No Wonder I’ve Been Broke Most Of My Life.
Big Country’s Cousin Bubba?
I bet if you looked hard enough you would find a small branch off his family tree.
Thus, my take yesterday.
Hallelujah! So, Taco Tuesday is mass?
Which One Are You?
Typical reactions to the things I post here.
Because Sandy likes it… Boz Scaggs is the best!
That is how they get rid of their toxic waste…
Every one of us is the most unhinged, that is why you congregate here. Take it with pride!
aseg, do I have you bobbing your head as Mozart had this tart’s head doing the chicken bob?
Tactical Hermit kicks it in the balls again! The best description and reason I have rejected modern religion and Christianity. Weak men.
Use soap too!
You Have Heard Of Wad Cutters?
I’d call these Wad Spitters.
Economics much?
Vox Popoli, https://www.voxday.net./
The End of an Era
Restaurants closing in 2024:
- Fuddruckers is expected to close ALL locations by the end of the year
- Old Country Buffet is closing ALL remainder locations
- IHOP is closing 100 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings is closing ALL Canada locations as well as 60 locations in the US
- Applebee’s is closing 35 locations
- Red Lobster is closing 50 locations as they enter bankruptcy
- Denny’s is closing 20 locations by the end of the year
- Marie Callender’s is shutting down ALL remainder locations
- Pizza Hut is planning to close 500 locations
- Outback Steakhouse is closing 41 of their 700 locations
- Sai Baro is closing a total of 50 locations with majority being mall locations
- Mard Pizza is closing a total of 27 locations
- Ruby Tuesday is closing 16 more locations in 2024.
- BDQ is closing 8 of their 59 locations.
- Joe’s Crab Shack is closing 41 of their 60 locations
- Bonefish Grill is closing 7 locations
This is what cultural and economic decline looks like. Apparently 60 years of relentless immigration are not, in fact, good for the economy or the traditional culture. I wonder, however, how much of these failures are related to economic contraction, reduced consumer spending, and excessive debt versus the lack of appeal held by these traditional restaurant franchises for the newcomers.
For aseg, I promised I would post a scatilogical meme in your honor…
Electric Foolery…
A new EV battery that can add 370 miles of range in 10 minutes.
China’s CATL introduced its new Shenxing Plus EV battery.(LFP)
New Formula E
There is now one EV fast charging station for every five gas stations in California.
100,000 miles of high power transmission lines will be upgraded in the next five years. This will make a 4 time increase in capacity.
Pothole filling Robot
cracks in a road’s surface to prevent potholes from forming.
Construction has begun on a solar carport canopy at JFK International Airport. (With enough solar panels to cover 11 football fields and hold 3,000 cars.) Terminal 1 and Terminal 6 will also soon include rooftop solar arrays.
The Green Water 01
Huge Tesla Supercharger layoffs. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/
The Long Beach Terminal has received $34.9 million to replace 155 commercial trucks and buses with ZEV’s. The port invested $2.5 billion to convert cranes and tractors to electric and claims an 86% reduction in carbon emissions.
HEAP (Hydraulic Excavator for an Autonomous Purpose)
Tesla Semis seen hauling for Walmart, Costco, and Sysco. Walmart has preordered 130 units. Volume production is expected next year.
Eli ZERO Electric Microcar
Stellantis will begin offering hydrogen-powered versions of its biggest RAM Trucks in North America — and they’ll be coming from Mexico.
There are now over 4,000 Cyber trucks on the road in the US, with a planned production ramp-up to 250,000 per year by mid-2025.
Lilium eVTOL Jet
An Oakland, California school district is the first in the US to transition to a 100% electric school bus system with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.
US grid operators haven’t been practicing long-term transmission planning, but the FERC just made 20 year plans mandatory.(After studying extreme weather events that cost hundreds of lives and millions of dollars.)
2024 -1st QUARTER EV SALES low-cost special introductory price of $9,248 Global registrations of plug-in electric cars increased by 19% in March 2024 3.2 million plug-ins registered worldwide in the first three months.
Ouarzazate Solar Plant
form of heated molten salt, allowing for production of electricity into the night
Bricklin 3EV
Cyber truck beat Rivian in March sales, but the Ford Lightning was still the top consumer pick in Electric trucks with almost 3,000 in sales.