Ace-Garageguy

https://www.darigold.com/can-methane-zapping-masks-help-cool-down-the-planet/

No.

I've been around for a while, but I've never come across this before. Fascinating. As somebody else said, all my knowledge of Fordillacs and Studillacs revolves around the first generation Cad OHV V8 engines.

Same old, same old, different day, same...stuff.

All you have to do is look at history to see that humans typically dither incessantly, talk and posture, and generally fail to accomplish anything concrete until it's almost too late. Study the lead-up up to WWII, or more recently, look at Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which have been very obviously dropping quickly for 20 years (during which time those who could have mitigated the looming disaster did nothing but expel hot air). Couple that with the fact that most people in power (and most of those who put them there) have zero comprehension of hard science and technology, can barely read and comprehend a string of words, think they're smarter than everyone else in spite of their abysmal ignorance, and you get what you get. There is, for the sake of analogy, nobody driving the bus as it heads towards the cliff, but there's a very vocal party in the back arguing over what color it should be painted.

"Mate" said the chess player as he finished off his opponent on the board, which he did not confuse with "bored".

"List" is a nautical term for when a boat or ship leans to one side.

Don't mention worms. The UN and the WEF are already trying to prime us in the West to all eat bugs.

Once again, why not become familiar with current thinking and state-of-the-art tech prior to making blanket statements like this? Funny how some people point their fingers and rail at geezers for resisting the future, but many of the self same ones have absolutely no clue as to what they're talking about, and decry future tech that actually can work. In this scenario, useful products are extracted from the post-desalination brine, and nothing toxic is returned to the sea or ocean. Another promising tech (watch to the end) can desalinate seawater very quickly and efficiently, with, again, useful minerals extracted from the salty residue. Even the Salton Sea in California, an environmental disaster if there ever was one, could supply fresh desalinated water for a while, relatively cheaply, with the byproducts being minerals necessary for EV battery production.

No argument there, but just because something hasn't been implemented universally doesn't mean it can't be done, and the stuff can be and is being recycled responsibly. https://www.epa.gov/coalash/frequent-questions-about-beneficial-use-coal-ash

Indeed.

Dig deeper. The tech exists, but the reason it's not implemented is greed and corruption and maintaining the status quo.

Science, huh?

But they're not stocking those old parts by the hundreds for any particular car, because they're going away. Every time I have to buy something locally, in the Atlanta metro market, I ask how many are in store-stock, at other stores ('cause it's sometimes expedient to just go get whatever it is than to wait for overnight delivery to my local store), or warehoused regionally. The numbers aren't high. In the real world, how many 20 year-old cars do you see in daily service? Sure there are some, but I have, for instance, a 2005 Neon, and a 2001 PT, and I very rarely encounter operational examples...and almost never encounter other, older ones like my 911, XJ6, first-gen MR2, etc.

GM's Mary Barra at one time stated her intention to take the company away from selling cars, and to instead partner with or start a "ride share" operation like Uber, where the vehicles they manufacture are "on call", rather than owned. "You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy". Look it up.

The average lifespan of a car is figured to be 10-12 years before they're junked. That means that by 2045-2047, the vast majority will be gone.

Then why don't you educate yourself about the existing technology that's capable of removing, capturing, and recycling carbon dioxide from natural-gas and coal-burning plants' exhaust plumes, and get vocal about mandating THAT? Because for the foreseeable future, "renewables" simply are not going to be able to keep up with ever increasing loads on the grid from electric vehicles. We have 200 or more years-worth of coal right here in the good old USA, we don't need to buy it from anybody outside, and it CAN be 100% carbon-neutral. Many localities are already experiencing the false promise of relying on renewables at our CURRENT demand level, both here and abroad, they're looking back at coal and nuclear, and a little open-minded research into FACTS concerning global energy usage might give you a better perspective on what needs to be done.

Is this directed at me?

By your logic, that would disqualify anyone posting here, including you presumably. But you're also mistaken in your assumption, again. Ever heard of the Society of Automotive Engineers? I get all their publications, read the relevant papers, and keep abreast of the tech. Who else here has that level of information at hand? EDIT: One more time, I'M NOT ANTI-EV. They have a place in a rational vehicle mix. But they're not the savior of the planet, like we're being sold.

Never said I "worked" on them. That's what you read into what I wrote. I actually said I'd driven many of the current offerings because I have access to them after repairs...but it's a BODY SHOP. Body repairs aren't under warranty, nor are they dealer-mandated...but shops must be OEM certified. There. All better now?

Documentary watching makes one an absolute expert on everything, and trumps personal experience every time.

Sometimes, you just have to laugh.

Why do you inevitably default to this exact kind of personal attack? Make a reasoned argument, drawing on something other than whatever it is that fuels your hate.

This is a hoot. Really. I've been involved in alt-fuel projects and organizations off and on since 1974 (when it became pretty obvious to anyone who was awake that fossil fuels as we knew them were on the way out), and have stayed current on the tech and the legislation, have actually done early EV and propane and CNG conversions, and have had the opportunity to drive many of the current offerings because one shop I'm associated with repairs them. You could truthfully say I know considerably more about the subject than most of the opinion-posters. But as I'm all too aware, actual knowledge and experience mean nothing to a certain mindset. EDIT: As shown by the continuous ha-ha emoticons. Never a valid or at least thought-out argument.

More prudent to just ignore the endless rebleatings of this same tired line. We get it. You're the hip-happening-know-everything-future-looking kinda guy all us old fossils are jealous of, and anybody who criticizes any current trend, no matter how hopelessly misguided, is too old and past it to take seriously. Stay awesome.