OT Canzano: NASCAR to Portland is a win for the sports scene and city

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riverman said:
that's a huge problem....stop eating burgers damnit!
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They are cutting down the Brazilian rain forest to raise cattle for Burger king and the rest of them. One Burger Kind double cheese represents 1/2 acre of the BRF. I heard a guy on the radio a couple years state that as fact, he was part of Sierra club.
 
andalusian said:
Well, I suspect that everything in the universe is going to be around forever at the atomic level.

As far as recycling them - there are tons of places where they will be useful - EV batteries need to be able to discharge a lot of energy in a hurry and recharge in a hurry - a lot of the degradation that happens with these is not just capacity - but these attributes as well. But, even if you lose these qualities - you can still use them in other places.

I am willing to bet you will see tons of them reused as storage devices for renewable sources that you can not use easily now - like solar and wind generated energy - for example, see the Tesla Powerwall - https://www.tesla.com/powerwall

Now think about putting these in places where you can put a lot of them to store energy that is created in unpredictable fashion - like wind farms, solar farms etc...

Other places where you will be able to use them - Nissan / Renault are using the really crappy first generation air-cooled batteries from the 1st generation Leaf in utility vehicles in their factories. I am sure there will be a lot of places where you can use these - just put a ton of these sub-par old batteries in the school buses - they do not need to go far nor do they need to go fast - so even the crappy batteries you would not want in personal vehicles will have lots of places where they will be used.
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Do you think that people are actually recycling the old car batteries of first gen electric cars. It's a great idea, like aren't the supposed to reuse computer monitors and HDTVs.
 
 
riverman said:
No idea....just know that's where my mechanic races his cars on weekends....I don't follow the sport and have only spent one night in Medford on my way to Ashland and only stopped for gas in Roseburg...not my idea of a good time...I doubt if it's NASCAR...it's probably just a local race scene.....they had them in the county where I grew up in Iowa too....
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That's like saying the NBA should play a game in a local LA Fitness. Lots of people go out to NASCAR races and the facilities have to be good enough to host. That's why they're going to PIR.
 
BonesJones said:
That's like saying the NBA should play a game in a local LA Fitness. Lots of people go out to NASCAR races and the facilities have to be good enough to host. That's why they're going to PIR.
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I'm sure...but their cars are legit looking...never seen the facilites here but in Iowa they were at the county fairgrounds....every county seat had a racetrack....super popular in the farmlands.....I never got the attraction but hey....it's really popular..so is motocross..
 
THE HCP said:
Do you think that people are actually recycling the old car batteries of first gen electric cars. It's a great idea, like aren't the supposed to reuse computer monitors and HDTVs.
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Nearly all car batteries are recycled. Car batteries are among the most successfully recycled products in the world.

If you buy a car battery you are almost certainly buying a battery which has been reconditioned multiple times.
 
THE HCP said:
I put about 5,000 miles a year on my car. Just can’t believe I will ever get an electric one. Those old batteries are going to be around for millions of years though right?
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Btw, unless you have lots of long distance drives, electric cars are awesome, especially if you have a place for a level 2 charger. You never have to go to a gas station, if you need, you can start each day with a full tank, no noise, super quick, minimal maintenance - no oil changes etc....

...and with the federal and state refunds, affordable. We started in 2015 with an 82 miles range e-golf, current Kona electric has 270 miles range, over 200bhp and since electric motors make all the power immediately, in town it feels like a 400bhp car, it is stupid quick.
 
My nephew is racing in the 2021 SCCA National Runoffs at 7:20 am today. He qualified 6th out of 30 cars in his first ever National Runoff race! The event is being held at the famed Indy track but uses a road course instead of the oval. This event is the top drivers from each class in the U.S. meeting for the championship.

He races a first generation Mazda RX7 in the E production class.

The race is being televised at scca.com/live @7:20 am.

Here is a lap from qualifying.



Good Luck Austin!!
 
Phatguysrule said:
The batteries are almost completely recyclable, and they are becoming more recyclable by the year.
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I understand. But you can recycle things all you want right? How LONG are those old batteries laying in the dirt decomposing? That can't be good for the environment either.
 
THE HCP said:
I understand. But you can recycle things all you want right? How LONG are those old batteries laying in the dirt decomposing? That can't be good for the environment either.
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There are no old batteries laying in dirt that couldn't have been recycled. If you do find one, I guarantee somebody,somewhere is willing to buy it from you.

Same with motors and wires.
 
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