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Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)

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anim8rFSK  wrote:
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>  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
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> > > > > > anim8rFSK  wrote:
> > > > > > > In article
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> > > > > > >  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.

Being self-employed means you are the only one who can do the work, so
you are literally indispensible.  :-) If they force you to do Jury
Service, then it could well destroy your business.

Personally I think the jury system is idiotically stupid and plain
wrong. Judges are trained and paid excessive amounts to be able to pass
judgement (hence their job title), yet they farm it off to untrained
members of the public who scum lawyers pick-and-choose to be on the
jury.   :-\
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