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Old 05-06-21 | 01:27 PM
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Someone on my street has a 1997 Prius I don't think many people have seen one.
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You can't have it all...ride, comfort, performance, and 50 mpg!
We actually can, an EV is fast and extremely efficient. Even if you chop the range 40% for worst case driving it is still far better than a fossil car.

For people that say they learn by watching Scotty, can you give an example? I can't recall learning anything from him his content is surface level knowledge assuming he even gets that right. He doesn't appear to be a good mechanic either he grunts and groans and barely does anything. There are so many YT channels with legit techs, those people you learn from.
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But each form of energy generation has its own ugliness and drawbacks
Tesla solar tiles are downright beautiful. The drawback is they are supply limited (many production problems). I agree most green energy is an eyesore especially wind farms I loath them.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Someone on my street has a 1997 Prius I don't think many people have seen one.

We actually can, an EV is fast and extremely efficient. Even if you chop the range 40% for worst case driving it is still far better than a fossil car.

For people that say they learn by watching Scotty, can you give an example? I can't recall learning anything from him his content is surface level knowledge assuming he even gets that right. He doesn't appear to be a good mechanic either he grunts and groans and barely does anything. There are so many YT channels with legit techs, those people you learn from.

Tesla solar tiles are downright beautiful. The drawback is they are supply limited (many production problems). I agree most green energy is an eyesore especially wind farms I loath them.
I think my solar panels on top of my house are beautiful. They sing sweet songs of free electricity for me
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I need to point out that traditional forms of energy are not exactly beautiful either. Search up California oil fields, tar sands, Saudi oil fields and the like about as ugly as industry gets. And these things take up huge amounts of space they could accommodate a whole lot of solar panels.

On nuclear power were are still using technology from the 50's there has never been political will to advance the tech.
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Originally Posted by Wilson2000

I agree that windmills are ugly. Solar isn't much better.
I think some of the windmills farms are attractive. Sadly, solar panels on roofs look terrible.
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I think some of the windmills farms are attractive.
For real? They ruin every landscape, I'll change my mind if you post a pic to the contrary.
Sadly, solar panels on roofs look terrible.
Most are pretty bad, but this is awesome.



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Originally Posted by LeX2K
For real? They ruin every landscape, I'll change my mind if you post a pic to the contrary.
Sure the landscape looks better without...but it does not look horrific...in contrast to a nuclear power plant or a coal plant on the horizon.
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Teslas are the greenest vehicles on the road. Any canards about lithium mining and coal power amount to concern trolling doing the work of Tesla short sellers.
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Originally Posted by sdls
Teslas are the greenest vehicles on the road. Any canards about lithium mining and coal power amount to concern trolling doing the work of Tesla short sellers.
That is not true.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
For people that say they learn by watching Scotty, can you give an example?
Please don't! I think we've put Scotty through the CL grinder enough already!
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
That is not true.
Is true. Tesla is a visionary leader and I’m shocked at how some people have banded against it.
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
That is not true.
According to Scotty.

Let's see what he said 2 years ago about Tesla. In summary Tesla's don't hold their value, competition is coming for Tesla, they are too expensive, they won't be mainstream anytime soon. This man is a FUD machine.

Here's another one, Tesla is toast hydrogen is the future
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
That is not true.
Any EV is greener than an ICE over the life of the car. Its simply fact. Some of what Scotty says is true...that EVs aren't completely green and they are not....but they are GREENER than any ICE.
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Originally Posted by sdls
Is true. Tesla is a visionary leader and I’m shocked at how some people have banded against it.
Some don't agree

12 greenest vehicles
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That list is based on this 5 year old methodology have no idea if it's legit or not, maybe you like to read 51 page documents lol.
https://www.aceee.org/sites/default/...orts/t1601.pdf

Not saying it is good or bad.
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Tesla's Electric Cars Aren't as Green as You Might Think



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