Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Your Name Date : Sun May 18 2014 19:28:11 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 <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, Ahh, Jury Duty. I did that once and it was a complete waste of a week. The next time I got my boss to write a letter saying I was indispensable and couldn't go, the next two times I was self-employed so couldn't go again. > 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. The problem is compounded in Auckland due to two factors. Geographically the city is stuck on a narrow strip of land between two coastlines and two indented harbours. Then there's the citizens who don't want multi-storey blocks, so the city has and continues to spread outwards, rather than up. With a population of just over 1 million and a land area about the same as Greater London, that means the population density simply can't support a good public transport system. --- 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) .