From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: anim8rfsk{at}cox.net
Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)

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> In article ,
> anim8rFSK  wrote:
> > In article ,
> >  Your Name  wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > anim8rFSK  wrote:
> > > > In article ,
> > > >  Your Name  wrote:
> > > > > In article
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> > > > > anim8rFSK  wrote:
> > > > > > In article
,
> > > > > >  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.

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