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Drive Time, Eco-Crap

So much for electric cars, then:

Is the electric car really as green as it appears?

Executive summary:  no.  Not even close.  Here’s the true cost of manufacture (even granting ad arguendo that CO2 is all that bad for us):

And here’s the pesky particulate pollution comparison (see article for explanation):

So, as we all knew, the risible NetZero goal is a waste of fucking time (the true executive summary).

But, as  Sage Commenter Butch  put it yesterday:

“The objective is not to get us all into ‘cleaner’ EVs. The objective is to deprive us of personal transportation and freedom of movement.”

What he said.

And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go back to drooling over Kim’s Lotto Dream Car, the 2002 BMW Z8 with manual transmission — which on a good day gets 15mpg from its 5-liter V8 gasoline-powered internal combustion engine:

…and that only if you don’t floor the gas pedal.  [exit, drooling]

11 comments

  1. And that doesn’t count the amount to CO2 generated by witless envirotwits jabbering about the damn things.

  2. I’ve been saying for years – the fact that none of this green stuff works is a feature, not a bug. The want us wearing figurative hair shirts as penance for our presence on the planet – stuck at home in a tiny grey box – no travel, no A/C, no heat, no meat, etc. In fact, we should all be flogging ourselves for using energy, reading thus blog.

  3. Wow, that BMW.
    Never heard of that before.
    I’ll tell you what, it’s looks DAM nice.
    And a V8 and a stick to boot???
    Jayziss, that my new favoritest (new) ride.
    I’m gonna look it up, right after I station my drool bucket.

    1. A mere $190,000 excluding TTL, and it can be yours, with only 20.000 miles on the meter. An undriven one? $300k, and you have to get it shipped over from Yurp.

      Not that I’ve been researching it, or anything.

    1. I think that was the position of the cluster in the 507, after which this was modeled.

  5. I’m going to throw a little mud here……
    If it’s not USA compliant (smog/crash/etc.) you can’t import it unless it’s 25 years old.

    1. Don’t care. There are still a few low-mileage Z8s out there in the hinterlands of the U.S., any of which would do me fine.

      As for the low-mileage thing: that wouldn’t last long, in my case. That black Z8 would embark on a sea-to-shining sea (and back) trip within a couple months of purchase, you betcha. With “no interstates or tolls” programmed into the GPS.

      1. you post a sharp looking car and then mention my dream road trip. why are you trying to empty my wallet?

        JQ

  6. I’m not a car guy but I could be happy with that BMW. Looks sharp and since you picked it Kim I’m sure that the engine and suspension are very good for power and control.

    JQ

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