(04-24-2019, 03:28 PM)The Drifter Wrote: Scam of the Century: Scientific Study Destroys Electric Car Debate

If you think you’re saving the environment by driving a Tesla, well, let me let you in on a bit of a secret: You could perhaps emit less carbon if you went with a diesel car.

Anyone who says that they're driving a Tesla to save the environment is full of it. They're driving a Tesla because they have more dollars than sense and they want to drive a Tesla.

(04-24-2019, 04:03 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: Not to mention that lithium batteries could be very dangerous, then there's the problem of disposing of them.  The so-called "green energy" is a myth.  Whether it's solar power or wind power the energy has to be stored somewhere (batteries) and both lithium and lead-acid batteries are worse for the environment than burning fossil fuels.

Well, no, that's pretty much totally wrong, but even if we pretend that batteries are the devil, hydrogen fuel cell technology would more than solve that problem. I'd say let's fund it, but when the EPA is totally made of fossil fuel lobbyists, I'll forgive you for having the Trump-level understanding of how energy works.

(04-24-2019, 04:53 PM)Jagwired Wrote: Fully electric transport will not be truly viable until such time that humans can create a substance that will super-conduct at normal temperatures. Once resistance is removed from electrical theory the possibilities are endless.

Not necessarily. It's a critical mass thing, and the reason it won't work in America anytime soon is that it relies heavily on public transit. This country hasn't done all that great a job of setting up public transit systems that can actually take a sizable number of cars off the road. If you can shift most of your commuters over to using public transit for all or part of their journey on a daily basis, you'll get closer and closer to the point where the economic and environmental savings are significant. "A Prius in every driveway" isn't going to do anything but make Toyota shareholders rich.

(04-24-2019, 07:08 PM)Ronster Wrote: Man Made climate change is a LIE perpetuated by leftist wanting to use it to garner power

...aaaaaaaaaaaand we got there.

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