@NerdHerder9001@mhp_guy I used to replace incandescent bulbs somewhere in the house almost every other week. I've replaced around 8 in 15 years with LED.
People forget really fast.
@mhp_guy Ecosmart is typical Home Depot trash. My Hue bulbs have 10s of thousands of hours and working great. Some are over 8 years old. Finally a few are failing, but that wipes the floor with incandescent and I get fun colors and automation. Don’t buy cheap stuff in anything.
Biggest marketing scam ever invented?
“Lasts 13 years!”
A few years later, it dies.
“Where’d we get those bulbs from again? Whatever. Let’s just buy more.”
A while back, I went through and replaced every incandescent in our house with LEDs.
7 years later, here we are.
@mhp_guy I've got a bunch of them that are >15 years old. They were 7$ each and are now <1$. There's really no reason you would want to go back to incandescent.
@Cad_Republican Rona can't be the best place to buy these things in your area. They sell them per unit because they expect you to buy 5 to replace broken ones in your driveway.
Alright, now that I have all the receipts and I've had some time to rest my back, here is the breakdown of the paver bricks I bought from the USA
Including taxes, tolls, and transportation with conversions
The savings was nearly $1,000! 🥳
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@PFPercyJr@elonmusk No, you can get way cheaper payments with other brands, and it's not even their cheapest model or lowest trim level.
Tesla has a pricing issue. That's why sales are declining.
The more serious problem is probably paying 50 to 70% more in income taxes than Americans, limiting your take-home pay and thus limiting your ability to spend on big ticket purchases like cars and houses.
You can actually get the model Y in standard trim, imported from giga Berlin, but model 3 is limited to premium at the moment.
But the core of your problem is a income tax issue. Not a Tesla issue. You likely have this exact issue with any other car manufacturer when looking at a premium quality vehicle even when it's priced so cheap.
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Ford CEO in new interview:
“We'll have an all-electric, affordable vehicle to compete with Model Y and Model 3. I think there's nothing else like it on the market. We started a skunkworks team 4 years ago. They were basically Formula 1 and Tesla people. That vehicle is radically different. I'm really excited to show everyone maybe late this year or (early) next year. It will be coming out next year.”
(via Spike's Car Radio)
It is going to be tough to electrify everything when the largest copper producing mines are depleted.
Chile is the world's largest copper producer, contributing roughly 25–27% of global supply.
Production totaled 378,554 metric tons in February, down 8.5% from January and 4.8% from a year earlier.
Many of the largest mines were identified and begin mining over 100 years ago. The biggest and easiest to mine have already been discovered and depleted for decades. Generally newer mines are smaller, lower quality ore, more remote and more expensive to operate.
In order for us to have all of these data centers and electric vehicles and upgraded electric grids, we will need a lot of copper (and silver). Unfortunately, the best mines for each of those metals have already been depleted.
@Drodro77@WebbDan78442@elonmusk Since you aren’t bright; I’ll re-introduce the original topic. The original post said the car pictures was affordable. NOWHERE did they say AWD or anything. You are arguing your own little delusions. It’s entertaining.