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On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:04:43 -0700 (PDT), "edell@post.com"
<edell@post.com> wrote:

>On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 9:40:24 AM UTC-4, David Hartung wrote:
>> On 7/29/22 08:26, Rudy Canoza wrote: 
>> > On 7/29/2022 4:27 AM, David Hartung wrote: 
>> >> On 7/28/22 23:51, governo...@gmail.com wrote: 
>> >>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:36:47 -0500, David Hartung <da...@Hotmail.com> 
>> >>> wrote: 
>> >>> 
>> >>>> The post to which I was responding was one where the poster based his 
>> >>>> opinion on Buttigieg's comments strictly on the fact that he is openly 
>> >>>> gay. What I did was to point out that such things as sexuality have 
>> >>>> nothing to do with the arguments about EVs. In your response you 
>> >>>> attacked my position on human sexuality, rather than to address the 
>> >>>> subject of the thread. 
>> >>> 
>> >>> You don't see to think much of EVs. 
>> >> 
>> >> On the contrary, I truly believe that the next generation of 
>> >> automobile will be electric. I am just not convinced that EVs are 
>> >> ready for "prime time". 
>> > 
>> > They are.  That's why their sales are growing dramatically.
>> Yet at the current time if I have to make a trip out of town in an 
>> electric car, having to recharge the car will add several hours to the trip. 
>
>Depends on the car model and how far you're going.  You can easily do 300 miles on a single charge if that's as far as you're going.
>But then, how many long trips would you end up making in a year anyway?  Most of your driving would be around town and surroundings.  And then there's always the hybrid model, whereby you can use gas for longer trips and switch to electric for in-town trips.  Stop being just a scared little man.

Look at Wy who thinks that people should be limited how far they
should go.  Today, I can go over 400 miles on single tank.  The BEST
one can do on an EV is 300?
 
>
>> And of course, there is the electric bus that caught fire recently.
>
>Yeah, as if fuel-powered cars, trucks and buses never caught fire.

Cars don't ignite from gasoline unless an external source calls it.
EV's are powered by chemical batteries that are not known for being
stable.  Remember the phones that  blew up by themselves?