SteveR Loc: Michigan

Were you on Sanibel? I have a friend who lost quite a few trees. He had a nice setup until the hurricane hit. His daughter's business was totally wiped out. I don't know what she'll do for income going forward.

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

And the causeway which is the only way on and off the island except by boat crashed into the gulf in three different places. Thanks to our Republican governor they had it repaired in three weeks. We had no danger of flooding a week before the storm hit actually a mandatory evacuation was not issued until 24 hours before the storm hit that is how questionable the landing was.

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

No, we live by the Caloosahatchee river about 7 miles from the island.

srg

If only i***ts pushed for new technology, you would be driving a horse and buggy and shooting photos with a pinhole camera. Speaking of pinholes.... your mind......

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

This has nothing to do with new technology, various forms of batteries have been around for decades. The problem is that the i***t Democrats want everyone to own an EV car when the electrical grid in a lot of states cannot handle it especially your liberal home-field of California. In our recent hurricane which happened four weeks and two days ago there are large number of people still do not have electricity. Are you going to bring power generator down here to get the car so they can do wh**ever they have to do, like buy groceries. Yes what does those generators are going to be powered by.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Good and rational well written point of view with wording of a scholar.

InfiniteISO Loc: The Carolinas, USA

The liberal mindset is to jump on the EV technology and push it along with regulations, tax credits, and mandates, thinking that manufacturers will quickly resolve all the nagging issues. On the green balance sheet, they only crow about the positives and don't think about the negatives and the lack of infrastructure.

For comparison, the first digital cameras came out in the late '80s. The D100 was on the market in early 2000s. When digital cameras came out, how long did it take for Wedding photographers to switch over. You know, the guys with the thankless jobs of having to get all those shots and being in a world of hurt if they missed them. It took quite a while and for many different reasons. And yet, I would venture to say that every wedding shot this Saturday will be with a digital camera and it's been that way for quite a while.

EVs have a future, but right now it would be madness to mandate them in any fashion. Imagine both the north and southbound lanes of I95 crowded with traffic heading north and every single car being an EV with a sub-400-mile range.

I wonder how soon every vehicle in the president's motorcade is going to be electric? 2050?

scooter1 Loc: Yacolt, Wa.

What I see is a pompous person trying to sound intelligent and thinking everyone will buy it. Fact is the batteries in these cars do have the possibility of blowing up or catching fire under certain circumstances. That is fact.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Yep, same with gasoline. Remember the small ford with the gas tank at the very rear... wow!

"pompous person trying to sound intelligent and thinking everyone will buy it." Well Scooter, some people are intelligent and if they discuss things with facts they may sound "pompous" to you. Which people were you talking about?

"Pompous, meaning excessively elevated or ornate pompous rhetoric" Using multi-syllable words and punctuation in sentences... is that what you mean?

scooter1 Loc: Yacolt, Wa.

Boy just can't fool you. The gas tank in the rear infected a few vehicles until they figured out if you get rear ended it has the possibility to explode. The tank being in the rear was not the cause, the fact that it was rear ended is. The batteries I suppose could explode then but that is not what they are talking about. The batteries are just unsafe in certain conditions caused by nature not a collision.

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

Anything to divide and destroy America. I'm not against ev cars just think a t***sition should be sensible. EV in my personal opinion is not the answer just because of the mineral requirements and energy needed to produce them.

Haenzel Loc: South Holland, The Netherlands

I think you're right. But I don't think we've seen the latest in EV development and it's power source. New type of batteries are being developed. I see a future in smaller battery packs with an onboard (clean) generator to charge the battery cells.

Up north a company has t***sformed a Tesla in a Hesla. A Hydrogen cell is charging the battery whilst driving, doubling the range of the Hesla.

If you look back and see what development an internal combustion engine went through, I'm hopeful..

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

TESLA and MUSK STARTED A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HERE TO STAY AND TAKE OVER OUR ICE WORLD

OK, part of Tesla is EVs, but another part is storage of energy generated by any means at off peak need time. Big example is Australian Outback where sun shines and shines... solar is stored and released as needed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/australia-switches-on-victoria-big-battery-powered-by-tesla-megapacks.html

The battery systems are continuing to improve and the dendrites [crystal spears] that grew and shorted out anode/cathode are for the most part blocked by new design separators.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/se/d0se00027b

"Carbon membrane should help prevent dendrite forming in lithium-metal batteries. If that works, it brings the e-car closer to being able to drive 1,000 kilometers without recharging."
https://innovationorigins.com/en/university-of-jena-close-to-solution-for-dendrites-in-lithium-metal-batteries/

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

You have a good point. I wasn't thinking all the way thru the issue. Which honestly is not my style. I have battery tech in my feed and have read about some very promising technology. I was talking to a egghead buddy of mine about investing in battery technology and he said to wait the best is yet to come.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Many operators of towing companies refuse to put EVs on their roll-backs. If the vehicle it is t***sporting catches fire the roll-back is toast! Not many will risk their equipment just to carry the fadish EVs. How many EVs are in Florida?