08-07-2015, 03:09 AM
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When I stated driving there was [at least one] gas station on every corner. Then they went away and now it's medical dispensaries.
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08-07-2015, 09:26 AM
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When I started driving there was a bank on every corner. Every industry gets oversaturated sometime.
The only reason I have a "problem" with gas station availablility is because I'm in the sticks, I don't want to gas up until zero and I'm way too picky about exactly how far out of my way I want the pit stop to be.
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Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
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08-07-2015, 10:40 AM
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The Onion has hit upon the real reason why people will finally abandon gas...
Scientists Continue Developing Alternative Energy Sources For Americans To Waste - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
And its not just Americans. It applies to me too, I fear.
If by some fluke I would get a Tesla Model S for free then I would not sell it again, as I would with almost anything else.
I would sell the Insight and spend the yield on solar panels.
Then I would drive the Model S in the fast lane.
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For education go to people unlike yourself.
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08-07-2015, 03:13 PM
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08-07-2015, 06:32 PM
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Anyone pondered that for you to have electric vehicles or indeed energy stored in a battery, you also need a reliable source of electricity.
Sorry to enter the room with an elephant.
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08-08-2015, 02:45 AM
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There's electricity blowing through your body like the wind. Right. Now.
Google ' Battersea Tesla'. Oops, I did it for you.
Edit: I just came back to say, do have a look at the overall project: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/06/arc...power-station/
Apparently the roller coaster goes right through the building.
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08-08-2015, 05:30 PM
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08-08-2015, 07:18 PM
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I actually like that better. I never cared for roller coasters that much; and those poor architectural mannequins trapped on the catwalks underneath? Shudder.
But they could still do the 300ft Tesla coils, right?
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08-08-2015, 07:20 PM
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No.
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08-09-2015, 10:25 PM
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Quote:
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There's electricity blowing through your body like the wind. Right. Now.
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Florida Judge Rules "Wi-Fi Harvesting" Illegal
"Wi-Fi Car" Owner Ordered to Pay Restitution to "Victims"
"The energy's free, nobody (is) usin' it, so I thought, why not?" - Garry Winkler, Wi-Fi Car Creator
"My husband would yell from the kitchen; 'The internet is out again, honey!' I'd yell back: 'Wi-Fi Winkler is drivin' by again!" - Name Withheld
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If only, though... 
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