Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Daniel Date : Sun May 18 2014 21:26:31 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) On 18/05/14 11:23, 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. > :-\ Christchurch NZ city centre was almost wiped out in an earthquake a few years ago. Does Auckland suffer from earthquakes much?? Daniel --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: TeraNews.com (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .