Tesla Cybertruck

free radical wrote:

Frostbitte wrote:
Looks like a 70's/80's Sci-fi b-movie prop and about as useful too.
If the ecoturkeys want to sell me on full electric, this isn't helping.
For now, I'll still stick with the 3 R's. Reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Hmm Id think electric truck w stainless steel body would last much longer then your Ram w Cummins and be way cheaper to run too.
Btw
Hows them Tar sands polution up there lately?
Ive heard cancers are quite comon in people livin downwind

My RAM is running great. No rust either. Not sure why that's a thing. Not here anyways. Maybe in the North East US.
EV cheaper to run? Hmmm, maybe, for now. But wait until more people convert over to whatever it is. Hydrogen fuel cell, EV...Doesn't matter. Eventually, they'll find a way to make you pay. Firmware updates on your EV? Engineered obsolescence for parts. Road tax, electric tax. Doesn't matter, eventually governments and business will find ways to replace revenue generated from the ICE ecosystem. If you can, enjoy it while it lasts.

Be cautious of what you hear about the Tar Sands. There's a lot of misinformation that has been deliberately spread for years.
We all have a to pay a price for civilization. I'm more worried about plastic pollution, cities dumping raw sewage into the rivers and oceans and shipping our garbage overseas rather than recycling and disposing of it properly.
Those Lithium mines for EV batteries aren't very eco-friendly either. Same with fracking and other forms of oil extraction.
As for cancer rates...not sure. I know lots who've worked or are working it the patch. Nothing cancer related sticks out. More stuff related to working long hours. Not everyone is able to do it.

I'd wager my carbon footprint in my diesel is far, far less then than those that fly (business and/or pleasure) multiple times a year or drive exceedingly long distances no matter the vehicle, take cruises every couple of years. Not to mention all the container ships, tour boats, airplanes, buses, trains everyone uses.
I'll keep improving my home to make it more energy efficient and eventually I'd like to add solar panels, if possible.

My original point still stands. I don't like the truck and find it would be next to useless for any of my applications. I really don't care how it's powered but if it can't do what I already can do with what's available, then I'm simply not interested.