Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Man blows up Tesla because of battery repair bill." video.

  1. All good points. Sadly, they don't want you repairing your petrol vehicle, either! Planned obsolescence is one of the biggest causes of major pollution, today. Think of the energy and resources and pollution that go into (or come out of) the manufacture of a new vehicle. So to save 100 gallons of gas a year, you're going to expend the energy and resources equivalent to a $200,000 new Tesla? How about taking that money and applying ot towards a home that's closer to work, so you don't have to drive as much? I'm sort of blurring the practical environmental value of an electric car with planned obsolescence, but they're closely linked in my associative mind. A more sustainable model for greener world would be a vastly reduced auto industry that builds cars to LAST, and only the young or egotistical older people would ever be buying the "latest model." If I could - and I'm trying my damnedest - I would drive my '93 Toyota pickup the rest of my life. I remember as a young man in the 1980s helping rebuild a '55 Chevy. There were parts manufacturers in Mexico and the USA that still made "new old stuff" and put out their catalogs for backyard mechanics and professional auto shops. Not so much, any more. I'm not sure, but I think you can still build a complete VW Beetle out of new old parts, if you want. You can certainly restore those old Beetles. The EPA will tell you those old cars are bad but they never figure in the pollution that comes from junking the old cars and making entirely new cars. That's why I'm convinced that all this environmental alarmism is driven by profits for a few and not for the betterment of the planet or mankind. Rossman should be able to repair Nokia flip phones to this day. Any smart phone should be built to last forever or be easily repairable for freaking ever.
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