Are you actually ready to buy an Electric Vehicle?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Robert, Mar 17, 2021.

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Electric vehicle in your future?

  1. I now have one.

    8.6%
  2. I will get one this year.

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    0.0%
  3. I see one in my future.

    30.0%
  4. I will stick to fuel.

    55.7%
  5. I will keep my fuel car plus purchase an EV.

    4.3%
  6. I will eliminate my fuel car and only use the EV.

    1.4%
  1. dagosa

    dagosa Well-Known Member

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    Really, the right is bending everything. You see car makers building batteries not hydrogen powered cars. The hybrid is dominating the auto industry as gas on,y alternative, not hydrogen. The hybrid just requires a smaller battery and is an electric car in the plug in version.
     
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    It doesn’t matter how much they weigh. That’s immaterial if they are efficient and fast and serve the needs.....
    Two hundred extra pounds of battery but a motor that’s 100 lbs lighter then a gas motor with the same power is where we are headed. Plus, the batteries can be placed anywhere to enhance handling. Ever weighed a tank of gas and a multi speed transmission which EVs don’t have ?
     
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    Then that is when you DON’T use you bicycle :roll:
     
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    :roflol::roflol::roflol:

    I love an upside down reality
     
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    I love how somehow having more EVs is going to threaten the market for other vehicles but the truth is there is a growing market for a certain type of EV


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    I am betting a certain number of scooter riders have a Mobile home as well. The technology is already at the point where a very large number of seniors use these for 70- 80% of transport for things like shopping
    Matter of fact they are starting to be a hazard

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    A Tesla battery has ~ 140 lbs of Lithium, which the enviroweenies are ignoring because electric cars "are one of ours". How many acres of "just over the hill" ancient lake beds are going to be ground up into future poison wind storms?
    Lithium is hardly a renewable resource.
     
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    I don't like post hunting.
     
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    The laziness of others is not a problem I feel an obligation to solve.
     
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    Says the person that can't be bothered to use forum features and follow forum etiquette.
     
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    For most of human history, people walked - thus, your bar is pretty low.
    This is my choice.
    When the market offers a viable alternative, I'll consider it.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You did take a bow.
     
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    Really. That’s pretty illogical. Most people commute an average of 40 miles to and from work. The viable alternative is starring you in the face. It’s the EV. But if one is a denier of science, the last election and AGW, it’s not much harder to deny EVs,
     
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    No, but is the most abundant isotope, found in sea water and requirements will deminish greatly with solid state batteries.
     
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    I don't believe there's a single forum feature I have not used, or rule of forum etiquette I have not followed.
     
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    Aside from post links, quotes and letting the person you're talking to know what you're referencing.
     
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    That was already clear. The hope is that numbers of such an attitude will be safely low.
     
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    Why would someone choose an unviable alternative to their current transportation habits?
     
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    Already provided.
     
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    The current system is awash with electric cars.
    Gee, you mean hybrid taxi service and electric trains are unviable ? Do you know how long electric powered public transportation has been going on ? Do you really think populated areas could exist without them. ?

    Show one common use and not specialty passenger train or freight service that is NOT powered by electricity.
     
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    None of them told you hydrogen didn’t use energy to be extracted from water either. Seriously. You took chemistry ? Would you like reference to see how it’s done. Or like many from the right who want free stuff, they think is magically happens.
     
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    OK, that’s fine. We’re now down to limiting battery operated vehicles to personal transportation and not load sensitive vehicles. Hold onto your hat. Now major car c9mpanues are offering EVs
    https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/new...-vehicles-by-2025/ar-BB1gErGx?ocid=uxbndlbing

    long haul and buses and weight sensitive vehicles ? That’s hydrogen and hybrids......
     
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    Yeah because fossil fuels are so clean
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    How does it feel for your country to be the leading supply of coal?
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes I took the first year of Chemistry in college plus a year of university physics.

    Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.
     
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    When did you stop using Fossil Fuels? Nice photo of one of the mining sites in Australia so thanks. [​IMG]
     

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