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19 December 2022, 04:07 AM | #121 | |
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I still don’t understand, about exactly who is making money off of this, the power shift you referred to. I admit I am a Dorklehead about financial stuff, maybe you could explain it so even a dummy understands(?). |
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Speaking of! This cartoon was in my local paper today
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The last ice age began 100,000 years ago and lasted until about 25,000 years ago. Thank goodness humans were burning fossil fuels to get out of that mess.
I'm being sarcastic of course, but it's quite stunning to me how highly educated people think that getting rid of fossil fuel cars is somehow going to stabilize the climate. The climate is going to do what the climate is going to do. Approximately 2.3 million years ago, it rained for 2 million years straight every day just about everywhere on the planet. It is believed that several large volcanic eruptions triggered this event. How do we know that's not going to happen again? |
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I’ll just put this here as someone quoted incorrectly Porsche 100% EV by 2030.
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I bought my 2022 Audi EV for the tax breaks. I'm not an EV cultist or anything but when I add the $7500 EV tax credit to the Section 179 benefits around depreciating it 100% in the first year I put it in service (yes, it's that freaking heavy!), well...
It became an affordable luxury car paid for in large part by my Uncle, Sam. Lemme see...big federal tax bill or new Audi? Sort of a no-brainer. Nice car, too.
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Both are paying taxes = Uncle Sam = tax credits = luxury car = paid for in large part. Send them a Thank You card ……………………………….
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21 December 2022, 02:54 PM | #134 | |
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There is a guy calls himself the electric viking who posts hundreds of videos on YT about electric vehicles
Now he's a strong convert so is reasonably biased ok heavily biased but he digs out and collates information about EV developments but freely admits not all will work, do work or will ever work but his efforts show just how much and how fast this technology is advancing. back in '05 ish I was lucky to be involved very very briefly in a UK towns electric bus wireless charging project. They set wireless chargers in the ground at bus stops so when busses stopped to drop and pick up they took on charge. These busses had old lead acid batteries because that's where the tech was, but in a few short years such is the progress new busses will have lithium (much better) and the next generation will probably be sodium (x4 better than lithium) . if they re did the test now the results would be incredible such is the rate of progress The speed of development in all aspects of EV are mind boggling and if you don't think man can overcome their adversities when thousands and thousands of engineers and billions and billions of dollars are being thrown at the various problems I'm guessing you're likely to be on the wrong side of history. This tech has so may spill offs into other industries. Cordless power tools and household appliances, mobiles etc will benefit with greater battery strength. Don't be a party pooping naysayer, stand back and marvel at this new technology going forward and wonder where it can take us rather than moan because we are not there yet. |
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Would they be a contributor to polluting our atmosphere? Other news. Electric car owners’ costs jump December 13, 2022 UPDATED: Norwegian politicians have offered lots of electric car incentives over the years but they’re quickly disappearing, even as Norway urgently needs to cut carbon emissions. The latest electric car shock came just last week, when the City of Oslo nearly tripled the cost of recharging at city-owned charging posts, before being forced to shift into reverse.
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Another state, OREGON, joined California, New York, Massachusetts and Washington to ban the sale of new, gas-only cars by 2035. Of course you can still drive gas only cars after 2035, just can’t purchase new ones in those states. You will still be able to buy new Hybrids, kind of the best of both worlds IMHO.
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It’s coming and sustainable with infrastructure that’s already in place with up fits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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During Hurrican Ian, my wife and I had to go on a rescue mission. We had to drive from Northeast Florida to Fort Meyers to pick up my mother-in-law and bring her home. Approximately 300 miles. Most EVs wouldn't make it without us having to stop for a lengthy charge. Ridiculous. This was an emergency situation. Plus, when we got there, there was no power and no way for us to charge the car for a return trip. The standard response from EV advocates is to simply buy one with a 400 mile range, but that's quite a lame argument. Our Subaru Outback was the perfect car for the job. Plus, it's sort of rugged, so that was also nice when driving through poor conditions. |
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I think the Ban is sometimes the thing that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Most Americans don’t like to be forced to do anything. If EV is truly better it should organically overtake the other options and become the industry leader on its own without a ban. I agree with you. we should have put more resources into hybrid tech. Seems the best of both worlds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk on |
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HOWEVER... On two different road trips through CA this summer I was reminded of just how far we have to go. During heat waves in the San Joaquin Valley, charging speed wanes, the number of inoperable chargers increases, and warnings from the state about power grid limitations are real. All of the promise of the future doesn't mean much when I'm melting in Coalinga waiting to use one of the 50% of chargers still operating, while commiserating with other EV drivers about the difficulties. Theatre of the absurd a few times now. That's the reality; if you're not simply charging at home, the system sucks. CA needs a major power grid overhaul and their answer is to instead overburden the old one via mandate. It's a bit of a clown show at its base. And now that the political vilification begins of the company with the best charging network, who really knows what's next. Long way to go still. But rah rah rah EVs in CA!!!
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Without bans, people will go for the cheapest option and the cheapest option is to continue burning oil with all negative consequences for future generations ( who finally pay for our present „cheap“). Recklessly polluting mother nature was always the „cheapest“ option and some regulations to stop all this was always necessary and will always be. So we need some rules (bans) to push all the necessary investments into our grids etc. as they don‘t come cheap. |
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