Incorrect. Insurance is high because home values doubled in a few years, and the crazy amount of lawsuit/insurance fraud in FL. DeSantis signed a bill to help with lawsuit fraud so hopefully it will bring some insurance companies back to the state
I realize they are still out there. When the first Prius's came out I thought, damn, I bet there will be hybrids like that everywhere in 15 years. Gas engines that alternate to battery. 15 years later and it seems everyone forgot about them. I just think that was a better alternative for the majority of Americans at this point in time.
Same in North Carolina. Literally filling up with NY, NJ, & Penn people. It's ridiculous and a lot of them are bringing their same mindset... I want to tell them, that failed you, try a different mindset.
Exactly. That was my thought. If you got 25 mpg 18 years ago I assumed there would be a big push and that technology would improve a bunch.
I think you’d be wise to educate yourself a little bit about the huge role of naturally occurring gases (methane) percolating up from the ocean floor into the atmosphere, volcanic activity, etc and then also take into account the variations in solar flare activity, which we have zero control over before losing sleep about cow farts.
One of the bigger problems that Florida can address is the issue of out of control litigation and roofing scams which are rampant. There’s a lot of good source material on that you can find. Addressing these would be a good start. As more companies exit the state, there’s less competition and increased risk among the remaining companies. They're not into this to lose money.
I know. I remember 15 years ago they were talking about small SUVs getting a combined 70 miles per gallon hybrid or a three-quarter ton pickup getting 30 miles per gallon combined . That seemed to make too much sense. I expected Toyota to ramp up from there based on their experience with the Prius platform.
They could have reduced greenhouse gasses by a lot more with hybrids everywhere rather than scattered evs. And I don't think they would have needed to subsidize it as much. Can you imagine how many hybrids would be on the road if they gave some of the incentives they do for ev's?
Maybe the market will correct itself. Despite the Prius, Toyota is not bullish on EV at all.
That was my point. They invested a lot into their hybrid program, but never really expanded it.
nice. now if everyone will excuse me i'm going out to look for a large expanse of black top to place my new thermometer and finally get it to warm up around here another 5-10 degrees just like the experts do.
That stuff was being indoctrinated to us in grade school in the 70s via the weekly reader. A lot of kids were freaked out
Yep, all of the acid, rain horror stories, the Ice Age, the death of the ozone, and the likelihood that the Russians were going to hit us with nuclear bombs. Good times.
"The reproducibility difficulties are not about fraud", according to Dame Ottoline Leyser, director of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
I actually agree. Nobody should be driving anything short of a hybrid today, except perhaps big rig long haul stuff. I still think EVs work for most the mass of the consumer population, but hybrids should at least be deployed by those who EVs currently can't accommodate properly yet (until the battery tech advances more for range as it seems to be on the cusp of being figured out).
If I'm guilty of climate alarmism, then I guess that makes you guilty of climate denialism with this hot take
Go faq yourself. I worked hard to buy a sports car so good luck taking it from me. Oh and I purely use it for driving on nice sunny weekend days just to cruise around. Think I’ll take the top down and go for a long drive right now.. just for you dbag
You wanted to be liberated by truth, but you failed.
You're guilty of not being a critical thinking adult who is brainwashed by propaganda.If I'm guilty of climate alarmism, then I guess that makes you guilty of climate denialism with this hot take
Ah, not coming to the argument in good faith. Understood - truth is subjective in your opinion.
I’ll stick with my two V-8 trucks. How do you expect us to haul horse trailers, boats and such with an EV or a hybrid. Sounds like a fool‘s errand. My 15-year-old son also drives a V-8 truck to school, just don’t see what the problem is with that.
I do it myself. Oil filter isnt much from pelican parts. I use Mobil 1 so it’s a bit expensive since she takes about 10 quarts of oil
Does the nations electrical grid have the necessary capacity to provide for the demands of electrical vehicles? Can we ramp up copper mining 10 fold? This is a fantasy.
It’s not hard to see how data is falsified and then look back at all of the ridiculous predictions that were made that did not come true. Oops. It’s not even scientists that are sounding the bell. It’s dummies like King, Charles, Greta, Thunberg, and Alyssa Milano trying to frighten low information folksIf I'm guilty of climate alarmism, then I guess that makes you guilty of climate denialism with this hot take
For sure, there's an accumulative effect at play that can't be overlooked. But aside from natural sources, it's not all just India and China as far as mankind's industrial contributions...The US both by it's large driving population/lack of public transportation infrastructure and companies that offshore those jobs to China contributes directly as well.
