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re: Surprising number of EV owners switch back to gas power, study says

Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:36 pm to
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:36 pm to
I'm not anti-electric vehicle, I actually think they are pretty neat. I kinda want a CyberTruck.

That being said... I don't want an expensive vehicle that I only use around town.

It's almost 200 miles to my parents' house. There isn't even a gas station for the last 30 miles, and there is only 1 in the last 60 miles, and it isn't 24 hours. I fill up with farm gas for the drive home.

We have family in Florida, and drive several times per year... that's 300-400 miles. We head to Apalachicola at least once per year, and I'm not sure I want to to have to find gas in that neck of the woods.

I regularly drive from ATL to Charlotte and Orlando/Tampa for work. I can drive on one tank of gas to Charlotte, and I know for a fact you have to stop in a Tesla. I can drive on one tank to Tampa (just not in my truck) that would be 3 charging breaks. How does that make sense? Just build in an extra 1.5 hours? I guess I could fly, but...uh...jets run on nasty fuel.

What about tractors and equipment and heavy trucks? What about boats?
What about irrigation pumps and generators and all these things that need fuel to do their jobs? Am I running service to all those locations? Will fuel costs make irrigating crops impossible?

When my electric car breaks down, who will fix it? How many thousands of mechanics exist in this country today? How many do it yourselfers? Do we really think that more than 2% of those people will be able to (or even allowed) to work on these computers and batteries?

What's the transition plan? Will be forced to transition? Will we get a check from the gubment for our now useless ICE vehicles? Will we be issued bicycles when it is realized they fricked up and their ultimate plan to force us to mass transit doesn't work for people that don't live near it? You know, the people that grow crops, timber, work in factories, build shiat, and so on?

I just don't think the climat-eers have a world view outside of their little apartment in the city.

Seems so simple. Hey, you can choose gas, electric, or hybrid.
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