Originally Posted by Tvflguy (Post 2251373)

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.

Originally Posted by Tvflguy (Post 2251373)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2251338)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2251402)

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.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2251448)

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

Originally Posted by bob47 (Post 2251454)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2251272)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2251338)

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.

Originally Posted by Tvflguy (Post 2250094)

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.