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I look forward to seeing pictures of you galloping down the road amongst the electric and gas powered vehicles next year! I mean, no advisor would not heed their OWN advice. Otherwise, boy! How silly would that look!Meanwhile, my advice as a economic advisor is sell your stocks and buy a horse because this technological, economic model is going down.
To government regulation.
The Amish refuse to use internal combustion engines. Thought you knew.The Amish, you do know about the Amish, don't you?
Today's winner. Yes, we often forget the many ways in which oil companies are subsidized. Thanks for the reminder.The market for gasoline cars benefits from loads of subsidies already. Acting as if moves to promote electric cars are any more interventionist than, say, density-minimizing zoning laws or transportation policies that favor highway construction over transit (both of which favor vehicles with longer range), just shows how much you've normalized the advantages afforded IEC vehicles.
You don't know any Amish people, do you?The Amish refuse to use internal combustion engines. Thought you knew.
I laughed at that more than I'd have expected.Mr Biden, who was on the second day of a three-day trip to several Western states, told attendees at the campaign event that a person had approached him to talk about a high debt burden.
“Just the other day this defeated looking man came up to me and said: ‘Mr. President I need your help. I’m in crushing debt. I’m completely wiped out,’” he said.
After a moment, Mr Biden delivered the punchline... “Donald, I’m sorry. I can’t help you”.
Grew up in Iowa.You don't know any Amish people, do you?
IME, they're perfectly happy to let you use your ICE's to help them do stuff.
Yes. Are YOU Amish? What do the Amish have to do with your impending new purchase? Do they raise a certain breed of horse you're interested in?The Amish, you do know about the Amish, don't you?
My father was a professional horse trainer. He specialized in carriage horses. So yes, I do know about horse and buggyYes. Are YOU Amish? What do the Amish have to do with your impending new purchase? Do they raise a certain breed of horse you're interested in?
But you've already recommended other people purchase their horse. It sounded pretty dire a few posts ago.My father was a professional horse trainer. He specialized in carriage horses. So yes, I do know about horse and buggy
I can also run a pack string.
Meanwhile the Amish, as I have heard, are partial to Standardbred for carriages. The Amish buy some Standardbred that are retired race horse (harness) that are sold at auction although I would assume the Amish do raise some of their own horses.
The work horses are Percheron and Belgium draft horses.
Yup, I do know a bit about horses.
If the price of gas increases too much or government bans gas powered vehicles, I will not have a bit of trouble going horse and buggy.
It dependsBut you've already recommended other people purchase their horse. It sounded pretty dire a few posts ago.
Are you suggesting now that maybe people wouldn't need to buy a horse just yet?
For a ban? I would guess 50+ years.It depends
Biden has a host of new taxes on oil companies in the budget. Then there are the regulations.
How long before gasoline engines are banned altogether or taxed into extinction?
If there is nothing to replace the mimeograph machine, then that is sound advice.I could picture a poster yelling at a secretary "Hey! Don't get rid of the mimeograph machine!!!"
It starts to get absurd that you want to hold onto this old outdate, dirty technology. Why? Why do you want to die on the internal combustion engine hill? It's such a pointless one.
That's the magical word. And that's why I gave a LONG timeframe before we'd be done with ICE...frankly, it's probably gonna be later. I just realized I didn't give a SUPER long timeline...maybe as long as 75 years before ICEs would be banned.Yet.
That's the magical word. And that's why I gave a LONG timeframe before we'd be done with ICE...frankly, it's probably gonna be later. I just realized I didn't give a SUPER long timeline...maybe as long as 75 years before ICEs would be banned.
Given the nationalistic spirit conservatives have, I find it utterly baffling how limp and ineffectual they actually and truly, find American innovation.If there is nothing to replace the mimeograph machine, then that is sound advice.
Right now there is nothing to reliably replace gasoline engines. There is also nothing to replace coal fired electric plants.
Therefore, the government wants unreliable vehicles and not enough power to supply them by 2030.
Eventually maybe EV's will replace gas engines but for now, the technology is not there.
And it won't be there in 6 years, however much Biden waves his magic eco wand and shouts "make it so."
Technological advance is not now nor has it ever been, accomplished by government edict.
Given the nationalistic spirit conservatives have, I find it utterly baffling how limp and ineffectual they actually and truly, find American innovation.
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