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Abscate  Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 23512 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Pruneman99 wrote: |
MASS x ACCELERATION = FORCE.
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Tesla >> econobox
Darwin _________________ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🍊 🍊 🍊 |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Abscate wrote: |
Pruneman99 wrote: |
MASS x ACCELERATION = FORCE.
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Tesla >> econobox
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That's a pretty insensitive comment. People that drive econoboxes obviously can't/won't throw a pile of money at a Tesla.
So that's Darwinism? |
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Floating VW Samba Member

Joined: April 28, 2015 Posts: 1615 Location: The South Zone
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Xevin wrote: |
Thanks, that’s the kind of information I’m looking for. That doesn’t me I fully trust everything thing on the internet but it’s part of researching what is true and what is BS. Some good take aways in that article. |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
. . .That motortrend article sited every far left rag out there. Not one datapoint was made from a middle ground organization NPR? you couldn't get any further left than those folks |
Sorry Xevin, but skills is right. That Motortrend article had a few too many holes in it to be taken at face value. The guy who wrote it appears to have gotten all his information from a New York Times article, who got their information from a single college thesis written by some students at the U of Michigan. The study was funded by the Ford Motor Company (take what you will from that). Several mistakes were made in this study, for which they later had to publish a corrigendum.
The article also bases a lot of its rhetoric on the assumption that in the near future, all of our energy needs will come from renewable sources. In case anyone hasn't noticed, this assumption is one of the key pillars supporting the pro-EV argument.
P.S. Did anyone else notice that the cobalt mine in Idaho is owned by an Australian company? Seems like the American slice of this pie is gettin' smaller and smaller every day. _________________ "It's time you started treating people as individuals, rather than mathematically predictable members of an aggregate set, regardless of how well that works." |
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Xevin  Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 8424
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Floating VW wrote: |
Xevin wrote: |
Thanks, that’s the kind of information I’m looking for. That doesn’t me I fully trust everything thing on the internet but it’s part of researching what is true and what is BS. Some good take aways in that article. |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
. . .That motortrend article sited every far left rag out there. Not one datapoint was made from a middle ground organization NPR? you couldn't get any further left than those folks |
Sorry Xevin, but skills is right. That Motortrend article had a few too many holes in it to be taken at face value. The guy who wrote it appears to have gotten all his information from a New York Times article, who got their information from a single college thesis written by some students at the U of Michigan. The study was funded by the Ford Motor Company (take what you will from that). Several mistakes were made in this study, for which they later had to publish a corrigendum.
The article also bases a lot of its rhetoric on the assumption that in the near future, all of our energy needs will come from renewable sources. In case anyone hasn't noticed, this assumption is one of the key pillars supporting the pro-EV argument. |
You and I see the same things in the article. However it brings up a couple bullet points worth investigating. Maybe valid, maybe not. I don’t believe everything I read on the internet. I do try to be objective until I’m not
I appreciate people offering up information to explore. I’m no expert on any of this. _________________ Keep on Busin'
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin...  |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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oprn Samba Member

Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 14476 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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There has been and always will be vehicles of all different sizes and weights colliding on the roads. Nothing new to see or discuss here folks, nothing specifically EV related move along... _________________ Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old! |
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Floating VW Samba Member

Joined: April 28, 2015 Posts: 1615 Location: The South Zone
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Onceler wrote: |
Electric vs. gasoline efficiency
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Man, I don't want you to think I'm picking on you, that's not my intention, at all.
But these graphs really need to be exposed for what they are. Every single one of the numbers shown here was cherry-picked to make ICE look a lot worse, and EV's look a lot better, than they really are. The numbers are not exactly lies, it's just that they're not always true.
We already discussed most of this a few pages ago. 16% efficiency for an ICE is only true if you look at the worst ICE on the road. The best ICE is over 50% efficient. Where is that number on the chart? Conversely, only the best EV's are 87-91% efficient; the worst are much lower. And that 87-91% is only when you include that magical "regenerative braking". 22% is pretty good! Except for when you don't do any braking, 'cause then it's 0%. That's also not on the graph.
They did, at least, include the losses incurred at the charging station. Unfortunately, they forgot to include the losses at the power plant and transmission lines, which are kind of important since that's where an EV's "original fuel" actually comes from. _________________ "It's time you started treating people as individuals, rather than mathematically predictable members of an aggregate set, regardless of how well that works." |
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Floating VW Samba Member

Joined: April 28, 2015 Posts: 1615 Location: The South Zone
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Xevin wrote: |
You and I see the same things in the article. However it brings up a couple bullet points worth investigating. Maybe valid, maybe not. I don’t believe everything I read on the internet. I do try to be objective until I’m not
I appreciate people offering up information to explore. I’m no expert on any of this. |
Well said.
The Force is strong with this one. _________________ "It's time you started treating people as individuals, rather than mathematically predictable members of an aggregate set, regardless of how well that works." |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead

Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 17761 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:57 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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steve244 wrote: |
You're serious, aren't you.
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What's scary is you drink this stuff up without question or hesitation. Jim Jones would have been proud
Bottoms up _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Abscate  Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 23512 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:54 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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EV gives you the ability , in the future , to move transportation energy from fossil to non fossil fuel sourcing. It also gives you the chance to sequester Carbon at the power plant.
It’s that simple , and they are here now because:
They are more economical for a large segment of commuters _________________ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🍊 🍊 🍊 |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli

Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 13286 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:41 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Abscate wrote: |
EV gives you the ability , in the future , to move transportation energy from fossil to non fossil fuel sourcing. It also gives you the chance to sequester Carbon at the power plant.
It’s that simple , and they are here now because:
They are more economical for a large segment of commuters |
This conjures up visions of some hardcore Orwellian caste systems…. Let’s just sprinkle in some CBDC… _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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bigdog1962 Samba Member

Joined: August 11, 2010 Posts: 1586 Location: Augusta, Georgia
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:45 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Xevin wrote: |
In 1974 my bug was no match for a Ford LTD |
Brings back memories - my parents bought a brand new LTD in the 70s and we nicknamed it "The battleship" because that thing was so big, solid and heavy. _________________ Oprn wrote: I'm getting to the age that any self propelled woman (no wheel chair or walker) looks HOT!! Oooo! look at that Babe! She made it from the dining room all the way to the TV room without help!! Hubba, hubba!! |
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Onceler Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2010 Posts: 1646 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Some info on why Co2 and other greenhouse gases trap heat
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This ability to absorb and re-emit infrared energy is what makes CO2 an effective heat-trapping greenhouse gas. Not all gas molecules are able to absorb IR radiation. For example, nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2), which make up more than 90% of Earth's atmosphere, do not absorb infrared photons. CO2 molecules can vibrate in ways that simpler nitrogen and oxygen molecules cannot, which allows CO2 molecules to capture the IR photons. |
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DeathRay64 Samba Member

Joined: February 03, 2019 Posts: 217 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:40 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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In an open atmosphere, that heat is almost instantly released back to the air. Unlike water vapor which is the real greenhouse gas. _________________ Making VW's and America great again. |
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steve244 Samba Member

Joined: March 18, 2022 Posts: 1787 Location: GA
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steve244 Samba Member

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Onceler Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2010 Posts: 1646 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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The extra greenhouse gases cause extra heating
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Onceler Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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this one has a little better detail
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steve244 Samba Member

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Onceler Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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greenhouse gas concentrations are much higher now than at any point in human technological civilisation
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli

Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 13286 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Electric vehicles are bad |
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Onceler wrote: |
greenhouse gas concentrations are much higher now than at any point in human technological civilisation
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From “0” to “2005”…. When was “0”? I’m pretty sure there weren’t any data points from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, definitely not before it. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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