Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Your Name Date : Sun May 18 2014 13:23:06 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: YourName@YourISP.com Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) In article , anim8rFSK wrote: > 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. Also "downstream" in trying to get rid of all those extra toxic batteries. Plus, since the pile of batteries inside them will expensively need to be replaced fairly often, most people will simply upgrade to a newer car (one of the real reasons behind the push), which means then also means extra material to be disposed of. Here in New Zealand, they've just started new electric trains in Auckland City (some parts, since not all the lines are electrified yet) and are boasting about how great they are ... except they have to keep the old diesel trains around beacuse when the electricty goes down the only way to then move the stupid new trains is by towing them with a real train, plus only some parts of the system have been electrified. :-\ --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: Aioe.org NNTP Server (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .