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Alan wrote:
> On 2024-06-28 16:48, Chips Loral wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-06-28 15:11, Chips Loral wrote:
>>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-06-27 21:05, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is 
>>>>>> the largest
>>>>>> charging station in the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And it's all powered by diesel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered 
>>>>>> Generators
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GREBCFKXMAEXOdx?format=jpg&name=small
>>>>>
>>>>> Except for one thing:
>>>>>
>>>>> The claim is pure bullshit.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> YOU ARE!
>>>>
>>>> https://www.generatorsource.com/blog/September-2023-(1)/Does-Tesla%E2%80%99s-Mega-98-Supercharger-Location-Count-O.aspx 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  From SF Gate: “But as with many Tesla-related things, there is a 
>>>> secret, thinly obscured by an Oz-like curtain, at the Harris Ranch 
>>>> Supercharger. Hidden in plain sight across the way from the Harris 
>>>> Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, behind a Shell station, is a 
>>>> small diesel plant that has helped power Tesla’s footprint.”
>>>>
>>>> The news first broke by investigative journalist Edward Niedermeyer. 
>>>> In May 2015, Niedermeyer drove from his Oregon home to Harris Ranch 
>>>> to see whether “Musk’s latest bit of dream weaving could stand up to 
>>>> reality.”
>>>>
>>>> It’s unclear just what percentage of Supercharger power at Harris 
>>>> Ranch is being generated via diesel, as even apps devoted to 
>>>> tracking what kind of energy is delivered to Superchargers have no 
>>>> idea. But understand, generators play a vital role in backup power, 
>>>> or when extra power is needed to meet demand. Power outages are 
>>>> happening more often so standby, industrial generators are going to 
>>>> be more and more common in businesses, even at an EV supercharger 
>>>> location.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/tesla-interstate-5-supercharger-power-plant-18343119.php 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Across the way from the Harris Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, 
>>>> behind a Shell station, sits a small building where, according to a 
>>>> 2015 report, a diesel generator once helped power Tesla’s footprint 
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>> “I discovered that Tesla’s battery swap station was not in fact 
>>>> being made available to owners who regularly drove between 
>>>> California’s two largest cities,” Niedermeyer wrote in a May 2022 
>>>> exposé for Slate. “Instead, the company was running diesel 
>>>> generators to power additional Superchargers (the kind that take 30 
>>>> to 60 minutes to recharge a battery) to handle the holiday rush, 
>>>> their exhaust mingling with the unmistakable smell of bulls—t.”
>>>>
>>>> https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/tesla-superstation-10-1-23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=clip&w=2048 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I cunt 17 or more right there!
>>>
>>> "Setting the Record Straight
>>>
>>> We categorically deny the allegations posed by this statement for the 
>>> following reasons:
>>
>> Fuck 'em - they got caught!
> 
> Funny that no one has an actual picture of this alleged generator...
> 
> ...or video of it and the noise it makes.
> 
>>
>>> The building indicated is not, nor has it ever been a diesel plant. 
>>> Initially a car wash station, it was converted into a battery 
>>> swap-out station in 2015 and is now a storage facility and office for 
>>> the Harris Ranch Express BBQ management team, also featuring a 
>>> walk-in refrigerator."
>>>
>>> <https://www.harrisranch.com/news-info/harris-ranch-refutes-misinformation-on-property-use/> 
>>
>>
>> Dumb fucks!
>>
>> There are 17 (that we can see) freestanding, but linked generators.
> 
> Really? Show a picture.

It's in the thread already, view it again, asshole.

>>
>> Their prior lie was that they were only there for power outages.
> 
> Where was that?
> 
> Quote it, and show the source.

Eat shit and die you Canuck vermin.

I'd gladly watch someone hook a deep cycle battery to your wet ears with 
a jumper cable.