Subj : Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review ( To : All From : Daniel Date : Mon May 19 2014 22:06:39 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 19/05/14 07:11, Your Name wrote: > In article , Daniel > wrote: >> 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 Aucknd suffer from earthquakes much?? > > Nope, not really anything in Auckland. (Christchurch is still having > small quakes every so often, and Wellington further north as had a few > recently.) > > There have been minor shakes in the past (mostly peripheral from > earthquakes further south where the fault line actually crosses the > land), but nothing really noticeable. > > Auckland does have lots of volcanic cones, but they're all dead / > dormant, although they keep wittering on about how an eruption is "due" > in the next thousand years or so. > > Being on a narrow strip of land between two oceans near the top of the > north, it could be get a tsunami wave, but the recent one of those was > lucky if it was an inch by the time it got way down here across > thousands of miles of ocean. > > Recent years has seen a few small tornadoes pass through, a couple of > which have been pretty bad (two or three people killed), but nothing > compared to those massive twisters in some parts of America. > Sounds like your life could be becoming more and more interesting!1 ;-) Here, on the other side of the ditch, we;re doing reasonably alright!! 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) .