From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
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Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)



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Jan Alter
bearpuf{at}verizon.net
"Your Name"  wrote in message 
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> 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.
>
> Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the "oil crisis" or
> the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron.

I was referring to the crankcase oil, which with an electric motor there 
would not be a need for oil to lubricate pistons, valves, and camshaft, etc, 
in the traditional sense.
-- 
Jan Alter
bearpuf{at}verizon.net 


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