(07-26-2017 03:45 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Bless your heart.

By all means, double down on your Exxon stock!

(07-26-2017 03:51 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(07-26-2017 03:45 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Bless your heart.

By all means, double down on your Exxon stock!

Give me your fear price and I'll take yours. Ease your worries.

Again... what are you going to use to make those batteries and electric filling stations?

Hmm... Oh yeah, usually a coal or natural gas plant, right?

(07-26-2017 03:10 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Your grandparents horse didn't combust fossil fuels. That's why

No, but it left a hell of a lot of horseshit behind for the insects and stuff..

Electric cars are still not competitive, nor are they close to being so.

The market rejects them without subsidies.

(07-26-2017 04:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Electric cars are still not competitive, nor are they close to being so.

The market rejects them without subsidies.

no kiddin'.....

competition is healthy......I understand they don't teach that @bammerlaw

some of yaz are really strange in scope on this subject......

(07-26-2017 04:36 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Again... what are you going to use to make those batteries and electric filling stations?

Hmm... Oh yeah, usually a coal or natural gas plant, right?

Last time I checked, neither of those are oil.

They cant even get sprinklers in their high rise apartments

Id suggest they start there

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(07-26-2017 04:59 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(07-26-2017 04:36 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Again... what are you going to use to make those batteries and electric filling stations?

Hmm... Oh yeah, usually a coal or natural gas plant, right?

Last time I checked, neither of those are oil.

you can't figure out how positive ECOnomics work in tandem with the flesh.....

it would take an extra tire to tote yours.....

(07-26-2017 05:03 PM)maximus Wrote:  They cant even get sprinklers in their high rise apartments

Id suggest they start there

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that requires fuel of some sort....cloudy days should suite dems well....

The market is the one to make this choice. Consumers need to clamor for electric cars first before they happen.

This is a decision made in the economic contract between individuals and car factories.

Consumers shouldn't get to have a choice for a major emitter, when there is a viable non-emissions alternative!

One of my kids just learned to drive, the other is a few years away. But, I'd bet that the first car they buy will be the last one that they buy. Driver-less cars will probably do more to reduce emissions than either returning to horse and buggies or moving to all-electric vehicles. I suspect that the only reason to own a car will be the joy of driving or if there is some utility that is outside of what Uber can do profitably (i.e. a work truck or to tow a camper).

(07-26-2017 06:27 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Consumers shouldn't get to have a choice for a major emitter, when there is a viable non-emissions alternative!

Is there anything that you think government should not dictate to people?

Or do you long for that day described by Ronald Reagan when everything that isn't mandatory will be prohibited?

(07-26-2017 06:27 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Consumers shouldn't get to have a choice for a major emitter, when there is a viable non-emissions alternative!

Taking a position against choice is never a good resting place for an opinion.

I predict 2039 will be a banner year for the auto industry, and people will hold onto internal combustion engines well into the 2050s.

(07-26-2017 04:59 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(07-26-2017 04:36 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Again... what are you going to use to make those batteries and electric filling stations?

Hmm... Oh yeah, usually a coal or natural gas plant, right?

Last time I checked, neither of those are oil.

You can't be this stupid? You gotta be a troll.

(07-26-2017 06:34 PM)I45owl Wrote:  One of my kids just learned to drive, the other is a few years away. But, I'd bet that the first car they buy will be the last one that they buy. Driver-less cars will probably do more to reduce emissions than either returning to horse and buggies or moving to all-electric vehicles. I suspect that the only reason to own a car will be the joy of driving or if there is some utility that is outside of what Uber can do profitably (i.e. a work truck or to tow a camper).

Most people will still want the freedom. People could rent houses and apartments now, but most buy.

(07-26-2017 07:15 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  I predict 2039 will be a banner year for the auto industry, and people will hold onto internal combustion engines well into the 2050s.

Good luck finding a gas station.

(07-26-2017 07:35 PM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(07-26-2017 07:15 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  I predict 2039 will be a banner year for the auto industry, and people will hold onto internal combustion engines well into the 2050s.

Good luck finding a gas station.

You'll just order gas from Amazon and they will come by and fill up your car overnight.