I moved from OK back in Jan. . I work for a private oncology organization on the other side of the county and we fell through the cracks and got left out ,,,,,but hopefully very soon. Seniors are priority around here and there are an abundance of them.
that sux doc. well, hope sooner than later.
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Do most folks have cars? If you break up the 3750 people for every station into four people per family unit, it's still almost a thousand. Hope they have lots of pumps.Another Petaluma, CA first. No more gas stations.
Sixteen gas stations for 60,000 people? That's enough, Petaluma says
The Petaluma City Council voted unanimously to prohibit building any more gas stations in the city, the first move of its kind in the nation.
We have public transportation buses, plus the new commuter train, but most have cars and a lot of people drive out of town to their jobs, so there is plenty of gasoline to be had. It's forward thinking, no more tanks to leak into the groundwater. Don't be sad.
Good deal. Here in Florida all the stations had to put in new tanks 10-15 years ago. Some of the old ones were leaking. In my county it put a couple three stations out of business, but the owners were really old and ready to give it up anyway.
Yeah, the same in California with the tanks, but I'm still skeptical about what might lie beneath the surface. The station I used to go to was put out of business. That was one of the last remaining full service stations, they even had mechanics working. That corner lot is still vacant, prime location too, making me wonder if the tanks were taken out, I don't remember if they were. If they weren't, that could be the reason that lot hasn't been sold. The tanks would need to be removed before sale. Then again, the ground might need to be cleaned up, too.
Everybody expects EVs to make a dent in the marketplace over the next decade. New solid state battery technology is expected to double range or more, charge in 15 minutes, perform in the cold and last as long as the vehicle or longer. All the car companies are betting on this, so it's a pretty good bet, the big bucks are also behind it. There are more implications than just selling gas, reduced sales of oil, grease and coolant. On many EV designs the wheels are the only moving parts (motors are in the hubs) and there are far fewer parts in the vehicle, less jobs for auto mechanics too. Most maintenance might be just changing out wheel/motor assemblies with semi skilled labor.
I want a Porsche .
Good. I just
That's on light duty vehicles. Trucks and such will still be made. But the writing is on the wall. Remember we didn't stop using whale oil for lighting because we ran out of whales. It was that kerosene worked better.
Those huge trucks that Americans love so much need to be eliminated completely. They are so obnoxious. But try to take one of those beasts away from some and it’s like trying to take their guns away. Some sort of insecurity inferiority complete small dick mentalness.
HATER!! Small dicks need love too
I was talking one ton and above. The ones all our stuff is shipped with. And there has been some real good hybrid test done for those as well. The most promising (imo) is the hydraulic hybrids for buses and trash trucks, that sort of thing that has to stop and start a lot. You give up about 50-60 gallons of space to put in the system, but it gets the truck rolling after stops with the hydraulic pressure. So you can have a smaller motor and a higher geared transmission. UPS has been leading the way in the testing. Not sure if there are any built from scratch ones in their fleet yet. But the fuel saving in just the retro fitted ones is pretty large.
