Posted on 07/11/2022 8:36:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
Does it really matter to the left?
I heard if the batteries go on fire they expel hydrogen cyanide which I would imagine is quite healthy for the air quality
With electric cars you will get compulsory “self driving” which will be controlled by Central Computer which will determine how fast you go, which route you take, how much you pay in car taxes, whether the car automatically takes you to the police station for questioning, and whether it actually takes you anywhere at all.
Nothing the left does is divorced from their passionate quest for total power over our lives.
lol
now that Musk isn’t on their side anymore, electric = unsafe and bad !
LMAO
the left is so pathetic
Just like Idiocracy....”they turned off my battery”
It’s like the Covid response; the government just does stuff and tells us it’s working, regardless of the reality. The ignorance of the general public says it can be convinced to believe anything that it’s told to. The real frustration comes to those who can see through it and battle to tell the ignorant they have been lied to.
“It’s easier to lie to people than it is to convince them they’ve been lied to.”
-Mark Twain (and probably others).
"EV owners reported more infotainment and connectivity issues in their vehicles than owners of gas-powered vehicles."
Infotainment and connectivity issues that are added unnecessary features and don't have a corresponding component in gas-powered cars should not be included in a quality comparison.
"Researchers specifically pointed out that despite being treated by regulators as “zero emission vehicles,” electric cars are not emissions-free. Charging an EV increases electricity demand. Renewal resources supply only 20 percent of the country’s electricity needs. The remaining 80 percent were generated by fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, despite billions of dollars in green subsidies.
So the environmental issue boils down to what fuel you used to generate electricity. Switch to nuclear using newer and safer designed power plants and he environmental problem is solved.
And these are the arguments I use to justify my ‘05 F350 V8 turbo-diesel, when all components are considered; Especially the mining aspect needed to produce the metals necessary to build a battery.
I believe the new law’s “cutoff switch” applies to new cars in general, not just EV’s. The same with new gas cars having the self-driving features that new EV’s have.
It’s about feelings. Remember the term NIMBY? Not in my backyard. Liberals think EVs are cleaner when they can’t see the lithium mines in the Congo. They “feel” like they are helping the environment. Stupid, isn’t it? They likewise believe all you have to do to charge one is plug it in to the wall. They haven’t a clue. They frankly don’t want a clue, as having one would challenge their world view. They simply cannot abide that as it carries too great an emotional investment.
Or if they keeeeel you. Has happened.
“I heard if the batteries go on fire they expel hydrogen cyanide which I would imagine is quite healthy for the air quality”
You heard wrong.
Building materials:
. According the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), smoke is the killer in 60% to 80% of all fire deaths. Recent research has revealed that hydrogen cyanide present in smoke generated at building fires may play a more significant role in injuries and deaths of firefighters and civilians than once thought.
Hydrogen cyanide is formed when natural fibers, such as wool and silk, and synthetic polymers, such as polyurethane and nylon, are not completely consumed during a structure fire. These materials are used in insulation, floor coverings, and other construction materials and furnishings that may be present in a building.
https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/article/10502165/hydrogen-cyanide-the-real-killer-among-fire-gases
People who own EVs are a bit bidenesque.
The batteries weight 900lbs and are Toxic
Yep- rolling blackouts will have electric cars paralyzed.
Now don’t none of you greenies ask me for a ride in my gas powered vehicle!!!!!
Not all complaints are created equal. If there’s lots of quality complaints over infotainment systems or even “autonomous” driving that isn’t comparable to real reliability issues. On the other hand, always being a software update away from functionality or car features as a subscription service is something we must push back against as consumers.
A real, honest accounting of the lifetime pollution needs to happen. I like the idea of hybrids as a best of both worlds but I also know they are the most complicated and at risk of things going wrong over the lifetime of ownership. They lied to us about ethanol and still do.
Cost of moving from ICE is extravagant. And non Tesla charging networks aren’t up to par. I am not paying $60k or more for the vehicle trip computer to tell me there’s no route to my destination because of charging stations being unavailable. I am also not trying to lose hours of my trip on slow charging.
Some of these are teething problems with the infrastructure and tech but some will be deliberate choices by manufacturers.
Environmentalists, also known as COMMUNISTS, do not want to solve ANY problems
They need the problems to be ongoing so as to keep the ‘revolution’ and thus their power going as well......................
As much as I laugh at California rolling blackouts and brownouts (as a former resident) I am tired of outages here in the ATL metro area. It’s excessive.
And its never been about electric cars either, or else there would be a Marshall Plan on building up the grid, charging stations, and batteries that charge as fast as filling up with gas.
No, its about public mass transportation. They want us in buses and trains that the government controls. They want control of the transportation sector of our economy.
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