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Lacessit

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  1. IMO you are right, something burning the same old fossil fuel wouldn't get much traction unless it could consume 1 litre of fuel in 300 km, or whatever. It's a similar trap to an EV, however. Any EV getting recharged from a power station using fossil fuel is simply transferring CO2 emissions there. 95% of hydrogen production currently comes from steam reforming of methane and other natural gases, so there's no environmental gain. Even worse, a byproduct is carbon monoxide. Until both EV's and hydrogen -powered cars are derived from renewable energy, business as usual.
  2. There's a simple rule of thumb I use with oil changes. I service my vehicle through an independent mechanic anyway. Mineral oil base with lubricant additives, change oil every 5000 km. Semi-synthetic, 10,000 km. Full synthetic, 20,000 km. Black oil means you have carbon and most probably unburnt fuel in the crankcase, which is not conducive to engine longevity. I can remember a sales rep in my company who handed in his vehicle after the mandated 120,000 km. The oil had turned to thick tar because he had not had the car serviced for said 120K. I agree the service business is a racket. If one was to build most vehicles from the spare parts catalogue, it would cost about ten times the RRP. There is a new wrinkle in the service swindle, aimed at freezing out independent mechanics. The EMS software has been made so complex only the dealer's hardware can read it. They are certainly not making it available to independents. Toyota has unveiled a new engine they claim makes EV's obsolete, although detail is lacking.
  3. Doom and gloom would not exist if there were no shortcomings in EV's. ICE's have flaws too, and there are many brands which have sunk under the weight of justified criticism. It is amusing EV owners hark back to Adam Weishaupt, it's a new form of elitism.
  4. Because no competent lawyer would touch Trump with a barge pole. His record of non-payment and not listening to advice precedes him.
  5. I get it, 91 indictments by grand juries are the figments of a fertile imagination. Ad hominem attacks are the sign of a loser, just like Trump.
  6. Alina Habba is lucky she is not in jail after lying to Kaplan about where she was. A conflict of interest when the two worked together over 30 years ago? So what? The jury decided the damages bill, not the judge or plaintiff's counsel. The New York Post is owned by News Corporation. Their brand of "investigative journalism " is lies, gossip and innuendo. Fox is owned by News Corporation too, and that media outlet settled with Dominion for $760 odd million, rather than face court.
  7. I've heard of people getting off charges when there are one or two. Statistically, the bigger the number, the lower the probability of acquittal. Trump has 91 indictments to answer for. That puts him in the top 0.0001 % of people charged with felonies. It's fairly inconceivable he can be acquitted on all 91 charges. He'd have a better shot at winning a lottery. Given the fatuous responses you have posted, I doubt you have the intelligence to comprehend basic probability and statistics. Trump is toast, unless mass insanity prevails, so he can pardon himself.
  8. Give the police 20,000 baht to duff him up somewhat.
  9. Assuming the verdict is disgorgement at the low end - $250 million - where do you think Trump will find that amount to post bond? Who do you think will be stupid enough to lend him the money? This isn't Trump selling BS trading cards, or grifting his rubes for a few million. This is serious money.
  10. She quoted me 1800 baht for 30 tablets when I enquired on LINE.
  11. Agreed, but Trump probably thinks it does.
  12. IMO it is doubtful Trump could raise the money to appeal the second case. The bond would be $83 million. He can't get it from the family, there's a special master in the NY fraud case specifically to prevent Trump transferring funds. Permit me to doubt he would get anyone stupid enough outside the family to stand for him. The appeal of the first case could be quite entertaining. I am betting Trump will throw his attorneys of that case under the bus, saying he had inadequate representation. That creates two problems. Who is going to replace Alina Habba? After the drubbing she got from Judge Kaplan, and also lying to him, she has zero credibility. What sane lawyer wants to put their reputation on the line by representing Trump? The second problem for Trump is Joe Tacopina. If he throws him under the bus, it's a safe bet Joe will come back swinging. He is noted as a bare-knuckle brawler in a court room.
  13. My dislike of Trump is based on a comparatively trivial facet of his character, or rather the lack of it. Trump cheats at golf. He is well known in golfing circles for it. Any experienced golfer looking at his round-arm golf swing over a protruding belly knows his claims to be a champion golfer are complete BS. His wins only come on golf courses he owns. In my country, golf cheats get short shrift. They are ostracised, and once the word gets around, are rejected at every golf club they try to join. Trump defiles the game of golf, like he defiles everything else.
  14. Water has dissolved oxygen, IIRC about 8 mg/L in healthy water. That's not the same as the nascent oxygen generated by HOCl. The first is O2, the second is O. Excessive aeration of a water reservoir will tend to drive off chlorine. It is a gas, after all. Not knowing what your system looks like, I can't say what is happening with it.
  15. The mean words caused Trump's deranged supporters to threaten the plaintiff in various ways. How would you like to be receiving death threats, in a land where the Second Amendment is sacred? She got $5 million for said mean words. Trump then doubled down with more of them. The bulk of the second judgment, awarded by a jury of Trump's peers, was $65 million in PUNITIVE damages. That is, damages designed to make Trump think about doing it again. So far, it seems to have worked. What part of that legal process don't you understand?
  16. I don't think you can. It depends on what organics are in the water supply which the free chlorine reacts with first to create Total Chlorine. Free Chlorine only comes into existence once the chlorine demand of the organics is satisfied. I've seen Total Chlorine of 10 ppm, and 300 ppm. It all depends on the purity of the input water. Chlorine effectiveness decreases quite rapidly above pH 8. It's the nascent oxygen of HOCl which oxidizes bacteria.
  17. Salt and pepper is not commonly used by Thais, they prefer chili and sugar. They would probably complain about the lack of chili in a Western country restaurant. I do hope the OP recovers from two sprained wrists soon.
  18. Your hero has 91 indictments underway. Two lost cases where he has been found guilty, financial penalty of $83 million in one, probably hundreds of millions for the other. The Georgia case of election interference, and his cavalier attitude to national secrets. That's a lot of kangaroos. I'm sure you can match them with the number of excuses.
  19. My hypothesis: The people donating to him have fewer brain cells than an amoeba.
  20. I am aware there is a process of lawyers getting court orders to seize assets, but if it makes you happy to indulge yourself in semantics, be my guest.
  21. Sleep deprivation was one of the tortures Cardinal Mindszenty was subjected to by the communist regime in Hungary. To me, sheets are not as important as getting the right amount of blankets covering my svelte form. Like Goldilocks, I like to be not too cold, not too hot in bed. I am very lucky, I have GG's threads to read as a sleep aid.
  22. Once the pH gets above 9, there won't be any free chlorine around. To be effective, a pH of 7.5 is required. Total chlorine is a measure of the chlorine which has reacted with organics in the water, such as amines, to form chloramines. Total chlorine is far less effective than free chlorine as a bactericide. The ideal free chlorine level is 0.1 - 0.5 ppm. ( mg/L ) More is not better, as it may cause eye and skin irritation.
  23. Trump is reduced to employing neophytes because competent lawyers are avoiding him like leprosy. Why would anyone want to work for someone who doesn't pay up, won't listen to legal advice, always thinks he is the smartest person in the room, and wants people to fawn on him? Apparently Joe Tacopina was his last effective lawyer. He is quite reticent as to why he left Trump, but he has quit on two of Trump's cases. Lawyers don't like losing, it affects their future prospects. My guess is Tacopina saw the writing on the wall.
  24. Hint: Where there is smoke, there is fire. Her lawyers will start seizing assets if he does not pay up. Can a bankrupt run for President?
  25. 19 women have come forward to say they were sexually assaulted by Trump in various ways. It's a pattern. Perhaps you think all 19 women are like her, demonstrating your own ... . Two interesting things about the award. First is, Trump hasn't said a word about E Jean Carroll, only attacking the judge and courts. If he were to defame her again, she could sue for even more. Second is if/when Trump appeals the verdict, he has to post a bond equivalent to the damages award. IMO he's going to have trouble finding an asset of that value which is unencumbered.
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