Maggie's Farm

Electric cars run on big batteries. Gasoline/diesel engines also have batteries. That are full of acid. I don't know the mechanics of electric car batteries as we never work on them, but I believe that it is their "achilles heel" and what makes them unaffordable without subsidies. Also dangerous.

A week ago a tractor trailer that was parked in front of our garage burst into flames from what the fire marshall said was electrical/battery caused. This was the 3rd battery/truck fire he had investigated this week and it was only Tuesday.
The flames were 30' high and burned through the power lines, melted an aluminum tank that was sitting in front of our shop 20' away and warped our 20' x 20' garage doors although it was about 40' away. The cab is almost entirely gone, the tires melted and thankfully the driver had been picked up and wasn't sleeping in the cab berth.
This is why we disconnect battery cables when vehicles are parked inside overnite.


I can only imagine the feeling driving around in an electric crockpot with batteries that are even more unstable and likely to burst into flames than conventional batteries. Or having one parked in your garage. Where you might be sleeping with your unaware family feet away.

Might I also mention that electric cars are charged by electricity that used to be powered by coal fired electric plants until the EPA decided that burning coal was bad for the planet. And our health.
Asthma and disease rates keep increasing. Methinks the two are not correlated, unless it's inverse, as the air quality is supposed to be 80% better than the 70's due to all these regulations.

any excuse the tax the shit out of us peasants.


OH and solar. There's a giant solar farm on the other side of the mountain from me, The panels are covered with 1' of snow right now.

Oh and regulating wood. This is because at the moment, wood is mostly untaxed. You can get triaxle loads of wood already cut and split from the loggers. You can get a $20 permit from the state forest, gamelands to harvest trees they mark BECAUSE IT's MAKES THE FOREST HEALTHIER AND REDUCES FIRE HAZARD. Fencerows need to be cut back. Orchards need to replace trees on a regular basis. Firewood takes some effort and labor, but is not taxed at multiple levels like other energy sources; gas, coal, oil, kerosene, etc. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH AND ALL ABOUT CONTROL.

(rant over)

I believe there are roughly $12,000. That's 4x as much as I spent on my used car.

and you're right. where DO the old batteries go?

THe carbon imprint of creating these electric cars is worse than they will admit. Ask the Chinese who are polluting their land/water with the mining of materials for our (spoiled) ecotards.