“I’m not getting rid of my vehicle, or refusing to buy another because crimes are being committed. Put an end to the crimes folks.”
This.
I don’t know why EVs are so viscerally hated by so many on the right - apparently the only motivation for the vitriol is that the left expresses an interest therein. That’s a pretty stupid reason.
I drove an EV for 2 years. Great little car, cheap to run, great performance.
We should be _promoting_ such progress. Moving on past century-old technology to something high-tech is laudable, though not perfect & instant.
Drove my care from Paradise, CA to Glendale years ago. It’s about a 550 mile trip.
I filled up as I was leaving Paradise and filled up once on the way, and then once in Glendale even though I didn’t need to, just to get an accurate reading.
I got 34.34 MPG on the trip. My Mountaineer would have gotten about 17 if I was lucky.
One thing I’ve never quite figured out, is why folks floor it going up hill. I’m driving along on the freeway and it’s a long 7 mile incline and folks whiz past me going 75 to 80, just burning as much gas as they can. I guess they literally have money to burn.
I’ll get over to the right going 60 all the way up. You save so much gas doing that. What’s more, you wind up at your destination only five to ten minutes later. Big deal.
We have a 30 degree grade here by home for a block, as it heads up to a freeway entrance. Folks go whizzing by me at 45. I go up at 30 in a 35 zone. There are two lights, and we often miss them both. Almost every time, the folks who go whizzing by me at the bottom are waiting in line at the top as I pull in behind them.
What a waste.
I’m not freakishly trying to protect the planet. I don’t think we affect the planet in the overall scheme of things. If you look at Los Angeles from space, it’s a spec.
I enjoy playing with the gas consumption. It’s fun to see how little you can get by on. I’m 66 years old and driving has become pretty boring to me. This is a little game I play, and it has made it fun to drive again.
Hey, why not.
Folks who whine about how much I spent for my vehicle haven’t a clue that had I gone for the full-on gas guzzler, it would have been larger and burned twice as much gas. AND it would have cost MORE than what I paid for my Mariner.
I agree with your take on the topic in your last line.
I’m a gadget freak, and have always been. This was just an exotic gadget. I know that, but hey it’s been fun.
I believe it's the close association they have with environmentalism and Climate Change, et al. That, along with the associated liberal smugness that can often be found in the same vicinity, and there you go.