Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Jan Alter Date : Sat May 17 2014 19:08:31 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: bearpuf@verizon.net Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) -- Jan Alter bearpuf@verizon.net "Your Name" wrote in message news:180520141014073156%YourName@YourISP.com... > 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. > > Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the "oil crisis" or > the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron. I was referring to the crankcase oil, which with an electric motor there would not be a need for oil to lubricate pistons, valves, and camshaft, etc, in the traditional sense. -- Jan Alter bearpuf@verizon.net --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875 .