BobbyLeeSwagger

Copy all, thanks! Will try the suggestions. The bbq here is next to none for sure.

herewego

Are you referring to those UTurn lanes under the freeway from one One-way frontage road to the opposite direction one on the other side of the freeway where you don't need to stop at a red light to turn left, only to go 100 feet and stop at another red light before turning left again? Those are awesome.
Try exiting the freeway in Arkansas where you come off at freeway speeds and cross over oncoming traffic on the frontage road that is supposed to yield to you. That gets your adrenaline flowing the first few times you do it. After experiencing it a few times you just get your defenses up instead of wetting yourself.

Texas BBQ is the best. Lets the meat speak for itself instead of slathering it in sauce. Nothing like a sliced brisket and smoked sausage on butcher paper with a couple pieces of white bread. That is living.

BobbyLeeSwagger

I am referring to those U turn lanes. It's a nice concept I guess but it's like every 2-3 exits where I live so you can't simply take an exit and go left toward whatever you may have wanted to drive to on the other side of the freeway. Now let me preface this next statement with "I am a snowflake":

But to go to my local costco from the freeway, I have to either get off an exit early and drive this quasi highway with all these lights and driveways to shopping centers OR I have to take the closer exit and try to swerve over 3 lanes in 50 yards while people try to merge left to get on the on ramp. Naturally I opt to swerve, but every time, I wonder... will I make it or crash and burn?

The bbq is amazing.. I feel like trash after eating it so it's not too often. But, I just can't live in a place where I can't get a wet burrito with a huge scoop of sour cream and guac on top. To me that's freaking living, man. Add in a little house made salsa and a cold beer and you got it all.

I'll pay the tax for that lol

Profane Kahuna

where did you eat bad Mexican? Gotta go down towards the border and find hole in the wall places....muy bien !

Profane Kahuna

I never said anything about coal. I said “Lack of smog from EV’s? The vast majority of electricity in the US comes from fossil fueled generation. You haven’t eliminated smog you just moved it to someone else’s backyard”

Here are the statistics:

OOfff

The good news is that when you move back, SoCal has several really great Texas-style bbq spots

Profane Kahuna

Before you move away, drive to Lockhart. Go to Smitty’s. You’ll thank me later.

Bluesideup1

I guess you didn't understand what he said. Those power plants produce a lot less smog than an equivalent ICE car. The fact that there is even less coal producing power plants means that there is going to be even less smog produced by those power plants because coal was the worst smog producer and that is why he brought it up.

Also every year the grid becomes cleaner meaning that the already cleaner running EVs become even more clean with every passing month. Couple that with the jump in home solar and you have a very clean with very little smog produced when running an EV.

So, no you don't just move it to someone elses backyard you eliminate a large portion of the pollution by going with an EV.

Plus and I can't stress this enough. That when you buy and use an EV in the United States. You keep all the money for fueling the EV in the United States. The 800 BILLION+ dollars we send out every year to purchase oil from people that hate us and want to destroy us is insanity.

TransWorld

You are using either old data or incomplete data. Today the US ships more oil and gas overseas than it imports. On balance, the United States has a positive balance of payment.

Importing Saudi crude to the US is offset by exporting Alaska North Slope crude to the Far East, for example. It is cheaper to do that than the alternative. If the US were to decide to only use US crude, it would be more expensive to consumers. Shipping crude from Alaska to refiners in the Houston area is more expensive. The Saudis would still get paid. They then would ship their crude (at more expense) to the Far East.

Crude sales balance out.

135tankerdriver

Do you recommend driving an EV vs flying commercial as it keeps money in the US as well?