Parky60 wrote:
This is the elephant in the room with electric vehicles. Our residential infrastructure cannot bear the load. A home charging system for a Tesla requires 75-amp service. The average house is equipped with 100-amp service. On my small street (approximately 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than three houses with a single Tesla
So, as our genius elected officials promote this nonsense, not only are we being urged to buy these things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system! This later "investment" will not be revealed until we're so far down this dead-end road that it will be presented with an 'OOPS...!' and a shrug.
If you want to argue with a green person over cars that are eco-friendly, just read the following. Note: If you ARE a green person, read it anyway. It's enlightening.
Ever since the advent of electric cars, the REAL cost per mile of those things has never been discussed. All you ever heard was the mpg in terms of gasoline, with nary a mention of the cost of electricity to run it.
A professional automobile evaluator drove a Chevy Volt at the invitation of GM and he wrote:
For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
According to GM, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned, so I looked up what I pay for electricity and made some calculations.
I calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9-gallon gas tank and the 16-kwh battery was approximately 270 miles.
It will take 4.5 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. So, on a typical road trip, your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 Mpg = $0.10 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $25,000 while the Volt costs $46,000 plus. So, the government wants us to pay twice as much for a car, that costs more than seven times as much to run, and takes three times longer to drive across the country.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!
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I personally hope the internal combustion engine does not vanish and I don’t think it will. There is a lot of electric in the not too distant future. But the infrastructure is not yet there in many ways
A couple of things I like about the Tesla is there is very little to maintain ( aside from battery charge). Tires, brakes…not much else. No cooling system, no oil, etc. That should be factored into the cost of ownership. Eventual battery replacement but that is a long term thing ( unless they catch on fire and self destruct).
Recently drove a friend’s Tesla X. Amazing power (700 hp equivalent?). Is it worth over $100k- not for me. As I said, things have a ways to go- longer range, quicker recharge and lower price. But the technology is getting there
Hey white guy and white gal – have you always wanted to be a thug and a criminal? Are you an aimless, angry, useless reject from society with no values or morals? Have always wanted to put a brick through the plate glass window of a store? Have you always wanted to punch a police officer? Fantasizing about setting a police car on fire – or even a police station? Do you h**e the establishment even though you’re not quite sure what the establishment is? Want to desecrate public and private property including things like the WW2 Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial ? Maybe you really admired and envied the violence and antics of ISIS and the Taliban and wanted to join but you were intimidated about learning all the Islamic mumbo-jumbo. Well, A****A is the organization for you.
Yes, the name implies that we are the radical Left and anti-F*****t, but we really don’t have any ideology. In fact, our activities are more in line with the N**i SS than the W***e S*********ts. We are not protesters because you have to have some degree of ideals and values to be such. Hell, we couldn’t tell you the difference between G****e F***d and Floyd the Barber ! In fact, our violence is having a negative effect on the whole “Black L***s M****r” movement since we have added anarchy, violence and destruction to a cause we could care less about.
You have to be a sociopath to join and if you’re a psychopath, there are leadership opportunities available!
But wait – there’s more... You can score valuable merchandise. Yes – l**ting is an important part of what we do. Again, it has nothing to do with wh**ever “cause” sparked the demonstration (and actually sets it back) – just a chance to rob and steal with impunity! And not just junk from Target and CVS, but we’ll hit stores for Patagonia, J Crew, even Gucci and Coach. And if you live in a podunk place like Buffalo, NY or Arlingon, TX, we’ll t***sport you to a high-profile city - free of charge.
So, come on, pick up that brick, assemble that Molotov cocktail, pack them in that knapsack and have some fun (and booty). Sure, growing up privileged in America has been great for you- but the fuck ‘em!
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Let’s trade these guys for a certain ungrateful, unemployed, kneeling football player!
Annoy a politician - think for yourself !
Pro! Murder and attempted premeditated murder that leaves the victim permanently disabled. Where there is no shadow of a doubt. Also, perhaps in some cases of grievous animal cruelty
Insofar as by means that doesn’t induce suffering, no way! They sure didn’t take into consideration their victim’s suffering - usually to the contrary.
I totally agree about limiting appeals- to perhaps one. Quit wasting taxpayers’ money on courts and lawyers.