there4eyeM
unlicensed metaphysician
- Jul 5, 2012
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"Oil lovers of the world, unite! You wouldn't want Exxon to stop making over $400 per second net profit!"/——/ It had nothing to do with being an oil lover. What an asinine statement. We have an infrastructure of gasoline supplies all over the world that took 100 years to build. The range of a gasoline or diesel car is unlimited. Electrics are fine for local travel but the lack of charging stations and the long recharge time makes them impractical. Maybe in 25 years. You big dope.Since it is quiet and doesn't pollute, many people won't like it. Electric vehicles just make too much sense. With just a couple of solar panels they can be recharged for free, so oil lovers are upset. It would make one too self sufficient and independent.
As "Hog" fans demonstrate, there's nothing like the feeling of imposing your noise and air pollution on everyone!
BTW, in California when the power was cut to stop the fires, all the “electric lovers” cars were useless.
Except those with the newer or the upgraded homes and buildings that had solar power. The US is behind on most western countries on the neutral power systems but it's coming. I am seeing it more and more every day in the form of Solar and Wind. For instance, the power here is Hydroelectric with some Natural Gas, Solar and Wind. The Gas and Diesel systems were shut down over 50 years ago and the last Coal fired one was shut down last year within 250 miles or more. Electricity has gone down in cost, not up. Even with the Forest Fires, electric power is rarely interrupted because we have one of the best power grids in the nation. And we also have ample charging stations all along the Interstate Systems for fast charging of Electric Vehicles already in place. You can drive the entire length of the state (about 400 miles) with one 30 minute lunch stop for a charge in a day easy. That means I can drive from Grand Junction to Denver non stop for a business trip, do my business, spend the night while I recharge the EV and head back the next morning non stop. The claimed range of the EV is right around 400 miles but the real range is about 300 at highway speed. But Business people don't do this. Their time is more important. They take a vehicle to the Airport, park it there, fly that 250 miles, rent a vehicle, do their business and then fly back the same day.