Some that I know have called it the best car they ever owned. I don’t think you’ll be sorry.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jul 10, 2020, at 7:34 AM, Peter Eckhoff via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay. I hear you. I splurged. Instead of keeping my cars 16 years and > running them into the ground, I went ahead and purchased something that is > normally out of my price range. > So why? > First, two of my high school classmates' kids died in the collapse of the > Towers of 9/11. Not a normal reason but since I had kids their age, it was > my way of "charging windmills". Take that Saudi Arabia and that!! (That > really showed them!!!) > Second, Exxon Mobil publishes a yearly graph depicting the peaking of > liquid [crude oil] supply around 2040. (Now we are talking something > monumental and we had better be into solutions.) > Third, it does not take much to see the effects of oil and gasoline on the > environment. I can read about gasoline leaking into people's drinking > water and see patches of oil on nearby lakes from "stink pots". > Fourth, I love driving electric. > Five, sixth, seventh, etc.: > As our fossil fuels dwindle, how are we to get food, goods, and services > around? Doing so electrically is a potential solution. > In my Tesla, I brought up a doppler radar internet page and was able to > spot a tornadic signature on the screen. > I can reach Ashfall Fossil Bed State Park electrically and see the imprint > of a "dog" on the bottom of an extinct pond uncovered from volcanic ash. > (Why did Willie want to go to Alaska? > Why did an old German guy want to drive his Tesla to the Arctic Ocean > and "dip his toes into those waters" - so to speak. > Why do people want to climb mountains and do things that have no > economic impact?) > Someone's got to buy a Tesla to keep Tesla in business, drive down the cost > of the packs, and potentially be part of the monumental shift away from > fossil fuels. I volunteered. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
