Okay. I hear you. I splurged. Instead of keeping my cars 16 years and running them into the ground, I went ahead and purchased something that is normally out of my price range. So why? First, two of my high school classmates' kids died in the collapse of the Towers of 9/11. Not a normal reason but since I had kids their age, it was my way of "charging windmills". Take that Saudi Arabia and that!! (That really showed them!!!) Second, Exxon Mobil publishes a yearly graph depicting the peaking of liquid [crude oil] supply around 2040. (Now we are talking something monumental and we had better be into solutions.) Third, it does not take much to see the effects of oil and gasoline on the environment. I can read about gasoline leaking into people's drinking water and see patches of oil on nearby lakes from "stink pots". Fourth, I love driving electric. Five, sixth, seventh, etc.: As our fossil fuels dwindle, how are we to get food, goods, and services around? Doing so electrically is a potential solution. In my Tesla, I brought up a doppler radar internet page and was able to spot a tornadic signature on the screen. I can reach Ashfall Fossil Bed State Park electrically and see the imprint of a "dog" on the bottom of an extinct pond uncovered from volcanic ash. (Why did Willie want to go to Alaska? Why did an old German guy want to drive his Tesla to the Arctic Ocean and "dip his toes into those waters" - so to speak. Why do people want to climb mountains and do things that have no economic impact?) Someone's got to buy a Tesla to keep Tesla in business, drive down the cost of the packs, and potentially be part of the monumental shift away from fossil fuels. I volunteered.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 8:28 AM Michael Ross via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Well said, Dave. I will hang onto my '89 Toyota pickup with those awesome > crank windows and new fangled electronic ignition, no AC. It is 30 years > old now and in NC I don't even have to get it inspected for safety anymore. > (Isn't that strange?) It is hard for cars with lots of little motors and > sensors to be affordable for decades. I suspect that Teslas and EVs will be > better, more durable, than we are accustomed to with contemporaneous ICE. I > just can't afford them. > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:45 AM EVDL Administrator via EV < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Elon Musk promised us a $30k Tesla. He didn't deliver one. > > > > Anyone who thinks a $40k car is affordable is clearly not in my socio- > > economic class. Teslas are cars for your class, not mine. I've never > > paid > > that much for a new car and (adjusting for inflation) don't ever intend > > to. > > Heck, even if I actually had that much money to spare, I STILL wouldn't > > spend it on a car, EV or not. > > > > There are a lot more of us middle-and lower-class folks in the world than > > there are of you 10-percenters who can afford $40k+ or $80k+ Teslas. If > > Musk honestly wants to improve the world with EVs, he'd darn well better > > get > > cracking on making some that the rest of us can buy. > > > > Get that bloody Model 3 down to the price it was supposed to be, $30k. > > Then > > introduce a couple of cheap and cheerful little basic hatchbacks the size > > of, say, a VW Up and a Peugeot 208. Price them around $15-20k and > > $20-25k. > > > > They don't have to go 300 miles on a charge. A 150-200 mile range will > be > > ample. They don't have to accelerate from 0-60 in 3 seconds, or 6 > > seconds. > > A lot of us would be just fine with 10 or 12 seconds - or slower. > > > > We don't need a gigantic touch-screen, either. Heck, give us crank-down > > windows and plain mechanical door handles. And skip the autopilot, > > please. > > Just a nice, normal, decently-made car that happens to have an electric > > drivetrain and doesn't cost a year's income or more. > > > > THOSE are the EVs that will change the world - EVs that almost anyone can > > afford. Not big, bloated, heavy, gimmick-laden expensive luxury EVs for a > > tiny wealthy minority. > > > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't > > mind their own business, because they have no business of their own > > to > > mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. > > > > --William Burroughs > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > > -- > Michael E. Ross > (919) 585-6737 Land > (919) 901-2805 Cell and Text > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, > Google Phone and Text > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200710/784998f1/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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/20200710/22d699fe/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
