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Originally Posted by SBSerpent
Seriously?!?! Electric cars are a joke??? Well, I'm not a rocket scientist (well, actually I am by occupation sort of) but with the rise in gas prices and the fact that we are now looking to spend around $100 to fill up our daily drivers, don't you think it makes economic sense to minimize the impact to your own wallet by considering a mode of transportation that will get you through this unknown period of rising gas prices?
My Ex got the Prius in the divorce settlement. I'm thinking of re-nogotiating the settlement.  |
Electric vehicles are like the old days of diesel. In the late 70s/early 80s we bought a diesel Mercedes because (1) Jimmy Carter's gas lines didn't affect diesel and (2) when gas then was going through price changes like this, diesel was .19/gal. That was because they didn't (at the time) collect tax at the pump - you filled up at truck stops.
So eventually the burden on the power grid will start to affect usage, infrastructure won't be able to handle 100 cars plugged in at once in a subdivision and will have to be upgraded, and the cost of electricity WILL GO UP FOR EVERYONE.
Secondly, the claim that electric vehicles reduce emissions is a boatload of crap. All it does is move the point of creation of that emissions from your tailpipe to the smokestack of a power plant in Wyoming. Nuclear is an answer but they won't do that. Hydro power too, but you won't see any valleys flooded any more. Wind and solar can't make enough.
And just like nuclear power rods, they are realizing that disposing of batteries is going to be an issue, but we won't worry about that now because the greenies have their heads in the sand.
I have no doubt that EVs make some level of sense. I'd consider one myself for pure city driving. I think the conversion of in-city commercial fleets to electric makes a lot of sense due to their limited range. The Ford electric pickup addresses a need for the trades that go to a job site and have to go fetch a piece of plywood from Home Depot. But until I can drive from Nevada to Colorado (800 miles) with two stops of 15 minutes, they're not on my wishlist. Farm planting season is just starting. Wait until the fall crop comes in and prices for carrots go to that of gold.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.