Hey BT buy this electric car.

TSRF wrote:

Trying to pick a fight much?

Come on, mannnn!

Yeah, it’s a weird combination of silly taunt, “gotcha” and trolling all in one. And it makes zero sense.

(It’s just a way to change the subject from Trump’s serial lying and corrupt business practices to me :>)

It’s not as if I’m a big advocate of electric cars. I’m not. I’d rather the government invest three trillion, give or take, in a new Manhattan project for a Green Complex, now, here, today, and facilitate the transition to an all Green economy and society, with no more fossil fuels, no more extraction and rape of the planet, no more reliance on any energy source that isn’t 100% renewable or harmless for the environment.

The two best bets for that are Solar and Wind. They don’t run out. There will be no “peak” time for either — at least not while our species is alive on this planet. There is no way to corner the market on these things, as long as we keep the tech in the public sector, etc. etc.

So, cars, trains, planes, ships — everything via solar with a wind assist if needed — and the new investment would also make sure we move to all Green farming, power grids, cleanup, protection of our shorelines, rivers, lakes, oceans and air, etc. etc.

Three trillion should do it.

If we can spend that money on the obscenely immoral and unconscionable invasion of Iraq, we can spend it making sure we no longer kill the planet.

bnw wrote:

TSRF wrote:

Well, wasn’t the whole point of your post that if Billy T was protesting the oil pipeline in ND, he should switch to a mode of transportation that didn’t use oil?

As in, if he is against oil, he shouldn’t be able to use oil in any form forever?

Or, as I stated in my first post, are you just trying to rile him up?

Just because the economic monster needs to be fed more and more petrochemicals, doesn’t mean we have to sit back and be OK with the environmental havoc it wreaks.

My post was due to BT wanting this nation to switch to all electric cars. The Nissan Leaf given its huge depreciation at the end of its first year makes it at present a far more affordable option. I see Nissan Leafs every day. This thread has nothing to do with oil or clean water IMHO.

Problem is, bnw, I never said we should do that. Not sure where you got that from. Again, I want Solar cars, not plugins.

That said, if your post was innocent and just an attempt to inform, apologies.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Billy_T.

ZN,

I stand by that quote, too. If I rushed to judgment, I apologize. It may well be bnw just wanted to let me know of an alternative kind of car. That kind of exchange is more than welcome.

That said, I also wanted to correct the record. I’m not an advocate for an all-electric fleet, etc. etc. I actually want us to go to all solar cars, that bypass the need for any kind of “charging” via electric outlet. To me, that should be our goal.

Solar and wind are literally “renewable” in ways that other alternatives simply can’t be. The use of water, for instance, even if done in a “green” manner, is going to have some negative impact on the environment and deplete a precious resource. I’d much rather we focus on sources that can’t be depleted and don’t have to be extracted, etc. etc.