Comments by "sharper68" (@sharper68) on "the SUV geek" channel.

Unlikely as they improve and charging becomes more widespread. For many doing regular short commutes, they are ideal.
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That says more about you and those around you than anything about EV's, you do know that right?
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@jakefriesenjake If you say so, Toyota is still manufacturing Ev's and is currently selling the bZ4X and plug in hybrids. They plan to have 10 EV products on the market by 2025. Does not sound like they called it quits .. but I did see a bunch of sensationalist titles with your spin that pretended they were. In truth they slowed down projected production for the next couple quarters due to battery shortages. Hertz bought in big early on Tesla, 100,000 units. They are reversing that decision. It does not speak to the quality of or maintenance cost of EV's in general, just how feasible it is to own a distributed fleet of unsupported tesla's.
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Is why government needs to be involved so that the system can be updated and augmented to handle the transition that is coming. Public money needs to be invested in moving in this direction, the energy for transportation needed is being distributed one way or another. It is much cheaper in even the near term to build out the necessary infrastructure and be at the cutting edge of the change. Set yourself up to reap the rewards of experience and hardware as other later comers switch over too.
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@Leo555ZZZ Wind and solar are fine, you litterally can't have too much. Those in combination with Nuclear is the path forward. Coal is a relic that has to go
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@Leo555ZZZ Wind and solar are new. Your concerns are being mitigated as large capacity storage technology is innovated and costs drop. It is a one time investment that will get more viable and cheap over time. Germanies costs are currently high because of necessary infrastructure investment to meet their green house targets. An issue which has a grave and extensive costs associated with it impending, if they do nothing. There are real costs associated with not changing, they choose not to ignore them. Nuclear should be the back bone of the grid and coal should be dropped. The costs need to be absorbed because not do so has unbudgeted costs that are far greater. This is true even if those costs will not be paid next quarter. Getting off fossil fuel has tactical, foreign policy and trade benefits as well. Being energy independent is what all 1st world nations should now be shooting for. Germany is an example of leadership, they are investing today in power systems that have many ancillary benefits.
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We just came out of a period we had no cars on the lot. That they are stocking up now should not be surprising. Anyone that can not deliver new vehicles from their lots now are losing sales.
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Silly, the government has been "helping" the oil companies for half a century, that they are helping promote a new tech now is not new and should not be surprising. Moving toward energy independence is a tactical and economic win.
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Silly .. by your spin he is either bumbling, sleepy and incompetent or dangerously capable of enacting a sinister global agenda. He can't be both.
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Many are happy to not buy any gas, for those who do short daily commutes. They are an ideal choice.
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@scotmandel6699 Their primary geneaton utility is far cheaper than extracting of fossil fuel which has down sides the sane have decided to mitigate. The primary investment on wind amd solar is procurement and installation. I did not say it was the only cost. As tech, it gets cheaper the more we make.
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@scotmandel6699 Whatever. You have no credit to start with, the idea the govenemt is always bad is the providence of morons and adult children. I dont want cred with you. . No one ever called you clever for good reasons. Your judgemeint on who is bright or not never had value. The npc tax taking points prove it. Laughing out loud to yourself over what you wrote, puts it in stone.
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@scotmandel6699 The idea that government investment is bad is betrayed by the fact we would not have the society we did without out that investment. You are spitting oil company and robber baron talking points because they want to pay less taxes when they are rolling in cash and have never been richer. Wind and Solar's investment is primarily up front. There is no energy cost to pump into them like other generation types. The costs after installation are far lower than traditional energy systems.
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@JaTi-kz6hx industrially China and indea are 40 years behind them. China invests more in green energy and battery development than any single western power. Letting them run away with it is foolish and shortsighted There is no clean version of coal, it does not exist. You have been lied to. The thorium ReactOS commming online have promise but coal is dead tech of no redeeming value to a first world civilization. The entire talking point is poorly thought out unless you are in a race to the bottom. Germany is not. Nothing you said makes sense. Changing to more remwable fuel souce has many ancillary benefits, not the least of which is enegy independence and a first move where we all need to go.
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