Wow, $600? I think you should expect a lot better range out of that battery!! Rechargeable batteries don’t like getting near ends of their range. 40 to 85% charge is about right.

If the charger is cheesy or broken, it could be charging to 100% (or worse yet, not stopping) That would be bad, so you might replace the charger … making sure that the replacement is doing the right thing for you.

I just watched a video where a Chinese taxi (car) battery was taken out of service after 800,000 km. (Probably in a couple of years!) That battery pack would have A LOT more cells in it, so the strain on each cell would be less. They’re expensive, so the charger is probably very high-quality.

Promises, promises. I haven’t heard of one that’s actually in commercial operation right now.

But, apples and oranges… it’s a bullshit choice. Power plants generate power, DC’s consume power.

If you going to generate power, why look beyond solar/wind and batteries? At a much lower price, and much faster build times, they too are ‘physically incapable of going into meltdown’, and are already in use worldwide, no wait time.

As far as DC’s go, they depend on very new technology (enjoying a trendy fad) which -will- get far less power-hungry than they are. Or else. (The grid’s not ready for them.)

The only people in a rush seem to be the people who invested in all the snake oil promises that LLM’s are real A.I. … which they aren’t.

My view is that most technology is a tool, like a screwdriver. You can carefully and enjoyably use it to build something useful, helpful, enjoyable. Or you can use it like a psycho.

A friend gave me this firm ‘Sacro-ease’ pad/cushion, it’s about an inch (2.5cm) thick on the bottom and 2 inches on the top. Move the bottom up or down for best relief. Use it on my old chair all day, helps a lot.

There you go, that’s gotta be it. /s

Sundials date back at least as far as Egypt and Babylon. They’re still found in gardens and old cities. Can be tricky to set the time accurately! helps to have a compass.