Will you keep your 4runner if gas hits $8 a gallon?

Of course I dont daily drive a 4runner, its strictly to feed our shark fishing addiction. Sits all week until the weekend. Truck for trailers and boat. I work from home luckily but drive a 2014 TDI 6speed manual straight piped @ 48mpg for daily running around.

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In my defense, I never said that Americans weren't twats :lol:

I used to do property management in London. I've met cool Americans, and cool Russians. I would rather sit for a beer with your average American/Russian working man like myself, than any of our disgusting, vile, political class.

This situation is more nuanced and goes back further than 2022...

I see Gazprom have just declared force majeure on Germany's gas supply. So that solves that problem, apart from if you think any politicians will starve/freeze this winter.

So now will we see PUTIN MAN BAD painted as twice as evil, for turning off the gas that "causes climate change" and was supposed to be sanctioned anyway?!
 
Given that Russia has shown to be a paper tiger in terms of military prowess & technology, NATO and USA fearing Russia’s might is overstated. I am pretty sure ANY NATO country will destroy Russia’s army within a few days if not sooner.

Given Russia military gross incompetence due to decades of corruption, any nuclear launch will probably self-detonate before leaving the missile bay!
 
I like to remind people here that if they believe CO2 causes global warming and PUTIN MAN BAD then they should be in fits of joy that oil and gas are so expensive.

"This IS what you wanted, right? Or are you just a disgusting hypocrite virtue signaler that forgot actions = consequences?"

U.K. braces for record temperatures as 'heat apocalypse' hits Europe


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So, when it was cold (freeze last year), it was due to global warming. It is hot now…and this is due to global warming. We all know that all of this is from ozone destruction due to hairspray, right? My grade school teacher taught us that. She can’t be wrong 20-30 years later, right?

It's quite simple, every time the weather does anything, it's CO2.

The fact it is an excellent proxy for life itself is just an extremely useful coincidence.
 
Given that Russia has shown to be a paper tiger in terms of military prowess & technology, NATO and USA fearing Russia’s might is overstated. I am pretty sure ANY NATO country will destroy Russia’s army within a few days if not sooner.

Given Russia military gross incompetence due to decades of corruption, any nuclear launch will probably self-detonate before leaving the missile bay!

The Russian units involved are not engaging in pure fighting. More of a limited police action by reserve soldiers. Any NATO country? I beg to differ and I'm basing that on my 24 years of service. Most of Russia's nuclear deterrent is their mobile launchers which roam freely (they hide well), not missile bays.
 
The Russian units involved are not engaging in pure fighting. More of a limited police action by reserve soldiers. Any NATO country? I beg to differ and I'm basing that on my 24 years of service. Most of Russia's nuclear deterrent is their mobile launchers which roam freely (they hide well), not missile bays.

So, the special forces, regular soldiers, and hired hands etc are reserves ? I disagree with that. Russia is running out of soldiers in fact. They have lost over 50,000 of their armed force personnel. How many generals have they lost??!! LOL

Javelin and drones are killing Russians left and right and they have no clue how to defend it.

As stated, corruption and lack of any training have exposed the gross incompetence of Russian army. Their Navy flagship was sunk by an ordinary land mobile unit missile!! And Navy is their strength!

NATO (and US) technology is so far ahead of Russia. The only reason Russia is still in the fight against Ukraine is due to having more soldiers to sacrifice and just brute force and the fact that Ukraine is not in NATO (thus no direct support other than supplies).
 
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Did you actually read the article? ALL electricity generation sources operate at reduced efficiency at high temps - nuclear, coal, gas are included in that.

Your infatuation with a teenage girl is odd.

But you miss my point…….what is the point of solar when it “throttles” just like old tech under the very conditions that is supposed to be its strong point?

Greta? Well, some folks use her as the knight in shining armor public figure to represent the future. I am just using her to show the idiocy of that type of thinking. Age is not relevant for me…is it for you? I would gladly use some old hag if she was being nominated like the next queen of the world by the other side.

The push for Green Energy is done without much understanding of realistic needs of the people. It is the middle class that suffers greatly from this push.

I love the answer of some high official…complain about gas prices, let them buy electric cars instead! Classic. Talk about being out of touch!
 
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But you miss my point…….what is the point of solar when it “throttles” just like old tech under the very conditions that is supposed to be its strong point?
No. That's no supposed to be solar's strong point. The lack of emissions/pollution/whateveryouwanttocallit is. (of course, that doesn't solve what to do with them when their 20 yr or so lifespan is over)

Age is not relevant for me…is it for you?
Yes, age is relevant for me. I don't fixate on children.
Your beef is with the media. Not a teenage kid.

The push for Green Energy is done without much understanding of realistic needs of the people. It is the middle class that suffers greatly from this push.
We need to push for Green Energy b/c that's the only way we can innovate to improve it. Should we abandon all other sources of energy while we make that push? No. Should we abandon coal as much as possible (globally)? Yes.
Should we be investing in Nuclear? Yes.

Being extreme about it in either direction is a bad plan. That pretty much goes for anything in this life/world.
 
No. That's no supposed to be solar's strong point. The lack of emissions/pollution/whateveryouwanttocallit is. (of course, that doesn't solve what to do with them when their 20 yr or so lifespan is over)


Yes, age is relevant for me. I don't fixate on children.
Your beef is with the media. Not a teenage kid.


We need to push for Green Energy b/c that's the only way we can innovate to improve it. Should we abandon all other sources of energy while we make that push? No. Should we abandon coal as much as possible (globally)? Yes.
Should we be investing in Nuclear? Yes.

Being extreme about it in either direction is a bad plan. That pretty much goes for anything in this life/world.

Oh look…what just popped up on Yahoo News: Greta Thunberg and Al Gore react as climate change bakes Europe with record heat

:D

And you criticize me for bringing her up! For me, i don’t care she is a teenager. She is fair game because of the position that she takes.

I am all for green tech…as a SUPPLEMENT to the main sources of energy. BUT, it is too early and still poorly understood. Green folks want it to replace gas and oil NOW, which is idiotic…as can be seen in Europe spiraling economic destruction.
 
Not cool what you're insinuating here. She's 19 FFS. Not a 'minor age' teenager and certainly not a CHILD.

That’s the problem with the other side….they can criticize others but when the insults come back, they bring up irrelevant stuff. :target:
 

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