Posted on 10/05/2022 11:04:17 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
Most of the folks at the junkyard seem to be braceros these days. They’ve become quite handy at keeping beaters on the road, especially those Chrysler minivans for the families.
“... a complicated procedure that involved unhooking the battery to force a hard reboot of the system, then rolling the windows down in sequence, while stepping on the brake.”
Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch.
I’m curious what the consensus is here on FR about electric cars. Will they largely replace the combustion vehicles say in the next 50 years? The answer to that is very important. It means oil companies will have to start making a transition out of fossil fuels.
You ask a good question that is difficult to answer.
It really depends on what government mandates are over that time.
Physics says petroleum fuels are tough to beat, but governments are mandating the move to electric.
China is moving to electric vehicles (powered by hundreds of new coal power plants) and conserving petroleum for their military.
The Biden administration is pushing hard for evs, but that could go out the window in 2025.
My answer is yes but all of us will regret the hell out of it.........
We're not replacing a horse and buggy, we're replacing a 100% efficient mode of transportation that comes with an unlimited supply of energy with an electronic device that will cause more damage to the environment and the economy than oil and gas has ever been accused to be.
The Western Journal article has some pretty good commentary. Like how electric vehicles are the personification of the blue screen of death.
Probably an electrical problem.
Yes eventually though I figure electric has to stand on its own after and despite government giveaways. It seems like a fairy tale solution to a person like me who is not really up on the science. Now running fossil fuel generation to power electric cars? I guess if there is an efficiency to electric cars that might justify even using fossil fuel power generation? Meaning does electric consume startlingly less watts per mile than combustion engines?
I agree with the unlimited supply, with the caveat that only politics gets in the way of production.
It could even fly!
The next generation EVs will leave him stranded by the side of the road and drive off without him.
May want to keep your eyes on the trends.
Horse and buggy may be on the come back.
A little breeding stock and you’d be in
business.
If he wanted a hummer, he shoulda spent the money on prostitutes.
RE: It could even fly!
Why?
“It has good pickup.”
Not going to happen. Our civilization is hugely dependent on oil. Many thousands of products made from oil. Can green energy sources create plastics, asphalt, tar, lubricants, paints, solvents, glues, textiles, bags, cosmetics, fertilizers, etc.? The production of EV's, solar panels, windmills etc. are heavily dependent on products created from oil. Oil companies do not need to transition out of oil/fossil fuels. A fraction of oil is refined into gasoline, and even that is necessary for the military and for heavy industry machines.
President Trump in 2024 then President DeSantis, the electric car mandates will have been removed. Plus we will again be energy independent. Gas prices will be way way down. The economy will be doing great.
But the cigarette lighter never worked.😁
I watched that video,it was basically am I.D.I.O.T. error.🙄
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