Only 5% of next car purchasers expect to buy all electric cars-Road and Track.

[Doublestandards]

Picked up a 2010 Toyota Avalon with 120,000 mile on it for $6000 not long ago. Beautiful car. And will probably run another 10 years.

Maybe even longer than that, good find man

 

[vantexan]

225 miles is a lot. at most people will go 180 miles a day. and if they cant, suck it.

you know people didnt always have cars. jesus doesnt want us to trash the planet and for us to devolve into barbarism.

the planet has warmed 1.5 degrees.

the govt can either get serious and invest in batteries / transit or face hell on earth. its an easy choice.

Again, 225 miles is only under optimal conditions. I have an ebike, did a lot of research, and manufacturers always list mileage in the best light possible. And very few are going to give up their warm car in the winter to ride a bike. But hey, buy that ebike and show us how it's done.

 

[rickyb]

Again, 225 miles is only under optimal conditions. I have an ebike, did a lot of research, and manufacturers always list mileage in the best light possible. And very few are going to give up their warm car in the winter to ride a bike. But hey, buy that ebike and show us how it's done.

do not be so smug my christian friend

people will give up their cars. just watch. the middle class is dying.

 

[vantexan]

do not be so smug my christian friend

people will give up their cars. just watch. the middle class is dying.

I'm not against ebikes Ricky. Why do you think I bought one? To get around without a car someday. But it's not about saving the planet. And it's not for everyone. I can see some buying a good used car to use when needed, like in bad weather or on longer trips, and using the ebike for local errands to save on gas.

 

[Box Ox]

do not be so smug my christian friend

people will give up their cars. just watch. the middle class is dying.

All comrades will ride bikes and eat bugs in the new utopia.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

 

[Ou812fu]

an e bicycle for 225 miles. you wont have to worry about battery pretty soon. if the govt invested more in battery tech, we'd have better batteries.

You don't seem to understand. If the government thought it was a viable idea. They'd already turned all military equipment to battery. But they haven't and they won't. Instead they have vehicles that can run for months and don't have to refuel them .

 

[Next Day Err]

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The president is going to buy a Tesla, he said. What’s that say about him

 

[rickyb]

All comrades will ride bikes and eat bugs in the new utopia.

what do you think using oil is driving us to?

 

[rickyb]

I'm not against ebikes Ricky. Why do you think I bought one? To get around without a car someday. But it's not about saving the planet. And it's not for everyone. I can see some buying a good used car to use when needed, like in bad weather or on longer trips, and using the ebike for local errands to save on gas.

we definitely need to save the planet.

 

[rickyb]

You don't seem to understand. If the government thought it was a viable idea. They'd already turned all military equipment to battery. But they haven't and they won't. Instead they have vehicles that can run for months and don't have to refuel them .

the govt doesnt necessarily implement policies which are viable ideas.

 

[vantexan]

we definitely need to save the planet.

Your all or nothing approach will turn off a lot more people than you'll convince.

 

[rickyb]

Your all or nothing approach will turn off a lot more people than you'll convince.

doesnt matter. youre going to have nothing if you keep burning oil. standards of living will fall as the world heats up and prices rise.

 

[rickyb]

Your all or nothing approach will turn off a lot more people than you'll convince.

look at egg prices now. already going up because were doing it wrong.

 

[vantexan]

look at egg prices now. already going up because were doing it wrong.

Egg prices have nothing to do with climate change.

 

[vantexan]

doesnt matter. youre going to have nothing if you keep burning oil. standards of living will fall as the world heats up and prices rise.

How will standards of living rise without oil? It's in everything. It's not just about cars. By the way, what are all your buses going to run on?

 

[rickyb]

How will standards of living rise without oil? It's in everything. It's not just about cars. By the way, what are all your buses going to run on?

improved tech.

we got some electric buses in the neighbourhood now i just saw it the other day.

standards will fall if we keep using oil because of global warming and inflation that comes with it.

 

[rickyb]

Egg prices have nothing to do with climate change.

of course they do. factory farming doesnt work. it causes new bugs. its profits again at the expense of the environment

 

[vantexan]

improved tech.

we got some electric buses in the neighbourhood now i just saw it the other day.

standards will fall if we keep using oil because of global warming and inflation that comes with it.

How is global warming causing inflation?

 

[vantexan]

of course they do. factory farming doesnt work. it causes new bugs. its profits again at the expense of the environment

No, China's hygiene standards cause new bugs.