From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: anim8rfsk@cox.net
Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)
In article <190520140917016975%YourName@YourISP.com>,
Your Name wrote:
> In article ,
> anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <180520141928110263%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > Your Name wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > > In article <180520141547076911%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > > > Your Name wrote:
> > > > > In article ,
> > > > > anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > > > > In article <180520141323062716%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > > > > > Your Name wrote:
> > > > > > > In article ,
> > > > > > > anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > > > > > > In article <180520141014073156%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > > > > > > > Your Name wrote:
> > > > > > > > > In article , Jan Alter
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Delightful.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > No more oil changes.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I don't know about that review link, but electric cars still
> > > > > > > > > use
> > > > > > > > > oil to lubricate the various moving parts (wheel bearings,
> > etc.)
> > > > > > > > > as well as in the production of much of the world's
> > electricity.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Most of it's sealed, but you've got battery pack coolant, brake
> > > > > > > > fluid,
> > > > > > > > gearbox oil, windshield wiper fluid, whatever it uses for
> > > > > > > > 'freon'
> > > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > > you have to have $600 a year in service from Tesla where
> > > > > > > > presumably
> > > > > > > > they'll do all that; of course, there's not a Tesla dealer
> > > > > > > > within
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > car's driving range of me, so that would be a problem.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the "oil
> > > > > > > > > crisis"
> > > > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Yeah, they've bought into 'tailpipe emissions' and don't
> > > > > > > > realize
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > as
> > > > > > > > much or more pollution is being generated, just upstream.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Also "downstream" in trying to get rid of all those extra toxic
> > > > > > > batteries. Plus, since the pile of batteries inside them will
> > > > > > > expensively need to be replaced fairly often, most people will
> > > > > > > simply
> > > > > > > upgrade to a newer car (one of the real reasons behind the
push),
> > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > means then also means extra material to be disposed of.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here in New Zealand, they've just started new electric trains in
> > > > > > > Auckland City (some parts, since not all the lines are
> > > > > > > electrified
> > > > > > > yet)
> > > > > > > and are boasting about how great they are ... except they have
to
> > > > > > > keep
> > > > > > > the old diesel trains around beacuse when the electricty goes
> > > > > > > down
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > only way to then move the stupid new trains is by towing them
> > > > > > > with a
> > > > > > > real train. :-\
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOL
> > > > >
> > > > > It would be funny if it wasn't tax-payer money being wasted on buying
> > > > > something like 38 new trains to run on a railway system that only has
> > > > > two lines and a dead-end city centre station with only four
> > > > > platforms.
> > > > > Not to mention that they couldn't run the system they had properly.
> > > > > :-\
> > > > >
> > > > > The morons in charge now want to waste piles more money digging an
> > > > > underground "City Loop" line (including buying and compensating
> > > > > affected building owners) that comes out of the dead-end station and
> > > > > goes up under the main city centre street to join in to the existing
> > > > > line back at the top ... this is after having had a free bus service
> > > > > running up and down the main street that was under-used.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah. And they try desperately to force you to take the bus to jury
> > > > duty,
> > >
> > > Ahh, Jury Duty. I did that once and it was a complete waste of a week.
> > > The next time I got my boss to write a letter saying I was
> > > indispensable and couldn't go, the next two times I was self-employed
> > > so couldn't go again.
> >
> > They don't accept those excuses any more here. The only job that counts
> > as 'indispensable' is - I swear - court clerk.
>
> Being self-employed means you are the only one who can do the work, so
> you are literally indispensible. :-) If they force you to do Jury
> Service, then it could well destroy your business.
Yes. I've had that discussion with them on many occasions. Basically
they blow a raspberry at you.
>
> Personally I think the jury system is idiotically stupid and plain
> wrong. Judges are trained and paid excessive amounts to be able to pass
> judgement (hence their job title), yet they farm it off to untrained
> members of the public who scum lawyers pick-and-choose to be on the
> jury. :-\
Yep. Well, except for the "judges are trained" part.
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Wait - are you saying that ClodReamer was wrong, or lying?
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