Politics Thread

I also happen to think electric cars are the next wave. Of course, that electricity has to come from somewhere. And in the beginning, a lot of that electricity is going to come from gas fired power plants. Guess where that gas is coming from?

Thanks again fracking!

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Originally Posted by ArizonaXUGrad

I hate to brake it to you, but fracking is not the solution. It is a band aid. Electric cars are the future, sustainability is the future. Killing the planet just for a band aid on the present isn't what we should be all about. Do you understand that renewable energy and electric cars make us just as independent from those countries also?

Why is this generation so hell bent on mortgaging our future just for the present? We do it in the environment and we do it in government spending.

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Fracking is killing the planet? That's a new one. I'm pretty sure everyone understands that at some point, fossil fuels will dry up. However, until electric cars and the infrastructure that is needed for them becomes inexpensive and common, the "bandaid" is nice to have.

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

I also happen to think electric cars are the next wave. Of course, that electricity has to come from somewhere. And in the beginning, a lot of that electricity is going to come from gas fired power plants. Guess where that gas is coming from?

Thanks again fracking!

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Honestly, do you think he understands what you wrote here?

I believe everyone agrees on the idea of transitioning to clean energy. I also believe there is a logical sequence of events and timeline for making that happen. The timeline becomes a function of everything from depreciation schedules on existing energy infrastructure assets to the viability of new technologies, etc. It has to recognize what is best for the environment without overreacting.

Yes I do, and yes I read scientific american which stated just a couple years ago that Fracking pollutes ground water. I, unlike some on here, don't stick my head in the sand screaming that fracking doesn't despite numerous studies that show it does.

But hey, we all get cheap electricity at the expense of drinking water. So there is that.

Lol

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

I also happen to think electric cars are the next wave.

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They depreciate like rocks. You couldn't sell one for a boat anchor if the battery bank goes bad:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/resale-...ars-1424977378

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Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee

They depreciate like rocks. You couldn't sell one for a boat anchor if the battery bank goes bad:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/resale-...ars-1424977378

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I don't think you'll need to sell them, because I don't think you'll ever own them. Once cars start driving themselves, there will be no reason to own your own car. Every self-driving car will be Uber-like.

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

Lol

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So do you think that Fracking was somehow exempted from the clean water act just for shits and giggles?

AZ, is your radio stuck on the NPR channel ?

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Originally Posted by ArizonaXUGrad

So do you think that Fracking was somehow exempted from the clean water act just for shits and giggles?

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I think it's because Dick Cheney wanted Halliburton to kill liberals.

I also think Obama's EPA did an extensive study on fracking's effect on drinking water. And found no significant effect.