On 3/17/2014 10:57 AM, Chris Tromley wrote:
What astounds me is that the myth of a "free market" system persists. From
the dawn of commerce, regardless of what form it takes, every player tries
to skew the system to their advantage, which means to the disadvantage of
everyone else. Selective regulation through the buying off of "public"
servants is only one of the uglier tricks.
Anyone who tells you a free market system is possible where human nature is
involved is either a liar or a fool.
If Tesla can lead us to a day where no one is forced to buy a car from a
dealer, that will be every bit as big a contribution to society as
popularizing EVs.
Chris
On Mar 17, 2014 5:07 AM, "EVDL Administrator" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 17 Mar 2014 at 8:37, Martin WINLOW wrote:
He doesn't 'hate America', quite the reverse, I'm sure.
I think he forgot the emoticon for sarcasm after that phrase. :/ or <.<
Like most businesses, the auto dealers are all for deregulation - except
when they want regulation to keep things exactly as they are to protect
their profits. Nothing "American" or "unAmerican" about it - it's like
that
in every country.
Maybe Tesla should have followed the example of Segway. Part of Dean
Kamen's preparation for launching the scooter was lobbying state
legislatures to make sure it was legal to ride on sidewalks.
Tom Corbin also took legal realities into account when he was developing
the
Sparrow 3-wheeler. Several states defined 3-wheel vehicles as motorcycles
and would have required Sparrow drivers - in a fully enclosed vehicle! - to
wear motorcycle helmets while driving. He spent some of his budget
lobbying
for more reasonable laws in those states. (He spent more of it on some
facepalm-engendering design miscues, and on personal luxuries that had
nothing to do with selling Sparrows, but that's another issue entirely.)
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not
reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my
email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ .
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
_______________________________________________
UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub
http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140317/08a01fc5/attachment.htm>
_______________________________________________
UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub
http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
I'm all for ordering cars online! What would happen to America if all
car salesmen lost their jobs? I'm guessing that it would be an
apocalyptic event. They would have to get jobs elsewhere. I've always
been told that the USA is a giant jobs generator and that there are so
many jobs out there we could be crushed by the weight of them. Of
course they seem to evaporate when you are looking for a job but
'looking for a job' is usually a short term thing. I think most car
salesmen would end up in politics because, let's face it, it's pretty
much the same job (Selling cars/legislation/etc. using bullshit and
manipulation). The thing that worries most car salesman types is that
it's getting somewhat more difficult to bullshit and manipulate people.
So let's make a law that requires you to be bullshitted and manipulated
every time you have to buy a car! Brilliant!
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140317/29472d6a/attachment.htm>
_______________________________________________
UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub
http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
