Clover is a good choice. Nothing wrong with a nitrogen fixer.

If possible, spread some local seed packs for pollinators on the bare dirt. Should be able to find some for your region/state. Better than letting the regular weeds take over.

No idea. I equated motor to motor. I assumed that when the price was stated for the electric motor it was for the motor alone, it did not specify motor, transmission unit, controller or management systems.

If you want to compare setups that contain engine and transmission it’s still cheaper on the ICE side. An engine and transmission kit, plus engine controller, can be had for around $15k starting price.

But again, we have to note that only one engine and transmission are required in an ICE car, whereas tesla may require up to four motors. I am also picking modest V8 engines and associated transmissions. You could also pick a 4 cyl Honda engine and transmission for a little over half the cost of the V8 package. A new Honda 1.5l 4 cyl can be had for $2500. Also, again, I am pointing out retail costs. OEM costs will be significantly cheaper.

So yeah…electric motors, installed with or without any transmission parts, are more costly.

Edit: prices for tesla motors did not state it included drive unit, but I am suspicious of the source. I would conservatively place a new OEM motor at 10k retail, single unit, base model.

The less I maintain my yard the more lightning bugs we get.

We do not maintain our back yard very well. I refuse to let these amazing insects disappear. We also seed for pollinators as well.

“Shut up, Al, we’re trying to negotiate good deals for ourselves. Don’t rock the boat!”

How are these full of spam? Does nobody maintain their email? I’ve had the same address for over 20 years and rarely get spam.

Ugh. I hope not. But nothing to be done except save what we can.

Because it generates interaction and user count. Money before country.

If you spent time on other platforms like Threads you’d see a lot more of this being continuously spewed. It’s why I deleted my accounts on several services. While this might be a cherry picked example from that sub, the far right revisionist take is far, far more common on popular social media than you think.

What the fuck…

Obstinacy. Got it.

You’re not listening. I can’t tell of you’re being obstinate or just trying to force a different perspective to make yourself right or something.

The entire point of the conversation is Americans, not electoral votes, therefore the popular vote, those who voted, and those who did not vote are the germane factors to the discussion. The EC is not relevant in this context.

Fantastic response and comment chain full of help.

How you know this isn’t reddit. “Dump him, lawyer up, and hit the gym” appeared nowhere in this comment.

I admire the F out of the French. They’ll call a spade a spade and take to the streets at the drop of a hat.

Meanwhile, we keyboard warriors in the US all sit behind a screen saying “we should DO something!1!” while our government gets dismantled by growing fascism and oligarchy.

Aviation. Pretty darn good right now, but it took 20 years of near or below poverty wages to get here. One severe economic downturn and we could be right back at shit wages.

Yes…the engineering could have been in the chip.

The rest, we’re on the same page.

I am in no way suggesting we shouldn’t be wary and not investigate. Crappy 3rd party engineering could be an issue. Placing a declarative title with no qualification as truth (because nobody reads the article) despite the quote from the corporation itself denying it in the article shouldn’t be done. Like I said, too much of that happening these days.

No way does an electric motor cost that much.

Did you check numbers before you posted or did you disagree out of hand with zero thought to it? I didn’t pull these numbers out of my ass.

https://gbtimes.com/how-much-is-a-tesla-motor-replacement/

$10k-$30k, I posted a midrange price. Another site had them as “cheap” as 7k, but either way if you need 2-4 of them it’s not cheap.

That precision engineering has been establishing itself for well over a century, we get the cheaper price thanks to the economy of numbers. piston engines were driven by steam well before ICE. Yes, I am abundantly familiar with ICE engines having built several and in fact have one under assembly in my garage right now. There’s a massive difference between a boring consumer grade crate motor and any purpose-built high-end track motor as far as engineering goes even if the parts are essentially the same.

Nothing I said is untrue, strictly or otherwise.

https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers

I did not get into the debate about the EC because the discussion is about the people that voted or did not vote for trump, not how he won.

Wonder who is feeding him the drug(s).