End of the gas engine?

Are they doing a regear? If so, curious what you went with.

 

"EPA rule". One administration can put it in, another can remove it.

 

You are misunderstanding the purpose of the lithium tax and how and why it was enacted. It’s meant benefit the region where all the extraction will occur. The push to eliminate it is by a PAC whose contributors are big multinational corporations who want to cut taxes for their own benefit.

Here’s some background if you’re really interested in understanding the issue.

https://inewsource.org/2024/02/27/2...yer-protection-government-accountability-act/

 

Was this guy you speak of wearing aviators? Was his name Brandon or “The Big Guy”?

 

another unpopular factor when transitioning to EV

 

Tractors too!!! The average farmer cannot afford an electric tractor. Plus I don't think an electric tractor is best for my families farm

 

There is an interesting down to Earth article on EV's I just posted on the "Off Topic Forum". Worth reading...

 

The higher powers could care less about any and all costs it’s all about control

 

^this really is true more than we've maybe ever realized. There's a shocking amount of sinister s*** going on with the people in power. The difference between the conspiracy theory and the truth is 6 months these days lol

 

Yet people still vote in the people pushing this crap. Decline is a choice.

 

Ya'll are my type of people

 

Funny reading this article posted by a member, keeps it real right at the end talking about how "[no one in the administration is claiming EV's are going to get cheaper for you by 2032, their electricity is being taxed and will continue to be heavily taxed in new clever ways because it's all about collecting money. The plan is only for internal combustion prices to rise by getting taxed up the ying yang (while EV's are for now, on average, are more expensive than internal combustion, but consistently lacking in infrastructure).
And then you can believe our tax dollars are about to be used to eliminate and convert all the damn gas station pumps and underground tanks,]

 

America and it's evil top hat Canada need some serious governmental power changes imo

 

The majority of governments around the world, are corrupt leaches sucking us all dry in the central bank system. Big corps, big pharma, big media, also help perpetuate the common man tit they all feed off.
We as a society seem to be ok with it, as long as the beer is cold, the game is on or our favorite binge series is streaming.
CBDC will just be another more controlled version of what we have now.

 

Revolt by buying a brand new 4Runner right now if you can afford it, before they downsize it with the 4 cylinder turbo engine and 8 speed transmission next year to meet fuel economy requirements. If it's like the new Tacoma, as it is expected to be, I can't stand it. If you buy a new 4Runner now, we all know that it's good for about 15 years or more if you take good care of it. I'm still driving the 2011 FJ Cruiser that I bought 13 years ago! No batteries for me! Good old 1GR-FE 6-cyl for me!

 

So when the beer is warm, the game isn't available, and streaming services are down, what is the result? Complete anarchy?

 

Maybe it's already started.....world politics are a mess right now.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/farmers-protests-india-europe-ukraine-war-grain-prices-rcna143816

 

Anyway, before I get this thread locked down, I will go back to being the mindless tax paying servant I was indoctrinated to be....

 

I bet this thread and others like it wouldn't be locked if they were pro narrative. Censorship at even this level - nice.

 

SPOT ON.

 

If even some of this is true, it backs up the dark side of EV's that I keep repeating to climate alarmists:

This is a Tesla model Y battery.
It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car.

To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can be extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made as a byproduct of
the processing of copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult
material to obtain for a battery and the most expensive.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore

You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt

To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite

The Caterpillar 994A is used for the earthmoving to obtain the essential minerals. It consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.

Finally you get a “zero emissions” car.

Presently, the bulk of the necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor for getting the minerals in Africa is done by children! If we buy electric cars, it's China who profits most!

BTW, this 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost to replace Tesla batteries is in $US

Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)

It takes SEVEN years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the batteries is 10 years (average). Only in the last three years do you begin to reduce your carbon footprint. Then the batteries have to be replaced and you lose all the gains you made in those three years.

Let that sink in.


This kind of logical critical thinking is the dirty little truth about electric cars that is disregarded and gets you called a conspiracy theorist.

 

Climate change is a cult and a scam at the same time.

 

Right!?

I call it the hysterical creepy sex cult

 

It’s a money maker is what it is.

 

That's the scam half of what I said. The other half is the cult.

 

Well done!!! The 30% with brains get this. The 30% in the middle might one day. The 30% who support evil will not let facts get in the way of their feelings.

 

The fact that 60% (based on your numbers) still believe there's a real difference between the two main parties is a big part of the problem.

 

^ Correct!

 

My two cents, which I occasionally drop into a conversation such as this, is that man-made climate change isn't provable.

 

^ What is provable is that the baddies will be bad!
https://petersweden.substack.com/p/unreal-they-revealed-secret-geo-engineering