Posted on 03/03/2023 5:15:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
I could have had a V8.
Drivel
Elon Musk and his brilliant assemblage of brains most certainly have the electric problem solution already in the can (cloud storage)
I believe they have already developed small, cheap and safe nuclear generating facilities that will very quickly be brought on line as needed. It may be that several already exist and the property is bought and waiting
yes EVs are evil
the goal of mandating EVs is to limit personal transportation
public transportation will be the only viable option for most
Elon Musk is making Tesla’s to make money and is doing so at an unprecedented rate.
I agree that clean energy can be created to fill the grid for any and all future needs - if the powers that be want to.
The major problem with EV’s in my opinion is the battery. They represent the biohazard, the fire hazard, the uselessness of the vehicle for hard work or long trips as well as making the vehicle totally worthless once the battery life is expended.
The “evilness” is two fold, the batteries and those purposely limiting what the grid can put out. Much is coming to light right now, in particular the covid scamdemic and soon the Ukrainian war will be another factor working hard against the left. Maybe EV fires and grid brown or black outs may also cause many to wake up. And, thank God, this wokeness crap is about to implode (I hope).
BTTT
F EVs and F any statist stooge driving one. Ken and Karen EV can all kiss my V8 driving backside.
WHere is the oil lobby? Where are the anti EV commercials?
Now if Elon could just figure out that pesky little spontaneous combustion bug.......not that its a safety issue or anything 😏
It is a deliberate effort to restrict freedom of movement, and force people into mass transit.
6 cylinder in line engine
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if these extremists even believe their own propaganda, and this is just to convince the “useful idiots” to vote for their own economic demise.
Pure economics and supply chain issues with the raw materials make their timetables impossible. It simply isn’t going to happen.
So who benefits? Follow the money, after domestic oil production is slashed: OPEC, BRICs nations as the petrodollar is disassembled, ultimately China as the US economy collapses, even Russia as a petro supplier.
I think the disinformation, starting with the global warming crowd, is disingenuous and intentionally malevolent to the US as a great power with the intention of undermining it.
Battery EVs are a significant additional power drain on the grid. If utilities can prevent adding electric cars before the rest of the infrastructure is upgraded, that would reduce the blackout possibility. (There is also the current ban on battery EVs at multifamily buildings, but that's a different problem.)
But it's not just battery EVs that are the problem. Consider that some locales want to go all electrification in homes and building. Moving from natural gas to electricity adds further load, particularly on peak demand during extreme weather. The utility needs to manage this increase on the grid.
There has been a few articles here on FR about people taking cross country trips in EV’s and their experiences with trying to charge them.
The EV vs ICE vehicle argument was settled by 1920, EV’s lost.
My liberal sister bought an electric Prius. Thought she was on the moral high ground, until she had to replace the battery for some huge amount. She asked my parents for help with that.
Today she drives a 600 hp BMW, but still liberal…
The battery replacement problem reminds me of the rotary engines of the 70’s. They too were a great idea, except they had to be replaced at about 50,000 miles. That quickly killed rotary sales, and I think people have a lot to learn about EV’s. Everybody thought, “Oh, they’ll figure out how to solve this rotary engine thing.” Yah, well they never did.
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