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I wouldn't own one of the fkin' things..

I just enjoy making controversial, informative posts that aren't based on Ukraine or our elections.

Ain't nobuddy can say they haven't learned a thing or two from this thread.

This one was fun
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“Fighting climate change”. What a joke. The earth is still trying to recover from the last ice age. Glaciers aren’t permanent, permafrost isn’t permanent.
The history of the planet is much warmer, hence all the vast resources of coal, oil and gas.
The periods of cold on the planet that led to various ice ages were due to natural disasters, mainly the asteroid strikes and volcanic eruptions.

Electric buses have been around now a lot longer than 7 or 8 years.

In 1940 Seattle had electric buses running 15 routes, with 174 buses operating on 68 miles of two-way parallel overhead lines.


Their electric buses claimed fame for being able to pull the hills in Seattle better than the diesel buses they also used.

The electric bus system there has had its ups and downs..

Ridership reached an all-time high 130 million riders in 1944.

After the war, ridership on the trolleybus system declined as many American families began purchasing automobiles.

Some of the early buses there were converted to operate on both diesel and electric (early hybrid), then back to 100% electric through the fuel shortages of the 1970s.

They've added new electric buses over the years..



But they still run a lot of their older electric buses that have been maintained and rebuilt over the years.

This one was 50 years old when this image was taken.

The bus in the video below was 77 years old when the video was filmed.



So, longevity?
It's already proven.

The big difference today is the introduction of onboard batteries in lieu of dependence of overhead power lines.

So all this resistance to the concept of these electric buses is actually resistance of batteries.

You guys are just afraid of batteries..

It's also kind of interesting that we have gone from sticking our tongue on a 9 volt battery to Tesla Ludicrous mode in less time than it took to go from a tiller to a steering wheel on automobiles.

EV's must sound like the movie from Jaws to you guys.


There coming!

Hahaha!

Hold on to your britches for with the advent of and general introduction of AI in to mobile phones we are about to have some serious upgrades. I have been noting the rapid jumps being made in computing recently and it is nothing short of astounding in the scope and refinement of the genre.

Whatever you say Mr. iPhone 2.

While there’s certainly room to question the longevity of current batteries, they’ve been using electric traction motors on trains for decades. If the batteries can hold up, the busses might run a lot longer than their hydro-carbon counterparts.

I’m not pro nor anti electric vehicles as choice. Can’t say I’m a big fan of any technology being foisted upon me from the Gov’t either direct mandate or through elimination of other options.

And those electric traction motors occasionally need replaced. At our factory, we had/still have two switch engines, with three traction motors between them, each powered by a 200 hp Cummins.

While I saw all three diesels replaced once in the forty years I worked there, about thirty years ago. We replaced an average of one traction motor per year. The traction motors were an in stock item in the storeroom at each factory. The diesels were not.

Jim, Do you use an EV to plow your fields, or to haul your stock to market?
Why not?

Do you think you will be doing either within ten years?

I have no problem with those who want to drive an EV. I just do not want the money coming from my pocket to subsidize their choice.

And yes, any dollar collected by the Fed Gov, becomes property of the Fed, thusly property of you and me, despite that the Fed would have us all believe otherwise.

When one of these are involved in a collision, the fire will be beyond belief!