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Environment & Energy

whatthehey

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1. Nice to know you want me confined to my home

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 08:28 PM

Oct 2016

With a walking range of 200 yards on perfectly smooth pavement I would be absolutely useless and a burden to the economy at best if I could not drive. Instead I pay about $30,000 a year in federal income taxes alone and give five figures to charity including environmental ones. Which would you prefer?

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American Electric Cars Generally Meet the 2030 climate Goals, and Almost the 2040 Goals. [View all] NNadir Oct 2016 OP

Nice to know you want me confined to my home whatthehey Oct 2016 #1

I'm sure you're very noble. Almost everyone who bothers to read what I write is noble. NNadir Oct 2016 #4

The trouble is you ignore the 320 million individual people whatthehey Oct 2016 #5

"just on the possibility" NickB79 Oct 2016 #7

Somehow, I don't think you speak for all 320 million individuals in this society. NNadir Oct 2016 #8

Millions of Americans are denied the use of cars. hunter Oct 2016 #10

I live in the country Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #2

All from a guy who doesn't like cars!!! longship Oct 2016 #3

Yeah. I see by your profile you live in a National Forest. NNadir Oct 2016 #9

Actually, this article is not paywalled caraher Oct 2016 #6

Thank you for pointing that out. I didn't notice; I generally assume that... NNadir Oct 2016 #11