Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

Flimsy_Patience_7780 t1_j9iep6h wrote

Reply to With concerns about medical cannabis supply shortage, CT lawmakers look to create ombudsman job by gyokuro

All this bs about “medical patients will get priority” but in reality it’s “make as much money as possible once we go rec and…oh wait…what does giving priority to medical even mean?”

Sorry but if you don’t have separate markets and instead just jam rec and med markets all together you cannot promise we will get priority on any products. Therefore you cannot promise patients their medication.

So, so disappointed in the CT roll out. Glad I moved to VT, but realizing my CT card has become more and more obsolete.

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Magungo1066 t1_j9ie9vg wrote

Reply to Now that Putin has suspended nuclear arms treaty should we be concerned in CT? by IndicationOver

Between Boston, New York, and the submarine pens in Groton/New London, we have about 50+ nukes aimed directly at us. Each one of them explodes at a temperature hotter than the sun, and vaporizes or incinerates everything for 4-6 square miles. This causes mass fires in the surrounding areas that proliferate with nearly nothing to curb or prevent the expansion. Long story short you have no reason to be afraid! You will turn to vapor in seconds and feel no pain! :)

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HughWonPDL2018 t1_j9icwbb wrote

Reply to comment by CarrotsNotCake in A helpful link for anyone considering buying an electric vehicle by mynameisnotshamus

This country has crap infrastructure for EVs, their batteries don’t last for really long drives, and most importantly, the “assumptions” tab in that link states that they don’t factor in the cost of a replacement battery at all. A quick googling for a Chevy Bolt (your choice) has the average cost to replace at 16000 (wtf!), which if you’re replacing it at year 10 or so, is a tough cost to put up with at that point in a car’s lifespan. You’re buying a new car at that point. That 1600 in gas money per year, after 10 years, is the same as a Chevy Bolt battery, so it’s pretty close to neutral on fuel/energy costs.

Complaining about replacing a filter for gas cars but ignoring that your source doesn’t include battery replacement costs for EVs is just a little ridiculous.

Bolt battery pricing, along with other comps. https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/costs-ev-battery-replacement

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CT-Best t1_j9ibsrd wrote

Reply to comment by FrequentAd1126 in Moving to Connecticut by FrequentAd1126

The Farmington Valley (Simsbury, Avon, Farmington, etc.) is one of the best places for walkability. So if you value traveling around town/state without being stuck in a car, you should look into Farmington Valley.

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BrickInHead t1_j9iagaa wrote

Reply to Now that Putin has suspended nuclear arms treaty should we be concerned in CT? by IndicationOver

unless and until the united states+nato and russia are explicitly at war with one another, there is nothing to worry about.

if that happens, it's anyone's guess. traditional models of nuclear deterrence would state that to launch a nuclear strike would be ridiculously irrational, because any state that launches a nuke would prompt worldwide nuclear armageddon and certainly ensure its own destruction. putin probably is a rational actor right now, even if he is prone to tactical error. that said, if he's pressured into a corner...who knows? the chance is extremely slim that he would resort to the button given it is practically suicide, and if he did, there's a good chance others would step in to would stop it (see, e.g., the russian soldier who is credited as averting armageddon during the cuban missile crisis). but it's not impossible. a nuke in the air is most certainly a non-zero chance, even if it is infinitesimally small. a fraction, of a fraction, of a fraction, of a fraction, of a fraction of a percent.

generally, thinking about nuclear warfare is a foreign concept for anyone who grew up after the fall of the ussr because we have never lived under an actual threat of one occurring. the idea of engaging in nuclear war just makes so little sense that it's hard to conceive of any situation where it could happen. but the potential impact of just one error bringing it about is existentially terrifying. it's not the sort of thing I worry about, personally, but it's also not irrational to think about, given that people are, on occasion—and particularly when under stress—irrational.

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CarrotsNotCake t1_j9i30r1 wrote

Reply to A helpful link for anyone considering buying an electric vehicle by mynameisnotshamus

Let's say it costs 10% more to travel in an EV.
Let's say 30 miles per gallon at a cost of $3.30 per gallon. Stick to the average of 15,000 miles travels a year.
That's $1,650 for gasoline each year. 1,815. Ah, but then there's oil changed. fifty bucks three times a year. 1,800 for gasoline. Ah, damn, faster brake wearing, so there's an added expense. Crap! Transmission fluid & filter!
The list of maintenance costs with gasoline vehicles is long.
The list of maintenance costs with EVs is short.
Not only is it less money, it's more time for the owner to spend dealing with literally anything else.
But let's look at a comparison from the calculator. 2023 Bolt & 2023 Civic.

https://ibb.co/Wnj8fYz
Buying a new vehicle, each one costing the same, an EV costs less to own. That's just a fact.
https://afdc.energy.gov/calc/

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