Flying J Building EV Charging Station

The Jamestown, New Mexico Flying J Travel Center is adding an electric vehicle charging station.

The construction is almost done. Unfortunately, we lost many parking spots where they decided to put it.

Here's what it looked like yesterday:

 

Newsom Wants To Re-Boot EV Vehicles

Sure am glad I moved out of Commiefornia!

Hey, everyone who was concerned with a dictatorship, you’ll be interested in Newsom’s moves. He’s making whatever decisions he wants, with no CA voter input. He plans on slapping almost a dollar per gallon on our already sky-high gas prices, and he’s talking about restricting use… https://t.co/y1niwwxicn

— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) November 25, 2024

Study: 1.1 Million Americans Joining RV Lifestyle, Including EV Owners

If there was one thing we learned (or already should have) during this winter season is that electric vehicles (EV) are useless (and even potentially deadly). There have been numerous reports over the past few weeks that cold temperatures are not good or EV batteries and charging stations.

Despite this, some RV owners are saying they plan on buying an electric vehicle or even already one one, according to a recent study. Others are planning on joining the "RV lifestyle".

RV Travel has posted an article on this study.

They begin it with:

A recent study commissioned by the RV Industry Association (RVIA) concerning electric vehicles (EVs) and EV owners revealed the following:

• 30% of leisure travelers who have used an RV already own an electric vehicle.
• An astonishing 17% of leisure travelers who have used an RV plan to buy an electric vehicle within a year.
• An additional 16% of RV users plan to purchase an electric vehicle sometime in the future.
• 50% of leisure travelers who own an electric vehicle intend to tow an RV with it.
• Remarkably, 22% of current electric vehicle owners and 30% of those planning to buy an electric vehicle are considering purchasing an electric motorhome.

Per the study, “Leisure travelers are defined as any U.S. residents who has taken some type of leisure trip in the past 12 months.”

To read more, go here. 

Congress May Make Automakers Keep AM Radio

Ever since Rush Limbaugh passed away on February 17, 2021, I have not listened to anything on AM radio. Despite that, if I were to buy a new car, I would not want a radio in it that doesn't include the AM band.

AM radio is a vital source for news, weather reports and emergencies. 

But some automakers are dropping the AM band on new EV and some fossil fuel vehicles. This is prompting a, surprisingly, bipartisan response in congress.

From NOLA.com:

WASHINGTON – Reception was scratchy until the AM knob was tuned precisely, but for truckers all over the country in the 1970s and 1980s, WWL’s Charlie Douglas kept them company throughout the night from New Orleans.

The soundtrack for workers on oil rigs off Louisiana’s shore came out of KLEB in Golden Meadow.

Terrestrial radio communication based on "amplitude modulation" was the first national media and came into wide use at the same time as the light bulb. As technology improved, AM evolved to become the primary player of rock and roll, country music and the blues in the 1950s and 1960s.

The latest evolution towards internet streaming and satellite technology poses a fatal risk to AM, and broadcasters are looking for a congressional solution.

Some makers of electric vehicles have stopped including AM radio. A bunch of other manufacturers plan to remove in-dash AM access, even in fossil fuel cars.

WWL and other radio stations around the nation are asking listeners to “take two minutes” to inform Congress of their support for AM radio. Broadcasters this month are on Capitol Hill lobbying for the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023,” or S.1169, which would require installation of AM broadcast radio in cars without cost to the consumer.

Even in a fractured Congress, the bill by Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, has found common ground among usual ideological foes from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

To read more, go here. 

Wyoming Introduces Bill To Ban All New Electric Car Sales

One state is pushing back against California's ban on new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. The ban was adopted by the state's one-party left-wing government.

The state senate of Wyoming has introduced a bill banning the sale of new electric vehicles by 2035. It is the exact opposite of California's law. The "Cowboy State" relies heavily on natural resource extraction and the energy sector for their economy.

No, this isn't from the Babylon Bee.

The California Globe reported:

A new bill introduced in the Wyoming Senate earlier this week proposes to ban the sale of new electric cars by 2035, serving as a direct opposite law, and push back against California’s own law to ban the sale of new gas powered vehicles starting in 2035.

First brought forward as an executive order by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020, then later formally approved last year, the 2035 law aims to drastically cut back emissions in California as well other states that have passed near carbon-copy laws following California, including Washington State, Massachusetts, and New York. With a growing fleet of electric vehicles, along with more renewable energy sources to help power them, the overall goal is to phase out fossil fuel needs in the coming decades due to climate change and environmental issues.

However, in Wyoming, the state heavily relies on natural resource extraction and the energy sector for their economy. The bill is said to “ensure the stability” of its oil and gas industry.

15.7% of Wyoming’s workforce is tied to the energy sector, with a major disruption, such as California’s 2035 electric car phase out plan and lessening their reliance on fossil fuels, standing the severely cripple the state’s economy in the coming years. Even worse for Wyoming, 59% of Wyoming’s in-state revenue comes from fossil fuels, meaning that the 2035 law and ones similar to it can not only sink Wyoming’s economy, they can also potentially halve Wyoming’s sources of income.

Good for Wyoming! I hope the bill passes and is signed into law.

To read more, go here. 

No Excessive Heat Here

Above, the pool area of Route 66 RV Resort in July. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

While Californians are moaning and groaning that they have to lower their air conditioners and not charge their electric vehicles as they will strain the power grid during this weekend's heat wave, I am basking in our much more comfortable temperatures in New Mexico.

Our temperatures will be in the 80s with the 20% possibility of thunderstorms starting Saturday afternoon. Monsoon season ends this month, by the way.

According to the National Weather Service, this is the weekend's forecast for Jamestown, New Mexico:

 Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 83.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

Labor Day

Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Californians Told Not To Charge Their Electric Vehicles

California, the state who wants to end sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, is telling people not to charge their electric vehicles over this coming Labor Day weekend. With the current heat wave, the state's power grid can't handle it and blackouts may occur.

Oh, the irony!

The state is obviously run by lunatics!

Virginia's Freezing Traffic Jam and Electric Vehicles

The incident involving cars stuck in snowy and freezing conditions is a good illustration of why electric vehicles are impractical in this country, as the below Facebok post below shows:

 

Despite what Facebook's phony "fact-checkers" say, cold temperatures and batteries don't mix. Plus, there's only so much charge a battery will or can hold.