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- my emotional reaction to conversation revolving around how I feel about EVs is profoundly negative simply because I'm tired of conversation revolving around EVs
- I realized while thinking through numerous electric vehicle debates at work and with family that I don't care about electric vehicles for the same reason I don't care about hardly any vehicle made after the year 2000. I have always loved old cars. Antique cars. I've never been very interested in newer, modern, or contemporary cars regardless of their fuel source. And that's unlikely to change. 
- detractors should understand and appreciate the benefits whereas devoted promoters must understand exactly how far we have to go and all of the implications that this new fuel source brings with it
- as always, we generate problems as a result of our solutions, and it takes time to solve those newer problems
- EVs are now where the automobile was when the Ford Model A was build
- electric vehicle should be separate from turning all new vehicles into smartphones on wheels
- i will always prefer a car that I can fix over a car that I cannot
- i will always prefer a car with longevity; I will rebuild an engine twice before throwing in the towel if i can help it; i know this isn't realistic for everyone but there are enough right to repair debates with all forms of technology and mass-produced engineering products that I can't ignore that factor when weighing in on EVs
- as a computer programmer I'm exhausted by the complications that arise from locked down software platforms. I'm a free software and open-source advocate and I don't see dumping all my eggs into a vendor-locked, manufacturer-variable tech-laden drive control system a very good idea. 
- moving forward with EVs doesn't have to mean moving forward with giant touchscreens and poorly named autopilot features that I believe will continue to make people less attentive worse drivers, not better ones
- people make fun of detractors who mention the effects of lithium mining and overtaxed power grids; I know solutions will be found for these problems and that these problems maybe cannot stand in the way of progress (after all, necessity is the mother of invention) but to ignore them or laugh at those who bring these concerns to the table is unfair and wrong. there's a balance to be struck
- I enjoy engines and that's not going to change. I know that's not true for everyone out there, but don't threaten to take away the thing i love in order to drive up adoption of what's supposed to be a superior product. If and when electric vehicles become the better alternative, people will gravitate toward them naturally. Arbitrarily enforcing that adoption with litigation or shame is a step backwards.
- engine lovers have to understand that electric vehicles are here to stay and will only get better
- battery lovers have to understand that the internal combustion engine is going to be around a lot longer than you or I estimate and inventing a timeframe for their elimination is a useless endeavor