• Professor_Piddles@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    My wife’s plug-in hybrid charging (at home) costs the same as fuel for an ICE vehicle that gets 60mpg running 87 octane. Electricity is cheaper, but it’s also not free.

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      6 hours ago

      Condolences to your wife. The rest of us are very happy with our PHEVs. Electricity is not free? Are you saying nuclear plants, hydro-dams, power grids and wind turbines aren’t free? Ok I’ll keep that in mind, thanks!

      • Spot@startrek.website
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        5 hours ago

        Not where I live. All those charges for the use of their electricity here. I definitely do not have space to set up my own personal nuclear reactor on my patio. Not even sure I could scavenge enough free materials to build it, even if I found free designs/blueprints.

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          5 hours ago

          An uncle on my mother’s side used to hike in the backwoods with a wheelbarrow and a pitchfork to get materials. On a good day, he’d have a nuke reactor done by dinner. I assumed it was free but who am I to know.

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            4 hours ago

            Phew! I hoped that had come off as snarky and fun. Hard to tell with text.

            I’m fairly crafty but I may need some tips from that uncle of yours.

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              3 hours ago

              I pondered different directions but as my wise uncle Rad always said: “M’eh, whatever”.