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EV are cheap to operate, if nothing else. 15,000 miles per year in a 25mpg car will run you $1,200 at current gas prices ($2/gal). EV for 15,000 miles per year would be around $540.
Considering gas prices are much more volatile than electric rates, that gap is only going to widen.
Toss in no oil changes, no air filter, no fuel filter, no timing belts, etc and regular maintenance is less on an EV too.
I was a dj from 2010 to 2012 in a new music slot and also wrote reviews for the Woove back when it was in print (and a thing, not sure if the woove is still a thing)
Seems a lot of DC's coach LB's.
Even if the environment doesn't enter into the conversation, the economic incentives to purchase an electric vehicle make it a very enticing option, if your driving needs can be met with the limitations inherent to them.
But as for your original question, the math's been done. Even if you power an electric vehicle by a coal-fired plant, assuming one charge per day, the electric car results in fewer greenhouse gases than a comparable gas-powered internal combustion engine.
That is one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite shows.
I have never met someone with one of those bumper stickers that is anything approximating reasonable or tolerant of opposing viewpoints. Which is really a shame, because the concept of those stickers is one I can get behind.
Can't you just print one now?
Makes sense...I figured it was some kind of trendy cult.
The preparedness of the quarterbacks is mostly proportional to the amount of reps they get in practice so it should come to no surprise that it shows when they come in to games.
Upon further inspection, it was found that it's just a regular, gas-powered Golf.
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# | Special Teamers on Beamer: Frank's Specialists Offer Memories of a Man That "Drips of Class" One word. Special
There is an EV version of the VW Golf.. which is quite a nice vehicle. Much more substantial than a Spark or Leaf. Range is ~80 miles IIRC.
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# | Special Teamers on Beamer: Frank's Specialists Offer Memories of a Man That "Drips of Class" Fantastic. Thank you for doing this.
Yes, but it's very tiny. Finding a gas nozzle to fit that thing is an engineering design challenge that I had not anticipated.
The net environmental benefit for most hybrids and electric vehicles is indeed overstated, and some people buy them just to feel good. But there is one truth underlying it all - fossil fuels are finite. It will take a technological overhaul to bypass this issue. Otherwise, sometime in the next 50-70 years (IIRC, don't quote me on it), we're going to pull the last drop of decomposed dino out of the Earth, followed by a collective, "so what now?" The technology for batteries, turbines, solar panels, etc. needs to improve, but these are all emerging areas. I, for one, would like to see more people using that technology so it can develop under real-world use and testing. Otherwise, we're pretty much screwed.
Arnold Schwarzenneger perhaps said it best (paraphrasing) - put all your notions and opinions on efficiency, climate change, etc. out the window. What do you do when you no longer have gasoline? You'd damn well better have a plan.
I recently watched an old Top Gear where they built their own electric car. Very funny.
yeah I typed it up in a frenzy and hit "Post" and then realized that I probably shouldn't open that can of worms here. I changed it as quickly as I could hoping to minimize the audience. Sometimes my impulses get the best of me. Oops.
Did you print your own electric car?
I'm watching. But I've also been too busy fixing my furnace. So blanket warning, tongue-in-cheek is cool, just mind yourselves. There is an interesting technological and scientific discussion that can happen, which I'm hoping emerges.
I'm not going to miss Ron Cherry. Ever.
Said every ACC football fan ever.
I'm waiting for VTGM to issue a warning about politics. I kind of felt weird commenting on the coexist sticker joke.
Seems very reasonable.
deleted: ehh..too political..NVM
The coexist bumper stickers make me so mad. If I am driving behind you we are, by definition, coexisting.