Fuel Prices.

[subtle plague]

FTFY
There is no pure solution yet).

Slave Rikshaw! I mean those mountain town low paid workers need summer Jobs working for the wfh crowd, right?

[MontuckyFried]

Slave Rikshaw! I mean those mountain town low paid workers need summer Jobs working for the wfh crowd, right?

Hahahah. Ok. Now that's funny! Bring back the rickshaw!

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[MontuckyFried]

FTFY


(Yeah, save the talk of battery material mining, etc, skies would be cleaner. There is no pure solution yet).

Saw an electric Harley-Davidson driving through Austin the other day. My first time seeing one. Not gonna lie. I thought it was a pretty nice looking bike. I'd ride one. Don't know anything about them, but looked good flying down the highway. Passed me at a pretty good clip. The electric whirrrr actually sounded kinda cool too.

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[gravitylover]

I spent $328 for gas this week

[highangle]

[gravitylover]

4.38 for premium (93) this afternoon

[BCMtnHound]

It’s times like this I’m so glad I bought about 75litres of premium for the gennies and sled last fall at $1.60/L. Over $2.30/L here now.

[fomofo]

Saw an electric Harley-Davidson driving through Austin the other day. My first time seeing one. Not gonna lie. I thought it was a pretty nice looking bike. I'd ride one. Don't know anything about them, but looked good flying down the highway. Passed me at a pretty good clip. The electric whirrrr actually sounded kinda cool too.

https://www.longwayup.com/long-way-up



In the case of California two factors are often pointed out to partially account for high gas prices: state gas taxes, and special fuel mix which is more expensive. I haven't read through the whole thread, so this may have been addressed already, but what I'd like to understand is if it's not gouging on the part of the oil company and/or station owner then why is gas $7/gal at some stations when it's still under $6/gal at others? Are there also local taxes or other things that feed in to the price?

In Tahoe you can often see a price differential approaching $1/gal at stations less than a mile apart. I attribute that to station owners planning on catching well-heeled tourists gassing up on their way out of town, not really caring about the price. Same thing that explains the who and why of $200 lift tickets. (Locals clearly are not going to pay either.)

[fomofo]

[Dee Hubbs]

Anyone running E85?
My new Audi can take E85, but no gas stations sell it up in the mountains in CO.
I’ve found a few location on the way to Denver, I’m going to give it a try next trip to Denver.

So I found a E85 gas station near me in the CO mountains.
Where I filled up today the 91 octane was 1.5X the price of E85.

I've been getting approximately 23 miles per gallon with 91 octane gas @ $4.55/gallon
If I get anything more than 15 miles per gallon with the E85, I'll be financially ahead buying E85 @ $3.00/gallon.
Am I missing something else?

Topped up E85 today for the fist time (was at 1/2 tank, but was in the neighborhood) and did the quick math:
E85 = $2.999/gallon
91 Octane = $4.549/gallon
So the E85 was 2/3 the price of the 91 O, or 66%.
I was getting 23m/g on 91 octane.
In the the first 160 miles of using E85 I got 19.2m/g (in the same driving conditions)
So I am getting 83.4% of the millage I was getting before, for 66% the price.

Or for every $100 spend I'll get:
505 miles on 91 Octane
or
640 Miles on E85.

Just the first calculation, but I'll keep tracking it.

[climberevan]

the quick math:
E85 = $2.999/gallon
91 Octane = $4.549/gallon
So the E85 was 1/3 the price of the 91 O, or 66%.

Ummm...

[east or bust]

Interesting that they refer to them as microreactors instead small modular reactors (SMR).

A small modular reactor (SMR) is a nuclear fission reactor that features factory-built-and-assembled modules in a variety of configurations and electricity outputs. About 1/10 to 1/4 the size of a traditional nuclear energy plant, SMRs feature compact, simplified designs with advanced safety features. Small modular reactors are envisioned to vary in size according to configuration.

Modular designs make it possible to assemble major reactor components in a factory and add reactor modules as needed. SMRs can be used for power generation, process heat, desalination or other industrial applications.

https://inl.gov/trending-topic/small-modular-reactors/

Pretty sure construction on a proto has already begun in Idaho.

[riser4]

I'm not a nuclear physicist or anything close to that. Duh. Naive question. Is there enough fissionable product in "spent" fuel rods that can be recovered in a safe way to work in some other kind of reactor other than the traditional water moderated ones they came out of?

[spanky]

Topped up E85 today for the fist time (was at 1/2 tank, but was in the neighborhood) and did the quick math:
E85 = $2.999/gallon
91 Octane = $4.549/gallon
So the E85 was 2/3 the price of the 91 O, or 66%.
I was getting 23m/g on 91 octane.
In the the first 160 miles of using E85 I got 19.2m/g (in the same driving conditions)
So I am getting 83.4% of the millage I was getting before, for 66% the price.

Or for every $100 spend I'll get:
505 miles on 91 Octane
or
640 Miles on E85.

Just the first calculation, but I'll keep tracking it.

You mileage will definitely go down as the 91 octane to E85 ratio becomes more E85.

[Percy Rideout]

Saw an electric Harley-Davidson driving through Austin the other day. My first time seeing one. Not gonna lie. I thought it was a pretty nice looking bike. I'd ride one. Don't know anything about them, but looked good flying down the highway. Passed me at a pretty good clip. The electric whirrrr actually sounded kinda cool too.

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Any ON ROAD motorcycle that isn't loud AF is a certain deathtrap.

[oldnew_guy]

Any ON ROAD motorcycle that isn't loud AF is a certain deathtrap.

Doesn’t matter how loud it is when physics come into play.

[MontuckyFried]

Any ON ROAD motorcycle that isn't loud AF is a certain deathtrap.

Are you one of those "LoUd PipES SaVE LivEs " boomers?

My old crotch rocket wasn't loud at normal revs. I somehow managed to survive.

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[XXX-er]

Hahahah. Ok. Now that's funny! Bring back the rickshaw!

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my mother took a dim vue of rickshaw drivers, if you sat on your leg she would say "don't sit that way you look like a rickshaw driver "

[riser4]

Are you one of those "LoUd PipES SaVE LivEs " boomers?

My old crotch rocket wasn't loud at normal revs. I somehow managed to survive.

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Heh. I got a laugh once when I went through a small town (Hyde Park, VT) on my BMW K75 and the local scruffian kids starting yelling at me for driving a rice rocket(???). I gave a little throttle so they could hear that special zzzzzzzz sound those BMWs make. Just because it didn't sound like the muffler fell off it was japanese?

[GiBo]

Any ON ROAD motorcycle that isn't loud AF is a certain deathtrap.

Ya, my kid was really quiet when he walked to school. So we put a siren on his head. It was really, really shitty for all the other humans in the neighborhood, but hey, the little guy never got hit! Head sirens save lives!

I'm filing up at 5.09 at the Love's in central California. My commute just got way more expensive.

[Kinnikinnick]

$3.50 in Colorado
$6.25 in LA!!!!!


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[SumJongGuy]

Ethanol free is $5.99/gallon here.

[Ted Striker]

The price of regular is changing so quickly we'll let you know when you finish filling up.

[east or bust]

I'm not a nuclear physicist or anything close to that. Duh. Naive question. Is there enough fissionable product in "spent" fuel rods that can be recovered in a safe way to work in some other kind of reactor other than the traditional water moderated ones they came out of?

I’m not either, but know experiments in this field are ongoing.

Look up the Advanced Test Reactor at INL. Labs from all over the world send samples there to test. Quite the process to get a fuel sample in the door…

[oldnew_guy]

Where is Summit when you need him?



https://world-nuclear.org/informatio...lear-fuel.aspx