“Growth forthe sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” — Edward
Abbey
In order tomaintain the endless expansion and infinite growth that capitalist
economiesrequire, our economy demands ever-increasing levels of extraction,
productionand consumption. In fact, economists and politicians generally
believewe need to keep the global economy growing by around 3 percent annually,
that meaning that the economy needs to double every 20 years —that’s twice as
much of everything 20 years from now — andthen twice as much as that 20 years
later.It’s not hard to see how this kind ofexponential, infinite growth is
impossible on a finite planet — and it’s nosurprise that we’re seeing
ecosystems collapse.
On Friday, May 21, 2021, 11:07:31 PM EDT, Gary Krysztopik via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
"The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house". This is
Ford's solution to the problem that they created (massively oversized
trucks everywhere). Their solution must lie within their wheelhouse (pun
intended). It's a step in the right direction but too little too late.
With respect to the climate emergency we shouldn't praise a micro-step in
the right direction. They did it because they had to (which is good), but
we need big change. I'm not celebrating a 6,000 lb electric truck to move
one person around and maybe a sheet of plywood once a year. We need to
focus on commuter footprint and right-sized vehicles. What about using 90%
fewer resources (10kwh pack instead of 100kwh) and 90% less life time
energy (500 lb vehicle vs 5,000 lb vehicle) if it can do the same job?
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:18 PM Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield via EV <
ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> YES! AMEN!
>
> > On May 21, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Each 14 MPG gas guzzling pickup commuter that gets taken off the road
> > for a new F150 Lightening, accomplishes more for the environment and
> > all of us than maybe three other EV purchases. So this is a WIN-WIN
> > all the way around.
> >
> > FINALLY something I can talk about in common with the "good ole boys"
> > Bob
> >
> > Back to the Ford F-150 Lightning - $40-90k before incentives. Doesn’t
> > sound cheap, but it performs better than any F-150 has ever performed,
> > which is exactly what’s needed to generate sales and excitement, and
> > make it *the* F-150 to own.
> >>>>> If it gets people interested in EVs as a cool, high performance
> vehicle, that’s great.
> >>>>> This is a middle America meat and potatoes vehicle.
> >>>>> I see this vehicle as game-changing as the Tesla.
> >>>>>>> I think it will be popular. So much for making efficient vehicles
> - one estimate I read put the small pack at 115kWh. But most buyers won't
> care. They want the F-150 look, the power, and the range. It must weigh a
> ton. No, make that 3 tons.
> >>>>> Same price for the low end model. Lots of intelligent features. This
> is a real competitor to the Cybertruck. Lawrence Rhodes
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