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Electric Vehicles Are the Veggie Burger of Cars
Heartland Daily News ^ | 9/29/22 | David Debertin

Posted on 09/29/2022 8:04:31 AM PDT by moovova

Overcoming the impracticality of electric vehicles (EVs) appears to be as big a marketing challenge as convincing diners that plant-based burgers are tasty. Yet, those inspired by the “green” demonization of fossil fuels continue to try. (Snip) EV adoption might follow a pattern similar to what happened with plant-based patties at Burger King. Initially, a group of enthusiastic customers chose the plant-based Whoppers over a meat version because cattle are a purported cause of climate change and eating meat is said to be “unhealthy.” Another group of customers thought it was interesting to see if a veggie burger tasted like real beef. Soon, however, demand for the plant-based version fell off drastically. McDonald’s has also experimented with a plant-based burger at some locations but recently abandoned that effort for lack of customer interest.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science
KEYWORDS: automotive; electricvehicles
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To: joshua c
the masses will have to catch the bus

And eat ze bugs!

61 posted on 09/29/2022 10:03:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steely Tom
Zig-Zag Zell was one of only two Democrats I ever voted for.

Sam Nunn, if you were wondering, was the other.

62 posted on 09/29/2022 10:05:18 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: joshua c

The elite want to have the run of the planet, literally, not just political power. Everything that is slowly happening to the little people is toward restricting their movement and their access (unless you count virtual access). The loss of liberty was exemplified during covid. You were supposed to stay home and get deliveries, and work and school from home. Now it’s about destroying cheap power because that creates mobility. They wont be happy until everyone is stuck in pods with tubes feeding them and the META universe plugged into their brains.


63 posted on 09/29/2022 10:13:30 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: chiller
Ditto for wind energy as the gigantic blades begin to deteriorate.. No way to recycle those either.

Turn them into housing for homeless migrants.

64 posted on 09/29/2022 10:23:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fox News is CNN-Lite.)
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To: moovova

Just to keep the record straight, Burger King used to serve a very good vegi Burger based partly on mushrooms and walnuts. I ordered them all the time, and they were delicious, especially with cheese. They dropped this wonderful offering when they introduced the Impossible Burger, which was horrendously, even impossibly bad. It’s a shame if they don’t bring back their original vegi burger menu, but I don’t expect it to happen.


65 posted on 09/29/2022 10:23:40 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: moovova

But these babies cause more methane gas emissions than cows do!

     
66 posted on 09/29/2022 10:24:31 AM PDT by Songcraft
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To: moovova

One can eat a veggie burger with no ill effects.

But electric car batteries can blow up at any time!!!!


67 posted on 09/29/2022 10:35:10 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: willk

ever wonder why they are pushing EVs so hard before “green energy” or upgrading the conventional fuel grid?

it feels like the cart before the horse

there is no carbon reduction if EVs are using conventional fuel electricity

and the current grid cannot handle all of the EVs necessary to replace all of the gas cars on the road

but these are not problems

they are part of the plan

if they go “green energy” first

electricity will be so expensive

you could not give away an EV

but they want to get rid of the gas car option

before they go all in on “green energy”

EVs will be your only personal transportation option

and it will be too expensive

wah-la

the masses are on the bus

the rich and powerful will be tooling around in their EVs and gas cars(yes there will be exemptions as usual)

and bonus the elite will no longer have parking problems


68 posted on 09/29/2022 10:36:06 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Codeflier

Free Republic

the name kinda gives it away


69 posted on 09/29/2022 10:39:19 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: joshua c

Exactly. That is why it is fine for me to get aggravated by a lot of posters. :)


70 posted on 09/29/2022 10:44:00 AM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: qaz123; TexasGator

Why does TexasGator shill for Electric Cars when there is a list as long as your arm not to own one?


71 posted on 09/29/2022 10:55:34 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: V_TWIN

He is drinking a beer!!!


72 posted on 09/29/2022 10:57:44 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

“He is drinking a beer”

Bought with the money he saved not having to buy a trailer for his EV generator!

LoL!


73 posted on 09/29/2022 11:06:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Codeflier
I can see why people dislike them if it is forced upon them though, but people on FR can ‘t even admit that they might be fun or have any useful purpose.

I don't like Electronic Vehicles because they are built on a pyramid of lies and cause more harm than good to our culture and society.

74 posted on 09/29/2022 11:07:38 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: cymbeline
If an EV gets flooded, Wonder what happens to battery, which is in the bottom of the car?

We could find one stopped near a swimming pool, push it over there and find out what happens to it in the bottom of the pool.

75 posted on 09/29/2022 11:10:57 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: moovova
I see significant EV insurance riders in the future.

I was just telling my wife that people would probably need a rider for a battery fire burning the house down.

76 posted on 09/29/2022 11:14:06 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister

Ask him?

Maybe he’ll tell you all about 700 and 1400hp electric toy cars that no one can own.

How any article written about kids in Africa, working the lithium and cobalt mines, is nothing but propaganda from Mother Jones and that the mines don’t cause any environmental damage and the pictures of the pools of contaminated water, etc, are all phony.

And a whole bunch of other nonsense. All for an industry that would die on the vine if it were not for government interference and favoritism.


77 posted on 09/29/2022 11:23:01 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: higgmeister

But they are fun.


78 posted on 09/29/2022 11:47:36 AM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: PUGACHEV

I’d do a mushroom and walnut burger. Throw the traditional lettuce, tomato and onions on that you get with the Whopper, that would be a good sandwich


79 posted on 09/29/2022 12:27:30 PM PDT by moovova
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To: mewzilla

This guy may be getting some insurance money as he had several expensive cars submerged.

McLaren P1 Submerged By Hurricane Ian After a Week With New Owner
https://jalopnik.com/mclaren-p1-submerged-by-hurricane-ian-after-a-week-with-1849596914


80 posted on 09/29/2022 1:59:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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