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Anybody who bought a Tesla in the last few years is a goddamn tool. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We've known for years that the owner is a lying, creepy, out of touch dipshit and that it's a very flawed car and the company will cut costs to save money on safety items, every time.

Electric vehicles with drive assist are awesome and are the future, but there are alternatives, especially if you have money, which a lot of Tesla customers do. And they're not particularly well built; how many of these do you think will be on the road 20 years from now? And now we've seen how Elaine runs their companies, why the hell would anybody put their trust in their products?

If you've bought a Tesla in the last five or so years, you're a damn goober in my eyes. That's my hot take, prepared for being called poor and other sodium, tear filled comments from fools whose opinions don't matter. You are the hardcore, foaming at the mouth Segway fan from the 2000s, have at me lol.

Update: The teary eyed, sweaty fingered responses to this are predictably hilarious. I've been called a guy that eats 4 pizzas a week in another old thread because of this, a cunt, a tool, a douche, a couple people spent their energy to tell me they don't understand me spending my energy posting this, some people are telling me something about Tesla or Elaine living in my head rent free. All genuinely pathetic responses, so GG lol. Cheers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is always used as an argument against going electric, but it's flawed for a few reasons.

1st, that 94% doesn't hold everywhere. I live in NZ. We're at about 80% renewable for grid energy.

2nd, the type of people who can afford, and choose to go electric for environmental reasons, are the same people who are likely to be installing solar panels and other renewables at the property.

3rd, even you have pointed out that your 94% figure is well out of date... because most governments (Except a few derps) are trying to increase the percentage of renewable energy in their grids. I'm not sure where you are, but assuming you're in the US, it's actually 78% now, and 60% for the UK

4th, the cars themselves generate power through solar, and regenerative breaking. No, it's probably not enough to keep you running without plugging in to the grid, but it is a further reduction.

There are environmental issues related to electric cars, but they're in the manufacturing. Not in the reliance on grid energy. Assuming that the car survives it's full lifecycle, even only relying on grid power with their current percentages of renewables, the overall impact is STILL a net reduction in emissions.

There are plenty non-environmental reasons for going electric too

TL;DR: Ye, nah, the grid energy argument doesn't hold water. Love it or hate it, electric cars are the future.