Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : anim8rFSK Date : Sun May 18 2014 16:43:49 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link) In article <190520140917016975%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name wrote: > 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. Yes. I've had that discussion with them on many occasions. Basically they blow a raspberry at you. > > 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. :-\ Yep. Well, except for the "judges are trained" part. -- 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) .