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Robert Downey Jr. Will Make His Classic Cars Green for Discovery+
UPI ^ | MAY 18, 2022 | Fred Topel

Posted on 05/19/2022 2:03:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Cut a big hole in the bottom and turn into Fred Flintstone?


21 posted on 05/19/2022 2:22:22 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Boogieman

“You could probably restore 4 muscle cars for the price he’ll pay to “convert” one.”

Yep, sounds about right.

What sacrilege ruining perfectly good muscle cars.


22 posted on 05/19/2022 2:22:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure he’s rich enough that he won’t mind his classic cars losing 90% of their value.


23 posted on 05/19/2022 2:24:15 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Jonty30

Just convert them to run ethanol or.methanol biofuels the greens are happy and you can double or more the output of the motor with levels of boost that you can never active with pump gas you have to go to racing grade 114 octane to be even come close to E85 levels of performance and E100 lets you go even higher. There is a reason Top Alcohol dragster cars use methanol and now due to toxicity ethanol instead these are cars with 3000+ horsepower engines and 250+ mph quarter mile times. F1 is going full biofuels soon with ethanol being the choice for 10000 r boosted V10s


24 posted on 05/19/2022 2:26:35 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: nickcarraway

Stupid. Leave the old things alone.


25 posted on 05/19/2022 2:27:13 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: nickcarraway

Jumping the shark, just like the rest of the Marvel Universe


26 posted on 05/19/2022 2:29:18 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: JD_UTDallas

There are probably other things as well, like regenerative braking. It is a question as to whether you can recover your costs with the piddly amount of electricity you generate from that, but it’s still interesting imo.


27 posted on 05/19/2022 2:31:16 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I did not shoot the burglar. I pointed a laser dot on his head and let the cats do the rest. )
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To: nickcarraway

The Untenable Hulk.


28 posted on 05/19/2022 2:34:57 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: nickcarraway
New girl friend?

This kind of virtue signaling nonsense is usually because you want to impress a girl.

29 posted on 05/19/2022 2:37:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: nickcarraway
From the article: leveraging new tech and innovation to make them more eco-friendly

Eco-friendly as in burning energy to mine rare metals for batteries and then dumping them when they're no longer chargeable.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-water-lithium-idUSKBN1YM2JW

...Contamination from lithium ion batteries might come from waste waters released at industrial sites, incineration systems, illegal landfills or storage of old batteries...

30 posted on 05/19/2022 2:37:47 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MayflowerMadam

It’s worse: He’s a soy boy, anti-meat activist.

Why Robert Downey Jr. Believes Vegan Meat Can Save the Planet

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4064670/posts


31 posted on 05/19/2022 2:37:52 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: When do we get liberated?

But aren’t muscle cars supposed to be loud?


32 posted on 05/19/2022 2:38:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hey,

They’re your cars , do whatever you want to/with them.

Moron.


33 posted on 05/19/2022 2:38:11 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: imabadboy99
Our society is so sick because the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has been cut out of our society.

It hasn't. They use it as a swear now.

34 posted on 05/19/2022 2:38:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Born to Conserve

California will be banning the use of older ICE vehicles from their roads they already ban diesels older than model year 2010 without retrofits to a modern MY2010 engine or newer. He is smart to future proof his cars. I’d just change the Jets in the carbs to run E85 add a big a$$ supercharger and nearly triple my HP all the while keeping the CARB goons happy it’s biofuel guys you like biofuels right. It will be illegal to sell a ICE car by 2035 in California and 12 other states who also.signed on with them. VW,BMW, Benz, KIA, GM all said they will exit by 2035 the ICE industry some as soon as 2030. BMW and KIA both have stopped all engine development the engines they have now are their last ICE engine lines the transition is happening once the big boys decided like VW,BMW, BENZ that was the signal to the industry it’s happening get on board or be left behind. The PE ratio of a tesla is so high the whole industry wants to get in on it. Remember cars were originally a.luxury for the upper middle classes and upper classes the auto makers are just as happy selling one $60,000 car with a stellar P&A ratio vs three $20000 cars in the economy brackets with crap profit margins. They are in the business of making profits not giving cheap cars to the plebs.


35 posted on 05/19/2022 2:40:20 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: When do we get liberated?

As if EV’s will be allowed to be fast?

And I don’t mean a few early on.

Remember big centralized government will be in control of the utilities and the car companies. Over time they won’t allow high performance EV’s.

Why would they? Slower EV’s are greener than high performance EV’s.


36 posted on 05/19/2022 2:40:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: imabadboy99
Our society is so sick because the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has been cut out of our society.

There is no salvation outside of Christ. We need to keep praying for souls to be saved.

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” “Where, Lord?” they asked. He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.” - Luke 17:26-37

37 posted on 05/19/2022 2:40:44 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: JD_UTDallas
Just convert them to run ethanol or.methanol biofuels the greens are happy

As usual, total lie from our resident promoter of unreality.

Because then they whine about tire dust.

They are already doing it.

38 posted on 05/19/2022 2:41:12 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: nickcarraway

The best method to deal with climate change is to exterminate envirowackos and their children


39 posted on 05/19/2022 2:42:47 PM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: JD_UTDallas

Unplug the computer.


40 posted on 05/19/2022 2:44:30 PM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Biden out + Kamela in + Obama VP + Kamel out = we're screwed)
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