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Today’s episode begins by discussing electric vehicles. Marlo mentions the potential dangers of e-vehicles in accidents, including fires, and the need for better training and equipment for emergency responders to deal with such incidents. They also address the problem that electric scooters and bicycles often catch fire in urban areas and that firefighters need different protocols for these types of incidents.

The issue of electronic devices, such as cell phones and golf carts, catching fire due to faulty chargers is also mentioned. They advise that people should be careful when purchasing chargers, especially when buying from convenience stores, and to go for brand-specific chargers rather than the cheapest ones. A European standard has been passed which requires all devices to have USB-C and USB-E, which will force even American devices to adopt the standard, reducing the occurrence of fires. Marlo also mentions that the USB cubes used for charging devices are disappearing and being replaced by USB-C. They predict that by 2024, most devices will have USB-C, which will be a great thing for consumers, and advises people to get a USB-C cord now if they have the option.

Steve and Marlo also speak about Microsoft and Google are both pushing AI technology with the integration of AI into their search tools. While Microsoft is only now investing billions of dollars in AI, while Google has been doing so for years. AI technology is a fast-changing industry and its potential implications of it are unknown. While the technology is exciting, it is uncertain how companies will adapt, especially since there are still inaccuracies with AI and it is unclear how and if they will be fixed.

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Transcript:

And uh, Marlow, are you a little bit sore this morning? I, I, I have you fully recovered from, uh, the flag football game at the Pro Bowl on Saturday or Sunday? , were you, were you playing in that, uh, You were a goalpost, right?

Oh, yeah. I could , I could have, right? I mean, , I got, I got patted down once or twice. That’s it. Oh, there you go. Well, busy weekend in Las Vegas with the Pro Bowl being there. Uh, a lot of festivities going on. Uh, did you catch any of those? So I haven’t been, I’m actually done here for work, you know. Oh, it’s a boy crap existence.

You missed the flag football game. Oh, well, yeah, I know, I know. You know, I don’t even, wasn’t even well attended there. I got here yesterday. There’s nobody here. It’s just, I don’t know. I it’s really quiet right now. I, I didn’t even turn it on. I, I have no idea. I, I, if, if there were fans or anything, it was like, really flag football.

No, uh, not going there. Yeah. But, um, okay, so you’re in Vegas this week, of course. Uh, maybe doing a little filming for the new television show. Yes. But, uh, uh, you know, I gotta throw the little tech stuff in and, and of course you got a little excited when I told you I’m, I’m in the brand new Pole Star Yeah.

Volkswagen by Volkswagen. And I’m actually driving right now in the streets of Vegas talking to you from this. So the car is very quiet. I mean, it’s like an EV where it’s very quiet like most of the time. I don’t know if it’s even on . Um, I mean that is, that, that’s, that’s probably what’s weird about it.

You, you’re, you know, you stop. I don’t even know if I have it turned off when I park it in a parking garage. It’s just kind of weird in that regard. You walk away and go, did I shut my car off? I don’t remember. I, I don’t know. That’s exactly right. You know, I just came up with a great idea for a, for a franchise of radio stations.

Okay. Plays nothing but car.

So, you know, brilliant for sure when you’ve turned off your car, right? Well, yeah. Cause the radio goes off so you’re like, well my, my car must be off cuz I turned the radio off. , it’s brilliant. Tell you b but it’s a great car. It’s uh, it’s very responsive. I, I have a, I’m having a hard time adjusting to when I take my foot off the gas, it tends to, it slows down very, very fast.

Like I’m putting the brake on. I don’t even, I haven’t even touched a brake in the last 10 minutes. Well, that’s the thing with EVs and I find that out, uh, when I was, you know, I drive the lig nine energy council’s Tesla, every now and then for some things. And, and you, it’s kinda like old school when you, uh, downshift instead of hitting the brakes to let the transmission slow the vehicle down.

Yes, yes. That’s what it’s like all the time with an electric vehicle. Right. That’s exactly right. So if you’re not careful, you’ll give yourself quick whiplash, I think, because it’s just, it really does come to a stop pretty fast. Um, but, you know, I guess, you know, the thing that you were talking about before we came on here about, you know, more and more ev cause issues, don’t they?

I mean, it, it’s not just about the electrical grid and all that good stuff. Um, it really is about like, when they’re in an accident, they explode. Sometimes, you know, there’s fires. These are really challenging things for our first responders. Flooding. Flooding. So, like with Hurricane Ian, uh, it was talking with some firefighters down in Fort Myers and they’re like, yep, that house burned down and that house burned down and that house burned down because they had electric vehicles in the garage.

Saltwater and electric vehicle batteries do not mix. And they burn hot. Yes, they burn very hot. Actually, I was just watching. I don’t even get close to them. I was just watching a story, uh, this morning on national news about, uh, firefighters saying that they need more training, they need a more, uh, a different set of equipment.

Uh, they need a bunch of, um, influx in the training and finances and things like that that go along with this new electric, uh, trend we’re going into because they’re seeing a bunch of different fires. Great example locally. So like people will bring in their little electric scooter or little electric motorbike or electric bicycle and store them in their apartment in urban areas, and then they catch fire.

right? It different set of protocols for firefighters and first responders, um, locally that, uh, anybody is curious how, uh, Dvorak Motors had their little fire, uh, that was it. They were charging, uh, an electric golf cart, uh, that was a little scooter cart, uh, or a little motorcycle, uh, uh, golf cart and charging the battery that, that, that it blew up, you know, a lot of times with those too.

And, and not to cause alarm to people, but, but, uh, this happens with handheld, you know, your handheld devices too. They get warm, they, they blow up or whatever, and a lot of the fault is with the chargers that we use nowadays. So, and, and I’m not trying to sell people on buying an Apple charger, although I think Apple, they.

pretty much the corner, you know, on, on that. But if you own an Android, for example, you can buy these aftermarket chargers and they’re not the specs a lot of times, so they cause issues with the batteries, um, you know, in those phones too. So, uh, you have to be really careful that when you’re buying chargers, like if you lose yours and you’re in a convenience store and you’re like, oh yeah, I need a cable from my phone, or I need a new charger, you better make sure that they’re actually, it’s the charger you need for your phone because it can cause a lot of problems and don’t go with the cheapest one.

What happens like with golf carts and, and, uh, these scooters and everything else? I mean, it really is a problem. Yeah, that $3 cord, it could be very expensive. Go with the $19 cord, t