Yes it's yet another case of purposeful design to rip off the customer and make more cash.

I own a Toyota Prius and there are some good things about it but a couple of issues have really pissed me off.  One is my emissions system which has some problem that causes the check engine light to come on.  I cannot (according to the dealer) get that error code bypassed so I can get my check-engine light back into service for truely serious issues.  The emissions feature is only there to satisfy an California law.  I live in Idaho so it's not a problem for me to have a hairline crack that is leaking some emissions out somewhere.

So I have no working check-engine light and I have no way of observing battery charte state, oil temperature or pressure or other such things that might really be important to know sometime.

A more recent issues came up that has promoted this post.

My tire sensor light whet on and upon investigation was due to the battery for the sensor (pictured above) going dead.  The tire guy told me that these simple watch batteries last about 7 years and then poop out.  That is nicely beyond the waranty period of my car and it tells me that all 4 sensors are likely to fail soon.

Normally one would just change the battery to fix this but Toyota glues the battery in place so it cannot be replaced!  So I had to pay about $90 to replace the entire tire sensor.

Thanks Toyota!

I wonder if they will go the way of GM someday who is entering bankruptcy despite billions of tax-payer dollers being spent to prop them up.  When you don't service the customer, customers go away (if they have a choice).

Free Energy at your fingertips

 

Free energy is all around us

My home has a nice geo-thermal heating system that has worked for years.  If you can afford one, get one as it is way more efficient than any other heating system I know of.

That's because the earth is an infinite heat source and heat sync.  Just dig a trench about 4' down, run a tube through it, fill the trench with water if you like or use a pond to make heat conductivity more efficient and you can now use a simple heat-pump to heat or cool your home.

But no there more!

With the use of a sterling engine, you can actually generate electricity from the temperature differential you get with your geo-thermal heat pump and guess what? As long as your trench is big enough to transfer the heat quickly enough, you can use that to power your home as well!

I spoke with an HVAC specialist at costco one time and mentioned this idea to him.  He said, "sure it's possible but then we would be out of business".

Yes, that IS the problem.  The power's that be do not want simple and free energy.  It breaks their whole machivelian plans for global conquest.

Well, I'm just sayin - it CAN BE DONE.

You can buy a toy sterling engine for $60 here.

Good luck in finding a large one that can do useful work for you.  Bit it is definitely possible and simple with no fancy perpetual machine BS.  The idea works.

C'mon Elon, get with the program!