"Electric Vehicles are Actually Worse for the Environment than Internal Combustion Cars"

[ChickNorris]

Just to bang your shins or what?

Hehehe. Yes.

& got tired of my husband trying to hoarke my company truck to pull the rocket trailer when I had work to do.

[ChickNorris]

Sure, but that's not why you bought the Passat.

I'm curious about planes not being able to fly over a pit. What does that mean?

No, not specifically however them there clever Germans thought of the caravan when they designed it which is why it was even possible to pull the load required

[ray1970]

You have a rocket? Sweet.

[ChickNorris]

You have a rocket? Sweet.

I have many rockets

[ChickNorris]

... back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress...

[Jer]

Uh oh, what did Musk tweet this time? Lol.

But, there are other companies dabbling in EV.

Like i said, I know I'll be waiting a decade or so for EV to iron out all the kinks.

The problem is that the other car companies "dabbling" are doing just that. None of the big dogs are going full-tilt which is why their EV cars suck. I feel like they can throw away a small amount of money on their EV division and create some worthless turd just to say "See, we made it and nobody wanted an EV" when in reality it was just THEIR EV that sucked. Hell, Tesla even opened up their patent portfolio for others to utilize because their stated goal from day 1 was to accelerate the transition to EV since nobody else was. They even said they can use their Supercharger network but none of them will because they want to create their own proprietary system that they can then generate residual profits on long-term. Tesla is so far ahead that nobody is even close which worries me for the future. A future with no competition hurts the consumer. I really wish everyone else would take this shit serious and step up to the plate because right now Tesla has a massive lead in all of the important categories when others are still meeting about if they think it's a good idea or not.

[Jer]

The infrastructure of a majority of the world isn't equipped to make a cold turkey transition to 100% renewable energy...but I do think technology will help bridge some of the gaps. Much like countries that skipped land lines completely and went straight to a cellular network, the inverse relationship between technology and consumer cost might do the same with these technologies. The biggest concern I have is the wide spread availability of Lanthanides and Actinides in sufficient quantities to support mainstream applications, especially because China holds 80% of the mining and 95% of the refining of these materials. If all nations aren't on the same page, it simply won't happen.

This is one of the biggest hurdles we have to clear domestically. Massive investments in the way we produce power now make it difficult for a muni/co-op to just say "Well, we invested $14mil in a new transmission/generator/GIS software last year but let's just shit can the whole thing and start with a renewable option. Sure it can be done but ultimately it will be the consumer that eats the cost. Much to your point though you're finding that some were due for major EOL or just hadn't invested in capitol improvement in long enough that they basically leap frogged what others had been doing and now through dumb luck find themselves in a good position to choose for the future. Sadly, many of those who make the decision in these sectors are old farts who are tied to old ways and few want to try something new. Lots of them want to see others do it to prove out the tech and I don't really blame them. Nobody wanted to be the early adopter that effed the project up but now that we're seeing a few positive installs things are starting to swing around but that's a large ship to change directions so it will take time.

[Jer]

Tesla has a celebration mode?

I?m googling that.

Best bet is to Google the whoopie cushion mode called... emissions testing I believe?... or my personal fav: Romance mode! lol

[Jer]

Oh, without a bunch of boring details, my commuting likely costs you more than it does me. And likely people who drive EVs might be impacted more by the cost of my commutes than those who drive ICEs since whatever electricity is used to charge those things doesn?t just magically appear out of thin air.


And by you, I don?t specifically mean you. You was used as a general term. I work in the energy industry so technically any cost associated with me doing my job are passed along to the end user.

Not sure if any of that makes sense but typing in a hurry because I?m working.

I don't know specifics so I'll just have to take your word for it. I had a feeling you weren't talking about the literally "you" and more the royal "you" lol

[Jer]

I don?t know if I?d take any data from a limousine service in Louisiana seriously.

Haha... LA as in Los Angeles. Think the black Lincoln Towncars that drive rich hipsters around the bubs. It's basically like that but with Teslas now. I think that "car service" is probably a better descriptor but they tend to also generally be limo companies.