You are wrong on many levels. Those coal power plants are at much more efficient than car engines, no one really burns oil for electric, and no modern battery has losses like that.
Laptop batteries are optimized for high power and low weight. Car batteries are not, they are optimized for long life. Expect Nissan's estimates to be not too bad.
The companies and truckers pay far less than their fair share. Hell we could remove a lot of lanes if we did not have to support them, it woudl also reduce wear and tear on the road dramatically.
We would need charge stations, like gas stations you have now. Nuclear power is great, I am quite happy with it. The only issue we have is bad regulations that prevent us from recycling the fuel.
That stuff would eventually be transported by rail, the only reason it is not is because of the huge subsidies trucking gets via free roads. Prices would go up, but externalities goes down. Nationalized healthcare works fine in nations I have lived in that used it. If anything there were less forms and mess since you could be treated before they determined what insurance carrier you had and what they would cover. Your entire post reads like misinformed drivel that you get spoon fed to you by Network News.
3 kids should fit in a Volt just fine. If not stop feeding them so fucking much. My parents had two kids and we always had Corollas, and those were a good bit smaller back then.
Sure they do, for a hour or two. Home Depot was running a $19.95/hr special for a while and the first hour comes with a free 15 minutes. They still do the 75 minutes before second hour starts but the price is up just a little.
Lithium cells are non-toxic and can be recycled. The batteries last a lot longer than you are talking about. Also coal plants are cleaner than the average ICE car and no one burns crude for electricity. Please educate yourself on this topic before shooting off at the mouth.
Mostly because of what Mubarak has done. The USA and its tinpot dictactors keep doing this. When you screw up a nation this badly don't be surprised when folks you don't like can use it to rise to power.
Qatar has supported the US in these wars. They have illegal indentured servitude. The previous Emir spent his time stealing oil profits, which indeed robbed people.
Qatar may not be Saudi Arabia, but is sure is no heaven either.
Oh noes! The Cultural Imperialism, they will end up being able to vote, have women that are educated and maybe even the Joe Sixpack of Egypt would be able to live a pretty decent life. Some peoples cultures suck, face it.
Only because we propped up Mubarek for so long. Had we used this opportunity to build McDonalds and raise the standard of living of the locals this would not be happening.
The Iranians will have real elections again, we just slowed down their progress.
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You are wrong on many levels. Those coal power plants are at much more efficient than car engines, no one really burns oil for electric, and no modern battery has losses like that.
Go look up th term fungible. Then you can come back and talk with the big boys.
Tax breaks that need to end, and less fun to drive than a car you mean. Trucks corner for shit.
Laptop batteries are optimized for high power and low weight. Car batteries are not, they are optimized for long life. Expect Nissan's estimates to be not too bad.
The companies and truckers pay far less than their fair share. Hell we could remove a lot of lanes if we did not have to support them, it woudl also reduce wear and tear on the road dramatically.
We would need charge stations, like gas stations you have now. Nuclear power is great, I am quite happy with it. The only issue we have is bad regulations that prevent us from recycling the fuel.
That stuff would eventually be transported by rail, the only reason it is not is because of the huge subsidies trucking gets via free roads. Prices would go up, but externalities goes down. Nationalized healthcare works fine in nations I have lived in that used it. If anything there were less forms and mess since you could be treated before they determined what insurance carrier you had and what they would cover. Your entire post reads like misinformed drivel that you get spoon fed to you by Network News.
A coal powerplant is cleaner and more efficient than your average ICE car. They spend millions on large nonportable scrubbers, your car does not.
The metal is recycled, it is far to valuable to let rot. WTF do you think we have been doing with cars all these years?
Also you are wrong, a car consumes far less resources being built than it will in gas during its useful lifetime.
Your Focus needs a stick shift, not sandbags. I drive a Corolla in similar conditions.
The Canadians have evil socialist-communist regulations requiring that sort of thing, to do so in the USA would be like strangling a bald eagle.
This. Trucking gets use subsidies in the form of roads that rail can't match. This means our rail system sucks.
3 kids should fit in a Volt just fine. If not stop feeding them so fucking much. My parents had two kids and we always had Corollas, and those were a good bit smaller back then.
Sure they do, for a hour or two. Home Depot was running a $19.95/hr special for a while and the first hour comes with a free 15 minutes. They still do the 75 minutes before second hour starts but the price is up just a little.
Lithium cells are non-toxic and can be recycled. The batteries last a lot longer than you are talking about. Also coal plants are cleaner than the average ICE car and no one burns crude for electricity. Please educate yourself on this topic before shooting off at the mouth.
Your electric car is not going to waste 70% of that fuel though.
Mostly because of what Mubarak has done. The USA and its tinpot dictactors keep doing this. When you screw up a nation this badly don't be surprised when folks you don't like can use it to rise to power.
The UK is not a real Monarchy, Qatar is.
It also does prevent them from being a progressive nation, since it means the people have no voice.
Qatar has supported the US in these wars.
They have illegal indentured servitude. The previous Emir spent his time stealing oil profits, which indeed robbed people.
Qatar may not be Saudi Arabia, but is sure is no heaven either.
Go checkout the large parts of the world not referred to as "The West", see what you find.
Oh noes! The Cultural Imperialism, they will end up being able to vote, have women that are educated and maybe even the Joe Sixpack of Egypt would be able to live a pretty decent life. Some peoples cultures suck, face it.
Only because we propped up Mubarek for so long. Had we used this opportunity to build McDonalds and raise the standard of living of the locals this would not be happening.
The Iranians will have real elections again, we just slowed down their progress.
Even under that president we had elections, freedom of speech, etc.
They do have sham elections, torture people for the USA even and have secret prisons.
Nice try though.
Qatar is a Monarchy. They might be progressive compared to Saudi Arabia, but that is setting the bar mighty low.