Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : anim8rFSK Date : Sat May 17 2014 23:28:24 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) In article <180520141547076911%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name wrote: > In article , > anim8rFSK wrote: > > 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. :-\ > > > > LOL > > It would be funny if it wasn't tax-payer money being wasted on buying > something like 38 new trains to run on a railway system that only has > two lines and a dead-end city centre station with only four platforms. > Not to mention that they couldn't run the system they had properly. > :-\ > > The morons in charge now want to waste piles more money digging an > underground "City Loop" line (including buying and compensating > affected building owners) that comes out of the dead-end station and > goes up under the main city centre street to join in to the existing > line back at the top ... this is after having had a free bus service > running up and down the main street that was under-used. Yeah. And they try desperately to force you to take the bus to jury duty, and it's just a nightmare - I'd have to take a cab to the bus station! They really somehow think everybody just lives within easy walking distance of a bus stop. -- 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) .