Subj : Re: Dr Oz!
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Jun 11 2022 11:38:00

> There are people who cannot afford a fossil-fuel-powered vehicle. Where's
> your sympathy for them? Or is your "sympathy" for those who cannot afford an
> electric vehicle just a disguise for your personal opposition to the
> transition?

Part of the reason they cannot afford them is that, at some point, most of
the older affordable fossil-fuel-powered cars disappeared.  There was some
government program... what was it and who implemented it... that assisted
in this disappearance, but what and who escapes me now...

Must have been Trump because everything is his fault.  <rollseyes?

I do have sympathy for them but transitioning to even more expensive
vehicles does nothing for them, and just makes their group grow bigger, not
smaller.  That growth might be something that leftist see as progress, but I
don't.

I bought an electric lawnmower.  It has the "latest and greatest" battery
tech and was an affordable one.  So, instead of using a 3/4ths-quart of gas
each week to mow, I spent nearly $400 to get it down to a half-quart...
that is, on weeks the battery does not overheat and refuse to recharge.  I
could buy another battery but that is another $200 and, since they are only
guaranteed for 3 years, I would never see my investment returned.

This mower was one of the highest-rated by Consumer Reports in the
non-professional, and non-self-propelled/non-riding, class.

I personally still like it (except when the battery overheats) because it
is not as loud and is easier to adjust the height on, but I very much doubt
the environment is thanking me too much for not burning that 1/4-quart of
gas.  It will be thanking me even less when the battery fails after 3 years
and has to be disposed of.


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