Solyndra, that other electric bus company, and a few other “green” technologies got taxpayer-funded “too green to fail” handouts… and still failed terribly.
Yeah I wouldn't turn a deal down like that, but us normies don't get that deal.Solyndra, that other electric bus company, and a few other “green” technologies got taxpayer-funded “too green to fail” handouts… and still failed terribly.
The 99% don’t get golden parachutes like that, to be able to walk away Scot-free from a train wreck they created.
Shoot, a $390M “loan” that didn’t have to be repaid? And then I could also go bankrupt on the responsibilities owed to private investors too and walk away unscathed?? I’ll give it a shot!
Regulations are starting to choke internal combustion again, some of it for good reason. If anything EVs just need a better power source. I live on a corner next to a hill and every jacked up truck seems to need to gun it to take off from the hill. I say that not because ICE isn't a good reliable power source, just that we're doing stupid things with it and there's even more sound pollution than there is air pollution coming from vehicles in some cases.
At work, my German coworker and I had a bit of a poke at each other: I pointed out that there were 2 kinds of countries: those that use metric, and those who have been to the moon. He paused, then pointed out: there are 2 kinds of countries: those who use metric, and those who have flow into Mars.
Seems like you should complain to your local town hall, there have to be both regulations on noise and on the limit you can lift a truck (most have bumper and/or tire protection requirements).
I recall when hybrids were coming out, everyone was saying they wouldn't work, they wouldn't last, and they'd be stupid expensive. Too much weight, batteries wouldn't last, and the efficiency couldn't be there as you lose energy on every conversion.
The biggest kicker is that most are friends with my neighbor across the street and I could park the roof of my car under his front bumper. He works for the state too. For whatever reason they just don't enforce any of these laws. The cops sit out here a couple of times a week, they just don't do anything unless someone is speeding.Seems like you should complain to your local town hall, there have to be both regulations on noise and on the limit you can lift a truck (most have bumper and/or tire protection requirements).
I’m completely where you’re at on the noise, most are just flat obnoxious and with today’s technology, there is ZERO performance gain to be had just because they went loud. Seems there would be a sizeable increase in local receipts if the flashy lights would just do what they’re supposed to. Oh and the ice blue/purple/green headlight crew needs to get cited as well, since not only are they blinding other people, there’s no possible way they can see the road as well either!
/almost old man rant
I know you’re not implying it here, but one reason one never sees “for the greater good” mentioned in the founding documents is, society gets to a point where those deciding what the greater good is, do not have the same goals as those who get to suffer for the greater good. Hitler and Stalin both told their people they were doing what they did “for the greater good”.
Everyone?
In the early 1900's only the very rich could afford a car. They were all hand made. Electrics had like 20 mile range.
That’s why it’s still technically organic. There would have been an uprising to change it and big business likely wouldn’t have done it out of the goodness of their heart.
And yet more people die from lung cancer today that never smoked than even chain smokers did back then during leaded gas. While I never experienced leaded gas, it’s obvious that lead was only a crutch at best for poor combustion technology of that day.
I’m perfectly fine with privately funded pilot programs. They take the risk, they reap the (possible) reward if they get it right.
This! This 100%! Size of the vehicle is the problem. That 80‘s truck can still pull a boat.
Yes some hybrids were shtt. GM made a few that were garbage. Early designs offered little to no advantage on the highway.
Not everything can be a hit out of the gate I suppose, but I’m sure they learned from it.
Yeah they're guaranteed to work as opposed to quitting about half way through the intended task like their electric counterparts.
