Below I quoted what you posted. that proves you are a socialist/marixist/democrat environmentalist. you don’t fool . who is destroying the planet, the evil oil and coal companies? here’s a clue global warming is a hoax. nothing wrong with coal and oil which is why you democrats had to INVENT a FAKE crisis like man made global warming to demonize oil , coal and capitalism and so enslave us and grow socialism
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“As for “evil environmentalism”, being conservative doesn’t mean deliberately trashing the planet. I’m all for being early adopter in lots of high technologies
Oh, I have no problem with burning oil/coal for my lifestyle needs. Had not this EV deal come along, I was seriously eyeing a Jeep Wrangler with lots of cylinders and horrible gas milage.
And no, conservatism does not equate to wantonly trashing the planet, and taking reasonable steps to care for the environment is not anathema to conservatism. Note the root word: “conserve”. Reducing/eliminating dependence on foreign oil is a good thing. Using domestic resources (coal-fueled electricity) is a good thing.
As for global warming, methinks it’s a misinterpretation of long-term data: we’re at the peak of a 125,000-year cycle, having obviously seen warming to get to this point (for long before gas-powered cars), we’re on the verge of a precipitous drop for which we’ll want all the warming we can get. I’m not demonizing oil for any reason other than reducing our political dependency on others.
I burn trash. I own a large SUV that gets 16MPG. I think “global warming” is a BS codeword. I drive a Leaf because I LIKE high-tech electronic gizmos, because it [ab]uses Leftist goals against themselves to refund my own money on what I want & need. I know EVs aren’t “clean” because they burn coal.
You’re wound around the axle so tight in a seething rage over anything using certain keywords that you spew venom at whomever those words may be attached to without bothering to see that everything I’m doing with the Leaf is purely for selfish conservative principles. You are, in short, exactly the kind of person I thought I’d smoke out by posting the thread in the first place.
Next I’m going to go troll my favorite Leftist. That’s gonna be a hoot, what with him knowing that I got an EV “for all the wrong reasons”.