If you’re a fan of these following songs, just remember, diversity and tolerance. Because I’m not a fan of Free Bird, Stairway to Heaven, The Chicken Dance, The Hokey Pokey, or The Electric Slide. And, in all my years as a professional musician I never played Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven. I played recordings of those other songs at wedding receptions. But not “live” versions. And speaking of electric cars…
Don’t you think electric cars should have shorter driving ranges?
I mean, that makes sense. Right? Shorter driving ranges means lower prices on electric cars. And isn’t that what truly counts in the greater environmental protection scheme/plan/manifesto?
After all, if more people can “afford” electric cars, then think of all that wonderful fresh air we’ll “save.” So, that must be why Elon Musk (and his Tesla company) is putting the “standard range” versions of the Model S and Model X cars back in the lineup. Thankfully they’ll be much more “affordable” so more people can scoot around in their snazzy, battery-operated cars.
Well, one article I read, put it this way. Those cars offer “a slightly more accessible option for consumers at the cost of reduced battery capacity.”
But I’m a curious kinda guy. So, I wonder why any company that makes electric cars would want to make shorter range options on purpose. Because, isn’t the goal to reduce to carbon emissions? So, shouldn’t the goal be to make the longest lasting batteries possible? And for as many consumers as possible?
And yet, according to what I read, “the company has even introduced new trims by simply limiting the capacity of the battery pack through software.” So, the battery is capable of longer range, but you limit that range “through software.” Uh, yeah. No potential for dastardly intentions there. Right?
But it’s just bidness, ya’ll.
And as long as an expanded customer base is happy with the “more affordable” $78,490 shorter range electric cars, then bidness is good. Who cares if your car can actually go 405 miles? If you can jump into world-saving e-tech and save $10,000, your 320 miles range will be just dandy.
Plus, you can still pat yourself on the back for not burning even one little fossil to get where you’re going. (side note: gasoline powered cars don’t burn even one fossil because fossils aren’t fuel.) Of course, there is that tiny detail of where the electricity originates. But let’s not get bogged down in details.
OK, you can probably tell (if not, maybe you need a caffeine jolt) I like the idea of electric cars (at least the way they’re currently being manufactured and marketed) as much as I like The Electric Slide. On the surface they’re sorta cool. Quiet, no smelly exhaust. But below the surface, it’s quite a different story.
Yeah, they both rub me the wrong way. And the hokey pokey motion, the proponents of the so-called “emerging technologies” make, illustrates an agenda. Not an “awareness of our need to save the planet.” Yeah, their refusal to acknowledge how our current, highly efficient combustible fuel is a renewable resource, is just another chicken dance.
I’m thankful I’m still a Free enough Bird to not be forced into owning an electric car. I just wish more people understood there’s no elevator, escalator, or even Stairway to Heaven on Earth. No amount of “environmental protection” or “environmental legislation” will ever compensate for control freaks and their agendas.
That’s my prediction.
Stick around and watch. Or if you’re unable to watch from here on Earth, be sure you’ve got a seat in the true Heaven. Your ticket has already been paid for, if you want it. And you can trust that your Manufacturer won’t lock your extra miles with a future software update.
But you won’t get that same guarantee from CEO’s who think Mars might be inhabitable.
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