[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

I’m the OP. I should not really be amazed at how my initial Thread went in so many different directions. OMG. But re this post, we’re not really Green, but I would say that if an average driver would test an EV, esp the Tesla it’s a different world. The drive is an eye-opener. In a very good way. We will be ordering our new Tesla within a month. Amazing, and actually so many of the nay-sayers are so wrong. IMO.

I have ridden in a Tesla and enjoyed the ride. However if we want to visit our kids we would be charging several times and do not have the patience to sit and wait especially if there is a line.

Talk to me when we can go say 500 miles comfortably on one charge. In the meantime happy to get over 40 mpg in my Camry.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

I’m the OP. I should not really be amazed at how my initial Thread went in so many different directions. OMG. But re this post, we’re not really Green, but I would say that if an average driver would test an EV, esp the Tesla it’s a different world. The drive is an eye-opener. In a very good way. We will be ordering our new Tesla within a month. Amazing, and actually so many of the nay-sayers are so wrong. IMO.

Direct Current electrical motors produce a high torque almost instantaneously, so an E-vehicle can go zero to fifty or 60 in just a few seconds. Also, the battery is mounted low and gives the vehicle a low center of gravity. Much lower than a gas engine with tall vertical pistons. A low center of gravity is good for acceleration, stopping, and cornering. So, all E-vehicles will handle well when you get behind the wheel.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

If you read the last paragraph in that article you see that the ice is decreasing rapidly and oceans will rise and further global warming is likely.

Melting polar icecaps will have ZERO effect on the ocean's levels...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Direct Current electrical motors produce a high torque almost instantaneously, so an E-vehicle can go zero to fifty or 60 in just a few seconds. Also, the battery is mounted low and gives the vehicle a low center of gravity. Much lower than a gas engine with tall vertical pistons. A low center of gravity is good for acceleration, stopping, and cornering. So, all E-vehicles will handle well when you get behind the wheel.

Which has NOTHING to do with the charging challenges...

[bob47]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Melting polar icecaps will have ZERO effect on the ocean's levels...

If the ice is in the ocean like an iceberg, melting has no effect on sea level. If the ice is on land like the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, melting raises the sea level.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by bob47

If the ice is in the ocean like an iceberg, melting has no effect on sea level. If the ice is on land like the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, melting raises the sea level.

I was responding to our resident "Climate Alarmist's" comment about the calving ice, which comes from the "ice shelf" which is indeed floating...

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

From what I have read Antarctica's ice is now decreasing as are the world's glaciers. This JULY was the HOTTEST on record and the predictions are for continuing records set for the next 7 years.

As usual, when devoid of an answer because the facts unravel the fantasy world of imminent climate change, one just repeats the same garbage 10000 x

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

If you read the last paragraph in that article you see that the ice is decreasing rapidly and oceans will rise and further global warming is likely.

Actually if all the sea ice melted, sea level would not rise one inch, but stay the same.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

Been living in Central Florida for 18 years now. I always felt that I was pretty well acclimated to our summers here.

But this ‘23 season seems to have taken a toll, and generally much more uncomfortable than “normal” late spring and summer. I simply can’t take the humidity and heat as in prior years. Thank god for A/C.

It may be just me and my aging, sensitivity to heat. And/or our Villages summer weather this year is incrementally worse.

Your opinion, and please—- no Climate Change stuff. Enough already on that topic.

I couldn’t agree more. Born here and I honestly can’t take this summer.