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

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.

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