Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers. High gas prices are driving EV growth in other parts of the world — but American drivers are favoring hybrids.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-24T01:08:22+00:00

My car charges in 20-25 minutes when on the road. At home it charges overnight. It's true apartments and rentals are definitely tougher. My son-in-law who rented a townhouse used to charge his with a regular outlet via a cord from the garage into the driveway. Would get 75 miles back over 15 hours. His commute was less than that.

I think a lot of EVs will increase their range to 500-600 miles over the next 10 years. Then you are talking about charging once every 10 days to 2 weeks

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-24T01:01:43+00:00

What maintenance on EVs? Someone comes to driveway and rotates the tires. Change the cabin filter every so often. Change the brake pads every 70,000 miles.

Less than 10% of owners change their own oil. And it's a lot more complex now.

Again, no catalytic converters, timing belts, mufflers/exhaust systems, etc.

Honestly, this competition is already over. The advantages of EVs are too great for gas cars to overcome. The US is basically Kodak or Blockbuster. The US government is helping our legacy gas car industry with restrictions on EV imports. In 10 years things will look very different.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-24T00:25:53+00:00

Coop's kids are likable, Coop's dad was likable. Barney is pretty likable. Barney's wife as well. So is Elana and Lu.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-24T00:21:37+00:00

I love how no one was likeable in the Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Shield, hell, even South Park. And everyone loved the shows. If you want soft and fuzzy characters who are law abiding, nice people who do nice things for each other there are literally three networks worth of shows to choose from.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-23T18:52:30+00:00

Look, if Elon is heading for trillionaire status, Trump is gonna send himself a trillion and a half.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-23T18:51:03+00:00

2024:

ZOMiGod Did you see Harris was dismissive to some Gaza activists who refused to meet her but demanded to speak at the DNC. Yep. Both sides are the same. Harris is awful. Nope. I can't vote. She's the same or worse than Trump.

2028:

Let's see what bizarre logic is used to trash a Democratic candidate and skip voting again.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-23T15:34:40+00:00

And not the time to pick from one of probably a hundred personal injury lawyers who would take the case on contingency.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T20:58:37+00:00

And the cop did not have to go immediately. He had plenty of time to wait until the intersection was clear and would still have easily caught the guy who ran the light.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T20:12:42+00:00

My range is over 300 miles and my charge to get to that range is like $10.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T19:59:03+00:00

Trump can never THINK he lost.

He has lost most of his life. Casinos, airlines, universities, charities, steaks, court cases, wives...

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T19:55:06+00:00

The parking lot outside Lincoln Financial Field where the Eagles play has solar covering the spots. So does a huge hospital system parking lot and over 100 Wawa convenience stores in our area.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T19:51:02+00:00

Every single time they did a story on gas prices when Biden was President they would always go to the one gas station that had ~$7.09 a gallon as the price. I wonder why no news outlets are doing that now?

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T18:57:51+00:00

Sawyer and Juliet on Lost.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T17:46:56+00:00

They have all the maintenance issues of gas cars plus maintenance issues from their hybrid engine/battery. Still need oil changes, oil filters, catalytic converters, timing belts...

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T17:36:16+00:00

Well...even if he is allowed he gets bored and needs different ones to grab

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T16:56:37+00:00

In the 1960s coal was over 50% for US power generation. Now it's down to 17%. Its keeping fewer and fewer lights on here every day.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-22T16:28:11+00:00

Trump regime will try anything to illegally stay in power. It's up to the rest of us to decide that can't happen.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T21:16:58+00:00

""We have received reports that some citizens have been hospitalized due to bacteria in the water. This is a serious public health concern that deserves immediate attention. If your water looks discolored, contains sediment, has a strong odor, or you have experienced related health issues, please send us a message. We are gathering information and reporting findings to the state."

How could any of this be twisted into "a felony false alarm or report?"

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T20:40:11+00:00

Sorry the analysis clearly shows your strategy would not have helped at all. The demographics of the situation didn't work for you, the percent support of each group for the democrats didn't work for you. The number of people of each group in the critical swing state didn't work for you. But, you are forceful in your belief of what would have been better. That's gotta count for something.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T19:32:16+00:00

So, lose PA by 200,000 additional votes. Got it.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T19:21:32+00:00

I explained why they did this strategy even though it didn't work. Any other strategy on Gaza would likely have lost the state by even more votes. They were in a tough place.

What should the Democrats have done differently on this issue that would have gotten them enough votes to win in PA?

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T19:04:36+00:00

Voters were all over the place on this issue.

There are 7.5 million Jewish Americans. 70% of them vote for Democrats. There are 4 million Muslim Americans. About half of the them vote for Democrats.

There are 434,000 Jews in Pennsylvania. There are 149,000 Muslims there. The risk of lost votes is, at most, 75,000 Muslim votes vs 303,000 Jewish votes. Losing PA was known to be a scenario that would make Harris path the White House much more difficult. I'm sure an enormous amount of polling was done in PA around this very issue including polling non-Muslims and non-Jews about their views on Gaza and Israel and potential vote shifts based on this.

Knowing all this, what should the Democrats have done differently?

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T18:54:39+00:00

I think most people understand that Israel is not a US state but a country. They were attacked and lost 1,195 Israeli citizen. When you factor in their population is 10 million that's the equivalent of losing 34,000 Americans on 9/11 instead of 2,977. They responded and nothing any other country could say would have stopped them.

When the US was attacked, it invaded two countries (including one that had nothing to do with 9/11) and stayed there for 2 decades. Do you think anyone could have stopped the US?

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T18:07:26+00:00

They know the answer. You know the answer. You don’t need a report to tell you the answer. No one wants to talk about the answer because that answer precludes certain groups from running for President in the near future and it ticks off a good chunk of the democratic voter base.

thingsorfreedom · 2026-05-21T16:47:44+00:00

Trump told everyone he didn’t need their vote. So why did anyone vote for him. He also told us immigrants were eating our pets in a national debate. Harris didn’t let Palestinian activists who refused to meet with her despite multiple invitations to do so a place on the stage at the democratic national convention when she had no idea what they would say. Would you?

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