Just picked up a F150 Lightning EV

HuskyBuck said:
Look at dumb Everett Chris’s logic! No one said EVs were completely green, but neither are the production of ICE’s. Over the life of the vehicle, it’s no contest, EV’s are better for the environment. But im not here to fight that argument.
Arent you guys tired of OPEC holding the US economy hostage when they want? The US is already the largest producer of oil this world has ever seen and yet OPEC can still throw a tantrum and hold us hostage. Why wouldn’t we want as many competitors to that as possible?
Finally, EVs are better drives….period. Go drive em, you’ll never want to switch back except for the special cases I mentioned like wanting to tow stuff around.
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You do realize that Electricity has risen 40% in the last 4 years right? And unlike Gas prices, they don’t come down. And we haven’t even begun to tackle our grid problems. You sir, are the hostage in this situation.
 
Kaepsknee said:
HuskyBuck said:
Look at dumb Everett Chris’s logic! No one said EVs were completely green, but neither are the production of ICE’s. Over the life of the vehicle, it’s no contest, EV’s are better for the environment. But im not here to fight that argument.
Arent you guys tired of OPEC holding the US economy hostage when they want? The US is already the largest producer of oil this world has ever seen and yet OPEC can still throw a tantrum and hold us hostage. Why wouldn’t we want as many competitors to that as possible?
Finally, EVs are better drives….period. Go drive em, you’ll never want to switch back except for the special cases I mentioned like wanting to tow stuff around.
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You do realize that Electricity has risen 40% in the last 4 years right? And unlike Gas prices, they don’t come down. And we haven’t even begun to tackle our grid problems. You sir, are the hostage in this situation.
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Price of electricity in Texas is 15.61 cents per kilowatt hour. Price of electricity in Germany is 41 cents per kilowatt hour. The dem party was working hard on getting the US to the Euro electricity model. Because they care? More example of our leftards being totally ignorant about numbers and shit. Buck and Ern the poster children for the most expensive education system on the planet.
 
Kaepsknee said:
HuskyBuck said:
Look at dumb Everett Chris’s logic! No one said EVs were completely green, but neither are the production of ICE’s. Over the life of the vehicle, it’s no contest, EV’s are better for the environment. But im not here to fight that argument.
Arent you guys tired of OPEC holding the US economy hostage when they want? The US is already the largest producer of oil this world has ever seen and yet OPEC can still throw a tantrum and hold us hostage. Why wouldn’t we want as many competitors to that as possible?
Finally, EVs are better drives….period. Go drive em, you’ll never want to switch back except for the special cases I mentioned like wanting to tow stuff around.
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You do realize that Electricity has risen 40% in the last 4 years right? And unlike Gas prices, they don’t come down. And we haven’t even begun to tackle our grid problems. You sir, are the hostage in this situation.
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Retail electricity prices closely tracked inflation over the last 10 years - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Yawn.

Why can't electrical prices come down and why have they for many, if they can't? There seems to be a bug.
 
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CallMeBigErn said:
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thechatch said:
lol if I go EV it will be a Taycan.

I see no point in an EV pickup truck.
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It needs a better battery.
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Are you suggesting that new developing technologies always become more efficient, robust, and economical over time, or am I being wooshed?
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In normal private industry you are right. But public utilities don’t work like that bro. They have guaranteed profit margins, so the incentive isn’t to produce more output at lower cost, it is to produce more costs for the same output.
 
Bob_C said:
CallMeBigErn said:
RoadTrip said:
thechatch said:
lol if I go EV it will be a Taycan.

I see no point in an EV pickup truck.
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It needs a better battery.
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Are you suggesting that new developing technologies always become more efficient, robust, and economical over time, or am I being wooshed?
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In normal private industry you are right. But public utilities don’t work like that bro. They have guaranteed profit margins, so the incentive isn’t to produce more output at lower cost, it is to produce more costs for the same output.
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And to produce at a level below demand to keep high margins.
 
@Kaepsknee is your argument that electriciy has risen over 4 years? Gas prices in Washington 4 years this month were 2.96 an I am sitting in a coffee shop looking at 4.06 across the street…thats a 40% increase. SMH
 
SwoopTheMoon said:
@Kaepsknee is your argument that electriciy has risen over 4 years? Gas prices in Washington 4 years this month were 2.96 an I am sitting in a coffee shop looking at 4.06 across the street…thats a 40% increase. SMH
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How much of the increase is due to carbon taxes?
 
One of my conservative friends got triggered when I told him I got an EV. And the thing is, I didn’t buy it for the environment, I did an analysis of my finances and to power my vehicle for a month dropped from $500 to $200. It will drop to $0 as soon as I get my solar roof (which thank you all for funding both my car and roof)

Do all of you think like this and can’t understand doing analysis on your finances??? I mean it would explain how dumb people like EverettChris think.
 
thechatch said:
lol if I go EV it will be a Taycan.

I see no point in an EV pickup truck.
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Well you’re not getting either because you can’t figure out a compensation package so I doubt you can figure out what to pay for a car.
 
HuskyBuck said:
One of my conservative friends got triggered when I told him I got an EV. And the thing is, I didn’t buy it for the environment, I did an analysis of my finances and to power my vehicle for a month dropped from $500 to $200. It will drop to $0 as soon as I get my solar roof (which thank you all for funding both my car and roof)

Do all of you think like this and can’t understand doing analysis on your finances??? I mean it would explain how dumb people like EverettChris think.
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Your roof isn't free.
Also, have you factored in the depreciation hit you'll take on the Lightning? It will plummet in value much quicker than an ICE F-150.
 
I drive all my cars into the ground so it doesn’t matter. My cars aren’t an investment.
 
thechatch said:
with a middling 150k base comp on salary I sure as shit hope not.
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Still don’t get it I see. Do you know my base salary was double Bezos base salary when he was around? See if you can figure out what that means for both me and Bezos.
 
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