My EV rant . . .

If anyone is offended by my rant, I apologize. I did not intend it to be political in nature, but just to express my frustration with the trend I see in regulations that will mean the death of our beloved hot-rodding hobby if not reined in. I truly hope that future generations will be able to share our passion for these automotive artifacts, and that the freedoms we enjoy in this great nation of ours will continue to be available to everyone who wishes to exercise them. OK . . . down off the soap box!

 

Most of us feel the same way Spanky, I have said I will not be buying an EV and so there.......

I will contuine to polute the country/AIR with my Gas Powered Hot Rod until I can't drive anymore.....or some one takes away GAS.....Then I recon I will be done.........

 

My state has had BROWN OUTS for a few decades now. We have to upgrade our power grids to take care of our current electricity users (home owners). U. S. states need to build recharging stations throughout our country (so we can travel from the eastcoast to the westcoast). Recharging time has to also be shortened. Until this is accomplished , the EV is only good for short trips. The APTERA builders claim their car can travel 1000 miles on a single full charge. It uses solar panels (installed in the body panels to enable the vehicle to travel 420 miles (per day). The solar panels do not require a recharging station for a 420 mile trip. To go 1000 miles on a full charge you will have to use a recharging station. One drawback with this car is it only accomodates 2 passengers. Also ; shouldn't the power grid upgrades be funded by our government's NEW infrastructure fund ??

 

Every advancement that has been made has had its ups and downs and growing pains. The EV market will be the same thing but much more involved due to the requirement of the electricity component. It’s not going to happen overnight. Compare it to the. Cellphone industry. When they first came out they were quite expensive, big and bulky. People were spending hundreds of dollars per month to have one. Now, twenty years later you can have one that fits in your pocket or wear on your wrist and the monthly cost can be as low as $15-$20 per month. EV’s will be the same way. Probably not in my lifetime. Most of us old farts don’t like change but some things we have to accept. Like it or not!

 

So they want to get rid of fossil fuels.. what are they going to make batteries out of...jello?...smf

 

Good question Edwin Hazzard !! I live in California (smog nazis run the show here).

 

I believe CO2 is a symptom, not a disease. Our activities are releasing CO2, yes, but that's not the problem. The Earth has a mechanism for handling CO2 if we allow it...green growing stuff. The real problem is the exponential growth of energy consumption. Every activity we perform generates heat, from listening to the stereo to charging our multiple phones and tablets. All that heat is transferred to the earth which has no viable heat sink (flying through the vacuum of space).
Politicians have latched on to CO2 as the devil because it's something they can regulate and tax while patting themselves on the back for being "green". Sadly, focusing on CO2 serves only to distract from anything we might do that could actually be meaningful...like reducing our consumption. Well, thats not exactly true...reducing CO2 often has the desirable side effect of reducing real pollutants as well, so that's good...
The hippies had it right decades ago..."Reduce/Reuse/Recycle", and "Save the rainforest".