Okay, not to defend anyone “stopped on the tracks” but the video clearly shows the gates RISING after which several cars begin crossing, and then the gates CLOSING quickly, trapping several cars between the gates (including the camera car). I know many drivers who would have done the same thing - gates go up, begin…

I agree, I don’t think it’s 100%, but there are still a lot of losses involved in producing electricity. I’m not entirely sure I buy the ‘x amount of energy to refine 1 gallon of gas’ either, that seems to have bad information. Refining crude oil produces a lot more than just gasoline, so that energy it takes to…

The one flaw of the 3800 - the intake manifold gaskets are plastic that gets eaten by the coolant. Replace the intake gaskets with the revised aluminum ones, and theplastic coolant elbows with aluminum elbows and it will last a long time.

Indeed. Unfortunately govt involvement is necessary to launch a movement like this, because people aren’t willing to pay the difference up front to being this kind of transportation movement into the mainstream. It’s nearly impossible to go after the scale that the oil and gas infrastructure bring.

Sure, but I don’t think it’s all that different than transmission wear and tear or an engine developing oil leaks or wearingout rings and burning oil for years after its newness wears off... all those moving parts wear too.

One thing going for the current grid (not saying that investment isn’t needed here) is that there are finanacial incentives to charge EVs during off-peak hours. All you have to do is ask your utility company for a ToU meter and plan, and you get different rates for different times of day (Time of Use). That pushes a…

Something’s been nagging me about what you said and I finally figured out what it is:

Even if they don’t, they can often be nearly fully recycled. As far as I know on the modern EV batteries they have recycling plans for all of the materials used in making them. And how long they last depends how the battery was managed/cared for. Early Leafs (leaves?) are not doing well on the long term battery use in…

I’m giving David the benefit of the doubt here because he definitely mentioned ‘well to wheel’ studies which should include all of that.

I agree completely. Quite honestly a nationwide PR campaign to use less energy would go a long way. Imagine if they had a big message asking people to turn down the heat in the winter and wear a sweater, or set the air conditioning a little higher, it wouldn’t take much to make a huge difference in out total energy…

Lol no problem. I see this topic covered in a lot of places and it’s something often left out. The move towards renewables will be a slow crawl for a long while yet, I see the large power plants will still ba major sources of electricity for a really long time.

Hmmm. I see renewables etc mentioned several times, which is great, I’m referring to the power plants themselves though. Rereading and I still don’t see anything mentioned towards that front.

Missing from the overall picture given here: as the overall power grid becomes cleaner over time (older dirty plants replaced or upgraded etc), EVs benefit immediately- no retrofit needed.

I see what you are getting at. My point was more about the other affects, ie radiation, fallout etc. No matter what a nuke doesn’t need to be delivered with pinpoint accuracy to cause major problems. It does need to get near it’s target if it’s immediate destruction you are looking for.

With a large nuclear detonation, how close do you really need to get to your target? Is within 1 mile close enough?

I was at a british car show recently in a very public place, so the people walking through were not the concours type for the most part. Out of what must have been hundreds of people I talked to that day, sure enough there was one guy who insisted he check my VIN against some MG database to see if my interior should…

That may be a bigger issue. hitting an unplanned target wouldn’t be good

I take issue with the MG people being on this list! Who can’t laugh at themselves better? We all know you can buy a jar of replacement Lucas Wire Smoke, and the classic line “If there ain’t no oil under em, there ain’t no oil in em!” most definitely applies to MG ownership. I would say the ‘serious’ folk are the…

Hah! Not all mine, that picture is from a club drive. I was pleasantly surprised that I did not have the oldest car out that day, but not pleased that is snowed on the way home!

That is a lovely jag! If you are ever in the Boston area I’d let you drive my ‘54 MG TF for a solid comparison... it’s similar, but smaller in every way! And I think my brakes work much better than your experience with that Jag! Bring all of your attention, no drinking coffee while driving it!