ButteryMonkey

@ButteryMonkey@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Used EVs break records while sales of new EVs plummet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same thing except a ‘23 EUV model with 100k miles for 11k. I don’t care about the miles, I’m not likely to put all that many on in the next decade, so averages out. My little coupe was dying a death of a thousand small but expensive problems, I need space to move project supplies (let me tell you, I’m amazing at tinycar Tetris, but I’ve started doing farming-adjacent things so genuinely need more room) and they gave me 4k for trade. Done and done.

  Everyone is just fascinated by whats under the hood (liquids, mostly). And how quiet it is. But man I will not be using climate control on longer trips if I can avoid it. It just chews through the battery. Thats potentially a problem here in the midwest, but not a problem for today me to deal with! And today me is already looking into making a portable solar charger (with used equipment because fuck buying new when used is so damn cheap) with a roof mount panel, big beefy battery pack, and good wiring for level 2 charging. Going to be expensive up front? Don’t care! I want to be able to meet my needs without ever using fast chargers (ill give myself the first year while I get used to the very different planning), and being portable means I can use it at home just as easily, and only pack it up when I’m going on a long drive, so only one expensive setup needed! Mmmmmm eventually-free transportation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder, if that was done, how much energy would be transferred from the atmosphere (condensing water vapor transfers a huge amount of energy as heat), and what impact that might have on climate instability. I also wonder if there’s a way to transfer the heat energy to somewhere “safer”, like underground.

  And if these could be used in places that aren’t as bone dry, even better. I mean all the big powerful storms have been bigger and more powerful because of all the extra moisture in the air.. if we could throw these everywhere, pull some of that moisture out, and use it to supply portable water instead of drawing from reservoirs, that seems like it might be a many-win option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ukraine rescues soldier via drone delivery of complete e-bike⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In fairness, some of the weapons they have been strapping to their drones are also pretty heavy.