To No One's Surprise, a Gas-Powered Road
Trip Bests One in an Electric Vehicle
Red State,
by
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
6/24/2022 7:46:47 AM
I adore road trips, especially when I am not the one driving. Thankfully, hubby enjoys being in the driver’s seat, so I get that option more often than not. Anyone who has been on the open road, and especially has gotten off the beaten path, understands the sense of adventure and freedom resident in even the smallest of trips. The 400 miles north from Orange County to San Luis Obispo is enough space, road, and adventure to make me feel as though I have traveled. Road Tripping is a distinctly unique American activity. In Europe they take trains. In America, we drive, and it is unrivaled.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
lftrn97 6/24/2022 8:10:55 AM (No. 1195250)
OP, would that give him "Horsey Pox"?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Daisymay 6/24/2022 8:19:41 AM (No. 1195263)
Great Article! Tells the TRUTH regarding Charging Electric Cars! I think the whole idea will be kicked to the corner when a New Administration takes over. The Average American, by then, will be SO tired of what Biden handed to all of them, that they will vote for Micky Mouse if he is a Republican! Most of us do not want to have an Electric Car. I would love to have a NEW gas powered car, however, but the Dealers in our area only have one or two New Cars on their Lot. Everything needs to be ordered and will take up to 6 months for delivery! Thanks to China for not making those famous little Chips everyone needs! One would think there would be ONE person in the U.S. who could start a company here to make those Chips! But I digress!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
red1066 6/24/2022 9:23:51 AM (No. 1195352)
I'm seriously thinking about taking a road trip to Las Vegas. I've got the time now that I'm retired. Still, the thought of a four-thousand-mile round trip keeps my car parked for the time being, but there is so much I want to see. However, with the increasing trouble with air travel, I keep looking at my car as a better choice right now even with stupid high gas prices.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mossley 6/24/2022 9:47:49 AM (No. 1195376)
My only experience with an electric car was back a few years ago. My car was in the shop and I stopped by Enterprise to get something so I could take Dad in for his surgery. I said I didn't care what it was, and they gave me a Prius. I live in Maryland, a state somewhat famous for our rolling hills. Even with me pressing the pedal all the way to the floor, it would not go uphill faster than about 35 mph. It is the only car I have ever driven that I absolutely hated. About a year later, I needed to rent a car for a trip. I told them upfront to not even think of giving me an EV. The clerk nodded and said the company got rid of all of them - far too many complaints.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Wetenschapper 6/24/2022 10:19:13 AM (No. 1195405)
"In Europe they take trains. In America, we drive, and it is unrivaled." Spoken by someone who has apparently visited Europe, but has not lived there. My Belgian family and I live there; we drive. Tourists take the trains.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Axeman 6/24/2022 10:36:13 AM (No. 1195438)
We just got our new diesel powered 4x4 HD pickup truck. It took about six months from the day we first contacted the dealer to the day we took delivery. This is one of the most popular vehicles now. I am amazed at the 22mpg I got doing 80MPH all the way from north Idaho to central CA.
If FJB and the Demzis weren't trying to dictate behavior to everyone except themselves the real Americans would work things out just fine. Someday electric vehicles will be mature technology and will find their places among the other technologies but they can never replace the rural country functionality of a fuel driven power plant. You see, electricity is not a fuel, batteries are not a fuel source. These are just ways of transporting energy already created by a fuel source. Around here, where I live and work, it is essential that a vehicle is always ready to go, spare water is on hand, spare food, medicine, chainsaws, tools and repair materials, backup communication, firewood, guns and ammo, etc. Most people have some combination of all of this and between us all we are well suited to the SHTF that regularly happens. Electric vehicles are not only NOT on the list, they are more of a liability.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
walcb 6/24/2022 10:49:04 AM (No. 1195458)
How long will it take electric vehicles to mature? They have been around for a hundred years.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Axeman 6/24/2022 10:57:53 AM (No. 1195482)
Electric vehicles will mature about as fast as space exploration and communication technologies. ;)
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 6/24/2022 11:03:09 AM (No. 1195497)
My wife drove from the KC area to central Florida for a week long visit last week. A couple of fuel stops and one hotel stop each way. A fine trip in a normal gasoline car, and would have been a three day nightmare and struggle in a stupid, short range, slow to recharge, electric mess.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Anti_democRAT 6/24/2022 11:12:50 AM (No. 1195516)
Of course, especially on a 400 mile snowy, icey -10 F day or a hot bright 110 day. Electric vehicles DO NOT come close to addressing natural climate change.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 6/24/2022 12:04:49 PM (No. 1195595)
Re #3. Just do it. You'll enjoy it, but having a handgun and a permit makes things a bit more relaxing in case you run into some modern day bandits.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
AltaD 6/24/2022 12:46:41 PM (No. 1195636)
The WSJ writer says the Level 2 chargers which take 8 hours are fine for overnight charging. But what if the charging station at the hotel you plan to stay at isn't available when you arrive? It could be in use or out-of-service and then what? Do you drive to another location, plug-in and call a Uber for a ride back to your hotel and hope your car is still where you left it when you return the next morning?
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I also adore road trips, which is why I will be holding on to my gas fired car until its wheels fall off!! FJB and the horse he rode in on!!