I posted this as a news clipping of possible interest to the group. I agree with you. However, they seem to be talking about "pure" gas burners and diesels while still allowing hybrids. As you know, a hybrid will make about any trip you choose. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:47:52 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Tell you what... try this, now, or in 20 years... come to Arizona and drive > from Flagstaff to Tucson in your electric car, or.... continue on South to > Mexico and tour Mexico with your electric car. > > Take a vacation with your family, full luggage, the dog, and drive from > your Eastern "safe zone" to California, using your electric car. > > This is America, it's big, people drive hundreds of miles per week, always > in a rush. They don't have time or patience to "plug in and wait" nor do > they have a place to do that. > > Utopia and Unicorns... Sorry to rain on your parade. Oil became king > because it was and is easily available. A viable replacement has not been > invented or brought to market now or in the foreseeable future. It's being > thought about, worked on, but it's not here any time soon. BS legislation > won't make it happen any faster. > > I respect that your personal view may be different.. > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:37 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > (From a Solar List) > > > > > Germany calling for ban on all gas/diesel cars by 2030: > > > > > http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1106594_german-upper- > > house-asks-eu-to-ban-all-gas-diesel-cars-by-2030 > > > > > And if that catches on, it will be an avalanche of abandonment of gas > > > cars. Faster than even 2030, because no one will want to buy a dead end > > > vehicle as the deadline approaches. > > > > > > We are at the precipice of the end of gas cars. People need to realize > > > that the EV and Plug-in Hybrid is here to stay. And they are better, > > > faster, cleaner, cheaper to buy, cheaper to operate and cheaper to > > maintain > > > than gas cars. Its just the public is not aware of that yet. > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
