You must be related to this guy, who wrote this classic article way back in 2015 - it was way ahead of it's time!
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Pumping gas is HARD!
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Everything electric will not solve everything. Electric snow blower is useless when you get more than an inch of snow.
Brian-MS90D
Member
It better eventually, because eventually there won't be any gas left in the world!
(probably not in our lifetime though)
TomT
Technical Maven
You are breaking my heart!!! Doesn't that really heavy Supercharger connector get to you too???
thesmokingman
Active Member
It's gotten to the point where I think I might let my gardener go if he doesn't switch to EV soon. The noise is well annoying and it's a much better proposition for him/them as a business. It's not gotten real yet but it's in the back of my mind.
Johnny Vector
Member
Love it! The only ICE left in my life is a 9.9 HP outboard motor, which is seriously oversized for the boat it's on anyway, so this summer I'll be replacing it with an ePropulsion Spirit 3. No more winterizing! Just put it in the water and go!
Johnny Vector
Member
I recently became a board member of my neighborhood's HOA, and I'll be pushing them to use a landscape service that uses electric equipment. Gas leaf blowers are a crime against humanity.
No longer true. This tackled two feet of snow last winter. Holding up fine this winter. I also bought the corresponding mower so I have two batteries, but rarely need more than one.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-80-...ric-Snow-Blower-1-Battery-Included/1001045972
Trust me, mouth siphoning fuel from EVs are much easier. Just another reason to go EV.I still remember the fun of swallowing a mouthful of gas while siphoning from my folks car for my minibike when I was a kid - at least you could pump it...
Yeah, not correct unless your comparing to something you tried 10 years ago. Electric does just as well as ICE.
Doesn't work with New England wet snow (deep snow), plow more often? Nope, not in 40 kts of wind - as much as I hate my gas snow blower, electric is not there yet.
Someone else posted about outboards - I too am considering the e-propulsion 1kw model (to use when the 15hp 2-stroke pollution maker is not needed - 95% of the time).
I believe Oregon also has the same law, requiring an attendant to pump your gas for you.
They did have that law two years ago, when my son attended his final year at U. of Oregon... not sure if they've gotten rid of it.
I really liked being able to remain in the car as the attendant pumped my gas! (It provides jobs for students and youth)
Bikeman
Member
Yup. My neighbor has one. She did her driveway (very long), the neighbothood sidewalks, and then helped carve out more of the street in the last storm, which was 6 or more inches, and heavy. The two large batteries are also used in their lawn mower. Electric is good now, and still getting better.
I'd love to use one too, but our driveways are gravel, and using snow blowers on that stuff, well, there would be consequences.
I agree, with personal experience. I've moved about 8-10 inches of snow with my EGO-branded option of this Chervon-manufactured snowblower.
In fact, this particular snowblower design doesn't really work well enough to justify its use when there's less than 2 inches of snow to throw...
mangrove79
Member
LOL, I feel like I was reading something I wrote. I have an MY that we drove literally 99% of the time. And my wife has a Prius that she doesn't want to give up yet. Since we got the MY, her Prius is seeing about 20 mi/month, and the occasional drive to the airport since I don't want to park my MY there for out-of-town trips. with its 600 mi/tank range it's been a year since I filled up the Prius. But on my traveling where I need to rent a car, I've always had to fill up at the end so that hassle is still very familiar.
I guess MY + Prius is not a rare combination for a Tesla household.
mangrove79
Member
This article is genius! I can't stop laughing halfway through, especially the part about asking the dealer how much it is to fill up at home and how many free gas stations are there. This is probably true in a parallel universe in the multiverse.You must be related to this guy, who wrote this classic article way back in 2015 - it was way ahead of it's time!
