Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Your Name Date : Mon May 19 2014 09:17:01 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 <180520141928110263%YourName@YourISP.com>, > Your Name wrote: > > 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. > > They don't accept those excuses any more here. The only job that counts > as 'indispensable' is - I swear - court clerk. Being self-employed means you are the only one who can do the work, so you are literally indispensible. :-) If they force you to do Jury Service, then it could well destroy your business. Personally I think the jury system is idiotically stupid and plain wrong. Judges are trained and paid excessive amounts to be able to pass judgement (hence their job title), yet they farm it off to untrained members of the public who scum lawyers pick-and-choose to be on the jury. :-\ --- 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) .