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

In article ,
anim8rFSK  wrote:
> 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!

Yep. Here they started a few years ago putting in bus-only lanes on
many main roads and bus-only motorways alongside the normal motorway.

They were then boasting about how bus patronage had gone up ... well,
duh! Of course it went up ... because some people who used to take
their car into the city centre and pay large amounts for parking all
day realised they could now park for free at the local bus station
instead and pay less by taking the bus in. Which means the local bus
station carparks are already full by about 8:00am. Added to the fact
that the number of people / cars is rising anyway, it in reality made
no difference at all to the congestion.   :-\

What also escaped their tiny brains was the fact that most of the local
buses now go to the local station for passengers to transfer to a
city-going bus, which means trips actually take longer, even though the
trip from the bus station to the city itself is quicker.

The pea-brains believe that having better public transport will reduce
car congestion ... except that the available public transport *ALL*
goes to the city centre, and most people don't want to go there - they
won't to go past there to get to another suburb, which means using a
bus require a couple of transfers and would take about five times as
long (assuming you didn't miss a connection and they the unlikely event
that they all run on time).
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