Posted on 07/31/2020 11:02:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
I also have the kobalt weed trimmer now, for the same reasons.
I’ll give it 6mos before it goes belly-up.
I want one. And one for my wife too!
That would be your opinion.
Small engines, whether two- or four stroke, will not be supplanted by battery-powered equivalents any time soon any more than larger transportation-oriented vehicles so powered. There is no superiority inherent in today’s battery-powered tools or vehicles.
Sounds like you want to erase my individuality, with all due respect. My aversion is to this concept being forced on me rather than it being developed as a successful niche in the private sector. I would never deny anyone their dream vehicle, but to have that same vehicle imposed on me is something far different (think of the kind of world described in the band Rush’s “Red Barchetta” for example).
BTW, “hidebound” has “reactionary” as one of its synonyms, and that is a word long used by the left in a derogatory sense towards conservatives.
Pontiac Aztek. Cool idea. Awful execution.
There was literally a memo from management that employees were to cease from making Aztek jokes.
I’ve got a handful of cordless tools for home and a huge set I use for work.
I don’t really reef on any of them but they are great for portability.
I work in the building supplies realm and have seen the battery chainsaws at trade shows. They truly are the real thing but I’m enough of a luddite that I’m not ready yet.
Trade shows are one thing; the workplace is another.
I don’t chain saw much and don’t have a real reason to own one. Not enough trees.
But a couple weeks ago, we were at the mother in laws. We dropped a dead pine and cleaned up a couple more deadfall trees. She has 30-40 mature trees, many of which may need to be cleaned up in the next few years.
My BIL and I are encouraging her to buy one. Gas is the same price as battery and is proven technology.
We had a 20” blade Stihl we’d borrowed. It was just enough saw for what we were doing.
Who said “imposed?” I was decribing a vision for vehicles in the future. The vehicle in the article may be ugly but the CONCEPT behind the vehicle is quite real.
They will be assembled from modular components to suit movement over fashion.
As for “hidebound,” in technology it merely means unable to have vision beyond current pedestrian practices.
Sbort term is fine. Long term would be where problems start.
Sbort term is fine. Long term would be where problems start.
I myself said “imposed”. Please pardon me for saying so, but when the media uses the word “future” or the phrase “of the future”, it clearly refers to top-down imposition rather than the buying public voting with their feet as it were.
If I wasn’t clear before, I want to say that I’m not opposed to the technology, so long as what I prefer for my transportation needs/wants remains available and affordable.
In my youth I too was fascinated by the concept.After I studied thermodynamics, not so much.
If someday battery tech gets good enough and cheap and durable enough, electric vehicles can make sense provided that the application doesn’t require recharging when the user can’t afford the time to wait for it.
I don’t see electric working on long-haul routes. Hybrid vehicles seem a lot more practical. Not practical enough, mind, if they have to be subsidized . . .
Did you study Doble’s work with steam generators? He was striving towards higher thermal efficiency and longevity.
Looks like something you get free....with bowl of soup!!!!
all else aside, steam suffers from the practical problem of freezing in the winter.
Doble sought to overcome that with an alcohol/water mix in the working fluid.
>>I myself said “imposed”. Please pardon me for saying so, but when the media uses the word “future” or the phrase “of the future”, it clearly refers to top-down imposition rather than the buying public voting with their feet as it were.<<
No offense, FRiend but I find that a little... paranoid. I just see “of the future” to mean possible, like “the home of the future” which we are building ourselves through purchases of smart appliances.
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