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To one degree or another, I think we all know that driving our combustion engined vehicles is not good for the environment - on many levels. That small but growing spark of guilt might get us to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle next time or car pool to work a couple times a week, but let's face it, we - us, the consumer generation, haven't shown much interest in, or taken much action to prevent the onset of devastating effects of climate change caused by CO2 emissions.
Depending on where you get your (dis)information, man-made climate change is either impossible, a liberal media conspiracy, merely a political football or an inescapable doomsday scenario already underway. I think it's somewhere in the middle of all of the above. Greenland is melting. We've already seen chunks of ice the size of Rhode Island break off of Antarctica and begin floating north. Is this all part of a natural process that humans play no part in? No way. Not when it's happening this fast.
So will we all be driving electric cars in 20 years? Maybe. But if we're still burning coal to generate the electricity for all those billions of future electric vehicles, then we really won't be any better off, environmentally, than we are today.
That Tesla Model S is one cool looking car though.
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"That Tesla Model S is one cool looking car though."
Wait until you drive one. I drove a students (a/x school) last week-end. For a 4650 lb. car it is mighty impressive. Fit and finish will match anything in it's price range. Throttle response is immediate. Steering response is very good and overall handling compares favorably with any large sport sedan. Full throttle accelleration reminded me of a jet taking off, the power just kept coming. Yeah I'd buy a mid size version. The company supposedly is building recharging stations along major freeways that will allow a 80% recharge in less than 30 minutes at NO COST. As it is the owner said he can get around 300 miles before a recharge is needed.
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DS - Yes I see quite a lot of them these days down here in OC - maybe it's a California thing. It seems to be the fashion accessory car of the moment. And it sure is a hell of a lot better looking than a Panamera!
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I just looked back, this topic started almost 5 years ago. Shouldn't we have solved this or choked to death by now?
Status quo here in Pennsyltucky...
Jay
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Gas is cheap here. I'm from Maui, we've been paying over $4.50/gal for at least the last 5-7 years so so. Milk is also expensive there, about $8-9/gal now. Good thing I'm lactose intolerant.
Current: 1994 968 Coupe, 1987 944S, 2004 VW GTI 1.8T, H-D XR1200
Previous Porsches: 2000 986S, 1974 914 2.0 Blue, 1974 914 2.0 Yellow, 1970 914 1.7, 1985 928S
Previous non-Porsche favorites: 1974 Early Bronco, 1975 Cosworth Vega, 1977 Trans Am 6.6L, 1973 Karmann Ghia, 1983 Supra (turbocharged)
