Anti Tesla Sentiment
I recently viewed a video online of some young adults trying to Vandalize a Tesla that was charging in sentry Mode.It seemed like they targeted the car because it was
a Tesla. Didn't seem like electrocution was an issue with them, They must have a lot of faith in Tesla Engineering.
It got me to thinking about some of the reactions I had when I first Purchased my Model 3. I got Shade from my coworkers and even more comments on how EV's where BS and How my EV's burn even more fossil fuels, Etc. I have never purchased a car and had so many negative and aggressive reactions to the purchase. There is a whole camp out there that hates Tesla. They would rather hear the exhaust notes of a CMBE then think of the consequence to our environment and they spare no words in letting me know it.
Fact of the matter is. The feeling is mutual, Because when I have a motorcycle or car pull up to me with extra Loud Exhaust pipes I want to get out of my car and punch them in the face, Literally. to me its obnoxious and with good reason, You are forcing me to have to listen to your Bullsh-t. There are not two consenting parties, There is the loud obnoxious a-hole vrooom vroom vroom! and the people in proximity of the A-hole who may not share the enthusiasm for an extra Loud exhaust system purposefully installed for the sole purpose of letting everyone around you know that you are in fact present(https://southpark.cc.com/clips/254813/brub-brrub-brrrrub)
When I see a gas Guzzling performance car that gets 12 miles a gallon, I don't like it, But I sure as hell don't try to vandalize the Car because of it.
Where does all this Tesla Hate come from?
a Tesla. Didn't seem like electrocution was an issue with them, They must have a lot of faith in Tesla Engineering.
It got me to thinking about some of the reactions I had when I first Purchased my Model 3. I got Shade from my coworkers and even more comments on how EV's where BS and How my EV's burn even more fossil fuels, Etc. I have never purchased a car and had so many negative and aggressive reactions to the purchase. There is a whole camp out there that hates Tesla. They would rather hear the exhaust notes of a CMBE then think of the consequence to our environment and they spare no words in letting me know it.
Fact of the matter is. The feeling is mutual, Because when I have a motorcycle or car pull up to me with extra Loud Exhaust pipes I want to get out of my car and punch them in the face, Literally. to me its obnoxious and with good reason, You are forcing me to have to listen to your Bullsh-t. There are not two consenting parties, There is the loud obnoxious a-hole vrooom vroom vroom! and the people in proximity of the A-hole who may not share the enthusiasm for an extra Loud exhaust system purposefully installed for the sole purpose of letting everyone around you know that you are in fact present(https://southpark.cc.com/clips/254813/brub-brrub-brrrrub)
When I see a gas Guzzling performance car that gets 12 miles a gallon, I don't like it, But I sure as hell don't try to vandalize the Car because of it.
Where does all this Tesla Hate come from?
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I think it has more to do with people and their comfort zones. Think about it, for an entire century, we were us to gasoline engines. And now we are being told that we have been doing it wrong. No one wants to admit to being wrong.
People under the age of 35, out riggt love the technology.
People over the age if 65, understand that we need to move towards Renewables.
The 35 -65 year olds are the HATERS. And dont want to change and move forward.
I am obviously generalizing the age groups. But in my 3 plus years of owning EVs and Partial EVs, this is what I have come across.
That being said, a lot of folks are jealous and envious of people who chose to drive a Tesla. When these feelings bubble up, there is no telling what anti social behavior will come of it.
Again, just my totally non scientific views.
Of course these types are easy prey for greasy liars and con artists who feed their fears for whatever agendas they might have - think Alex Jones of "Infowars", Fox News presenters, NewsMax, and like cretins - who work them into a frenzy on a daily basis. Many Russians are also involved in the effort.
If sound would help, there would never have been a Harley rider killed on the road.
It's kind of like NIMBYs who want to preserve the value of their real estate property.
Me
But it was a bit strange: Lots of people drive foreign cars; most vehicles built in the 'states have large percentages of foreign built components. So, why all the hate?
First clue: when Prius Gen II first hit the market, here was this odd-looking car that got ridiculously good gas mileage. The other auto companies did not have a good answer to this and saw sales of their small cars start to drop. Honda made what became a failed attempt to emulate the Prius with the Insight; other manufacturers put a starter motor (more or less) on the flywheel and would call that a, "Hybrid", ha. And then.. there were the ads. Showing powerful ICE cars passing low-powered hybrids (Insights, as it happened.. They were low powered) on uphills.
And that was when, in New Jersey, I started getting cut off by cars with high horsepower and many, many reports of people getting smoked in their Priuses by pick-up trucks.
People over in Prius Chat land started wondering about all this as well. And took electronic road trips to forums where the hate was spewing. They found:
1. People who ate the there-is-no-climate-change-meme bait, hook, line, and sinker. And believed that it was all an un-American plot.
2. Operatives from somewhat shady organizations pushing this view.
Conclusion: Big Oil, the Koch Brothers (as p/o Big Oil), and ICE manufacturers feeling the pain were stirring up the uneducated as much as they could. Anything to slow down a lower-profit future. And Priuses were from Japan! For the rabble rousers, an unAmerican bonus!
The same maniacs are going after Tesla. They can't play the foreign card, but they're sure going after Tesla any way they can.
Yeah, there are certain people around here who call me a conspiracy theory type. But, well.. Look at FISH. Or ask M8B about the shorties who used to inhabit these forums in droves. Or look at CNBC and wonder why they keep on spewing as much FUD. Personally, I think it's all of a piece.
Now, I'm not saying that people will hate. Because that's what people will do, naturally. And there's people out there who hate people who walk, or ride bikes, or don't look the same as they do; welcome to the human condition.
But there are entities, primarily corporate entities, who will push buttons to enhance profits if they can. They get their memes out there and try to slow down the existential threat that Tesla is to their bottom line by any means that they can.
Or can’t understand
But seriously. Lots and lots of people are going to lose their jobs if electric vehicles take over. If I had a job that depended on oil and gas, I too would hate Tesla.
At the now-defunct Boston Computer Museum, while inspecting a triple-refrigerator-sized box of electromechanical gee-wizardry that constituted a 256 K-byte storage unit from the 50's, an older lady walked up next to me and started reminiscing about being young and on the production line for the things. She had skills that were good back then, but she must have picked up something else to do in the meantime.
The demand for electron-tube-based TV repairmen is very low these days.
The oil guys are simply going to have to find something else to do, just like everybody else.
As with any improvement, there will be jobs that are no longer required. This process began when the first ape picked up a rock and broke open a nut with it.
We invent machines to make our,lives easier. This means less work. Its the reason we do it. We will find a way to live with the results.