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Thank you from a fan.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

Thanks for putting this into words.

I re-read this post today as a review of this crazy last almost 2 months. My goodness, I also took the bait to spend 10 minutes eyeing the agenda of said “gotham gal” — I’ve always thought that moniker deplorable, but don’t tell her that. And I’m sitting here envisioning what a day or two would be like in her household.

And then I want to drink. A lot! Cheapest beer in town — perfect.

At least I’d be well fed as evidenced by her food porn.

You know by now that I’m a fan of your wisdom, BRC. But I get it that echo chambers and fan clubs are boring. I promise that the next time you say something really stupid, I’ll call you on it. In the mean time, don’t change.

Happy 2017!

I took the bait of the Gotham Gal Web site, at

https://gothamgal.com/

and read some.

There was a coconut cake recipe that looked good!

But soon there was a claim that during the campaign Trump “shot from the hip”.

Well, IIRC, the main case the mainstream media (MSM) had in mind was Trump’s remark that the US should temporarily stop all Muslim immigration until we knew what was going on, or how to vet such people, or some such.

Later he modified the “shot” to propose “extreme vetting” of all immigrants, especially those from countries with a lot of terrorist activity.

Well, as the US and the world have since learned the hardest way, in San Bernardino, Orland, Paris, among many others, and most recently in Berlin, Trump’s shot “from the hip” hit the center of the bull’s eye of the target. His recent statement that he was 100% correct was 100% correct.

Then I saw the Gal’s call for electric powered semi-trucks. Hmm.

So, I looked up semi-truck fuel saddle tanks and saw that they commonly have capacities of 50-150 gallons each. From seeing semi-trucks, typically one truck has 2-4 such tanks. Let’s say each semi-truck has saddle tank capacity for 200 gallons of Diesel fuel.

Then I looked up Diesel fuel — right, it weighs just under 7 pounds per gallon, that is, much the same as heating oil and jet fuel.

Then I looked up the weight of the battery in a Tesla — sit down for this one, it weighs 1200 pounds.

Let’s say that, ballpark, that battery has effective range of 10 gallons of Diesel.

So, for that range, the battery weighs 1200 pounds and the Diesel, 70 pounds. Hmm.

So, per unit of effective energy, the Tesla battery weights

1200 / 70 = 17

times as much as Diesel.

Then the 200 gallons of Diesel on a semi-truck would weigh 1400 pounds, and a battery with the equivalent energy would weigh

1400 * 17 = 23,800

pounds, an extra

23,800 – 1400 = 22,400

pounds.

Maybe Gotham Gal will be able to talk truckers into an extra 22,400 pounds, but I’d expect to get responses like

“No way.”

“Not a chance.”

“That dog won’t hunt.”

“Where’d you get the really strong funny stuff you’ve been smoking to propose that?”

Well, even if went for the extra 22,400 pounds, eventually have to pull into a truck stop and add energy.

Well, let’s look at charging the battery in the semi-truck. Ballpark, we want to add the energy of 200 gallons of Diesel. Well, I just looked up, one gallon of Diesel has

146,520,000

Joules of energy. Well, a Watt is one Joule per second. So, let’s assume a charging time of 10 minutes, 600 seconds. Then we’re talking power level of

146,520,000 / 600 = 244,200

Watts. At 240 Volts, that would be a current of

244,200 / 240 = 1,017

Amperes.

Uh, please, before you plug in that thing-y, let me step back. Uh, no, please don’t ask me to help you lift the charging cable. Just in case, I’ll have the fire department on the line. And right away I’ll notify the local electric company.

Then there will also be an issue of heat in the battery. That is, will be pumping 1,017 Amperes through the battery, and it stands to have some internal resistance so will generate some heat. Maybe we should have some water flowing over the battery to cool it?

Candy Apple Red is, or can be, just drop dead gorgeous. Long ago, a friend did that. It was gorgeous. Then, too soon, it looked like there was some heavy cream in the candy. The guess was that sunlight ruined the effect. The result looked awful.

Maybe now it is known how to have Candy Apple Red stand up to sun.

High West Whiskey? Did you hear about that pay window story?

http://www.parkrecord.com/news/business/high-west-distillery-sold-for-160-million/

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Don’t get me started. Go read Gotham Gal to see how crazy this is going to get. I am, genuinely, wondering about some folks connection to reality.

I am reviewing CPR just in case. Living in Austin is a real petri dish.

I am feeling pretty good about Trump’s Cabinet. They are all doers, thus far.

I was in NYC last week and walked over to the Trump Tower which was far more peaceful than the media would lead one to believe. I feel so sorry for the cops who are really on edge about anything happening. A lot of NYC — not in our house — pride.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

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Thanks for stopping by. Did you bring the whiskey?

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com