Electric Vehicles? Towing? Hauling?
There seems to be quite a push lately for zero emission vehicles and electric only vehicles. How on Earth would these ever work for us? You can't go cross country in an electric vehicle in a pra...
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Grit dog wrote:
2 totally opposite ends of the spectrum here.
Resender with his almost ubiquitous support for EVs, even defending them to a fault and rk911 who’s universal distaste or distrust for technology appears to favor his 46 Willy’s and rand McNally for transportation.
quite the opposite. no luddite here, no inherent distaste for technology. i embrace technology. i just don’t kneel down and worship at its altar. i do have, and hope others do as well, a certain healthy skepticism of technology. that is to say i do not blindly and automatically trust any technology. some, maybe most tech is useful and makes our lives better, others not so much. and yes, while we still carry a road atlas for backup we use a GPS for routing. been doing that for the better part of 20-yrs.
btw, my ‘46 Willys is a family heirloom and my daily driver around town in nice weather. it’s a real thrill to be driving grandpa’s jeep, the same jeep i used to ride around in as a kid.
EVs may eventually turn out to be all they and their owners preach they are but they have a long way to go before they graduate from an expensive amusement into useful, practical transportation. i’ll consider one if that day ever comes.
