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

On 18/05/14 11:23, Your Name wrote:
> In article ,
> 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, plus only some parts of the system have been electrified.
> :-\

Christchurch NZ city centre was almost wiped out in an earthquake a few 
years ago. Does Auckland suffer from earthquakes much??

Daniel

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