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 ,
> 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. 
> :-\

Here in Arizona they ordered a fleet of buses on the theory that since 
nobody was riding the current buses, if there were a lot more of them, 
ridership would go up (instead the buses are even emptier than before) 
without checking that the Air Conditioning in the buses automatically 
shuts off if the temperature of the asphalt goes above 100#f or 
something, which, you know, is 3/4 of the year!

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