Posted on 07/22/2017 9:39:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
In 1961, if you had told a liberal that we could get cars and trucks pollution down to 3% of what it is now, they'd be ecstatic. But, like today, once a utopian goal is achieved, libs move on to the next one, never being satisfied...
“... but so is this guy’s statement, rendering the rest of his work meaningless.”
Uh, really?
Stick to your marshmallow major, there slick.
They have those, it’s called a Volt.
Can we quantify that? What is the length of something three times shorter than 1000 feet? It would have to be something that is negative 2000 feet.1x1000feet is a thousand feet. Three times a thousand feet is three thousand feet. This formulation" x times shorter than" is utterly meaningless in plain English. What does the writer think he is saying?
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Now I remember reading about their unique planetary gear system.
Article complains much about the limits of technology without considering the advancement of technology. Building a commercial EV with 200+ mile range was practically impossible not long ago,
And, again, naysayers fail to note (among other things) the value of a standard car able to be completely powered by independent home energy production (solar, wind, propane, gas, etc).
Colloquial language: technically incorrect, but understood by everyone to the point that you’d have to be a deliberate idiot to not understand.
Hence “micro aggressions”.
Calling me an idiot?
The subsidies distort the market. End the subsidies, and many of his competitors will collapse.
Sorry but Musk is the type of con artist and dreamer that traditionally has fooled the American people on occasion. He recently proclaimed that he has “government approval” for a vacuum chamber to transport people on the east coast. Really? What “controlling legal authority” ( in the words of high priest Al Gore) gave him that approval? Rational people understand that every entity in the universe obeys the laws of physics.An industrial society is not sustainable on “green energy”. Ultimately the materials, manufacture, propulsion and maintenance of Tesla cars will require the burning of perhaps more carbon fuels than comparable internal combustion engines. Musk shows signs of being a bit deranged. Yet he has the support of people with limited intelligence and insight.
Clarification: the author of post #24 is an idiot.
Good thing electricity from your outlet is magic and doesn’t generate any carbon dioxide.
And good thing mining the raw materials for the batteries isn’t far more more harmful to the environment than fracking.
Okay- genera;;yu understood. So you tell me, what length is three times shorter than 1000 feet? and how do you come to that answer?
Okay- generally understood. So you tell me, what length is three times shorter than 1000 feet? and how do you come to that answer? Colloquial or not this is about the ability to think and reason.
The man has made reusable rockets a mundane reality, cutting launch costs by an incredible percentage. Yes, it really is rocket science - and he did it while making EVs a competitive reality, along with home solar and inexpensive tunneling. That’s not “scam”, even if your legislators insist on throwing money at him.
The real issue with electric cars:
Oil is waaaay more expensive than coal or natural gas. But you can’t make coal portable, and natural gas compression for vehicles is way more expensive than gas’s cost savings. Electric cars allow you to make coal, nuclear, renewable fuels or natural gas portable.
Also, without batteries, solar and wind power work only as marginal energy sources. Tesla cars’ batteries allow you to “download” your power at noon, when solar is abundant, and use it at evening.
So no, Tesla is no environmentalists’ magic bullet. But it’s not a waste of all the investors’ money, either. (Although its valuation of twice GM is amazing, and I wouldn’t swear it couldn’t go down significantly.)
But keep in mind: Tesla is a battery companu, not a car company.
I’ll leave your typo to make my point for me.
10 prolly cuz it wud b da cube root?
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