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2021-02-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
'How in the world can anyone pay that?': Some seeing electric bills as high as $17K in wake of Texas winter storm
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-02-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Talk about being "left out in the cold".
Posted by crazyhorse 2021-02-20 00:22||   2021-02-20 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 F-150 pickup powers man's home during Texas blackout

That truck is starting to look better and better, the guy must be telling his wife in 3 more months the truck will have paid for itself, when compared to our neighbor's electric bill.

Posted by Deadeye Dingle7305 2021-02-20 01:00||   2021-02-20 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, this option not available on:

Tesla Model 3
Tesla Model S
Tesla Model X
Chevrolet Volt
Chevrolet Bolt EV
or....
Nissan LEAF
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-20 03:54||   2021-02-20 03:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks Mr. B., like the producers of these lemons ever thought of it, like never... right Boss?
Posted by Herb Choluck9735 2021-02-20 04:41||   2021-02-20 04:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I bet those are the people who bought the "free evenings and weekends" plan, which had been advertised daily on the TV.
Posted by Bobby 2021-02-20 07:39||   2021-02-20 07:39|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Times shares as well. Don't forget the time shares.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-20 07:39||   2021-02-20 07:39|| Front Page Top

#7 You mean you can't plug your house into your Tesla?

DC anyways, right? Watching your food go bad, not a grocery store for 400 miles, and don't have a fu king power inverter. *cue California Dreaming*

Anyways, the short answer to pay off that debt is 6 months working the oil patch. Learn to drill.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-20 10:17||   2021-02-20 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 If you didn't learn your lesson in panic buying and stocking up for uncertain times last year.....
Posted by Slappy 2021-02-20 14:27||   2021-02-20 14:27|| Front Page Top

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