I usually just let them drive my car.
Then they say "this is just like a regular car only peppier"
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> On Nov 1, 2014, at 5:54 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
> wrote:
>
> This is my observation about countering anti-EV rhetoric. If you find
> things are different where you are, I'd like to hear about it!
>
> Maybe 15-20 years ago, when I talked to people about EVs, most didn't know
> much about them. When I explained the state of the art (then), the most
> common reaction I got was that EVs were a good idea - for someone else. ("I
> couldn't deal with that limited range"). I almost never heard today's
> litany of anti-EV arguments from anyone.
>
> Today folks I talk to are much more informed about EVs. That makes for a
> classical "good news, bad news" situation.
>
> Some of them have generally positive views of EVs, though there still some
> misconceptions. A subset of those folks say they're considering an EV or
> PHV for their next vehicles. That's a really positive change. The idea
> that they might buy an EV wasn't even on their radar back in the day.
>
> On the other hand, some of the "informed" folks have clearly been
> deliberatly MISinformed. They've had their heads filled with anti-EV
> rhetoric by media. The media people in turn are paid (sponsored) by big-
> bucks interests who stand to someday lose a fraction of a percent of their
> petro-dollars income, or are otherwise "threatened" by EVs. (In some cases
> I don't doubt that they are literally paid to spread these views, given the
> ownership of some media conglomerates.)
>
> There's also a whole army of paid "astroturfers" who troll the online
> forums, and write to magazines and newspapers, to post anti-EV rhetoric.
> The same folks who pay them also pay anti-EV "experts" to appear on radio
> and television programs.
>
> But this is really no different from any other product today. Politicians
> and advertisers are really two ends of the same sausage. Their game is
> sowing discord and division. You're an Apple person or a Windows person, an
> IOS or an Android person, a Ford or a Chevy person, a Democrat or a
> Republican. Some of these "brands" demand more loyalty than others, but in
> every case there's an element of "you're either with us or you're against
> us." Drink the Kool-aid, drink it all, or get lost.
>
> Alas, that's just the way things are now; there's not much we can do to
> change it. It's the reason that it's become difficult (at least for me) to
> argue rationally with the anti-EV folks. They're all upstanding members of
> the anti-EV club. Their minds are made up, and they don't want to be
> bothered with the facts. I say don't waste your time on them. Instead,
> invest it in the folks who still have open minds about EVs. Thank goodness
> there are still some.
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> EVDL Administrator
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