He sounds like a damn liberal.
agz win said:
I was shocked this afternoon when my 82 year old major Red loving pro Rush/Donald neighbor told me he rode around in a Tesla earlier this week several times while his GOP cousin was visiting from North Carolina. He was highly impressed with his experience and the car. The cousin and wife has been road-tripping the country on a three week vacation and were returning from California. They left from here to Austin to try one of the famous BBQ places.
I can't believe my neighbor has flipped 180 on EVs.
GAC06 said:
Something like a Tesla outperforms most cars on the road as far as speed and acceleration. They are very quiet. More storage space. You would never need to stop at a gas station again. The car charges at home and is ready every day. You save money on gas, especially now when gas is high. There are theoretical advantages as far as upkeep and maintenance since there are far less moving parts, plus less consumables like oil, oil filter, air filter, fluids.
Truckers included?GAC06 said:
EV's can't currently do that so you should probably stick with whatever you currently have. However that's not a relevant metric for 99% of people's vehicle needs.
GAC06 said:
Should I be concerned that my conservative friends that bought teslas because they liked them are also operatives of Soros?
The thing is, you are probably (based on your username) very good at math, and consideration/analyses of possible side effects etc. The BEV objective is to make everyone who isn't strong at that accept/embrace them, and only then/when it is too late lament that 'this isn't really a good thing for me/my country/family.'AggieDruggist89 said:
Like I said before, we have a plug in hybrid and over 40 solar panels. PG&E in my area during peak hours is over 45 cents per kwh. So when we did the math for the plug in prius, gas was cheaper. So we only charge during solar is kicking.
We also have another prius for daughter.
I won't buy an EV. Not now. **** no.
nortex97 said:The thing is, you are probably (based on your username) very good at math, and consideration/analyses of possible side effects etc. The BEV objective is to make everyone who isn't strong at that accept/embrace them, and only then/when it is too late lament that 'this isn't really a good thing for me/my country/family.'AggieDruggist89 said:
Like I said before, we have a plug in hybrid and over 40 solar panels. PG&E in my area during peak hours is over 45 cents per kwh. So when we did the math for the plug in prius, gas was cheaper. So we only charge during solar is kicking.
We also have another prius for daughter.
I won't buy an EV. Not now. **** no.
I am not a trucker. But bet you don't know how many truckers own their own rigs and contract out for runs.GAC06 said:
The context of this argument is personal vehicles. Are you a trucker?
aggiehawg said:I am not a trucker. But bet you don't know how many truckers own their own rigs and contract out for runs.GAC06 said:
The context of this argument is personal vehicles. Are you a trucker?
Here is the deal. Rail and 18 wheeler trucks provide EVERYTHING to the US.
Yeah, I live in a rural area. Guess how my grocery store, hardware store, banks get their needed supplies to sell or trade?
The electricity grid is not equipped to handle that load...anywhere
Well, you see, there are these great start up companies, with government funding, which promise to really help do all of this, and it is all going to start happening in (checks notes), 3 to 5 years on a widespread basis.baseballaficionado said:
Someone tell me this: How is this world going to dispose of the batteries?
Put STA-BIL in the tank?AggieDruggist89 said:
Plug in hybrid is the way to go. Bought a Prius Prime for son a month ago. School is 8 miles away. We have solar panels.
We filled up the prius once and it's still at 3/4 tank.
Because I am smarter than you and recognize your argument is fallacious.GAC06 said:aggiehawg said:I am not a trucker. But bet you don't know how many truckers own their own rigs and contract out for runs.GAC06 said:
The context of this argument is personal vehicles. Are you a trucker?
Here is the deal. Rail and 18 wheeler trucks provide EVERYTHING to the US.
Yeah, I live in a rural area. Guess how my grocery store, hardware store, banks get their needed supplies to sell or trade?
The electricity grid is not equipped to handle that load...anywhere
Sorry you didn't like the advantages I told you about. Strange you're shifting to such an illogical argument now.
GAC06 said:
Your superior intelligence led you to bring up an irrelevant point about truckers? Bless your heart.
Speaking of fallacious
I was paid to look at trucks and at the end they had added questions about electric vehicles and one of the things was the minimum range you'd be interested in an electric vehicle. I believe I wrote down 500 or 600 miles just due to the fact that the range gradually decreases and I don't want to be taking extra days to get where I'd normally easily go in one day.94AGBQ said:
I'll buy an electric car when I can get 500 miles on a full charge and it only takes 10 minutes to charge completely at a station when I'm on the road.
GAC06 said:
Your superior intelligence led you to bring up an irrelevant point about truckers? Bless your heart.
Speaking of fallacious
GAC06 said:AggieDruggist89 said:GAC06 said:94AGBQ said:
I'll buy an electric car when I can get 500 miles on a full charge and it only takes 10 minutes to charge completely at a station when I'm on the road.
My car could do maybe 375 miles without stopping (all highway). How many times have you travelled 500 miles, stopped for ten minutes, then travelled another 500 miles?
All the time. My minivan, 21 gallon tank, 26 to 28 mpg.
1000 miles at an average of 70mph is 14 hours 20 mins. Add your ten minute stop and it's 14 and a half hours. You drive 14 and a half hours with only one ten minute break "all the time"? That sounds awful and extremely unusual.
aggiehawg said:GAC06 said:
Your superior intelligence led you to bring up an irrelevant point about truckers? Bless your heart.
Speaking of fallacious
Supply chain. Figure it out. And then respond about trucking, rail (which you think are all electric) and then get back to me about how wrong you are.
Physics is not my specialty but I know enough to know you are FOS.
GAC06 said:aggiehawg said:GAC06 said:
Your superior intelligence led you to bring up an irrelevant point about truckers? Bless your heart.
Speaking of fallacious
Supply chain. Figure it out. And then respond about trucking, rail (which you think are all electric) and then get back to me about how wrong you are.
Physics is not my specialty but I know enough to know you are FOS.
Sorry you can't make a coherent argument. Reference my first post. You don't have to buy an EV. It'll be ok.