Author: Stevo

Nature, science, space, renewable energy and electric vehicle educator, promoter, and total nerd. Executive director of Earthshine Nature Programs 501c3. Drives an EV powered by sunshine.

Fossil Fuel Fools – revisited.

On By StevoIn climate change, conspiracy, critical thinking, earth, electric vehicles, elon musk, energy, Environment, EV, nature, renewable energy, Science, Uncategorized, wildlife conservationLeave a comment

In logical response to all the recent, and increasing negatively pitched “reports” and mud and FUD slinging being manufactured (by organizations funded by big oil) and spread all over the mainstream and social media about electric vehicles…and the ensuing wave of negative/emotional/thoughtless comments from oponents and haters in regards to the technology…I offer just the facts on EV’s from the point of view of an EV owner and educator of over a decade.

FACT: In 2013 I purchased a one year old 2012 Nissan Leaf (100% electric car) with 1,200 miles on the odometer. I drove the Leaf for over 6 years and 75,000 gas-free miles.

In 2019, I traded up to a new 2019 Chevy Bolt EV which i have driven over 80,000 miles and i am still driving today.

In 2025 I moved up yet again into a new, 2026 Chevy Silverado EV (CSEV) pickup that currently has clocked over 7000 miles on it odometer.

I drove all of these vehicles as daily drivers commuting to work daily and back in all weather, on paved and gravel roads, and up and down the mountains we call home. I drive an average of 40-45 miles/day and more on weekends. Due to the wonderful and growing EV charging network that continues to expand and open the roads to EV drivers – I can go almost anywhere with no problems. I have driven across NC, SC, TN, and several times to North central Florida without issue.

Here are a few of the most repeated myths followed by the peer-reviewed facts about EVs.

MYTH: It is very expensive to charge an EV.

FACT: Just the opposite. It costs me an average of 0 – .02 cents per mile to drive electric. I drive ~200 miles/week so for my use case I pay zero to $4/week for automotive fuel depending on where I charge my EV.
It is zero cost for fuel when I charge on solar-produced electricity (over 75% of the time). The remaining 25% of the charging is at home and rarely at community EV charging stations (level 2 and 3) where I usually pay around $2 – $12 to fully charge my EV and many of these stations are in fact – free. Many of these stations are also solar, hydroelectric, nuclear powered – so a good portion of that electric free-range fuel is renewably driven by locally produced energy sourced in the US (not half a world away in the mid east etc) and therefore, zero emissions and energy secure(no oil wars and dirty politics needed)!

FACT: Even when I account for the cost of all the electricity I have used to fuel both my EVs over the last decade – I have still saved many thousands of $$$$$ that I would have spent on single-use gas and oil had I continued to drive a toxic old fossil burner.

MYTH: EV’s have very short range, will run out of “juice” and leave you stranded.

FACT: While my LEAF did have very limited range at ~75 miles – the Bolt will travel up to 250 miles on a single charge and my CSEV will take me upwards of 475 miles on a single charge!! Like most newer Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powered vehicles they all have alert systems to let you know when your charge level is getting low. They also have sophisticated GPS navigation systems that allow you to plan your trip ahead of time taking into account stops at charging stations along the way.

While it is understandable that this lifestyle is not for everyone, advances are being made in the EV, battery, and charging infrastructure that, within a few years time, will put 500+ mile range capable EV’s on the roads from most of the world’s major auto makers.

FACT: No matter if you run out of a charge or you run out of gas – it is your fault for not planning ahead.

MYTH: “Electric Vehicles are not zero emissions, they run on coal, and are dirtier and more polluting than internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles that run on gas/diesel fuel.”

Let’s break it down.

FACT: Battery Electric Vehicles BEV’s (the focus of this report) do not run on anything but electricity and are themselves – truly and fully zero emission. That being said, depending on how that electricity is generated– the place it gets its electricity to charge its traction battery–could be “dirty” (coal) or “clean” (renewable energy) but in most places it is a combination of both so let’s dig deeper.

FACT: A small ICE car emits ~390 grams of Carbon Dioxide CO2/mile.

FACT: The average power consumed by a small EV is ~.25 KWh/mile.

FACT: ~907 grams of CO2/KWh is emitted from coal fired power plants in the dirtiest 100% coal-based electricity generation areas.

FACT: 907 (g) x .25 (KWh) = 226 grams/mile in dirtiest 100% coal-based electricity generation areas, which remains lower than the 390 grams from the small ICE car so in reality, even if your EV is charged in an area that gets all of its electricity from coal, EV’s are still cleaner than a comparable ICE powered vehicle… and FAR cleaner than these children.

MYTH: Building more EV’s will require us to build many more power plants to provide all the electricity to operate all of them.

FACT: EV’s are charged from the same utility grid that your mobile devices use. Like your devices, EV’s come with their own charging cable that plugs into a standard 120v outlet*. Like your mobile electronic devices they are most often charged at night, while you are sleeping, and when electricity generated from emissions-free wind (and no, wind turbines do not kill all the birds, feral cats, windows, pesticides and fossil fuels do), hydro, nuke power is in low demand, lower in cost, and goes mostly unused – so there is ample supply to power your EV. *In development now are inductive charging highway lanes that, when you need a charge, you will just simply drive in the lane and your car will charge while moving at speed! There are now available inductive charging pads (just like you can buy for mobile devices) but made for EV’s. This will eliminate the need to plug in your EV and one day you will be able to just park in an EV charging parking space or in your garage and your car will automatically start charging.

FACT: The US power grid is getting cleaner every day as more fossil fuel fired power plants are retired and more renewable energy power systems go online – so in these areas especially, EV’s are much cleaner.

FACT: Due to the fuel mix of the grid getting cleaner, EV’s get cleaner as they age. This is never a fact with ICE cars that constantly loose efficiency as they age due to wear and tear of all their moving parts.

Learn more here:
greencarreports.com/news/1086927_coal-makes-electric-cars-bad-no-plug-ins-show-coal-as-worse

and

ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/clean_vehicles/electric-car-global-warming-emissions-report.pdf

FACT: One parking space covered with a canopy of photovoltaic solar panels (2.5KW) in the southeast would produce around 3,292 KWh/year. This will operate an EV for around 13-16K miles of 100% emissions free driving on clean, sunshine generated electricity!

FACT: EV’s produce a portion of their own fuel via the process known as regenerative breaking – try to find an ICE powered vehicle that does that!

FACT: The average EV travels an average of 4 miles/Kilowatt hour (KWh) of electricity.

FACT: It takes 6 KWh of electricity to refine one gallon of gasoline (source US DOE).

FACT: The average EV can travel 24 miles on the power that it takes to refine just one gallon of gasoline!

FACT: It takes ~9 KWh of energy to extract and transport the crude oil that will be refined into that gasoline.

FACT: An EV could travel an additional 36 miles on this energy.

So, no new power plants are needed, especially if we do not produce the gallon of gas. So…get an EV, and drive 60 all-electric miles on the same amount of energy we are generating today to refine all that dirty gasoline…and fight all those wars to keep it flowing.

And…

Save the 44 gallons of water that it takes to refine that one gallon of gasoline! It is a no-brainer.

MYTH: It is very expensive to power an EV.

FACT: The average cost of electricity in the US is 12 cents/kWh. Therefore the average person driving an average EV 15,000 miles per year will pay about $540.00 per year to charge it. How much did you pay for gasoline/diesel last year? I bet it was much more than $540. Think about what could you have done with all that extra money you spent on gas and oil? Just think about it…or feel free to remain in denial of the facts. It is your choice, not mine – I made my choice decades ago.

FACT: Believe it or not – five 100 watt light bulbs left on continuously for a year use nearly the same amount of energy as it takes to power an electric car 15,000 miles! Here’s how: Five 100 watt light bulbs use 500 watts. In 24 hours they use 12,000 watt-hours or 12kWh. In 365 days they use 4,380kWh. A typical EV that uses 30 kWh for every 100 miles will use 4,500 kWh to drive 15,000 miles! Simply by turning unnecessary lighting off at your home, you can drastically reduce or completely eliminate your annual transportation fuel cost. Try doing that with an ICE powered vehicle! (The cost of LED lighting products has dropped recently so we have replaced almost all of our light bulbs in our house with LED’s. This has not only saved us money but we have also totally offset the cost of driving our EV just by upgrading our lights to LED!)

Learn more here: pluginamerica.org/drivers-seat/how-much-does-it-cost-charge-electric-car

Cars are not the only way you can reduce emissions by switching to EV’s

FACT: One piece of gas burning lawn equipment such as a lawn mower emits more hydrocarbon pollution into our shared atmosphere than a gasoline-guzzling crew-cab pickup truck! You would have to drive a 6.2L V8 truck almost 4000 miles to equal the emissions produced in 30 minuets of use by a gas powered 2-cycle engine such as a string trimmer (weed-eater). Why not use an all electric string trimmer or lawn mower—there are many available now and they all can even be fueled with renewable energy you can generate at home! I made the switch to all-electric lawn equipment over a decade ago and it just works. Even my two chain saws are all-electric.

MYTH: EV’s, solar, and wind power are not American because they do not create jobs or use the oil/gas that we fight deadly wars to acquire.

FACT: The Nissan Leaf is made in Smyrna Tennessee and provides good jobs to thousands of American and Tesla provides over 120,000 jobs!!

Today there are more Americans employed in solar construction/maintenance jobs than there are coal miners mining coal. The wind energy industry provides great jobs to over 50,000 Americans. And that’s just for starters…

FACT: Sourcing our energy domestically (be it solar, wind, hydro, coal—whatever the source) provides many good jobs to Americans and is much more efficient and much safer than traveling thousands of miles, dealing with governments—that are often hostile and feed money to terrorism groups—extracting it, then finally bringing it back to be refined and used only once- thats right, fossil fuels are single use and that single use comes at great cost and loss of life due to the needless wars that often must be fought to keep it flowing.

FACT: It is far more American to be self sufficient and produce your own energy at home, than it is to rely on an outside source to provide you with that energy.

FACT: You can power your home and your EV with off-the-shelf renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro, etc ) that you make at home…and even make a profit from the excess!

Maintenance

MYTH: EV’s are expensive to work on.

FACT: EV’s rarely need major servicing because they have fewer moving parts than ICE vehicles. EV’s have only a handful of moving parts in their power plant whereas the average ICE engine has thousands! Therefore, EV’s require far less maintenance to keep them “healthy” and are therefore they are much more economical to drive.

I have been driving electric for over a decade and over 160,000 miles, and my EVs have required no specialized routine maintenance by me other than the occasional washing and vacuuming, a set of new windshield wiper blades, adding a little air to the tires, and the occasional topping off of the washer fluid, changing the cabin air filters, and one set of brake pads on the LEAF – you know, the things you would need to do to any type of vehicular construct no matter its fuel source.

Had I been driving a legacy vehicle I would have had to spend far more time and money over the same time-frame. For example, to keep my 2013 Honda Pilot 4×4, (the last ICE vehicle that I owned) running in an efficient as possible manner (for a machine with so many miles – 120+k – and so many moving parts that can and will wear out due to constant use thereby lowering the fuel economy of the vehicle and lowering the amount of money in my bank account) I used a bio-based fully synthetic American made motor oil, and I change the oil filter when I change the oil. Just the oil/filter change and new spark plugs for the Honda cost us ~ $230** over its last 30k miles! Operational costs for user replaceable parts and non warranty covered parts for the Bolt EV during this same period of time = $55 (wiper blades and cabin air filter)!

The simple fact that EV’s do not have as many moving parts as petroleum powered vehicles makes them much more reliable and cost effective to operate than their fossil fuel powered counterparts. The do not have or need any of the parts that commonly wear out in gas/diesel vehicles such as: belts, chains, hoses, air/fuel filters, water pump, spark plugs, glow plugs, oil, filter, clutch, transmission, muffler, catalytic converter, exhaust pipe…they do not even have an engine.

MYTH: EV’s are new…scary…future technology.

FACT: Electric vehicles are anything but scary and nothing new. The electric motor that moves them has only a few long lived moving parts and is a proven technology that has been used to make our lives easier since the mid-late 19 century.
They pre-date ICE powered vehicles and were hitting the roads of the world in the late 1800’s – see the timeline here: energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car!

FACT: Most of our houses/businesses are totally electric. Washer, dryer, refrigerator, heating and cooling, lighting, entertainment systems, power tools…all electric…with many electric motors and systems that quietly work in the background keeping our lives comfortable. Why is it then that we continue to use outdated petroleum powered transportation systems to get around?

MYTH: “EV’s are slow, like golf carts, dangerous, and I heard that they catch on fire and burn to the ground all the time.”

FACT: EV’s are anything but slow. The little Nissan Leaf EV will go 0-60 in around 10 seconds. The Bolt EV 0-60 in 6ish, and the CSEV – 5 seconds. The Tesla Model S Plaid 100% electric car has the world record for the fastest accelerating production four-door car ever! It accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in a brain melting 1.8 seconds!

Dangerous, totally the opposite – the Tesla Model S was rated by the NHTSA as the safest car ever tested…in history! And each new Tesla product is safer than the last.

Fires, there have been around 287,000 vehicle fires per year since 2003…less than a dozen of those involved electric cars…ALL of the others were ICE powered vehicles.

News agencies just love to manufacture drama and the fact that gas powered cars burn all the time is not anything new, its not dramatic anymore…but let an EV catch fire and it is all over the headlines because sensationalist drama centered around anything new feeds the weak minded. (Note: I am not saying anyone reading this is weak minded because if you have read this far you obviously are interested in the facts and not the manufactured drama :-))

Think of it like this: if everyone had been driving clean, fast, safe, low maintenance electric vehicles for the last century, and someone tried to get you to drive or even ride in a vehicle powered by an incredibly toxic, flammable, explosive liquid fuel—what would you do? Personally, I would R.U.N.N.O.F.T!

MYTH: Electric vehicles are expensive.

FACT: While it is true that a new top of the crop EV will set you back over 100K, you can get a new EV such as a Nissan Leaf or Chevy Bolt for less than $40k and a used one for much less. You must also remember to factor in that you will NEVER pay for gas and oil again and that in itself adds up to thousands of dollars/year…even when you account for the cost of the electricity used to fuel your EV! Then, when then you factor in all the money spent on tune-ups and engine/transmission/exhaust system repairs for most ICE powered vehicles – all the savings add up to reveal that most EV’s are much more economical to own and drive than your average ICE powered vehicle. Oh and since EVs don’t have catalytic converters to steal, you won’t have to worry about that issue…ever.

MYTH: When the battery wears out a new battery will cost more than the car is worth.

FACT: When an EV’s battery degrades to the point where it is no longer able to store enough energy to propel you in your daily commute, the battery can be easily replaced with a new one-it is as plug and play as the one in your mobile device…only larger. After the battery is replaced you essentially have a new car. Note: all EV manufactures have excellent battery warranties/leasing options that serve to help new EV drivers “ease into” a better way to drive and are great incentives for adopting a this technology.

MYTH: A used EV battery cannot be used for anything and is toxic waste and must be tossed in the landfill.

FACT: Used batteries can be recycled just like any battery but before that time comes they can be used in stationary power storage facilities, as back up generators connected to homes and businesses and off-grid power stations especially when connected to renewable energy power systems. Learn more here: nytimes.com/2015/06/17/business/gm-and-nissan-reusing-old-electric-car-batteries.html?_r=0

and here

greencarreports.com/news/1093810_electric-car-batteries-what-happens-to-them-after-coming-out-of-the-car

It is illegal in most places to toss out a 12volt car battery and it is the same with a used EV traction battery – and since they are fully recyclable, they can be remanufactured into new EV batteries over and over without needing to continually mine the earth for raw materials.
Check out https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/

MYTH: There is nowhere to charge an EV?

FACT: Most EV drivers charge their cars at home but when out on the road there are thousands of EV charging stations (EVSE) in the USA alone and the number is growing every day. To find out how many are near you just take a look at Plugshare.com.

FACT: Most EV owners love their cars so much that they have become “crusaders” of the technology and promote them every chance they get because they know from experience that that they are a much better way to drive.

MYTH: “EVs are “woke” democrat cars.” Yes, I have heard that bizarre comment from some people. Really, you are going there…why, and what productive purpose does it serve?

FACT: EVs are a transportation technology. Thay are the next most logical step in the story of transportation. Get over your attempt to politicize…everything. If you want to live in the past, go ahead. The only direction any of us can move in life is forward.

FACT based OPINION: Driving ICE powered vehicles is like purchasing a subscription to dependency on a highly toxic, highly addictive drug that shortens your life while constantly draining your bank account and damaging everything it comes in contact with.

OPINION supported by SCIENCE, RESEARCH, and EXPERIENCE: All of these reasons and more are why EV’s are superior to everything else on the road and one day in the near future gas/diesel will go the way of the dinosaurs.

Be the change you wish to see in the world and the world will change.

Special Thanks to Bob Harris of Black Bear Solar Institute for compiling some of the facts in this document! Learn more at: blackbearsolarinstitute.org

Special Thanks to the members of the Blue Ridge Electric Vehicle Club for supporting the future of transportation and renewable energy technologies.

I will never go back to gas.

All that being said, here is another take on this subject from the land down under:

“Alright, strap in because the dummies need infinite education.

Every time you clowns think you’ve kicked a goal with the “ahhh but wind turbines need oil, batteries need mining, steel needs coking coal” routine, I can practically hear the last two brain cells high-fiving. No shit, Sherlock. Nobody is disputing oil is useful. Oil is insanely useful. That is exactly the fucking point.

Oil takes millions of years to form. Millions. You don’t just whip that up in a factory between smoko and lunch. It is essential for medicine, agriculture, plastics, lubricants, fertilisers, cosmetics, clothing, electronics, about 98% of modern life. Nobody serious is saying “no oil ever”. What we are saying is maybe, just maybe, lighting the stuff on fire and huffing the fumes inside your air sacks like idiots isn’t the smartest use of it.

We should be stockpiling oil for this generation and future generations, not pissing it away by turning it into exhaust fumes so Dave can rev his Hilux at the lights. You want to know how dumb that is? Go stick your face behind a tailpipe and inhale for a few minutes. Let me know how that goes for your lungs, champ. That shit is carcinogenic. It is literally poison. That is why asthma rates are up, lung disease is up, and lung cancer is up. Burning petrochemicals and breathing them in turns cities into rolling chemistry experiments.

And don’t give me the “but we’ve always done it” crap. We also used to shit in holes and die of infected paper cuts. Progress happened.

Using oil without burning it, in products that last decades, medicines that save lives, fertilisers that grow food, plastics that actually make modern healthcare possible, that is smart. Wasting it by setting it on fire for transport when we have cheaper, cleaner alternatives is fucking moronic.

Electric transport and renewables are not about pretending oil doesn’t exist. They are about not being dumb enough to burn a finite, irreplaceable resource into the atmosphere like cavemen discovering fire for the first time. We don’t want to drag the planet back to the Carboniferous era where it was basically a Turkish sauna with ferns the size of buildings.

And here is the real punchline. While you’re pounding your chest defending fossil fuels, you’re donating your money straight to petrochemical giants and oil states. Congratulations. You are sending your hard-earned cash overseas so Saudi princes can buy another gold-plated toilet while you scream about freedom.

You don’t need to be Albert fucking Einstein to see this. Oil is too valuable to burn. Clean air is better than poison. And if you’re still clinging to this nonsense, it’s probably because you’re emotionally attached to the idea of setting ancient dinosaur juice on fire and calling it masculinity.

Do us all a favour. Stop confusing “oil is useful” with “burn everything forever”. One is intelligent. The other is fucking stupid.”
Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dj38Q2y4D/

An Observational Rant

On By StevoIn anthropology, critical thinking, nature vs. nurture, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I honestly don’t think some humans care at all how others view them when they are in public…and maybe they do not even realize they are in public.

What follows is some of my over half a century of observational evidence of this bizarre and problematic phenomenon:

“Adults” who are loud talkers insulting/bullying/demeaning the person(s) they are with in some bizarre attempt to draw attention to their target(s) with the goal to make some lame point or expose/humiliate, when in reality they are making themself look supremely infantile. Here’s an idea: grow the frak up you 12 year old little brat!

People talking loudly into their mobile communication device as if increasing the volume of their voice will make the person on the other end of the “line” hear them/understand them better.
Here’s an idea – noone anywhere wants to hear your incoherent, chimplike hooting, no matter how important you believe you are…and your device has a super sensitive microphone that can detect a whisper, AND the ape on the other end has a volume control and will turn you down when you get annoying. Be respectful you filthy, matted, hairball.

People watching videos/things on their mobile devices at max volume (or any audible volume) in a resturant, waiting room, bus, train, plane, ship, etc…this is happening 20′ from me as i type these words.
Here’s an idea – be respectful of others and get some earphones/buds you obnoxious drooling troglodyte!

Parents/people loudly yelling hate/ obscenities/absurdities at their unfortunate offspring.
Here’s an idea – don’t have offspring if you cant control yourself and treat them with the respect they deserve. Are you purposefully trying to lead by your awfully hateful example and make them a carbon copy of your disgusting hateful self?! 

People talking loudly at each other across a span of space occupied by other humans (ex. train, plane, bus, waiting room, resturant etc.). Here’s an idea: walk closer to each other and converse at a reasonable voice being respective of the others in the room. Whatever it is, it is not all about you, you miserable stinking troll.

People who crowd up to the elevator door as if upon arrival it will be magically empty and is there only for them. Here’s an idea: push the call button and stand back you impatient wank walker.

People who blow their nose in a crowded public place such as a resturant – even with a napkin or handkerchief, this is just disgusting and nasty.
Here’s an idea – have some respect for others around you, step into the bathroom or outside and blow your festering air hole all you like you putrid steaming snotnozzle.

Impatient bully types who just have to be first in every line, que, or intersection.
Here’s an idea you greedy tantrum tossing tool – have some respect for others and wait your damn turn.

People who disrespect our only planet by littering, defacing nature with graffiti, poachers, and those who exploit nature for personal gain without any consideration for future generations…

…and so many more. If you have encountered similar lack of respect from the seething masses of humanity then feel free to add your own examples in the comments.

Heavy Thought Time

On By StevoIn anthropology, critical thinking, earth, Environment, nature, nature vs. nurture, religion, Science, space, UncategorizedLeave a comment

To create a life is rather easy, people do it all the time.

To create good people, that is possibly the most difficult thing we will ever do.

We have all heard about the nature vs nurture debate, and from where I stand as an observer of nature, I see many deep connections between all living things everywhere I look – connections that run like fungal mycelium throughout the deep-time tapestry of life.

These ancient genetic connections are incredibly apparent to me because I see them in myself. I was adopted as a newborn and spent the next several decades with wonderful, loving parents who nurtured and cared for me, giving me a comfortable home, an education, and most of all, the ability to think for myself. They let me choose my own path – they did not force on me any specific religion, politics, or any other worldviews – they let me choose for myself who I was to become. They were the nurture side of the coin that I received in this coin toss called life.

On the nature side of the coin: From a very young age, my curiosity about the natural world around me was incredibly strong. I have always had a deep empathetic nature and a deep connection to animals, nature, wildlife, and the silent teachers that exists in the forest, an endlessly flowing river, the rolling ocean waves, and the deeptime knowledge that exists in every rock, tree, mountain, water drop, and in our own DNA – these are teachers that only some of us can hear.  Due to these deep connections to the natural world I always wondered if I had inherited this intense love and focus on nature from my biological family.

Then, in 2018, I used the tools of science to find my genetic family and my suspicions were confirmed – my love of nature was indeed genetic – my father and all my family members were great lovers of nature and all things wild and wonderful. My father and I shared so many things in common – even down to things like favorite foods, TV shows, music, vehicles, wildlife, it is really astounding how many deep connections we share.

So for me specifically, the nature vs nurture argument is no longer a debate – i am a product of both of these things.

From my point of view, and from my lived experience – I believe that at birth we carry within our genetic code, a singular sequence specifically written by the experiences of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and far far back into deeptime, to a time before we gave ourselves names, before we harnessed fire, before we were even human. This ancient code sequence is the nature side of the coin. It is a hard written instinct stamped into our DNA by the experiences of all our ancestors. This ancient code is expressed,  like it or not, by our consciousness.  But what the heck is consciousness anyway?

In an attempt to answer this age old question we need to flip the coin back over to the nurture side again and ask – what about our consciousness?  Where does it come from?  What is it that allows us to look in the mirror and say “Hello me, i recognize that i exist…i think therefore i am.” 

Where does the consciousness  originate?  Some say it is all in the mind…and maybe this is so.  However, I sometimes wonder if it comes from outside the body…another realm of existence that we have yet to identify.  Maybe we and all life on earth are part of this unique and massive energy field…this Singularity…and we are greatly limiting ourselves when we think that we are separate, apart, alone individuals.  But in reality…a reality we have not discovered yet because we are not yet ready, not evolved enough to experience that reality and understand it…maybe we are all connected deeper than we could ever imagine.  Maybe when our body exhausts itself and ceases to exist, maybe our unique consciousness – our soul – retreats back into this unknown realm, this undiscovered country, to rejoin with the rest of the whole where it then shares its lifetime of experiences with its “peers” afterwhich it is reset, and then born again as another lifeform on earth…or another planet in the vast cosmos – and the cycle continues.

I do not believe in omnipotent beings – a god or gods – and therefore i do not believe a devine creator being gives us each a unique consciousness – at soul – at birth.  I have this hypothesis that at birth, our consciousness is a blank clean slate…like a new computer waiting to have is blank but eager to learn storage drives filled up with all our unique photos, music, stories, history – the unique things we save close to our hearts and minds – the things that make us, us.

Maybe we are all born with this same basic, “blank slate” consciousness.  Maybe this blank slate consciousness is exactly the same for everyone – it is a carbon copy of whatever the first one was, whatever the first human being was.  Then, as we live and grow and are exposed to our family, friends, society, the media, religion, politics, science, culture, war, love, hate, bullies, hippies, laughter, passion, sickness, trauma, etc – maybe it is only after this exposure to all these unique outside experiences and influences, coupled with the genetic expression of our instinctual nature knowledge passed down from our unique evolutionary lineages, does our unique consciousness truly becomes ours, and only ours.  It becomes unique to each human due to the unique experiences each of us has experienced as well as the deep genetic connections we brought forward in time from our unique ancestrial DNA.

Maybe the “me” and “you” parts of our thinking brains are exactly the same until they experience life, the universe, and everything around us during our first few years of life – and then we become the unique individuals that we are – we become the you and the me that we see in the mirror.

If all this is so, then to guide an innocent young human into adulthood as a parent, teacher, or mentor, is possibly the greatest responsibility one could ever hold.

Choose wisely.

Think before you speak.

Be a good human.

Do good things.

Parasitic Prison

On By StevoIn Environment, nature, parasites, ScienceLeave a comment

In mid May of 2024 I was visiting family in central Florida and found a tick embedded on the small of my back. I pulled it off and flushed it, as i have done hundreds of times before – im a naturalist and spend alot of time outdoors. I’ve probably had over 100 ticks embedded in my skin over my 57 years of life and I have treated all of them the same – a good flushing and then go on with life.

Then, a few weeks later, I awoke with unusual symptoms that I thought was COVID-19. I made the trip to the local urgent care only to discover it was Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever and a co-infection of Ehrlichiosis. The docs put me on a month-long course of Doxycycline and another antibiotic, I cannot remember the name of. As usual, the antibiotics messed up my digestion and made me feel slightly nauseous, but between doses I ate dairy-free yogurt (I’m allergic to bovine milk) and it eased the backlash from my microbiome.

The week after the symptoms started, I experienced only one day of fever that never went above 101 and only a few hours of a frontal headache that a bag of ice calmed down a bit. The only namesake spot I developed was at the location of the bite – the spot was like a crusty scab about 1/4″ in diameter –  and it didn’t fully heal for many months… weird. The infectious disease specialist said that was indeed a symptom of RMSF…but that most people infected by this nasty parasite develop spots all over their body…so I was, in fact, lucky. 

I did not feel lucky.

For the next 9 months i had almost constant brain fog and almost no energy, and it took all my willpower to drag myself off the sofa to do anything. (I’m still finding it very hard to get off the sofa…)

In mid-December of 2024, I started feeling a bit better, but I was still lethargic, and it took me hours to get going in the AM. Sometimes I wouldn’t leave the house until after 11am…sometimes not at all.

By spring of 2025, I could feel the fog lifting and had more good days than bad.

Fast forward to mid-summer. I took a walk in the woods, and shortly after, I found another tick embedded in my leg. I was in a remote location, so I carefully removed it and kept it in the event the docs wanted to ship it off to the infectious disease lab to be studied (they didn’t), but they did give me a preventive dose of Doxycycline again, but no tick vectored disease retest.

Fast forward to today. For ~18 months, I have been living with the bizarre health impacts of RMSF and Erlichia.

It has been a roller coaster ride of truly bizarre symptoms. In the beginning, and for the first 9 months, I had daily lethargy, fatigue, muscle and joint pain as well as heavy brain fog, on and off depression, and sensitivity to light, sound, hot and cold – especially cold – and short-term memory problems.

Then, for the last 9 months or so, on most days the brain fog and chronic fatigue symptoms have lessened a bit but, the muscle and joint pain, unexpected weakness, sensitivity to light and sound and heat and cold have increased – sometimes to the point where I feel as if I cannot do simple tasks such as taking out the trash or lifting a wrench. For the last couple of months, the muscles and joints of my lower arms and not as much my legs, have felt as if they have been hit with several blows from a hammer…but there is no recent trauma or bruising – my calf muscles often cramp, and I have nerve pain/neuropathy in my feet. My elbows and lower arms ache when I move them – and it gets worse when I try to move or lift anything…a real-life example, imagine if your lower arm muscles hurt when you squeeze the toothpaste tube to brush your teeth – that is what this is like. It truly suks in every way possible…but at least I’m not on fire LOL.

I am an active person with many plans and projects going on at all times. However, since I acquired this nasty, tick-vectored infection, I have not at all been myself. I feel like I am a prisoner in my own malfunctioning meatpuppet spacesuit that we often call a body. I have had to put many plans on hold simply because I do not have the energy to do them.

Needless to say, the events of the last 18 months have really started to weigh heavily on my mind. I am truly concerned for the future of my health. Chronic fatigue and pain with an insidious creeping lethargic depression have become my normal state. Recently, my doc mentioned that my symptoms are similar to ME/CFS, but he does not want to make that complex call just yet…

The only things keeping me positive and looking to the future have been my wonderful wife, who has helped me so much during this long-term ordeal. She has always stood by my side to help me get through this, and I love her so much for her care and compassion at this low point in my journey.

Earthshine Nature Programs, the small nonprofit organization I founded and operate on the side, has also helped me, as it has given me purpose. My nature and environmental outreach programming has taken me to many local summer camps, schools, and festivals, where the smiling, happy faces of the next generation always lift my spirits and give me hope.

My wonderful 501c3 volunteers and interns and my coworkers – they have all been so supportive during this time. They have checked in on my classroom and nature center and its inhabitants and/or taken on the heavy lifting needs of my programming and gone above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you all for being so awesome!

My 501c3 friends and supporters who have helped me keep things moving forward, even when I’m moving as slow as cold molasses in winter.

My personal friends have freely given their kindness and support and have been so patient with me, and for all that, I cannot thank them enough. They are all my heroes!!! I truly do not know what I would do without them.

My doctor has worked tirelessly to get me through this. Over the years, he has gotten me through many common and not-so-common health challenges, but this one may be the biggest yet. I know that he will find a treatment for this condition, and that gives me great hope that one day, I will come out of this depressed state of physical and mental health and get back to life.

Currently, my most recent bloodwork came back mostly OK, so that is a good thin,g and the new Rx of Lyrica seems to really be helping with the pain.

Personal insights I have gained from this ongoing health misadventure:

If you are an outdoor-oriented person, as I am…or was…then please heed this warning; if you find a tick on you and it is embedded in your skin, do the following immediately:

  1. Go to your nearest urgent care facility. Have them remove the blood-sucking parasite the correct way. They may send it off to be tested so they can update the range maps, etc.
  2. If they do not prescribe a preventive dose of antibiotics such as Doxycycline, then please ask them to do so.
    DO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE.
    DO NOT PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE with your health.
  3. Learn about the tick/mosquito and other parasite-vectored diseases in your area and know what to do if you or a loved one is bitten* by a parasite.

4. Keep your outdoor pets treated for ticks/fleas – humans are often infected with parasites that hitchhike inside the home on their pets, then drop off and bite the human inhabitants of the home.

  1. When journeying into the wild, always take precautions to keep the nasty parasites from feeding on your meatpuppet body suit.
  2. Nature is beautiful, but it does not care about you, your family, or your friends. You are just another animal trying to survive on a unique wet rock floating in space, and nature will kill, devour, digest, crap out, and recycle you if given the chance.
    Therefore, you are responsible for taking care of yourself and your loved ones.
    Improvise, adapt, overcome, evolve, survive, and thrive.

Learn more about parasite-vectored diseases in your area:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950248925000379

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/tickborne-diseases-in-the-us

https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/diseases/rmsf.html

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/ticks-and-tick-borne-diseases

https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/rocky-mountain-spotted-fever/about/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/about/index.html

https://tic-nc.org/

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases

  • I have been bitten by many cats, dogs, a few Opossums, many non-venomous snakes, one venomous timber rattlesnake, a mad prairie dog, and a few humans – but the painless bite of a tiny tick has, BY FAR, been the most damaging and debilitating of them all.

Another Thought Experiment

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If a highly advanced, long-lived, extraterrestrial species from another galaxy landed on Earth today and told us we were all part of a long-term planetary biology/evolution “lab” experiment designed and implemented several million years ago in the attempt to discern the direction biological evolution would take under the unique environmental conditions offered by this planet and its star…

…and/or…

If Jesus (or any other religious prophet) returned and/or appeared – and he was a dark skinned, barefoot, long haired, “herb” smoking, robe wearing, bisexual, “hippie” “dude” whose pronown was “whatever man” and he was asking all of us to destroy our walls, weapons, governments, religions, superficial labels and divisions, and all coexist and live in harmony…

Recent events suggest that many people who call themselves religious would probably deny the flesh and blood evidence standing in front of them, and cry “demon,” “witch,” ” infidel,” “imposter,” – and then try to crucify and/or dissect them.


Sadly, the fearful, preconceived notions of what many believe their god and/or extraterrestrial visitors should be are far too limiting and microscopically small, to allow them to see the grandeur of the cosmos as it actually exists, and all the amazing possibilities it may hold.

We are our own most limiting factor.

The biggest bully

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I detest DJT.

Just in case you are wondering why I can’t stand everything about the man…and this is only the beginning.

None of my reasons for disliking this miserable, vomitous, troll has anything at all to do with politics. I have loathed this toxic troglodyte since I first learned of his noxious existence in the 1990s, and my bullshit detector went off loud and clear.

He is the biggest, most obnoxiously brainless bully to ever walk upon the earth.

How can anyone with 1/2 a brain and a fraction of a conscience even begin to stoop so low as to choose to commit the greedy, hateful, and absolutely despicable things he is guilty of and been accused of?

How can someone just ignore the fact that the person they are intentionally harming is another living, thinking, human being?

It is obvious to me that this disgusting, vile, drooling orange gangster of a person, as well as all his despicable friends, associates, and toxic business partners – and possibly many we do not know about yet – in government, big business, entertainment, at home and abroad…these disgusting, hateful, selfish, sexulal predators are nothing more than vampires – they just see others as slabs of meat to feed upon.

IMHO, DJT is the most vile, despicable, disgusting, micro-brained, knuckle-dragging, puss ape to ever live on this ancient earth. Obviously, he does not have the brain cells to have honestly acquired the position in which he sits at this moment. Therefore, he must have many hidden, powerful, wealthy friends, hiding behind curtains, pulling many long strings, passing huge loads of dirty money under many secret tables to put him in the Oval Office. The question now remains: who is pulling the strings and what is their motive?

Pootin is my first choice.

But there may also be many on the inside on both sides of the “fence” – who could be in on this as well.

I do not trust any of them.

Whatever the case may be, we are in a terrifying situation, to say the least, and we are all in this together.

Question: After all the knowledge that has been released…if you are still able to support this rotten piece of festering putrid drooling rotten orange tripe – how is this even possible, and how can you sleep at night?!  Especially if you are female and/or have children…

BTW: If you still somehow can find some way to support him, I do not hate you as a person, the exact opposite is the case, if you are still in my circle of friends and family – I do still love and care for you and I truly and honestly feel sorry for you because you have lost something, something special, a spark of empathy…IMHO, you have lost your bullshit detector and are now part of a dangerous cult. Please get out before it is too late.

What follows was written by Jeff Fleiss.

All his Sexual Assault Victims

26 women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct spanning 40 years – with two jury verdicts awarding $88.3M to E. Jean Carroll for rape and defamation … and wife Ivana testifying under oath that he once raped her– and the admitted “P*ssy Grabber” and dressing room beauty pageant stalker …still shamelessly denies them all. Because lying and refusing to accept responsibility and accountability are always his answer to every misdeed.  Here are the ugly details.

Donald Trump Sexual Misconduct Allegations – Executive Summary

Total Public Accusers: 26 named women (plus anonymous pageant contestants)
Timeline of Allegations: Late 1970s – 2016
Historic Verdicts:
• E. Jean Carroll I (2023): Jury awarded $5 million (sexual abuse & defamation)
• E. Jean Carroll II (2024): Jury awarded $83.3 million (defamation; currently on appeal)
Corroborating Witnesses: Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff testified in Carroll’s case.
Trump’s Response: He has denied all allegations and called them politically motivated.

Accusers & Allegations (Chronological):
1. Jessica Leeds (Late 1970s) – Groped on a commercial flight, hands on her breasts and up her skirt.
2. Stacey Williams (1993) – Model alleges groping at Trump Tower while Jeffrey Epstein observed.
3. Jill Harth (1993) – Pushed against a wall, groped under her dress, unwanted kissing at Mar-a-Lago. (1997 harassment suit settled)
4. Katie Johnson (1994) – Alleged rape at age 13 by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. (2016 lawsuit withdrawn)
5. Lisa Boyne (Mid-1990s) – Claims Trump looked under models’ skirts at a Manhattan dinner party.
6. Kristin Anderson (Early 1990s) – Groped under her skirt in a Manhattan nightclub.
7. Karena Virginia (1998) – Groped her breast and made sexual comments at the U.S. Open.
8. Temple Taggart McDowell (1997) – Kissed directly on the mouth at Miss USA rehearsals.
9. Amy Dorris (1997) – Forcibly kissed and groped at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
10. Unnamed Pageant Contestants (1997–2013) – Alleged he walked into dressing rooms while contestants changed and made sexual comments.
11. Natasha Stoynoff (2005) – Pushed against a wall and forcibly kissed during a Mar-a-Lago interview. (Carroll trial witness)
12. Samantha Holvey (2006) – Inspected contestants in dressing rooms, made inappropriate comments.
13. Ninni Laaksonen (2006) – Claims Trump grabbed her buttocks before a TV interview.
14. Jessica Drake (2006) – Grabbed, kissed, and later offered money for sex at a golf event.
15. Summer Zervos (2007) – Kissed aggressively, groped her breast, and pressed genitals against her at a hotel meeting. (2017 defamation suit dropped 2021)
16. Cassandra Searles (2013) – Pageant contestant claims repeated buttocks grabbing and comments about her body.
17. Alva Johnson (2016) – Trump campaign worker alleges forced kissing at a campaign event. (2019 lawsuit voluntarily dismissed)
18. E. Jean Carroll (Mid-1990s) – Alleged rape in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. (Two jury verdicts: $5M 2023; $83.3M 2024, appeal pending)

The remaining eight victims are based on public reporting where full names were not always provided but were still included in the official media tallies (Guardian, PBS, Yahoo News, etc.).

19. Unnamed Miss Teen USA Contestant (1997)
• Incident: Alleged that Trump entered the Miss Teen USA dressing room while minors were undressed.
• Quote (source paraphrase): “He just came strolling right in. It was shocking.”
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit; Trump acknowledged entering pageant dressing areas but said it was “to say hello.”

20. Unnamed Miss Teen USA Contestant (1998)
• Incident: Similar allegation of Trump walking unannounced into a Miss Teen USA dressing area.
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit filed; incident grouped in media tallies.

21. Additional Unnamed Miss USA Contestant (2001)
• Incident: Alleged Trump ogled contestants in partial clothing backstage and made inappropriate comments.
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit filed.

22. Anonymous Model (1990s)
• Incident: Claimed Trump groped her buttocks at a Manhattan party in the 1990s.
• Legal Outcome: No public court filing; spoke anonymously to a journalist.

23. Anonymous Model (1990s)
• Incident: Alleged inappropriate kissing attempt during a photo shoot.
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit filed.

24. Anonymous Model (1990s)
• Incident: Alleged sexually suggestive remarks and unwanted touching at a modeling event.
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit filed.

25. Second Trump Campaign Worker (2016)
• Incident: Alleged that Trump tried to kiss her at a campaign rally but she pulled away.
• Legal Outcome: Name not released publicly; no lawsuit filed.

26. Anonymous Pageant Contestant (Date Unspecified)
• Incident: Alleged Trump “inspected contestants up close” and made sexualized comments during judging preparation.
• Legal Outcome: No lawsuit filed; grouped under broader pageant behavior allegations.

Key Takeaways:
• Allegations span four decades and include airline passengers, business associates, beauty pageant contestants, journalists, campaign staff, and a minor (Katie Johnson).
• Only Carroll’s and Harth’s claims produced legal judgments or settlements. Other lawsuits (e.g., Zervos, Johnson, Alva Johnson) were dropped or dismissed.
• Trump’s public position has consistently been that all claims are false.

Closing Thoughts:
The list of allegations and historic verdicts speaks for itself. Whether one supports or opposes Donald Trump, these facts deserve to be revealed to and taken seriously by the American People so that justice can be obtained for these Trump victims.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/assault-allegations-donald-trump-recapped

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1274&context=mjgl

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-epstein-called-epstein-files-say-relationship-rcna161354

https://www.hachettebooks.com/landing-page/all-the-presidents-women/

https://youtu.be/2UHEsZmN7HA?si=usWg1sFTRRFUYOoT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Johnson

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/trump-sexual-misconduct-allegations-timeline

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/katie-johnson-civil-case-for-rape-trump-epsteinpdf/257375882

Katie Joynson tells her story
https://youtu.be/8C4UA9r-o2k?si=6LVWQyHGxVbav2lX

Your 3rd eye is watching you

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Some of us have the rare ability to look ourselves in the mirror and reflect on our choices, make changes, look at the past as a learning experience and never do it again, and then go on with life.


Some do not have that ability and need help from those who do.


All of us need to forcefully pry open our third eye to see the violence inherent in the system, step outside of it, and see the religiopolitical matrix for what it really is: a manufactured control machine designed to keep us down by any and all means, so the dangerous, mean, rich and powerful – and those dumb as a bag of steaming fresh scat – remain in control behind the curtains pulling the strings and collecting the wealth while the rest of us scratch, scrape, and slurp to get by in this manufactured automaton we call a society.

IMHO

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IMHO: The possible reason the highly superior extraterrestrials from distant star system(s) have not revealed themselves to us is simple:
We have not passed the most important test of our biological evolution.
We have yet to grow beyond our infantile, tantrum-tossing childhood.
To grow and evolve into an adult, aware, and awake species, we must abandon and delete from our time twisted genetic programming, all the fear-driven, self destructive, xenophobic, hateful, self centered, greed and power focused ways of thinking and living such as but not limited to – separatist, divisive religions, toxic politics, bloody war, insane slavery, juvenile prejudice, caste systems, medical and prison industrial complexes, the burning of finite fossil fuels for energy and their associated land, water, and air pollution, resource wars, habitat destruction and so much more of the fear and greed focused genes still stuck in our DNA that feeds these ancient toxic behaviors. They worked for us in the dark past of our early ancestors, but evidence suggests they do not have a place in our genetic code any longer.
Now is the time we must choose not to fear and fight, but to respect and coexist with each other.
This will not happen anytime soon, and possibly never. Current events suggest we may forever remain infants in our development as a species.
We may be just another failed evolutionary experiment…or a virus that just has to run its course before the planet can heal and make room for the next attempt at something unique.
No matter what the case may be, I know that what we are doing to ourselves, to each other, and to the planet that supports us – cannot end well unless we all work together to repair the heinous damage to the system, delete the current systemic infection, and strive to learn from the mistakes of our childhood, and never ever repeat them again.
Consciously choose to do good things.

PSA for today

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A few days ago I had to drive our other vehicle to tote a load. This vehicle is wonderful in all ways but one – it runs on gasoline. At one point I needed to fill up its fuel reservoir with the expensive, toxic, highly explosive, refined, fossil based liquid hydrocarbons (aka gasoline/petrol) that it frequently needs (it only gets 12 – 16mpg) in order to be useful and of any value at all. When I pulled up to the pump I thought, as I always do, about all the nasty pathogens (bacteria, viruses, sputum, and other manner of nastiness) left on the pump handle by all the other plague rat humans who had used it since it was last cleaned…if it ever was…ugh. I took a chance and stuck the likely pathogen funk covered toxic death liquid spewing nozzle into my vehicle’s fuel port, got a squirt of sanitizer, and walked a few steps away so as not to breathe the potentially cancerous VOC’s, and waited (I know, I’m a bit of a germaphobe but being extra careful – especially today – is always a good policy). I noticed nearby two men with their upper bodies buried in the engine compartment of their older model pick up truck. They were covered in grease, working diligently as they tried to reason out whatever the problem was with their vehicle’s internal combustion engine and its hundreds of moving parts, tubes, pipes, belts and bits. I did not envy them as I have been there many times myself, in many similar situations, working on old cars and because of those times I now have great mechanical skills 🙂 – back to the story.
As my vehicle’s tank filled with highly volatile life destroying ancient fossil juice I noticed a car pull up on the other side of the pumps. A man exited the vehicle and proceeded to fill his tank. I immediately observed two problems – 1. He did not shut off the engine while pumping gas and 2. He was smoking. I thought about saying something to him but from his rough outward appearance I thought otherwise (I really do not like needless, energy wasting, confrontations). Instead I decided to protect life and limb and RUNNOFT so I stopped my tank from fueling before it was finished and removed myself from the danger zone. In hindsight the right thing to do would be to have gone inside the station and informed the attendant of the dangerous situation and that I will do the next time I witness a situation such as this. Sadly, I have seen this kind of unbelievable carelessness several times before (and reported it as well) and can’t help but wonder if these individuals are either just dangerously complacent in their use of a highly flammable and toxic substance, failed to listen to their parents, driver education teacher, or whomever taught them about the skills needed to drive a vehicle, or maybe they didn’t listen in science class, maybe they didn’t take a science class, maybe they have have a death wish, or maybe they believe they are magically protected by some invisible being or force, or maybe all of the above. Whatever the case may be if they keep it up they will eventually win a Darwin award and might just take a few of us careful, thinking people with them and that is what seriously scares me.
If you drive a vehicle that requires an expensive,* toxic to all life forms, highly explosive, refined fossil based liquid hydrocarbon as its fuel source (as I still do…for now anyway), then please, please be careful when you need to stop at public access fuel distribution centers because it is CRAZY out there!
Better yet, when you are able to one day get an EV and fuel up on your own porch/garage at night while you sleep without the dangers/costs/germs and crazy associated with all of the above – then please do so – you will be glad you did.
I know, many EV’s are currently more expensive that most gas powered vehicles and the EV market is pretty slim to nonexistent when it comes to 4×4 on/off road EV utility vehicles (that has changed since I originally penned this story: now we have several great choices with the Rivian R1T and R1S, Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado EV, GMC Denali EV, Hummer EV, and Cybertruck and more on the way) and vehicles that are able to haul loads but it is getting better and more affordable every day. However, if you need an around town daily driver and do not drive more than 150 miles/day you really should check out a new or used Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV or the Nissan Leaf. After you figure in all the costs of gas, oil changes, and tune ups (all gone when you drive an EV) – these two are the some of the best EV deals on the market.
NOTES: This story is not an attack on anyone. It is a commentary on the absurdity of the situations we often find ourselves in on a daily basis. It is also a commentary on the absurdity that is the reality of driving/energy use in our country and that how that out-dated and dangerous finite fossil fuel-based system is not the most proactive way to do things. Please also note that I do not work for Chevrolet or Nissan – the fact is that my almost 12 years of EV experience has shown me that driving EV is in almost every way a better way to drive and I am attempting to share some of my experiences with you all so you will be better informed and ready for the coming EV revolution.
My prediction is that by 2027-2028 most of you will be driving electric or planning to do so very soon. The value of daily driver gas cars such as Toyota and Honda anything – will be almost zilcho. The classics will never die (I hope) because they are pieces of automotive history that must live on on the roads and in museums. But the daily driver car of tomorrow is 100% electric powered – powered not by expensive foreign sourced, war funding, highly toxic, flammable, atmosphere, health and life killing petroleum-based fuels – but by domestically-sourced renewably produced electricity.
*these fuel products are expensive in so many ways including but not limited to: madly fluctuating end user cost at the pump, cost in pollution to the local, regional, global environment and atmosphere, cost in acquisition, refining and shipping, cost associated with war and terrorism, cost in human sickness, suffering, and death from all of the above…but due to government subsidies they are far lower in cost at the pump than they could be. If we were paying the true cost as many people do all over the world – most if not all of us would already be driving electric.

Random Thought

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If you discovered that someone you love, revere, worship, follow, respect, and/or care deeply about… was a disgusting, twisted, hateful, pedophile, and/or was protecting a pedophile/human trafficker – would you keep loving, respecting, and supporting them?
HELL NO!!!!!
You would put them in the tightest security prison you could find and let the inmates take them apart – twistedly toxic piece by disgustingly disturbingly rotten piece. They would deserve everything they received – and then some.
I have a bad feeling that many people in very high and influential places, in this place we once called a country, in political, religious, entertainment and so many other institutions – are on the list.
When it is finally revealed, it will shatter this country even more.
But it must be revealed.
The evidence must be made public.
It is the right thing to do.
No matter what side of the imaginary fence you are on, no matter which wing of the once great balding bird that you think you are – the truth should matter above all other concerns. If it doesn’t, then you are part of the problem.
If you have children or grandchildren, what will they think of you if you support such disgustingly despicable and absolutely evil people? What kind of people will they become by watching you make your choices?
Don’t support disgusting, hateful, greedy, nasty, destructive people who choose to use others for their own gain and the loathsome fulfillment of their toxically twisted desires.
Do only good things.
Make good choices.