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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
There are a couple of points all of you are missing in your (entirely predictable) defenses of this technology.
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It's only predictable because you don't pay attention to what's being said and instead listen to your own prejudices and stereotypes.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
First, is that no one would buy them if they had to pay the "real" purchase price, and had to pay to "refuel" them at the "free" charging stations.
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But I posted what charging costs me and it wasn't free. I don't think you are reading this thread, you are just venting about your hatred of EVs.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
These are, in fact, $300,000 cars. No one is that dedicated to this cause. I guess it's easy to be all pompous and "green", as long as it's on other's "green".
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The only person in this thread mentioning "green" with respect to a Volt is you. That's a straw man created by you. The people here who actually own and drive them don't mention "green" at all.
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Second, there is no free lunch. All power comes from somewhere. There is much discussion up here in the PNW, the land of extremely cheap hydro-electric power, about "what if?" What if every Seattle liberal started driving electric cars?
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EVs have limited range and limited utility. They are only appropriate for a limited segment of the market. They make huge sense for some people and no sense at all for others. Spreading the fear that every liberal is going to drive one is another straw man. It isn't going to happen.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I guess we have come to expect this from our liberal friends, however.
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Yes, well I'm sure you have, since you see what is fundamentally an economic decision through your lens of partisan politics.