Well I am sorry he got annoyed and left but I still disagree. All we are seeing is the adoption curve. Any new technology takes time to be mass accepted. Before the lithium battery electric vehicles were a novelty. Now they are here to stay.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2015, at 1:45 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >> On 19 May 2015 at 22:52, jerry freedomev via EV wrote: >> >> Hi Arak and all, Well you did say that since EV's didn't fit 30% of the >> population needs it wasn't good on an EV list kind of should expect >> blowback. > > Well said Jerry, but Arak isn't listening. Thus challenged, he got indignant > and unsubscribed. :-( > > Let us not forget the immortal Fidonet Principles: > Thou shalt not be too annoying. > Thou shalt not be too easily annoyed. > > I'm sympathetic with some of his points, though. Most of us here don't > think EVs have to manage all the missions and trips that ICEVs can, but > we're not normal vehicle buyers. The average person is not going to pay an > ICEV price for a car that does less and covers fewer of his transporation > needs than an ICEV does. That's just normal, rational consumer behavior. > > To really take off, EVs that look and cost like ICEVs have to work like > ICEVs. EVs that don't, don't. Hint, hint. > > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)