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Bio1590
07/23/18 9:39:02 PM
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https://qz.com/1334389/in-a-blow-to-states-rights-trump-proposes-to-yank-californias-electric-car-and-air-pollution-regulatory-authority/

The Trump administration is expected to release a plan this week that halts tightening fuel efficiency standards and revokes Californias unique ability to impose stricter air pollution controls. The move aims to undo some of the top tools in the US for combating climate change promoted by former president, Barack Obama.

Bloomberg reported July 23 that the federal government is planning to freeze vehicle-emissions standards at its 2020 targets through 2026. That would cap fuel economy requirements at 35-miles-per gallon (mpg) rather than 50 mpg for all vehicles in 2025, as laid out during Obamas presidency.

The White House will also seek to revoke Californias special waiver from the US Environmental Protection Agency that allows the state to set stricter air-pollution rules than those imposed nationwide under the 1970 Clean Air Act. Since then, California has been able to operate its own, stricter regulatory scheme to dramatically cut pollution levels in cities such as Los Angeles. (Many of the most smog-ridden cities in the US are in California.)

California also led the nation by requiring automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles with 2004 regulations (pdf) to slow global warming. The new rules mean the state, which accounted for 2 million in new car sales last year, would lose its role as the trendsetter for reducing emissions nationwide. (Even China modeled its own program to boost zero-emission vehicles on Californias).

The changes would likely benefit car companies that will no longer be forced to build more efficient vehicles for Californian standards, but cost buyers dearly. The energy consultancy Rhodium Group estimated drivers will pay $193 billion extra for gas through 2035, while contributing volumes of greenhouse gasses equivalent to opening 28 new coal plants, The Atlantic reported.


Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.
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uthoria205
07/23/18 9:42:36 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
https://qz.com/1334389/in-a-blow-to-states-rights-trump-proposes-to-yank-californias-electric-car-and-air-pollution-regulatory-authority/

The Trump administration is expected to release a plan this week that halts tightening fuel efficiency standards and revokes Californias unique ability to impose stricter air pollution controls. The move aims to undo some of the top tools in the US for combating climate change promoted by former president, Barack Obama.

Bloomberg reported July 23 that the federal government is planning to freeze vehicle-emissions standards at its 2020 targets through 2026. That would cap fuel economy requirements at 35-miles-per gallon (mpg) rather than 50 mpg for all vehicles in 2025, as laid out during Obamas presidency.

The White House will also seek to revoke Californias special waiver from the US Environmental Protection Agency that allows the state to set stricter air-pollution rules than those imposed nationwide under the 1970 Clean Air Act. Since then, California has been able to operate its own, stricter regulatory scheme to dramatically cut pollution levels in cities such as Los Angeles. (Many of the most smog-ridden cities in the US are in California.)

California also led the nation by requiring automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles with 2004 regulations (pdf) to slow global warming. The new rules mean the state, which accounted for 2 million in new car sales last year, would lose its role as the trendsetter for reducing emissions nationwide. (Even China modeled its own program to boost zero-emission vehicles on Californias).

The changes would likely benefit car companies that will no longer be forced to build more efficient vehicles for Californian standards, but cost buyers dearly. The energy consultancy Rhodium Group estimated drivers will pay $193 billion extra for gas through 2035, while contributing volumes of greenhouse gasses equivalent to opening 28 new coal plants, The Atlantic reported.


Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.


Which means nothing if he continues with his trade war nonsense.
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Phantom_Nook
07/23/18 9:43:08 PM
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states rights!
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Bio1590
07/23/18 9:44:06 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.
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HylianFox
07/23/18 9:44:09 PM
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Clean air and more efficient cars, who needs 'em?
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Webmaster4531
07/23/18 9:46:01 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.

It doesn't even do that. The American car industry crash of the 00s is largely attributable to lax George W. Bush era emission standards that put fuel efficiency way behind foreign car manufacturers.
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hockeybub89
07/23/18 9:46:02 PM
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I will never understand why Republicans despise the environment so much.

I know the answer is money, but I still don't get it.
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metralo
07/23/18 9:46:33 PM
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hey FUCK you for caring about the environment
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 9:46:36 PM
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I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.
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Muffinz0rz
07/23/18 9:47:17 PM
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Imagine buying American cars anyways
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MorningRose
07/23/18 9:49:12 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 9:51:25 PM
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MorningRose posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

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Fin_Dawg_004
07/23/18 9:52:11 PM
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fuck this guy
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Aye
07/23/18 9:52:54 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.

Wow, is DJL actually going against his emperor on this?
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hockeybub89
07/23/18 9:53:21 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.


We all know the environment respects state boundaries. Kentucky air doesn't mix with Ohio air. Pennsylvania water avoids New York water.
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Bio1590
07/23/18 9:53:37 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.

This would only work if states were boxes unto themselves and nothing done in one state impacted another state.

Federal regulations are necessary.
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Bio1590
07/23/18 9:54:11 PM
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Aye posted...
darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.

Wow, is DJL actually going against his emperor on this?

No he's actually going full "lol regulations"
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dave_is_slick
07/23/18 9:54:16 PM
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Aye posted...
darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.

Wow, is DJL actually going against his emperor on this?

His ass is probably sore.
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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 9:54:48 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.


We all know the environment respects state boundaries. Kentucky air doesn't mix with Ohio air. Pennsylvania water avoids New York water.

Where you think they are gonna want to move when they destroy those republican states they live in with polluted everything no thx
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 9:54:59 PM
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Aye posted...
darkjedilink posted...
I do have a problem with it - emissions standards literally should be a states rights issue.

Which is why I have a problem with the EPA as a whole.

Wow, is DJL actually going against his emperor on this?

Gary Johnson isn't President, and I've disagreed with Trump on numerous things, such as tariffs and threatening NATO.
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glitteringfairy
07/23/18 9:58:27 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
MorningRose posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

Those are some nice civil rights ya got there. Be a shame if... Something happened to them

Lol amirite guys
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TheSextMachine
07/23/18 9:59:02 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.

So like Obama's expensive bailout of the auto companies.
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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 9:59:57 PM
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TheSextMachine posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.

So like Obama's expensive bailout of the auto companies.

should have let them all fail including the banks that would of showed them
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MaverickXeo
07/23/18 10:00:46 PM
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Emissions =/= fuel efficiency.

If anything, this could provide BETTER fuel efficiency, but at the cost of more emissions.
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Webmaster4531
07/23/18 10:01:12 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
TheSextMachine posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.

So like Obama's expensive bailout of the auto companies.

should have let them all fail including the banks that would of showed them

Some of the car manufacturers paid back what they were given.
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silentwing26x
07/23/18 10:01:33 PM
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If the Democrat party would've put up a competent candidate instead of literal Hillary Clinton, the Orangutan wouldn't have been elected and this travesty wouldn't be upon us. Fuck.
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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 10:01:39 PM
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 10:02:19 PM
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MaverickXeo posted...
Emissions =/= fuel efficiency.

If anything, this could provide BETTER fuel efficiency, but at the cost of more emissions.

This is true.
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hockeybub89
07/23/18 10:03:02 PM
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silentwing26x posted...
If the Democrat party would've put up a competent candidate instead of literal Hillary Clinton, the Orangutan wouldn't have been elected and this travesty wouldn't be upon us. Fuck.

Well... yeah
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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 10:04:57 PM
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Should have let Bernie run Russia wouldnt have interfered they hated Hillary
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metralo
07/23/18 10:07:39 PM
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glitteringfairy posted...
CADE FOSTER posted...
MorningRose posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

Those are some nice civil rights ya got there. Be a shame if... Something happened to them

Lol amirite guys


shouldn't you be off somewhere begging for a civil war so you could kill liberals and minorities
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Bio1590
07/23/18 10:07:43 PM
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MaverickXeo posted...
Emissions =/= fuel efficiency.

If anything, this could provide BETTER fuel efficiency, but at the cost of more emissions.

They're killing the long-term fuel efficiency requirement and removing California's ability to set its own emission standards.
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:09:08 PM
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The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.
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CADE FOSTER
07/23/18 10:12:11 PM
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glitteringfairy
07/23/18 10:13:53 PM
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metralo posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
CADE FOSTER posted...
MorningRose posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

Those are some nice civil rights ya got there. Be a shame if... Something happened to them

Lol amirite guys


shouldn't you be off somewhere begging for a civil war so you could kill liberals and minorities

Woah there buddy that is crazy talk
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 10:14:27 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

Someone would have to actually be manufacturing electric cars in three years for that to happen.
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tremain07
07/23/18 10:14:39 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

No way in hell, not with big oil in the government
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:16:07 PM
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darkjedilink posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

Someone would have to actually be manufacturing electric cars in three years for that to happen.


lmao are you trolling or just clueless?

https://electrek.co/2018/03/07/gm-increasing-chevy-bolt-ev-production/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eq-s-electric-sedan-2020-report/
https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/audi-plans-10-electric-cars-by-2025-most-on-a-modular-platform/
https://electrek.co/2018/03/21/bmw-series-new-all-electric-vehicle-production-ix3-inext/
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:16:33 PM
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tremain07 posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

No way in hell, not with big oil in the government


The market has already decided, electric vehicles are the future and there's really nothing that can be done to stop that now.
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creativerealms
07/23/18 10:18:20 PM
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Screw state rights.
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creativerealms
07/23/18 10:24:52 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
TheSextMachine posted...
Bio1590 posted...
Something that benefits no one but car manufacturers lol.

So like Obama's expensive bailout of the auto companies.

should have let them all fail including the banks that would of showed them

My mom went from being laid off five months out of the year to working fourth to fifty hour weeks and having to occasionally work Holidays thanks to that bail out and it never slowed down even now. It worked big time.
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:25:36 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
darkjedilink posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

Someone would have to actually be manufacturing electric cars in three years for that to happen.


lmao are you trolling or just clueless?

https://electrek.co/2018/03/07/gm-increasing-chevy-bolt-ev-production/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eq-s-electric-sedan-2020-report/
https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/audi-plans-10-electric-cars-by-2025-most-on-a-modular-platform/
https://electrek.co/2018/03/21/bmw-series-new-all-electric-vehicle-production-ix3-inext/


@darkjedilink

where did you go brother?
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Damn_Underscore
07/23/18 10:30:50 PM
#43:


Electric cars are definitely the future

Once someone makes an electric car that's long range and costs $20k or so, it's over for gas cars.
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:50:44 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
darkjedilink posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

Someone would have to actually be manufacturing electric cars in three years for that to happen.


lmao are you trolling or just clueless?

https://electrek.co/2018/03/07/gm-increasing-chevy-bolt-ev-production/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eq-s-electric-sedan-2020-report/
https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/audi-plans-10-electric-cars-by-2025-most-on-a-modular-platform/
https://electrek.co/2018/03/21/bmw-series-new-all-electric-vehicle-production-ix3-inext/


@darkjedilink

where did you go brother?


@Tyranthraxus

where do you think darkjedilink went?
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 10:52:33 PM
#45:


FLUFFYGERM posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
darkjedilink posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
The silver lining is that gas cars aren't long for this world. I give it another 3 years before we see a mass migration to electric vehicles whenever people buy new cars.

Someone would have to actually be manufacturing electric cars in three years for that to happen.


lmao are you trolling or just clueless?

https://electrek.co/2018/03/07/gm-increasing-chevy-bolt-ev-production/
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eq-s-electric-sedan-2020-report/
https://electrek.co/2018/01/29/mercedes-benz-electric-vehicle-production-global-battery-network/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/audi-plans-10-electric-cars-by-2025-most-on-a-modular-platform/
https://electrek.co/2018/03/21/bmw-series-new-all-electric-vehicle-production-ix3-inext/


@darkjedilink

where did you go brother?

Oh, I'm sorry - I was waiting for you to show a single mainstream EV.
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darkjedilink
07/23/18 10:53:28 PM
#46:


Damn_Underscore posted...
Electric cars are definitely the future

Once someone makes an electric car that's long range and costs $20k or so, it's over for gas cars.

That one-two punch is literally what it would take, though, and it just isn't going to happen any time soon.
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 10:55:46 PM
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you can buy a Chevy Bolt with 238 miles of range for under $30,000 with the tax incentives + discount from the dealer.

in a couple more years the prices will have continued to drop while the range just goes up
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E32005
07/23/18 10:56:21 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Phantom_Nook posted...
states rights!

States Rights only matter if you're suppressing minorities.

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darkjedilink
07/23/18 10:59:12 PM
#49:


FLUFFYGERM posted...
you can buy a Chevy Bolt with 238 miles of range for under $30,000 with the tax incentives + discount from the dealer.

in a couple more years the prices will have continued to drop while the range just goes up

It is almost impossible to drive an EV from one end of the country to the other.

Meanwhile, my 2004 Oldsmobile Alero can do that NOW - I actually went from Minnesota to Louisiana a little over a year ago in it, something I cannot do without taking a very specific route in a Tesla to hit the 'right' recharge station, if it's possible at all.
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FLUFFYGERM
07/23/18 11:01:38 PM
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it's truly impressive how committed you are to anti-EV shitposting
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