Dara
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1 hour ago, dave524 said:
I hate it when people with livewells think it is OK to cull or release fish miles often from where they were originally caught
why is that
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I filled out the survey and hopefully they value my opinion.
They usually do. LOL
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5 hours ago, AKRISONER said:
just watching bassmaster live today and it occured to me almost every single pro in this event is running lithium batteries, I think 5 years ago? Not a single boat would have been running lithium? Lead acid is basically quickly becoming a dinosaur. Unfortunately I needed new batteries last year and couldnt front the bill for a new charger and batteries to go lithium, but im basically 100% certain when these ones go, ill be making the switch.
Ive made the switch for my ice fishing eletronics, to say that im blown away with the performance would be an understatement. I ran livescope and a 10 inch screen all day last weekend and was still reading 13.1volts at 5 in the evening.
Just to be devils advocate here..lol
Sounds like advances in technology cause us to use more power, causing a pollutant of some sort.
When I started ice fishing we had no electronics, no power auger, no foldup huts, heck no huts at all. And we caught fish. I remember when bells on your gad was a new thing.
I have a gas auger but I couldn't drill holes for all the kids any more.
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Got a new BRP this year. 600 efi 2 stroker. Burns excessive oil and gas but the clean 4 strokes are expensive so.....
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50 km won't get me to the lake and back. Keep working on it BRP
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18 minutes ago, CrowMan said:
It is my understanding that every single component of a lithium battery can be recycled.
OK, I see 95% now, not bad, just difficult and not great for environment itself.
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I would like to see some research into the poison that will be left with all these batteries we are going to use.
Will we be poisoning our water instead of the air next.
Possibly a carbon capture system on gas engines would do something better.
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18 minutes ago, DRIFTER_016 said:
Don't forget that the blades can't be recycled and are just buried.
Those wind turbines sure do burn good with their 1,000 gallons of oil and 1,000's of pounds of plastic though.
Is that what they call Green Smoke?
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1 hour ago, Weeds said:
Smitty, I double checked this. Apparently it’s totally inaccurate and the authors words have been selectively quoted (or misquoted) to make windmills look less effective than they actually are. It’s based on the premise that windmills are placed in poor locations where in reality they’d most likely never be built.
They are ugly though, I’ll give you that.
If you look at Homer-Dixon.com the supposed author suggests the poster is fraudulent and that he didn’t write that.
They are a poor choice except for making some people money.
Who was it brought these in?
Only to attempt humor, old news
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1 hour ago, BITEME said:
You smell that boy that’s 2stroke
There ain’t nothing like the smell of 2 stroke in the morning son
Except for race fuel.
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From what I understand a gearbox on a windmill takes 1000 gals of oil which must be changed yearly.
They also cut down about 50 acres of trees for each one they built around here.
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It all comes down to the government we choose to elect based on their promises and policy.
I remember back around 2000 that emission standards for snowmobiles were introduced.
Manufacturers were warned and developed cleaner machines. Hence the 4 stroke and super clean 2 strokes.
Government can only require what is possible though and they are pushing and waiting for electric.
On the same note, when they offered a good 4 stroke snowmobile I bought one. It saved me a bunch of money on oil and fuel and performed.
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It's almost like they need an engine to run a generator to charge the battery.
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I live and play north of Superior.
Wife will likely go electric for her next car. Running around town.
For me, I need a bit more than battery as it exists today to go 100km back in the woods in 20 below weather and expect to make it back after 4 or 5 days there.
Show me the tech and I'm all for electric. Build a couple nuc plants though because we will need the capacity.
Wait, here's one. Algoma steel is currently building 2 electric arc furnaces. They are still working on where the electricity to power these things will come from.
Sault uses 1.2 meg right now, to power these we will need 3.4or something like that.
Where will it come from and how
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55 minutes ago, DRIFTER_016 said:
I hear they are currently hiring Chinese children to work in the mine. 😜
How else you gonna make a buck or even get help nowadays.
PS, might show up in April, how's ice fishing then
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12 minutes ago, AKRISONER said:
Dara chillllllll….this is a good thread the first in a while to actually have regular interaction.
did I not understand that evinrude left the market and had gone back to the drawing board to effectively go all electric? Or was that just a rumour?
i hope it purely wasn’t just to create that inboardesque abomination that they made for the back of the alumacraft line ups?
Wish I could chill. It's 4 degrees out there where it should be minus 10 or 15.
We need ice. I hate global warming.
I had heard the evinrude rumor as well but until we get futuristic batteries it all seems to be wheel spinning.
I thought the alumicraft was an April fools joke
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On 1/12/2023 at 7:52 PM, limeyangler said:
You’re not the only one.
Hear that limey
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16 hours ago, dave524 said:
Doesn't using a fossil fueled generator kind of defeat the purpose of an electric motor, please think of the environment 🙄
Most definitely does.
I think about it every day.
I can't see any source of power right now that will save it.
We do what we can. Ontario got rid of coal for the clean natural gas, now that isn't good enough.
We tapped all the little rivers we could for hydro power.
We are closing nuclear powered plants because they are wore out and the anti nucers won't let us build new ones.
China opens new coal fired plants every day.
The world needs power and it is coming from fossil fuel until scientists figure it out or we all die.
Start putting some money into dealing with warming instead of trying to stop it.
And I'm not picking on you by quoting, it just kinda went that way
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I didn't read all that. I just looked at the pictures.
Looks like you found your Shangri la., and mine.
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9 hours ago, BassMan11 said:
Neat idea. This is where we are going I guess.
But i'd rather an old 2 stroke that will run forever if maintained properly.
And I wish we had enough ice and snow to enjoy winter
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1 hour ago, Weeds said:
Let sleeping dogs lie. Interesting thread. In the pic with the bank of 3 of them I think they look vaguely like some kind of high tech urinals. The props might make you hesitant though..
Not going there either.
To me they look like the old Chrysler outboards in the 70's
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14 minutes ago, limeyangler said:
mic drop….awesome.
I could get SOOOO political here, and with the quoted post...LOOOL
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I guess they better get at building some generating stations to charge these batteries. I know I won't be able to afford the gas to do it with my 2200 Honda.
Sure would make for a nice quiet ride to Toronto from here. As long as they don't make the seats smaller than the current Dash 8's
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8 hours ago, CrowMan said:
If we can do it with aircraft...
https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a41453056/eviation-electric-aircraft/
I think Trudope is looking for an all electric F35
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OMNR Survey...proposed changes to reg's re: photos of c&r fish
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Then you have to outlaw live release tournaments.
I can just imagine how the rule would be written to cover release where you caught it.