Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : anim8rFSK Date : Sat May 17 2014 19:44:06 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) In article <180520141323062716%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name wrote: > 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. > :-\ LOL -- 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) .