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The Typical Skeptic Podcast was, I think, a particular channel I first discovered on Rumble after making a more concerted effort to view content there rather than over on the dark red side. Host of the platform Robert Kalil does a nice job of interviewing/chatting in a nice way with his guest who talk about a variety of topics from alien abductions to, the spiritual realm, and a new one for me, the concept of "targeted individuals".

This particular podcast with "Nina Lyn" has been the most intriguing for me to date. I have listened to and watched it a few times now, sometimes during the night when I elected to download, convert and listened to the show as an MP3 while I dozed off.

As I find with quite a lot of Robert's guests, many of then do come across to me as "quite far out there" to put it politely, but as Robert himself expresses in this video, he likes to treat guests with respect and acknowledges their experiences as that, regardless of how "genuine" they might be - we are each living our own reality. The more I listened to Nina the more what she was saying made sense, from both a "I can see that as being the case" and "I see where she's coming from with that".

One topic covered here, and there were many, is regarding the numerous conspiracy theories regarding the so-called illuminati and their involvement in the music industry; here Nina explains things in a way I had not heard or considered before; that we are hijacked in order to enable their perverse imagery to past through into the astral realm. This might sound far-fetched at first, but if you believe you have a soul, and that journeys on into the next life when you die, then what experiences we all have (both good and bad), can travel with us to the next life. With all the crap that's in this life (although I don't mean to sound too pessimistic), this is quite a concern.

While this particular video and example of the TSP's content might be hard to digest I recommend browsing through the channel's back catalogue on Rumble to see if anything grabs your interest.

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My response...

In this video (not intentionally related to the previous one), Tesla-fanboy himself, Tim Pool, defends Tesla after electric cars are left stranded without power during freezing conditions in Chicago. He blames the owners for not knowing that their batteries will not work in such conditions, or for failing to prepare them.

Someone in the comments section of his upload to Rumble remarked that the real issue is with gasoline-powered cars in the summer in Arizona, since they often catch fire due to oil leaks. This, I pointed out was due to a lack of maintenance; here in the UK our vehicles are subjected to an annual checkup (MOT) which will highlight existing oil leaks. Generally we're not demanded to rectify such leaks, supposedly because they don't pose the same risk in our cooler summers, but repairs could simply mandated in a place like Arizona where the risk is greater. This is not the same as a relatively new car simply not functioning because the technology it runs on can't cope with the conditions.

That being said, there are extreme conditions where things will just not operate, or will break. Drive your car through water that is too deep for it and it will fail, try and drive it off road when it is not built for that, and it will get stuck. But this Tesla battery issue is surely a failure of forethought on the part of Tesla (other electric cars surely have this issue also).

Teslas have an array of technologies on board, they can pretty much drive themselves. Cars for decades have been able to alert the driver to ice. That an operator of such a device doesn't know the limitations of their device should be an assumption of the manufacturer, or are they ignorant of these limitations also?

A Tesla knows the road ahead; it has maps and can be informed of roadworks or diversions ahead. It knows of the locations of charging stations, and it can also know the weather conditions - all this data is available on the internet for which it is connected. Therefore, the vehicle itself can forecast, on behalf of the driver, that weather conditions pose a risk to the vehicle and alert the driver accordingly: "Cold temperatures present, aim to keep the battery above 50% charge, keep the vehicle running..." etc.

It appears that people were finding their vehicles batteries were not holding charge in these Chicago conditions, or they were "running out" sooner than expected. These people were then seeking to charge up their vehicle, and seemingly switching the vehicle off during charging, for which the car could then not re-activate because the temperature of the battery had dropped too low. This should all be catered for within the technology of the car; if coolant can be circulated through the batteries to keep the temperatures within a safe operating temperature, then surely they could also be warmed using a similar process. Of course this relies on the batteries having sufficient charge to begin with.

Recently an electric car owner claimed on UK radio that an electric car could keep its occupants warm for two days, but in hindsight they were failing to account for diminishing returns from those batteries in cold (UK) conditions, or that they might fail entirely.

Tim casually exclaimed in his video that he also has a vehicle with an internal combustion engine for this very eventuality. Lucky you. He also had a garage that he can keep his Tesla warm in. Good for you. I wonder how much this would add to an energy bill of a regular home-owner who is tied to the grid for their energy.

Great if you are Tim and can not only afford a Tesla, and another car, and a heated garage and you have the level of understanding about the batteries in your vehicles. For everyone else, even the battery in a petrol/diesel-powered car can struggle in freezing conditions, particularly if that battery is a few years old. If you notice your car is sluggish to start during colder weather then it might be worth charging that battery up with a standalone charger, especially if you typically only drive short distances. Also be aware that your vehicle uses coolant/anti-freeze and it might be too concentrated for extreme cold. Keep a warm blanket in your vehicle in case you are left stranded somewhere.

What do you think?