Electric Cars are coming- no need to drill in Alaska

[DougBH]

@Samm

@wiley8425

Who knew one man had so much power?

He warned us … he told us that a President who rules by Executive Order is a Dictator.

I guess most people assumed he meant that was a bad thing.

[FloridaYankee]

@conan

Can’t or won’t answer his question?

It’s a silly question. Everybody knows what powers the grid.

[FloridaYankee]

@Samm

@FloridaYankee

Dude. Society runs on electricity, nobody’s turning that ■■■■ off no matter how much paranoia you might have about it.

Dude, electricity is not a source of power, it’s a product of electrical generators. Replace gasoline power cars with electric cars and all of that electricity required to “fuel” the cars will have to be generated in addition to that required for everything else. What are you going to use to run the generators?

Dude, I’ve owned probably fifteen generators over the years, I know how electricity is produced, jeebus.

[FloridaYankee]

@Samm

@FloridaYankee

@UnoURright

They’ll come up with some sort of IFTA for cars.

Semi trucks pay state fuel tax based on the amount of miles they drive in that state regardless of whether they buy fuel in that state or not.

It won’t be easy. People don’t pay bills just for driving their cars, even if they do pay for driving them via gas taxes. Just try sending them a mileage bill for driving their car LOL. It’s going to take some creativity.

Now that you mention it, Biden has proposed implementing a vehicle mileage tax too.

It’s a big issue and getting bigger with every electric vehicle sold.

[johnrandolph]

Sponsors providing gobs and gobs of money combined with the ingenuity to develop enough quick change batteries to make it 500 miles quickly will work.
None of which correlates to real world applications.

[Auto129]

@johnrandolph

That’s terrific, road trips across the country that take longer than the covered wagons.

The people who drive the most–the ones who stock everyone’s shelves–are usually required to take a 10 hour break for every 11 hours of driving. There is plenty of time to charge.

If they started going electric, cross-country freight would move just as fast or faster than it does now.

[Mountain_Soldier]

@Auto129

@johnrandolph

That’s terrific, road trips across the country that take longer than the covered wagons.

The people who drive the most–the ones who stock everyone’s shelves–are usually required to take a 10 hour break for every 11 hours of driving. There is plenty of time to charge.

If they started going electric, cross-country freight would move just as fast or faster than it does now.

So the trips that we take down to the Outer Banks would no longer be possible in one day. That’s awesome.

Not to mention if you want to run luxuries such as the heat or air conditioner, you can kill 1/3 or more of the battery just with that.

[Auto129]

Cool. For people who prioritize those trips, they can keep their gas car.

For commercial applications, and keeping the economy moving coast to coast, EV can be more than sufficient.

[Mountain_Soldier]

@Auto129

Cool. For people who prioritize those trips, they can keep their gas car.

For commercial applications, and keeping the economy moving coast to coast, EV can be more than sufficient.

If we’re lucky. An electric would serve me no purpose whatsoever. Other than depleting my bank account for their exorbitant costs.

[Mountain_Soldier]

It’s like all these city dwelling extremist liberals don’t think or care about anyone other than those people in their own little bubble and think whatever works for them works for everyone.

[Auto129]

There’s no luck involved. The bigger the fleet, the more economic sense EVs make.

[Mountain_Soldier]

@Auto129

There’s no luck involved. The bigger the fleet, the more economic sense EVs make.

If we’re lucky to keep our gas vehicles with all these environmental mandates.

[Auto129]

@Mountain_Soldier

It’s like all these city dwelling extremist liberals don’t think or care about anyone other than those people in their own little bubble and think whatever works for them works for everyone.

Conservatives don’t personally want an EV so they just dismiss the whole concept as stupid. Even though the companies that keep them fed, clothed, and entertained are beating down the door for a chance to buy EVs as soon as the technology is available for purchase.

[Mountain_Soldier]

@Auto129

@Mountain_Soldier

It’s like all these city dwelling extremist liberals don’t think or care about anyone other than those people in their own little bubble and think whatever works for them works for everyone.

Conservatives don’t personally want an EV so they just dismiss the whole concept as stupid. Even though the companies that keep them fed, clothed, and entertained are beating down the door for a chance to buy EVs as soon as the technology is available for purchase.

Umm no. The mandates are stupid. If an electric vehicle works for someone and they want to buy it, go for it. Free market. But being encouraged to buy something that won’t remotely work for me all in the name of zero emission? No thank you. Having to get a hotel room to stay overnight because my vehicle ran out of juice is hell of a lot more expensive than a tank of gas. Not to mention doubling the time of the trip. Not feasible. But liberals obviously don’t care about things like that. They live in the city and drive an electric, so should everyone else!

[Auto129]

@Mountain_Soldier

Umm no. The mandates are stupid. If an electric vehicle works for someone and they want to buy it, go for it. Free market.

This is the free market. Emissions cross property lines and foul the air that other people breathe. Polluters need to bear the expenses of keeping it on their side of the fence.

@Mountain_Soldier

No thank you. Having to get a hotel room to stay overnight because my vehicle ran out of juice is hell of a lot more expensive than a tank of gas. Not to mention doubling the time of the trip. Not feasible.

Cool. Don’t buy one.

[Mountain_Soldier]

Yeah, you’re right. I don’t like breathing the fumes from the power plant you’re using to charge your electric vehicle. You should absolutely bear that cost.

[Auto129]

Power plants and their customers should bear the cost of their emissions. Feel free to support the left in ensuring that. Alternatives become a lot more attractive when asthmatics aren’t subsidizing the cost of coal by dying early.

[UnoURright]

My wife and I drive a truck as a team, our truck runs at least 20 hours a day, as does a lot of trucks.

And no, we don’t haul perishable foods.

Lots of freight is needed to be moved quicker and farther than DOT regulations allow for a solo driver in a given time period.

An electric truck would greatly reduce our income just because we would have to stop and charge.

[SixFoot]

@Mountain_Soldier

It’s like all these city dwelling extremist liberals don’t think or care about anyone other than those people in their own little bubble and think whatever works for them works for everyone.

They’re afraid of being personally inconvenienced by the fact that other people exist too.

[Auto129]

It’s true that an electric truck doesn’t make sense for your situation, but even freight like that could be moved by EVs in a relay.

Where team OOs can lose money by owning EVs, solo owners have a much better chance of surviving their start up years without getting bankrupted by breakdowns.