Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

@knittingknots2 I read somewhere that Giuliani was involved in planting stuff on the laptop.

We shall see.

@SrRochardBunson Hiding behind the flag, the Bible, and children is the primary refuge of the scoundrel.

@BobMazatlan Exactly.

@Waterloo2 Yes, not here yet. No charging infrastructure to speak of. I once saw a Prius years ago. Two years ago I saw a Volt. Just recently saw a Rivian pickup. Those are the only EVs I've ever seen here yet.

Here it's Dodge RAMs, Challengers, and 60s vintage muscle cars. Many of them heavily hot-rodded. Haha. The women drive SUVs. No EVs in sight.

This will change, of course, but the process will be ugly. Most men here wouldn't be caught dead driving an EV.

One of the big advantages of EVs is home charging. But the houses here do not have garages. It's street parking so that advantage is lost on the consumer here. Also, the electric grid is very old and shaky. It's the Rust Belt. The process will be "interesting".

@TruthSandwich Dumb is the primary product here in West Virginia.

@Nazani @trinsec Fortunately, that's changing. EVs can be mass-produced more cheaply than ICE vehicles, and they will be.

If you take maintenance costs into account, the line was crossed a long time ago but most people just look at the sticker price.

@TruthSandwich I think that's part of the problem. They're already angry that catalytic converters have eliminated exhaust smell. They like it from what I can tell. If there is black smoke so much the better. If the exhaust is really loud, so much the better. If that's not enough you can do burnouts which are common here. Spin the tires for a whole block and generate a big cloud of blue stinky smoke.

@pmonks Impossible, yes, because there's no common frame of reference if facts are dismissed and fantasies are accepted as truth.

@trinsec Of course it's not true. It's doubly untrue. Not only are brake pads not the source of pollution that matters, CO2, but conventional brakes on an EV are only used for hard stops and panic stops. EVS use regenerative braking that generates electricity and recharges the battery every time you apply the brakes.

Here's the latest rumor that's spreading like wildfire among the right-wing rubes here in West Virginia. They're certain they're "in on the scam".

"Electric cars pollute just as much as regular cars because all the pollution from cars comes from the brake pads. Electric cars have brake pads like every car so they pollute just as much."

Sigh. This is, of course, ridiculously wrong in two different ways but it's the latest "the liberals are scamming everyone" rumor here in West Virginia.

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