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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    know1 wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    there is no reason why we shouldn't be mostly driving electric vehicles ...

    My reason for not driving one is they do not have a large enough range nor enough power.

    Now you can argue that those who could be developing that technology have been hampered or prevented in some way or by some conspiracy, but those reasons (plus cost) are why I don't drive one.

    If they were competitively priced, could travel several hundred miles without a charge and have significant towing power, I wouldn't think twice about purchasing one.

    for sure if you need that range and or power or whatever ... but the reality is the vast majority of us drive very short commutes without the necessities you may have ...
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    polaris_x wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    there is no reason why we shouldn't be mostly driving electric vehicles ...

    My reason for not driving one is they do not have a large enough range nor enough power.

    Now you can argue that those who could be developing that technology have been hampered or prevented in some way or by some conspiracy, but those reasons (plus cost) are why I don't drive one.

    If they were competitively priced, could travel several hundred miles without a charge and have significant towing power, I wouldn't think twice about purchasing one.

    for sure if you need that range and or power or whatever ... but the reality is the vast majority of us drive very short commutes without the necessities you may have ...

    My commute is about 40 miles round trip, but just considering your daily commute is a bit short sighted. For example, I'm going to see Pearl Jam in about a month on consecutive days where I'm driving 6 hours, 4 hours and then 6 hours. Also, I have family members that I visit that are an hour and a half away that I visit regularly. I occasionally have to drive up to 6 hours one way for my job, too. What would I do if I just had an electric vehicle?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    know1 wrote:
    My commute is about 40 miles round trip, but just considering your daily commute is a bit short sighted. For example, I'm going to see Pearl Jam in about a month on consecutive days where I'm driving 6 hours, 4 hours and then 6 hours. Also, I have family members that I visit that are an hour and a half away that I visit regularly. I occasionally have to drive up to 6 hours one way for my job, too. What would I do if I just had an electric vehicle?

    c'mon ... we already know there is an infrastructure gap ... but that doesn't make it not viable ... once EVs become more prevalent - there will be charging stations everywhere ...

    the tesla has a range of like 250 miles ... so, that would satisfy pretty much all your requirements ... giving me examples of occasional uses is absurd ... i could list a dozen on regular cars ... i need to move a boat, i need to drive through a river, etc... you buy the car that best suits your every day needs ... that's what people do ...

    i repeat ... the vast majority of people who drive now ... drive by themselves and for distances current generation EVs can easily handle ... plus, when you park the car ... you can charge it as long as there is a plug handy ... not the biggest obstacle in the world ...
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,799
    brianlux wrote:
    Fox News? The Blaze? Heartland Institute? Wait, I've got an even better news source. Hold on a second, I must stir the leaves in my tea.
    best post of the thread.
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  • Godfather.
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    mickeyrat wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Fox News? The Blaze? Heartland Institute? Wait, I've got an even better news source. Hold on a second, I must stir the leaves in my tea.
    best post of the thread.


    no to mention the most over used :lol:


    Godfather.
  • brianlux
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    Godfather. wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Fox News? The Blaze? Heartland Institute? Wait, I've got an even better news source. Hold on a second, I must stir the leaves in my tea.
    best post of the thread.


    no to mention the most over used :lol:


    Godfather.

    Ah, but only because tea leaves are older than ouija boards and the ever popular crystal ball! ;):lol:
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,799
    Well I have some chicken bones leftover from the KFC I got the other day. Let's see what they have to report.

    Ok, the bones say that their environment at KFC has in fact gotten hotter in the fyrers over the last sevral years.
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Earth could continue to host life for at least another 1.75 billion years, as long as nuclear holocaust, an errant asteroid or some other disaster doesn't intervene, a new study calculates.

    But even without such dramatic doomsday scenarios, astronomical forces will eventually render the planet uninhabitable. Somewhere between 1.75 billion and 3.25 billion years from now, Earth will travel out of the solar system's habitable zone and into the "hot zone," new research indicates.



    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/ ... z2fQvCqU4p


    something interesting somewhat on/off topic.

    Godfather.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Are we still referring to Fox News as a credible news source?

    Sorry Godfather, but really?
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    backseatLover12 wrote:
    Are we still referring to Fox News as a credible news source?

    Sorry Godfather, but really?

    just read the info and if you like cross referance it with your own source.
    I'm still not asking you to be a fox news fan,I just posted an interesting story not a fox debate.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    STOCKHOLM – Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

    Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show there are deep concerns among governments over how to address the issue ahead of next week's meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.



    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/ ... z2fSaUbB9O


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