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Widespread EV use coerced by the fascist alliance between big auto, the environmental movement and the administrative state is the path we are on. I had to give up on a 2022 Caddy C5 Blackwing (V8, 650 hp) because my Caddy dealer, where I had the order, refused to pony up the capital GM required of him to convert his dealership to being EV friendly. Caddy took away his franchise. So, I lost my Blackwing (viewed to be the last of GM's internal combustion muscle cars). I did, after eight months' wait, get the '21 Jeep Rubican 392 (aspirated V8, 500 hp) with a performance exhaust (note). At least some consolation!
EV is a runaway train, I fear. Little or no discussion about grid inadequacy, raw materials for batteries shortages or "social credit" concerns. Just, a mindless following of the climate change narrative that gas cars are causing the earth to turn into a cinder.
I read that Akio Toyoda, Toyota CEO, recently gave an encouraging speech the other day, to the effect, "slow down a bit on the wholesale, slathering movement towards EV's." Reminded me of Jamie Dimon's courageous and unequivocal push back last week, testifying in Congress, against Rashida Tlaib's demand that JP Morgan stop working with fossil energy companies. It's woke CEOs who are leading us down the garden path to climate nirvana with their stakeholder bull shit... so, it's nice to see Toyoda and Dimon pushing back. We need to watch for more of this. Coercing the market because of putative social good will not lead to a good outcome.
Utah's own Marlo Oaks (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) has been a rock star opponent of the woke, stakeholder capitalism movement. I attended a fund raiser for Marlo the other day. Woke world is getting out the long knives to take him down. In Utah last week was rock star, woke board scourge, governance expert, Vivek Ramaswamy. I'm well into Ramaswamy's great book, New York Times bestseller, "Woke Inc.," which pretty well documents the perfidy of the pernicious stakeholder shakedown of stockholders.
PS. The Plaid beat the Blackwing and BMW 650i coupe in the quarter mile. But who wants to drive a sewing machine.
Bishop
Stephen DeWitt Taylor
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-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Harshfield <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, Oct 3, 2022 1:22 pm
Subject: Re: Just wondering
I have a Plaid and like it BUT I will not buy another EV for multitudes of reasons many of which have been mentioned.
AB
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On Oct 3, 2022, at 2:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Which would you rather own? An Apple watch or a Rolex automatic watch... or any automatic watch for that matter? I want a time piece not trackable by "the man."
Bishop
PS. I don't mind EV's as long as they compete in the marketplace. They can't. They have to be coerced. Wrong on its face. I've driven a Tesla. It's fun. Torque is unbelievable. There are three reasons why I wouldn't by an EV at this time:
1. Unreliable and lengthy refueling.
2. No note.
3. Vulnerability to "social credit"-like sanctions... eg. loss of personal freedom.
But, if people want that, and it's not coerced as it is now, go for it!
Stephen DeWitt Taylor
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www.stephendewitttaylor.com
435 640 6310
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From: Frederick Dietz <[email protected]>
To: Eric Oberg <[email protected]>
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Sent: Mon, Oct 3, 2022 12:35 pm
Subject: Re: Just wondering
And what brand of EV does my favorite leftist whiner drive?
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On Oct 3, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Eric Oberg <[email protected]> wrote:
In one decade, people were able to transition from horses to automobiles, according to Scientific American. Others have said it was a multidecade transition., but Scientific American points out the growth in registered automobiles, from 140k cars and 2k trucks in 1907, to 5mm cars and 400k trucks in 1917.
We will go through a similar transition to EVs. When that happens, gas stations will disappear--just as did the blacksmith and buggy whip industries. So, gas stations will not only be further and farther between, but the remaining ICEs will pay a higher and higher price for gas as there won't be a gas station on every corner anymore. Charging stations will be ubiquitous--in one's home, in their office parking lots, in shopping centers...in fact, the charging stations will be closer to the stores and offices and the parking for ICEs will be further away.
But if the world is changing too fast for you and you grant yourself fulfilment by whining, go right ahead--but don't be surprised when I tell you no one cares. We'll be at 30% EV penetration by the end of the decade.
On Monday, October 3, 2022 at 06:52:57 AM HST, Steven Crabtree <[email protected]> wrote:
Drive a Prius.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2022, 12:25 <[email protected]> wrote:
Another unintended (really?) consequence of a bad idea... mandated EV's.
Bishop
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Shaw <[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, Oct 2, 2022 7:40 pm
Subject: Fwd: Just wondering
This was a forward to me. He raises some really interesting questions, especially since he wrote this BEFORE the hurricane hit.
Now that we know the impact, it's even hey got in the traffic jam of all traffic jams and were stranded on the road? How would AAA get to them with a recharging truck (with a gas generator on it)? How could the traffic jam be resolved after waiting for thousands of cars to be charged? A how many cars could be charged before the AAA trucks had to return to base to be recharged themselves? The stranded cars would have no air conditioning, no wipers, no radio, no GPS. The cell towers would be overloaded with calls until the phone batteries were dead. No rescue vehicles could access the needy.