My entire point is that due to American electrical generation systems being mainly fossil fuel powered, electric vehicles are not “pollution free.” I’ve never said they weren’t a good thing, just that they aren’t the perfect thing, and they aren’t going to solve our problems overnight. I’ve posted links and peer…

LOL I’m not sure where you came up with those numbers. Here check this out. It turns out I was looking at old numbers. It’s not 63%. It’s 80%.

I feel like you’ve entirely missed my point. I have detailed it in other comments on this thread if you want to read them I'm about done here.

Never said that we shouldn't do it.

Agreed and I’m not riled up lol. But as to what you just said the break-even point gets farther away every year that we sell more. Because that’s more of the raw materials mined etc etc. There’s something like 270 million cars registered in the US alone. We buy 17 million cars a year, and as of now about 250,000 are…

First off, I love “rage boner” and I’ll be using that. But I’ve nothing against EVs. As I’ve stated several times, I love the tech and progress they represent. All I’ve stated is that it takes a not insignificant amount of time and miles to offset the emissions created in the manufacturing process of the vehicle and…

The US overall generates 63% of it’s electricity through fossil fuel burning power plants. So, yeah. You ARE contributing to localized pollution. How much will depend on your specific location. And according to battery manufacturers a lithium battery in a vehicle should be good for 10-20 years. So on your second point…

It WILL get better with time. And it’s obviously where transportation should be heading. But to think that driving an EV is perfectly clean is simply untrue. Some may even call that statement a “straw man.” I’m not a 14 year old girl, so I just call it false. Harley’s are made in Wisconsin (60% coal generated power)…

Inaccurate how? The author starts his article by stating he wants to get through December without burning any fossil fuels. An admirable goal, but all I did was point out that it isn't really possible. Sorry if that doesn't fit your narrative. Furthermore, he lives in Reno. Fully 2/3 of Nevada's power generation is…

The 70k number was something I saw related to electric cars, I am trying to find it. When I do I’ll gladly share it. Obviously the batteries on a motorcycle will be different but I would think it could be extrapolated. But if you can say confidently that it’s “not even close to true” please tell me why. I love the…

Plenty of fossil fuels burned to generate the power to charge it, and even more to mine the materials for the battery. Until you put 70k+ miles on it you've not reduced your footprint a bit. 

No. I live in NW Oregon. Its a waste of time, money and space. The one good snowstorm we get every few years, we just stay home.

There's probably room to slip in a "pretty sure that's a Lambo, dude." Oh. Whoops. Sorry. 

There's some information missing here. Had he had the vehicle for the whole 30 years? Had he been driving it the whole time? Or had he just found and bought it and was trying to sneak it home? Cause I may have done that at one point, maybe..

Please tell us you sent back a snarky reply advising them that your business would be going elsewhere...

Am I the only one who sees a drooling robot in the plate mount to that Mazda?

I would posit that if a moose wants to lick your car, there really isn't shit you can do about it. 

Huh. I guess everyone is different. I do partake occasionally, after work of course and it hasn't kept me from a 20 year plumbing career. My job is sometimes "shitty" in the literal sense but for 70k+ per year, whatever. 

It depends really. I drive a service truck, so during the day I do have the local talk station on because they give traffic updates every seven minutes; and I’m on the phone half the time anyway. Hands free of course. On the way home or in my POV? Music of wildly varying genres depending on what I feel like listening…

Came to post this and got beat to it. How can you not smile back at a Sprite?