Comments on: Brad Pitt’s “Common Sense” Analogy to the Fossil Fuel Automobile

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By: George

George — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:04:02 +0000

“On the other hand electric cars require no maintenance and price of electricity is almost negligible.” What planet do you live on? Why would the maintenance costs for electric cars be less? And where the hell are electricity prices almost negligible? FOSSIL FUELS ARE BURNED TO MAKE ELECTRICITY! Ignorance is bliss, eh?

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:44 +0000

Vitali,

You are living in a dream world. People don’t buy electric cars because they are incredibly expensive, have poor range, and take too long to charge. The Chevy Volt is $41,000. I could buy a nearly brand new Chevy Cobalt for $15000. It gets 36 MPG. There’s no comparison. And there’s no vast anti-electric car conspiracy. If people thought electric cars were worth the money, they would buy one. But they aren’t worth the money. Period.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seven-reasons-why-buying-an-electric-car-might-be-a-terrible-idea/

By: CommonSense

CommonSense — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:32 +0000

It would seem as if you’ve missed Brad’s point entirely. Given the technology available today, would we create a vehicle like the petroleum fueled car? The answer is clearly no. Your point about the car is orthogonal to the central issue. Erase 100+ years of infrastructure and think about how we would not move forward on personal transportation technology. We would use anything available in infinite quantities, harvested anywhere, and clean: electricity, hydrogen, biofuels, etc.

Car companies around the planet are betting the bank on alternative fuels: Nissan/Renault with the Leaf, GM with the Volt, Ford with the Focus EV, the Smart EV, Tesla, Peugeot, Toyota, Honda, BMW i series, and more are all shifting toward electric, hybrid electric or biofuels.

Nearly every automobile company on the planet, BP, Exxon and others energy companies must of listened to Brad when they allocated billions of money to develop alternative energy…

By: Geoff Sander

Geoff Sander — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:10:58 +0000

Oh my: I guess you don’t pay the electrical bills at your house! Electricity costs about 10 times more than an equivalent amount of energy obtained from natural gas. Far from being cheap, electricity is the MOST EXPENSIVE form of energy that we use today; and that is if it’s generated by burning coal. Electricity that comes from windmills costs at least 4 times more than that! With just a little research you can see for yourself that this is true. I suggest however that you seek objective sources, the “oil industry” is NOT the big bad wolf like your video suggests. Read Kids Before Trees for an in depth look at energy, use coupon code KH68F to download a copy free at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/80505

By: vitali

vitali — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:15:34 +0000

If you drive average 12000 miles per year at 22 miles per gallon you are spending $2000 per year in gas @ $3.5 per gallon. You need to account for oil and other maintenance. Thats additional cost of ownership for gas cars.
On the other hand electric cars require no maintenance and price of electricity is almost negligible.
Thing is we have had the technology to produce electric cars since forever and we have been making them even in seventies. Watch movie “who killed electric car” its free on youtube.
The only reason we dont drive electric cars today is because of oil industry.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:31:39 +0000

Brad is a first rate actor. I really enjoy the films he has made. He is also a man of great individual compassion. He earns my respect for this.

In the interview, however, he acknowledges that he did not understand the algorithm used that was the basis of the movie “Moneyball”. This is a very telling comment. He proves that anyone can pretend to understand something they really don’t. The automotive industry provides both high mileage and alternative drive train vehicles. It is not a lack of vision on behalf of car makers, as Brad implies, that fuels the market for the internal combustion engine (pardon the pun). Economics, plain and simple, drives that market. The overwhelming majority of people buy the least expensive vehicle that meets their needs. Why? Because they feel they can use the remainder of their money in a better fashion. If that turns out to be a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine, who are we to second guess their decision?

There is a reason people in the automotive and fossil fuel industries do not tell Brad how to act. He is simply so much better trained in the field of acting. Likewise, he should keep his emotional comments to himself about fields in which he has no training. It may make him feel good, not to mention being politically correct, to slam the car and oil industries. But it reveals how shallow his thinking is on this subject and these industries.