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Unread 08-31-2022, 12:48 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by 85vette View Post
Imagine a non internal combustion powered vehicle that was so beneficial both to man and to the environment that organized propaganda wasn't required to convince people, laws weren't passed to force people, and the companies could reap an honest profit from the value of their product without tax based subsidies.
Keep imagining. That's as far as you'll get.


I saw this response to someone pushing for electric cars on social media. This is the most truthful response I've seen. Our world isn't ready for electric cars yet. Don't know if we ever will be.....
Electric powered vehicles completely ignore the reality of the problem they are supposed to solve. The increased demand on electricity will require more electricity generating power plants. What will they run on? If anyone thinks that solar and wind power generation can take up the slack, they just are not researching those technologies enough.

Then we have the problem of all those end of life battery packs and what to do with them. Are they biodegradable or recyclable? What about the manufacturing facilities to make the batteries? What are they going to be powered by? What about the raw materials needed for making the batteries? What will the dramatic increase in that demand do to the environment?

And just wait for the day that the first driver and all passengers get electrocuted by their car during an accident. Will be interesting to see what sort of liability disclaimers buyers will have to sign.

Surely the technology exists to run an internal combustion engine off of the products created during electrolysis of water: oxygen and hydrogen. If the greenies are looking for really green technology, it don't get much greener than that!
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