Posted on 07/17/2022 9:31:51 PM PDT by Hojczyk
It’s not about climate change. It’s about dwindling resources, increasing population in countries closer to the equator and increasingly more drivers in the world. Availability of affordable oil is not infinite, and those huge known oil deposits within reach won’t go very far.
Look at the volume estimates of remaining oil deposits. Find out how much oil the world uses per day. Find out how long it will really last. Many of us knew long ago that nations would be fighting over oil, ocean routes, land and labor pools.
Many of the wealthiest people are also worried about production of food and other resources in the future.
Plus the high cost of batteries is based on today’s prices. How much will they cost in say about 5 years? The future for the raw materials that are used to make them doesn’t look cheap when the demand multiplies but the supply doesn’t keep up. Everything I’ve seen has future lithium prices going through the roof.
Our usually extremely helpful government should have put regulations down concerning standard battery footprints and availabilities years ago. Basically, with no source of new or rebuilt battery, all of these particular models are entirely junk after 8-11 years. What an environmental and financial savings!
“Boomers are out numbered and are dying off so that outnumbering gets bigger every single day. “
This really seems like a weak arguement in favor of electric cars.
I sized, installed and used an off-grid solar power plant for six years in a high-altitude place with many annual sun days. A module array for charging a car every day before a work-day with a moderate commuting distance would be rather large, even in a sunny area. There would also be those days trying to explain absences at work. “I’m sorry, boss. It was very cloudy yesterday.”
Are we sure it wasn’t a Yugo? 😂😀😃
BINGO!!!
Nicely played
For internal combustion vehicles there is a very large after market industry competing with the manufacturers produced parts. The dealer’s parts are normally higher than the after market equivalent parts.
Also, with gas/diesel cars/vehicles, almost any part needed can be purchased used from a salvage yard. I used to buy 5-10 year old cars with a blown engine or bad transmission for a few hundred dollars, yank out the engine/transmission, buy a used one for another few hundred and then sell the vehicle for $2,000 or more, (depending on the condition of the exterior and interior). Never lost money doing this.
And BTW, I installed a hydraulic lift in my garage that I built with 12 foot walls so it would allow me to get the vehicle up high enough to work on it.
What a burn.
“There is an incredible opportunity for disruption technology and services during the transition. Most major automakers have stopped developing ICE engines and will stop selling them in the 2030 to 2035 time frame this also means all OEM part support and manufacturing”
Your argument is government fiat uber alles.
No Worries... She can park it in front of the house, keep it clean inside and out, and prove to the world that she cares about saving the planet. She can use bicycles and Amazon for basic needs, and ‘feel’ good about saving the planet.
Even then, they’re not enough to run modern civilization.
They’re reasonably practical as a 2nd car for around town use.
The reset to a Liberal World Order is a bit premature.
Tesla does everything they can to make it impossible to maintain a Tesla outside of their dealership network.
LS swap!
Does Ford Credit finance a battery purchase? No?
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