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Think. Again.

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8. Thank you for posting that....

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 27, 2024, 06:31 PM

Aug 2024

The bottom line is we DON'T HAVE A CHOICE between EVs or ICEs, we simply have to transition away from burning fossil fuels with whatever we have to do that with, as soon as humanly possible.

It isn't a matter of choice, it's a matter of life or death, literally.

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Electric vehicles catch fire at Rivian's Normal, Illinois plant [View all] Caribbeans Aug 2024 OP

OMG 😟 how horrible. I don't want one. Don't trust them TommieMommy Aug 2024 #1

I just drove past that Rivian plant about 45 minutes ago. The parking lot is hundreds of acres and full of sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #2

Whow--that is a huge fire. Brave firefighters for sure. riversedge Aug 2024 #3

As to that Tesla, the driver was drunk and speeding according to the NTSB and both died from blunt force trauma Wonder Why Aug 2024 #4

Thank goodness gasoline isn't flammable. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #5

OMG, people are sitting on about 400 KWh with full 12-gallon tank of gasoline! Yet the OP is scared of the 70. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #7

Gasoline and diesel powered vehicles are 29 times more likely to catch fire than an EV Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #6

Thank you for posting that.... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #8

It would help if we didn't try to make EVs that fit the most extreme situations Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #9