Admiral Rockwell Tory
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Another reason why a focus on public transportation is a much better option.Some decades ago the government ordered itself to design and develop the car that Americans should drive. With all of the safety add ons and the way the car was, it was estimated it would cost near a million dollars a piece. To be fair this was a quick read and the material on it was short. We do however spend over five thousand dollars a vehicle on government mandated safety items in each vehicle. And it continues to go higher.Did you read the entire article you linked? It doesn't really support your claim.This is very interesting.
trump has been trying to take freedom from a handful of states, including California, by taking away their right to set their own air quality standards and requirements on car emissions.
So far 4 car companies have signed on with California to make cars with lower emissions and higher gas mileage no matter what trump does.
I don't understand why anyone would be against higher mileage and lower emissions. I decided in 2001 to never buy a regular gas car again. And I haven't. I've saved a lot of money on gas and I'm not polluting the air as much. Half the time I'm driving totally on electricity.
I hope California is able to get more car companies to sign on.
California bypasses Trump to sign tougher mileage deal with 4 car makers
Bull crap. Electric cars pollute far more than gas cars.
Now everything else, I am fine with. You don't want to drive a gas car, great.
I highly doubt you have saved money on gas. I've done the math on that dozens of times, and you never save money.
That said, you can drive whatever you want, I don't care. Just don't make up your mythology and try and convince me the billions of tons of pollutants spewed out mines and factories around the world to make your EV battery packs, is saving the planet. Bull crap.
But those rare metals come from somewhere—often, from environmentally destructive mines. It’s not just Tesla, of course. All electric vehicles rely on parts with similar environmental issues. Even solar panels depend on rare metals that have to be dug out of the earth and processed in less-than-green ways, says David Abraham, author of the book The Elements of Power.
Tesla's Electric Cars Aren't as Green as You Might Think
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Nickle mine and processing plant, primarily used in EV batteries. No fuel burning there, no gas emissions there, no electricity from coal fired power plants there. No environmental damage there... (sarcasm) but at least you don't have to fill up with gas... so obviously you are saving the planet.
Again... if you like your electric car, I'm all for it. I'm not here to tell you your car sucks. By all means, charge up your car, and drive all you want. I'm all for it.
But please.... don't lie to yourself and everyone else, that you are saving the plant and not polluting. EVs are far more polluting than gas cars.
Rare earth metals are also necessary for conventional cars.
Your article talks about the EV batteries. You should read that part.
And gasoline doesn't come out of the ground ready to use. It has to be extracted, refined, distributed.
If you still wonder about the difference between how clean an electric car is vs gas powered, here's an experiment that can demonstrate the difference Go into a garage. Close all the doors. Start your electric car and sit inside the garage.
Now try the same thing with a gasoline powered car.
You'll need to be sure and do this in the proper order because the gas auto will kill you and you won't get to try the electric car.
If I had an electric car, it would be powered by a source 93,000,000 miles away. Delivered to right to my roof.
But too many dotards in this country for that to ever happen on a wide scale.
My city is making it a priority. I find it extremely useful so far, and it is not even fully completed.
Public transportation only usually works in cities for people who have no other option, but there are a few exceptions.
In all of the areas I have lived, which is many and varied, no one ever uses public transportation if they can avoid it. It is usually filled with the great unwashed, druggies, and gangsters, simply because they have no other method of transportation.
Now DC's Metro system is a great example of a system that I used when visiting. However, there are still far too many places where the old saw about "You can't get there from here" applies.
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