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2023-11-10 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

New York Gives Up on Electric Snow Plows: ‘Insufficient for the Demands of Winter'

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 What!? The engineering and science is "settled".
NYC is either not using them correctly or climate deniers are sabotaging them. I will hold my breath until the government fixes this!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-11-10 00:09|| 2023-11-10 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 They'll still be useful for crowd control, and 'breaching'. Also maybe sidewalk scraping.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-10 02:23|| 2023-11-10 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they can donate them to Florida.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-10 05:32|| 2023-11-10 05:32|| Front Page Top

#4 ..or Albuquerque.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-11-10 07:59|| 2023-11-10 07:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought we called no takebacks.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-11-10 09:48|| 2023-11-10 09:48|| Front Page Top

#6 If these batteries operate the way my tools do, they don't last long in the cold and won't hardly recharge.

Posted by Chris 2023-11-10 11:13|| 2023-11-10 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 EVs are such a bad idea that even New York is catching on.

Posted by Tom 2023-11-10 11:39|| 2023-11-10 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ Leading SOTD candidate.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-10 11:43|| 2023-11-10 11:43|| Front Page Top

#9 The vehicles could operate a maximum of only three hours despite the real need being 12 hours.

So just buy 4 times as many trucks. There, that wasn't hard!

Posted by SteveS 2023-11-10 11:59|| 2023-11-10 11:59|| Front Page Top

#10 ^^ I would lol but that's the exact solution the morons will come up with

Posted by Chris 2023-11-10 16:56|| 2023-11-10 16:56|| Front Page Top

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