 

With each release of energy is work. A portion of work is calculated as heat or friction loss, which consumes a portion of energy. For instance, have you ever used an electrical plugin item or even a battery operated item & noticed that the cord or battery are warm or even hot when done? That’s energy lose or physics at work. It also is a fact that, this heat you feel means that not all the power you used went to the electrical item, but was lost due to friction. So if you think you can consume an energy to make another form of energy & have it not only be cheaper, but more of it, as well as less of what they call “less polluting”, see above picture!

Here is another fact to consider with regard to EV’s & battery operated products. Did you know that lithium is a metal? Did you know it’s not a renewable element? What was here at the formation of the Earth is all there is. Did you know that once processed into a battery it can’t be renewed? I.E. it’s done, dead, no good! So what are the brilliant morons plans for when the lithium is gone? Which ball park figures estimates place at 50 to 300 years, but considering the size & needs of car batteries, which is actually in its infancy stage, will substantially reduce at a much greater rate due to shear volume need!

If you didn’t think this was worth contemplating, see above picture.

Did you know that crude oil has been used for at least 6000 years. Did you know that virtually everything you have, wear, use & see is tied to crude oil? If not see above picture. 

All of these thing have been said over & over again, but most people just seem to be the proverbial bull with the ring in his nose being lead to slaughter! None of these things benefit you! They aren’t cheaper, they aren’t more efficient, they aren’t better for the ecology & in almost every case they use up precious resources that can never be replenished! Ever! If you don’t know that, see above picture!!

Edited September 17, 20223 yr by Last Indian

Gees last indian ! What you say is so true .matter of fact its quiet disturbing !

i for one think hydrogen would make a great replacement fuel , but to produce it defeats the propose!
  

35 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Gees last indian ! What you say is so true .matter of fact its quiet disturbing !

i for one think hydrogen would make a great replacement fuel , but to produce it defeats the propose!
  

It is disturbing! Yes I have always said hydrogen is the answer, but it needs to be something inert per say! Example: a type of nozzle that some how cracks water, I.E. separates the oxygen molecules from the hydrogen molecules as the water is pushed through a type of orifice! This way there can be no risk factor for an explosion because all you carry is water!

Yet instead we spend tens of trillions on green energy & the destruction of the fossil fuel industry with not a single feasible or tangible idea that can really work!

You will not be told the complete info on anything.  You must research both sides of any issue and then make your decision.  Do the homework.  I think Fitzy is talking mainly about the gas milage and not the BIG green lye.  Wouldn't park a Toyota in my driveway if it was given to me.  30 yrs with GM will do that with those of us that still have brand loyality.

16 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

You will not be told the complete info on anything.  You must research both sides of any issue and then make your decision.  Do the homework.  I think Fitzy is talking mainly about the gas milage and not the BIG green lye.  Wouldn't park a Toyota in my driveway if it was given to me.  30 yrs with GM will do that with those of us that still have brand loyality.

Unfortunately he is talking emissions, in particular CO2, as he indicated in the last NZ post. And I’m ok with that. If that’s what he believes! If a man has been convinced by other fools that he can jump off a cliff & fly with nothing but his own will I certainly can’t change his mind! 

Though the fact that those folks can’t explain their position in any way other than look at the weather! Yet even in that they have no evidence! Because these cycles have existed for millions & millions of years & there is indisputable proof that it has! Then you become very aware that they have been indoctrinated & deceived. 

Case in point! Nitrogen makes up 78% of our atmosphere! It is thee most abundant gas in the Earths atmosphere, than Oxygen at 21%! That’s 99% of all the gases in the atmosphere. Every other gas in the atmosphere is less than 1%! CO2 sits at .034% while many others are higher in that 1% group.

Now you can read many articles about Nitrogen & whether it’s a greenhouse gas, but all that claim it isn’t are not scientific sites they’re propaganda sites pushing the same old narrative. When you look at actually scientific data it absorbs infrared radiation, I.E. greenhouse gas! So why isn’t it number 1 since it’s 78% of the atmosphere? Because it doesn’t relate to fossil fuel energy! Those that push it have one goal; destroy the human race! Why? Well I leave that up to each individual to reason through.

 

Think this is nuts? Ask yourself this! Shortly before Covid NASA’s Mars explorer & all of its findings were big news. So much so that NASA laid out a possible plan for the distance future of how we might convert Mars to a livable, breathable planet! Do you remember that? Do you remember what it was? They were going to put, what they called pollution machines on Mars! Machines that would release greenhouse gases into Mars atmosphere to create a atmosphere that would hold, wait for it heat! Thus creating plant life thus oxygen & life! Don’t you find it curious that they want to create life on Mars through greenhouse gases while here on Earth those same gases are destroying our planet according to them!

 

i am finding this very fascinating ! 

All i really know about nitrogen is that it makes things grow!, and when we have our spring electrical storms we get nitrogen rich rain, and every thing grows really well !

There are many important elements in Earths atmosphere. None are replaceable or better said, they are irreplaceable! Nitrogen is one of the most important! Why? Nitrogen is responsible for all life! Amino acids are the building block of all life! Nitrogen is the element that makes amino acids among many other things, but hey it’s a greenhouse gas so let get rid of it!

Nitrogen is one of the most used elements on earth. Nitric acid, I.E. urea or as you all know it fertilizer. Nitriding is another use of nitrogen. This use of nitrogen is used in process certain metals. For instance the nitriding of Boron creates one of the hardest materials only eclipsed by a diamond & not by much! Also it is used by man & nature to suppress oxygen! In chemical reaction in nature & in processing. Also in fire fighting to take away one element of the tetrahedron! You may also know it as that product that is used in cryogenics. Or the stuff they use to freeze that wart or skin growth off of you! So if you thought nitrogen was just a man made fertilizer, See above picture.

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by Last Indian

Carbon monoxide, with respect to car emissions. Many people think of this gas as a health problem or a killer & rightfully so! Yet with cars built since about 2000 carbon monoxide is no longer a threat! Most all cars produce since the new millennium began to have catalytic converters that convert CO (carbon monoxide) to CO2 (carbon dioxide). So current cars actually produce zero emissions! Read That Again! Zero emissions! That is a fact, but even better is the fact that this is what the car manufacturers said! So did most governments at the time of that achievement! But now it’s different! Now because they haven’t gained the control they thought they could it’s a crisis! Gas cars are a problem as well as your gas furnace, water tank, dryer & anything else that burns a fossil fuel! Really! 

Do you have a wood burning fireplace? Do you burn wood outside? Doesn’t it burn a fossil fuel? Did you know that burning wood releases the second most toxic gas on the planet? That this gas also is of a heavy particle size that falls back rapidly to earth & contaminates land & water! And the material is only eclipsed by nuclear waste in toxicity! That’s a fact! It’s called Dioxin! The Dioxin from burning wood invade everything. It causes all forms of cancer, emphysema, asthma & much much more. Did you know that historical records document that this has been known for thousands of years! That those records also show that charcoal was the preferred choice! Why? Charcoal produces as much as 50% less dioxins per volume, but it takes less than half as much charcoal to produce twice as much energy! 

So if you think you might want to drive an EV to save the planet? See the above picture! Or maybe drive that old gas guzzler a lot less? See the above picture. Or maybe you should put out the bon fire! 🥵

 

oh bugger so i should stop burning all my rubbish in the drum out back! but i enjoy burning shit Last Indian!

 More to the point i read a very sad artical from fca the other day, that they are building the last of the challangers and chargers next year and thats the end ! after that its all electric! i was ... wtf !

 ok on one hand the value of my hellcat will go up, and on the other hand  whats next?

i dont understand why the car industry is going down this dead end street with electric, when like you said Last Indian, hydrogen is a practical long term solution and we keep the ice, which to me gives cars there heart and soul !

1 hour ago, Last Indian said:

Most all cars produce since the new millennium began to have catalytic converters that convert CO (carbon monoxide) to CO2 (carbon dioxide). So current cars actually produce zero emissions! Read That Again! Zero emissions!

This interests me too ! as a gas fitter i am aware gas appilance emit CO, and its usually in the thousants part per million.

and as you have said Last Inian, all that is needed is for manufactors to add a catalytic converter to the flue off these applinaces and all you have is CO2. sooooo why are they making our industy move towarrds biofuels ? 

 

Why isn't anyone pointing fingers at S. America??  They are destroying the rain forrest and burn more than anyone on the planet.  China is filthy pigs that are destroying not only air quality but water quality is comparable to engine sludge and dumping into the oceans.  All this preaching to the choir as America has the strictest air quality and water management on the planet. 

 

23 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

oh bugger so i should stop burning all my rubbish in the drum out back! but i enjoy burning shit Last Indian!

 More to the point i read a very sad artical from fca the other day, that they are building the last of the challangers and chargers next year and thats the end ! after that its all electric! i was ... wtf !

 ok on one hand the value of my hellcat will go up, and on the other hand  whats next?

i dont understand why the car industry is going down this dead end street with electric, when like you said Last Indian, hydrogen is a practical long term solution and we keep the ice, which to me gives cars there heart and soul !

Listen, all of this is bullshit! You can approach this from any angle you want, but you can’t argue with historical facts! If you do see above picture, or you’re a liar! Of which there are many! For instance I spoke of burning wood & history shows thousands of years ago they used charcoal, but that was for cooking; because that was done on the ground, no chimney to carry the dioxins away from the people at ground level, but heating, different animal! This is why chimney design is crucial, & was actually better hundreds of years ago than today! All that said we humans use to have much better immune systems! Cancers, poisoning from things like dioxins or radiation, illnesses etc… Why is it so different! Well as a society we have failed to do what our creator told us to do! As a result our food may taste good, but it’s nutrients are very poor! 

 

Something else! Remember the hole in the Ozone? What happened to it? You don’t here about it anymore do you! Did you think it was caused by human activity? All the morons ran around like chicken little & they passed this stupid multinational agreement to stop CFC’s! But literally before they even really had a chance to implement it the ozone hole started to close, but guess what? They took credit for that result anyway! Now seriously for better than 25 years they squawked about the ozone hole & how long it had been there & it was getting bigger & how the cause was the increase of CFC’s. Yet overnight it shrunk because they signed an agreement! They must have scared the poor hole!

21 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Why isn't anyone pointing fingers at S. America??  They are destroying the rain forrest and burn more than anyone on the planet.  China is filthy pigs that are destroying not only air quality but water quality is comparable to engine sludge and dumping into the oceans.  All this preaching to the choir as America has the strictest air quality and water management on the planet. 

 

Actually, China is responsible for the fires in the Amazon! They are buying p Brazil at a record pace. Their Mining in the Amazon & causing fires as a result.

A little more insight to carbon monoxide! This gas while not good for anything I’m aware of, has some curious behavior that no one in authority speaks of! First it only last in the atmosphere a couple months, tops, during this time it starts attaching to a second oxygen molecule & then becomes CO2! Some of the largest producers of CO are volcanoes, brush fires & forest fires, but what they don’t tell you that they know is earths atmosphere is constantly bombarded from outer space with carbon monoxide! It is found though out space. This occurrence of carbon monoxide again becomes CO2 as the CO degrades from a second oxygen atom attachment. So you can see that removing fossil fuel from the planet, while being impossible without human extinction, which believe it or not is what they want, won’t stop CO2 increase in the atmosphere. What would benefit the planet is more vegetation! Remember! Plants take in CO2 & release O2! Humans take in O2 & exhale CO2! If you didn’t know that, see above picture!

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by Last Indian

More proof of why they what fossil fuels that do produce CO2 gone! Did you know that your body needs CO2 more than O2?! That doesn’t mean you don’t need O2, so don’t miss read that! Good breathing is all about efficiency and effectiveness, but what is efficiency and effectiveness in breathing? Nowadays, many people are out of shape and chronically ill. Even though fit and healthy people generally have better breathing habits than sick people, it is still extremely rare to meet somebody who breathes well. We don't breathe just to get oxygen: In fact, the human respiratory center isn't very sensitive to oxygen levels at all, since it primarily responds to CO2 levels. The best breathers are those people whose breathing doesn't react strongly to minor increases in CO2 because they breathe little and have a high level of natural CO2 in the body. The air we breathe is so rich in oxygen that even people who breathe extremely little while at rest still get plenty and are in fact often in excellent shape. When we breathe too much and exhale too much CO2 while being inactive, the CO2 content of the blood drops dangerously low and strongly affects our health and performance.

“Carbon dioxide is the chief hormone of the entire body; it is the only one that is produced by every tissue and that probably acts on every organ."
Yandell Henderson, Ph.D. - Cyclopedia of Medicine (1940)

CO2 has many important functions in the body; It is essential for oxygen delivery to cells, maintaining blood pH and much more.

The fact is this, there are many reasons I can give as to just how crucial CO2 is to the human body! But, one of the largest issues for many ailments that people have is actually a depletion of CO2 from the body! So ask yourself, why in hell would we be trying so hard to reduce one of the most important elements on earth! So do you think you should see the above picture!

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by Last Indian

If you thought life was tough using fossil fuels? Wait till you live it under “Green Energy”! Most Europeans will either be freezing this winter or going broke paying for the heat or both! Because they jumped in to green energy with both feet! Now they don’t have enough energy to keep the heat or lights on! Green energy only works when the wind blows fast enough for wind turbines or the sun is out for solar! It can’t be stored! So forget about electricity at night & It will never be able to be stored under current conditions! There are not  enough natural resources to make what would be needed to store that volume of energy! So if you think that green is a good idea or it’s acceptable; we’ll get ready, cause you’re going to be cold & in the dark & broke! Oh yeah! That EV you might buy!? It’s going to be sitting a lot cause you won’t be able to charge it. Think not? Look at what California just did recently. 

Speaking of EV’s. What are all these people that have their garages so full they park all their cars outside going to do to charge that EV? Drag multiple 50’ electric cords out to the driveway every few days? If that’s what they plan? They need to see the above picture!