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In Reply to: I'm down with moving toward greener energy. posted by srdavis2000 on June 27, 2021 at 08:05:02:
IF they can make them safely AND cost-saving. However, what people oppose is trying to make it happen overnight! EV is NOT affordable for the average consumer unless you want to buy Chinese... Right now why would anyone in their right mind want to give their money and support to the Chinese?!?!?!? You can't change things overnight... it takes time....
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- +1 NO ONE is opposed to alternative energy resources.... - TWB 06/27/2108:14:39 06/27/21 (56)
- RE: +1 NO ONE is opposed to alternative energy resources.... - zacster 10:35:20 06/27/21 (0)
- Got a smart phone? Computer? - ghost of olddude55 08:31:38 06/27/21 (54)
- If you want to be Chinese, have at it! - TWB 08:43:12 06/27/21 (9)
- I'm just tire of all the whinging about the Chinese. - ghost of olddude55 08:52:35 06/27/21 (8)
- It's his right to do so dammit... - musetap 16:23:07 06/27/21 (0)
- Actually, it's more complex: we're victims of our own success: strong dollar. - tinear 09:16:44 06/27/21 (1)
- And I'm just as bad as anybody else. - ghost of olddude55 09:19:12 06/27/21 (0)
- People equate China goods with "toys". Much deeper than that. - free.ranger 08:59:36 06/27/21 (4)
- They built parts for much of the New Bay Bridge and the ships to get the parts here... - musetap 16:16:03 06/27/21 (0)
- And does anyone really want a country w/5 times our population to - tinear 09:20:01 06/27/21 (0)
- Indeed. - ghost of olddude55 09:16:13 06/27/21 (1)
- RE: Indeed. - rivervalley817 10:14:38 06/27/21 (0)
- Well said. China is an American life partner, for better or worse. - free.ranger 08:42:41 06/27/21 (2)
- Our farmers depend on the Chinese market. - ghost of olddude55 08:53:45 06/27/21 (0)
- +1. nt - tinear 08:43:27 06/27/21 (0)
- Globalism is here to stay: it's the bedrock of consumerism. - tinear 08:42:34 06/27/21 (40)
- Not only that but the 1950s were a one-time deal. - ghost of olddude55 08:57:14 06/27/21 (39)
- And the rise of Unions: poverty jobs of the 20s became the middle class jobs of the 50s - jdaniel@jps.net 09:27:54 06/28/21 (0)
- +1 ...the 1950s were a one-time deal - Jay Buridan 09:28:03 06/27/21 (23)
- Botched opportunities... - dark_dave56 13:42:38 06/28/21 (0)
- And it wasn't as great as pop culture makes people think. - ghost of olddude55 09:38:12 06/27/21 (21)
- "There never was a Leave to Beaver America?... Oh yes there was!... - TWB 10:38:22 06/27/21 (15)
- You think you did, but you probably didn't. - ghost of olddude55 11:30:33 06/27/21 (5)
- LOL! My parents WERE Ward and June!..... - TWB 11:47:49 06/27/21 (4)
- Ahhh... so the "W" is for Wally!... - musetap 14:27:09 06/28/21 (1)
- If anything in life were to make sense to YOU, it would be a miracle.... - TWB 14:37:00 06/28/21 (0)
- Then you were the exception, rather than the rule. - ghost of olddude55 12:34:21 06/27/21 (1)
- Yes it's true that all of those things happened around us..... - TWB 12:59:48 06/27/21 (0)
- Wonderbread and mayonnaise. nt - Rick W 10:58:33 06/27/21 (7)
- RE: Wonderbread and mayonnaise. nt - rivervalley817 11:21:58 06/27/21 (6)
- RE: Wonderbread and mayonnaise. nt - kyle 10:32:20 06/28/21 (0)
- You think your field trip was bad? - ghost of olddude55 11:31:35 06/27/21 (4)
- RE: You think your field trip was bad? - rivervalley817 11:50:29 06/27/21 (3)
- One of the other kids sat on my little loaf of "bread." - ghost of olddude55 12:35:14 06/27/21 (2)
- No big loss... Wonder bread is nasty stuff! - TWB 13:06:28 06/27/21 (0)
- RE: One of the other kids sat on my little loaf of "bread." - rivervalley817 13:02:26 06/27/21 (0)
- RE: "There never was a Leave to Beaver America?... Oh yes there was!... - rivervalley817 10:58:14 06/27/21 (0)
- True, and pop culture glamourized gambling and drinking addictions - Jay Buridan 10:08:36 06/27/21 (2)
- I've never smoked cigarettes in my life... - ghost of olddude55 10:28:07 06/27/21 (1)
- Oh. I forgot about smoking - Jay Buridan 11:10:48 06/27/21 (0)
- There never was a "Leave It To Beaver" America - Chris from Lafayette 09:55:51 06/27/21 (1)
- I'd have been OK with "Make Room for Daddy." - ghost of olddude55 09:57:28 06/27/21 (0)
- Back to cars. I was thinking ... - free.ranger 09:08:57 06/27/21 (12)
- "Americans won't give up their cars!" If that's true, - tinear 09:23:19 06/27/21 (0)
- Time and a half for dealing with the plutonium pellets. nt - ghost of olddude55 09:16:51 06/27/21 (10)
- My brilliant idea thudded when I thought of interstate pile-ups. nt - free.ranger 09:28:00 06/27/21 (0)
- The kahunas in Solidarity House prefer to handle golf balls - Jay Buridan 09:23:42 06/27/21 (8)
- As long as they're not handling my balls, it's all good. - ghost of olddude55 09:30:24 06/27/21 (7)
- First time I've ever heard anything good about Teamsters - Jay Buridan 09:41:38 06/27/21 (6)
- And CEOs are all righteous, God-fearin' folks, right Jay? nt - tinear 11:49:14 06/27/21 (3)
- That's a non sequitur - Jay Buridan 12:49:03 06/27/21 (2)
- No huge org is squeaky clean. Anti-labor propaganda has been a - tinear 13:55:19 06/27/21 (1)
- Agreed, and there's also critique from the left - Jay Buridan 18:37:37 06/27/21 (0)
- Neither a goon nor a thug am I. - ghost of olddude55 09:56:05 06/27/21 (1)
- My friends were TDU - Jay Buridan 10:15:08 06/27/21 (0)
- +1 (nt) - TWB 09:04:31 06/27/21 (0)