Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : anim8rFSK Date : Sat May 17 2014 16:03:16 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) In article <180520141014073156%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name wrote: > In article , Jan Alter > wrote: > > > Delightful. > > > > No more oil changes. > > I don't know about that review link, but electric cars still use oil to > lubricate the various moving parts (wheel bearings, etc.) as well as in > the production of much of the world's electricity. Most of it's sealed, but you've got battery pack coolant, brake fluid, gearbox oil, windshield wiper fluid, whatever it uses for 'freon' ... you have to have $600 a year in service from Tesla where presumably they'll do all that; of course, there's not a Tesla dealer within the car's driving range of me, so that would be a problem. > > Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the "oil crisis" or > the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron. Yeah, they've bought into 'tailpipe emissions' and don't realize that as much or more pollution is being generated, just upstream. -- Wait - are you saying that ClodReamer was wrong, or lying? --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: Easynews - www.easynews.com (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .