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    #21 10-11-2022, 03:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ECobb91 View Post
    can a 1/2ton pickup drive from Alaska to Florida on a single tank of gas? I literally don’t know if one that can, so using your logic then ICE is useless for you as well.

    I'm not sold on towing with EVs but also completely cognizant that they are improving much faster than any other type of automotive so who knows what we will see in the next 5 years
    I think you may have missed the sarcasm...
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    #22 10-11-2022, 03:24 PM
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    Friend just bought a Rivian $32 to charge it. Electric is junk and worse for environment!! Coal, gas, and propane make electricity. These climate change people are absolute fools and EV is not the answer right now unless live in a big city commuting etc
    A power plant is more efficient with its fuel than an internal combustion engine is.
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    #23 10-11-2022, 04:00 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Loomis88 View Post
    Friend just bought a Rivian $32 to charge it. Electric is junk and worse for environment!! Coal, gas, and propane make electricity. These climate change people are absolute fools and EV is not the answer right now unless live in a big city commuting etc
    Explain to me how you posted and I'm reading this without having "Coal,gas, and propane make electricity."
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    #24 10-11-2022, 07:13 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by bassnpro1 View Post
    Can it tow a boat from Alaska to Florida on one charge? If not, it is useless to me. ICE forever

    Florida is South; ergo, downhill.. Just as Reno, Nevada is farther West, than Los Angeles...


    charged meter.

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    #25 10-11-2022, 09:56 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottOz View Post
    Late '78-79 had Square headlights. Early '78 had Round.
    I had a 78 F 250 with square headlights but my brother in law had a 79 F 150 with round headlights.
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    #26 10-12-2022, 10:44 PM
    Where do you think electricity comes from???
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    #27 10-12-2022, 10:56 PM
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    Where do you think electricity comes from???
    Teach us!
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    #28 10-12-2022, 11:49 PM
    That's a sharp electric Ferd. I have to admit though that my favorite engine in those trucks were the 6 in a row ready to tow.
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    #29 10-13-2022, 05:09 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Loomis88 View Post
    Where do you think electricity comes from???
    From rapidly rubbing balloons on hair
    Thanos was the hero
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    #30 10-13-2022, 11:06 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by 1stindoor View Post
    Zero Labs Automotive Electric Vehicles Check these guys out. Watched a show on them once. Looks old everywhere but under the hood.
    Was just wondering if electric "kit cars" are a thing now... a quick google search shows quite a few!
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    #31 10-13-2022, 12:30 PM
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    Where do you think electricity comes from???
    The plugs on my wall... duh.
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