I am a Republican and I hate their stance on electric cars, walkable cities, etc. For some reason, the party has taken an ignorant and hard stance against electric.
Electric cars currently are not better for the environment in any measurable way. I am OK with that since the technology is growing. It will get much better. As we add solar panels to homes or nuclear power that will greatly help since we will not be burning fossil fuels.
My republican friends all tease me because of my Tesla. In return, I took them for a ride and I will say it changed their opinion. They thought it would be slow and clunky. Even the model 3 is a rocket with great handling.
People always make weird claims like oh, the range is so limited. I travel often for work and honestly, the range isn’t that big of a deal.
I use to live in a larger city that had public transportation and it was much more walkable. Honestly, it was better than i had imagined. It was wonderful to complete more daily chores by walking. I have always liked to walk but it was also less stressful. I still had a car but I drove it once or twice every few months when I had to do something further away.
The largest issue with electric cars is the cost and the ability to charge. When I lived in the larger city, charging was hard. To add it to my condo was going to cost 20K. That is a something that needs to be figured out and put in the laws. The building was just milking it and it would have not been cost effective.
I am a Republican and I hate their stance on electric cars, walkable cities, etc. For some reason, the party has taken an ignorant and hard stance against electric.
Could you look at other stances too? It’s not just this.
Such as? I would prefer to stay on the topic of electric cars. You can see my post history and I am a very moderate Republican. I have been my whole life.
The only reason so many people are “obsessed” with him is because all 350M or so of us saw exactly the sort of person he is, and exactly the sort of damage he could do as president. Some people liked that. Most of us were horrified, and were additionally horrified by the fraction of people who did actually genuinely like him because of the things he did and continues to do. It’s a litmus test.
But yes - you’re nominally right, so let’s put the man aside for a moment. Personally, I’m still curious which current, national-level GOP policies you continue to find compelling.
Find an appropriate thread, and we can talk about it. I have no issues talking about politics when it’s appropriate such as the GOP disdain for electric cars but not interested in talking about politics when it isn’t relevant to the discussion. Not everything in my life is political as I am a moderate.
You brought up Trump when it wasn’t relevant to virtue signal. I didn’t like the man when he was a democrat and he’s far from a republican, much less a conservative republican.
Bill clinton was the best republican president we’ve had in years. He accomplished more Republican Party stances than anyone else.
Now let’s talk about electric cars.TDS is unbecoming.
The alternative currently being no restrictions whatsoever, which, statistically speaking, is more relevant than a small % worth of exceptions. Make me Supreme overlord of the universe and you bet you’ll have a few exceptions.
Supporting 1/6
Burn the fucking government to the ground for all I care.
Observation of them being worse for the economy after investigating state of economy for decades
OK and? I’m not playing some strategy game here. Optimizing existence isn’t the goal. “the economy” isn’t some God we must appease.
Closing of majority-black voting poll locations.
Pretty fucking bottom of the barrel shit to be deciding a vote based on. Decide polling locations by throwing a dart at a map for all I care.
I am a Republican and I hate their stance on electric cars, walkable cities, etc. For some reason, the party has taken an ignorant and hard stance against electric.
Electric cars currently are not better for the environment in any measurable way. I am OK with that since the technology is growing. It will get much better. As we add solar panels to homes or nuclear power that will greatly help since we will not be burning fossil fuels.
My republican friends all tease me because of my Tesla. In return, I took them for a ride and I will say it changed their opinion. They thought it would be slow and clunky. Even the model 3 is a rocket with great handling.
People always make weird claims like oh, the range is so limited. I travel often for work and honestly, the range isn’t that big of a deal.
I use to live in a larger city that had public transportation and it was much more walkable. Honestly, it was better than i had imagined. It was wonderful to complete more daily chores by walking. I have always liked to walk but it was also less stressful. I still had a car but I drove it once or twice every few months when I had to do something further away.
The largest issue with electric cars is the cost and the ability to charge. When I lived in the larger city, charging was hard. To add it to my condo was going to cost 20K. That is a something that needs to be figured out and put in the laws. The building was just milking it and it would have not been cost effective.
Could you look at other stances too? It’s not just this.
Such as? I would prefer to stay on the topic of electric cars. You can see my post history and I am a very moderate Republican. I have been my whole life.
Did you, self-declared “very moderate” Republican, vote for Trump either time?
Because, historically, Hillary and Biden would be considered very moderate Republicans.
And what does this have to do with electric cars?
I’ll take that as a yes. You voted for the Nazi. Some moderate.
I didn’t vote for Trump but none of this is relevant to the topic.
I would prefer to stay on topic rather than talk about Trump. Unlike you I don’t have an obsession with him.
The only reason so many people are “obsessed” with him is because all 350M or so of us saw exactly the sort of person he is, and exactly the sort of damage he could do as president. Some people liked that. Most of us were horrified, and were additionally horrified by the fraction of people who did actually genuinely like him because of the things he did and continues to do. It’s a litmus test.
But yes - you’re nominally right, so let’s put the man aside for a moment. Personally, I’m still curious which current, national-level GOP policies you continue to find compelling.
Find an appropriate thread, and we can talk about it. I have no issues talking about politics when it’s appropriate such as the GOP disdain for electric cars but not interested in talking about politics when it isn’t relevant to the discussion. Not everything in my life is political as I am a moderate.
Please present evidence that I have an “obsession” with Trump. Unless that was a lie. Was it a lie?
Two posts is not an obsession.
You brought up Trump when it wasn’t relevant to virtue signal. I didn’t like the man when he was a democrat and he’s far from a republican, much less a conservative republican.
Bill clinton was the best republican president we’ve had in years. He accomplished more Republican Party stances than anyone else.
Now let’s talk about electric cars.TDS is unbecoming.
And this is a short list
Anyone who’s a republican in 2023 is either an idiot, an asshole, or both.
The alternative currently being no restrictions whatsoever, which, statistically speaking, is more relevant than a small % worth of exceptions. Make me Supreme overlord of the universe and you bet you’ll have a few exceptions.
Burn the fucking government to the ground for all I care.
OK and? I’m not playing some strategy game here. Optimizing existence isn’t the goal. “the economy” isn’t some God we must appease.
Pretty fucking bottom of the barrel shit to be deciding a vote based on. Decide polling locations by throwing a dart at a map for all I care.