OT: Gas shortage

Over the last 30+ years the proponents of LENR have wasted a lot of money proving what knowledgeable Nuclear Scientists already knew - it won't work. It is right up there with Perpetual Motion machines. However, some people still believe...

Good Grief Scott!

Does it really bother you that we are have fun tossing around opinions?

As a matter of fact, I'm having more fun speculating than I ever will once the facts are known. I actually don't give a crap about the actual incident.

The fun part for me is speculating and seeing how close I can come.

The ones on TV do! ;~)

Even the heat of the fire will deform the steering wheel. The vehicle was unrecognizable. Did you happen to see the video's?

Well the car was only going 30 mph so who knows about the seat. Seems to me a 30 mph crash should not have been so devastating.

Well the NTSB can speculate all it wants but no body in the drivers seat pretty much explains the crash.

The thought crossed my mind.... The two might have been secret lovers embezzling trillions and needed to appear to have burned up, while they actually skipped the country, like Ken Lay. wonder who was really in the car. ;~)

I have probably mentioned this here before. One of the car magazines did a study comparing a Hummer to a Prius, many years ago.

From the beginning of manufacture, through the life of the vehicle, and finally to disposal, the Prius was worse for the environment.

Here's some fun fuel for the fire.

This guy is a notorious troll with money from his parents.

Elijah

------ one wonders how long till the driver's license is revoked

Yes, I watched a few of them.

Heat and impact could deform the same object in a different manner. Experts can usually tell the difference, but I agree, there is a heck of a lot damage to that vehicle.

Not according to the po-po.

This is dated May 12, 2021:

But a high speed crash could be.

Also in that report:

"Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver?s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a new government report.

But the preliminary report on the crash that killed two men doesn?t explain the mystery of why authorities found no one behind the wheel of the car, which burst into flames after crashing about 550 feet (170 meters) from the owner?s home."

So, in about 1/10th of a mile, the driver got the car up to a high speed, engaged the cruise control and then moved into the back seat. That sure is some fancy footwork. ;-)

and...

"The NTSB report said the 2019 Model S went off the road on a curve, drove over a curb, hit a drainage culvert, a raised manhole and a tree."

Now, it doesn't specifically say that the vehicle ever got airborne, but I lost a dear friend when his truck went off a road and hit a drainage culvert. The resulting "bounce" resulted in my friend being ejected through the open window. Perhaps the good doctor was bounced into the back seat due to driving at a high speed over a curb, into a drainage culvert, over a raised manhole and into a tree.

That's a lot of jostling.

Interesting comment from Sharma:

""I've been brake-checked before really hard, and the car stopped. The car came to a complete stop."

In other words "When I'm in the driver's seat I aggressively tailgate other drivers."

When someone is tailgating me, the first brake check is barely enough to flash the brake lights. If it ever gets to the point that the brake check is "really hard", it means that the tailgater isn't getting/taking my hint.

If someone had to brake check so hard as to cause Sharma's Tesla to stop, Sharma must really be a dick.

Com'on. Someone will figure out how to make money on CNF.

I have some other sure winners, too. Make cars with back wheels bigger than the front wheels so they're always going down hill.

Cover a car with PV cells. Can't drive at night? No problem, just shine lights on the PV cells.

There *has* to be some way to monitize CNF.

A 1000F for an hour or two won't deform the steering wheel?

Don't laugh. We're working on cockpit vision to do all sorts of things, from setting the mirrors (finding the eyes and move the mirrors accordingly), to distracted/impaired driving (eye-lid recognition), to adjusting the EQ for your tunes based on where your ears are. Big brother is watching.

Not just Tesla. The "authorities" will be followers, rather like back-up cameras.

Collectivists don't allow fun.

A few years ago, Clark Howard was talking about how he read a book while his Tesla was driving itself and how other drivers were "shocked". Well, yeah...

If the guy filling the 4' cube of gasoline doesn't attract some interest, why should this?

Which can not be used when driving by decree of the law.

Even backwards? ;-)

Do you have a citation? I know of one application where that's one of the key benefits. There are cameras that (are stitched together to) "look around" a trailer to show what would be visible in a mirror if the trailer weren't there. There are also video rearview "mirrors". I think they're a bad idea because of image distance difference but that's a different discussion. There are all sorts of other applications coming down the line for the center console display.

There are things that can't be displayed to the driver when in motion which is why CarPlay and AndroidAuto disable most apps.

No citation needed

Sure it would. Of course, that is not what we are discussing here.

First, deformation by heat would look different than deformation by impact.

Second, read the reports. The was no "1000F for an hour or two" in this case.

The initial blaze was extinguished in 10 minutes. The remaining time and largest use of water was the hours spent putting out small fires that kept popping up. Flare-ups not just from the batteries but also from tree sap. A lot of the "long term" issues were under the car where they had trouble getting water. These flare-ups would not have subjected the steering wheel to "1000F for an hour or two".

... and has been for decades.

Is driving in reverse not considered driving?

While not referred to as "back-up camera", the camera under the right sideview mirror on my Honda looks backwards. It's designed to come on automatically when the turn signal used. In addition, it can be manually turned on with the push of a button while driving.

In some states you have to get a driver's license and a reverser's license.

No, I don't have a cite for that. ;-)