I’m sure people tried to hold onto other “true American originals” like buggy whips and stage coaches. “Those damn loud motor engines! Why can’t people just be happy with their horse?” Lol.
My point is if technology comes, it comes. Maybe electric motors won’t be the answer, maybe they will, either way, we can’t stop technology from advancing and we will get over it and used to it when it happens. .
Almost no one had an iPhone/Android 7-8 years ago, now no one can live without it, lol.
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I have a feeling you and I would disagree about a lot of things in life from this post but to each his own..right??
Now the Razor phone is coming back with retro albeit fugly keypad styling but the best of both worlds with bending flip screen and compactness and screen protection when folded! I hate the keypad look and this might be the deal breaker but if it works out and other follow I will greatly like having a shorter phone with a protected screen in my pocket.
The problem with some "technology" is it isn't always better. Society as a whole is a fickle, stupid, ass!
There is something else out there that drives SOME changes that is not society demands or desires--ie not consumer demand.
This gets into a much larger conspiracy theory debate about who or whatever you want to call "The powers that be". That's what I call it.
Something and certain someones are shaping the future and the present whether we know it or like it or not.
Consumer demand is not high or as far as a %, high for electric cars. Hybrids are more preferred as people do not like to be limited to what batteries currently provide.
There are "those people" who rationalize it and don't need any more than this or whatever etc because they continue to drink the kool-aid. If you shadowed them in their lives for a few weeks you would see they make sacrifices over having a gas car.
They don't do oil changes though!
It is always a give and take.
I used to say "Until you can have an electric car that can beat an Iroc Z-28 (not asking the world here) you can shove them!"
Well, the first Tesla roadster did that! But take a weekend trip to another state....see how that works for you. Especially back then.
I have been told that people dislike change. I thought that was only me and old curmudgeons. I see people embracing, loving, often looking for ways to change things....and I despise most of these people.
But every now and then, someone comes out with something that really makes things better or life better or -here it comes- better, stronger, faster....the damn Six Million Dollar Man invention.
I can get behind things that make like better or easier but as of yet, I don't see battery cars or battery lawnmowers doing that.
Battery drills and tools that came out in the 80s were also give and take but the advantage of no cord and being able to use them on the flay almost anywhere outweighed the loss of power and limited run-time.
As on yet, battery cars are not as good as battery drills as cars have always been portable with own power source.
It all boils down to batteries still suck in 2020!
Considering the advancements in other aspects of life in the past 100 or so years, batteries are still too big, too heavy, too expensive, too low capacity-WAY TOO LOW, and too short of lifespan.
That is what is holding us back on cars.
Think about it though. This world couldn't handle cars going from fuel and battery to NEEDING little to NO power source!!!
The world too much depends on it.
If we had a small fist sized completely safe nuclear, hydrogen (names synonymous with safety) or magic alien power source that powered car for years or its life....THE POWERS THAT BE would not let us have it.
Look at who all is dependent somehow on the mining, processing, refinery, fuel, manufacturing (batts), distributing, retail end sales....of power for our vehicles.
Looky here!! I just invented this "super self- charging battery" that will run your car (or even your furnace and ac---WHY stop there--YOUR whole house.....for 10 years....
I'd be dead in 4 days!
