10 Reasons Why an ICE Automobile is BETTER than an EV

In this episode, Aaron gives his take on the EV push in America. While each person has their own opinion on the subject, the facts remain clear that in many instances the US is simply not ready for EVs. Below are the references for everything shared in this video:
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[@DentsideDepot]

While I don't personally agree with the EV push happening in America right now, the fact remains that humans are responsible for major shifts in our climate. It is my opinion that other technologies beyond vehicles charged off America's grid need to be explored and implemented both now and into the future. Please feel free to express your own opinion below.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

I agree look we went from horse drawn to motorized cars gasoline was cheaper then ev back then too. So really did we really improved more like repeating history.

[@blaydCA]

​@@WilliamHollinger2019 Rural electrification didn't start to happen until 1936, which is partly WHY they went with gasoline, because the rural areas would be a big unserved market

[@spaceflight1019]

What science are you basing your beliefs on? I'm proud to be a skeptic; it prevents me from being ripped off. If you're talking about the deforestation of the Amazon and Southeast Asia, I agree with you. Brazil was told to not do that over 40 years ago and they ignored the scientific community. There are two charts that are easily found on Google. One is the average atmospheric temperature since 1900. The second is the strength of the Earth's magnetic field. The temperature is rising and the field strength is decreasing. Why is that important? The magnetic field prevents the solar wind from interacting with the atmosphere. As it decreases in strength it allows energetic solar radiation to penetrate deeper into the atmosphere, heating it up. Don't take it from me; look it up yourself. Be a skeptic. Geologists know that the "climate" is always changing. Hot one millennium; ice age the next. They also know that during periods of "high" atmospheric CO2 life flourishes, and during periods of "low" CO2 the planet endures ice ages.

[@blaydCA]

@@spaceflight1019 Geologist is the person of science that studies the Earth's (or other planets crustal movement or makeup. Climatologists are those that study the climate of a planet ExxonMobil had top tier climatologists that predicted this in the 1970's, but buried it. Hang tight, it's gonna be an interesting ride whether you're in denial or not!

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@blaydCASince this "religion" started nearly 20 years ago one thing that has remained constant is that you people pick and choose whatever fits your belief scheme. Since most of the "research" was found to have been created by people who hate fossil fuels you cite oil company "research" because you agree with it. I prefer to do my own research, I have, and I have posted the results here. Just keep drinking the Kool-Aid, and watch as the BRIC countries thrive while the West deindustrializes itself.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I'll take an old Ford truck over an E.V. any day!

[@DentsideDepot]

Couldn't agree more. Plus you can buy like 15-20 of them for the price of 1 EV F150

[@user-ht1xu4gv2u]

​@@DentsideDepotspeaking of old. Dentsides 4bys on the old EMERGENCY! TV series in 1977they did an ep where ROY. AND. JOHNNY. we're on vacation and guys boat exploded they got to him and transported him in a new 77 F250 TU TONE AND A CAMPER CAP...MAKE IT A POINT TO SEE THE TRUCK in the ep really epic to view them in. Use......

[@coreyimmel2007]

Not to mention fire hazard in small spaces such as parking garages; a handful of them in Florida has banned EVs due to battery fires that will spread from vehicle to vehicle. Since there is no good way of extinguishing lithium fires, all the vehicles will burn down within the vicinity of the EV.

[@DentsideDepot]

There are many more reasons I didn't even mention in this video for brevity sake and that is an excellent one for sure. This all goes back to the insanity of expecting a technology to takeover in less than 10 years, its just not going to happen.

[@blueelem7372]

I love old Ford trucks. They are the sign of American engineering.

[@DentsideDepot]

Amen, me too so lets keep them on the road!

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

I love early 1990's OBS

[@hhjhj393]

Yeah gotta keep these trucks alive. The companies are gonna try their hardest to wipe them out. We need to preserve these old trucks and also preserve the knowledge of them. So that people can still make parts and possibly make new similar trucks.

[@mr.rocket7550]

Ford was a terrible man

[@andrewforster4974]

I drive a 1971 ford f100 old school as a daily driver I work in a auto body shop putting cars back together and just shake my head on how bad they are made and it puts a smile on my face to drive my truck as well in canadian winters my truck always starts no matter how cold it gets

[@joshdively8029]

It used to be chevy vs Ford vs dodge now its us vs the politicians

[@blaydCA]

I've owned both FORD and GubMint Motors. They both have had their issues depending on model year and engine. As a former fleet owner, I chewed through plenty of vehicles.

[@diegosilang4823]

I owned Ford, Honda/Acura, and GM.

Speaking of weight and EVs, EV could have made sense for very light, small city cars. They would have been cheap, convenient, easy to charge and lower noise levels in cities. But obviously it isn't the route manufacturers chose, instead they decided to go all in on the SUV trends, that's how we ended up with frigate-class vehicules polluting so much on manufacturing and wasting so much energy.

[@X85283]

When it comes to weight, something I didn’t hear you mention is the damage that causes to roads. The vast majority of our roads were not designed with the idea of 6000-9000lb vehicles being so common. And at least everywhere I’ve been, the roads are already tore up, it’s only going to get worse.

[@X85283]

Ope, now you said it. 😂

[@DentsideDepot]

Yes 100%, I did get to that later in the episode as well, but you are 100% correct. This is why calculating the pollution savings to a gas vehicle is not just a basic math equation of emissions, its more than that like you stated here.

[@stephanprotzen6030]

A number of my friends live in cities and love their Teslas. Great for shortish commutes, Pre run the AC on hot days, travel in HOV lanes, etc. For me living in a rural area it doesn’t work. Also even Ford doesn’t make an EV truck with a real (long) bed.

[@DentsideDepot]

A sensible reply. There are scenarios where an EV works, like the Rivian delivery trucks since they sit most of the time and return to a place to be charged. But, for most Americans this is not the case.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Yeah today's trucks beds are laughable.

[@jacobwrona]

Want more efficiency? Diesel?

[@DentsideDepot]

Absolutely I am building one on tje channel right now

[@isaiahrosales7070]

I agree with everyone here and I’d like to add one of the greenest things you can do is rebuilding your engine and/or vehicle and keep putting it to work for example I have a 1966 F100 that I’m currently working on it’s 57 years old and on the history report it said it ran about 710,000 miles and I stripped down the engine but paid to have it rebuilt from a 352 5.8 L V8 and bored it into a 390 6.4L and now I’ve moved on to stripping down the cab, bed, electrical harness, etc etc so I can sandblast the crap out my frame till it’s down to bare metal so I can spray self etching primer then line X or rhino liner or whatever is the toughest liner then a coat of pb blaster I’m on the frame right now but gonna do the entire undercarriage under the bed everything so I can rest easy knowing the undercarriage is rust free and of course I’m gonna restore the outside and inside as well but my point is that’s problably more of a green thing to do than buying an e.v just for the simple fact that e.vs and most new vehicles have planned obcelesence and warranties that expire right before the lifespan of major components and I know an e.v’s 10 year battery problem isn’t planned that’s just how most batteries are but it gets to a point where the culture deems it more worth it to just lease or buy a new car everytime the old one breaks down because with the insane prices to fix this kinda stuff now days it does make sense to just throw it in the guttah and go buy anotha but that’s because companies sort of force us to do that nowadays another example is Coca-Cola or any company not really doing the reusable glass bottle thing anymore because plastic is just so cheap and readily available to mass produce even a lot of new cars are mostly plastic so that brings up another point, when your rebuilding a classic vehicle the amount of material you “waste” replacing old rusty worn out parts with new ones is very small compared to the new car planned obcelesence and it’s less of a problem to dispose of because they were mostly made of metal and rubbers etc. instead of these plastic riddled pos cars we have now and you can sometimes repurpose those old metals or scrap em something productive instead of a majority of it ending up in the ocean in the streets etc. so we live in a fast paced throw-away culture like food and drink packaging etc. which migrates into car culture making it a throw away culture now as well so that’s why we’re so screwed in that regard, people don’t want to use their heads or their hands anymore and rebuild still useful once given some love items they’d rather toss it and start over so that’s another problem with e.v’s and it’s not just with them but they’re a big part of it because I’d bet even new pos cars would last at least a little longer than e.v’s

[@michaeledwards8051]

Instead of making automobiles that can go 100mph+, they could make automobiles that get 100mpg

[@steveb6103]

I don't know about other areas, but here in the Twin Cities, the power company is forcing smart meters on everyone. That way, they can charge more for electricity used at peek times. So when you get home from work and plug in your EV, it's going to cost more than ever!

[@boejiden1942]

If only people would see the truth instead of put their heads in the lithium sand.

[@shawnlee4346]

Great info, I noticed last part of your video outside in sky they are spraying chemicals in the air. They do that here too where I live NW Wyoming and it always seems to be on days when we have blue skies.

[@blaydCA]

All I saw was contrails from jet airplanes (mostly water vapor). I must have missed the crop dusters.

[@wyattgibson9194]

@@blaydCA Does your car or truck leave a persistent contrail on cold mornings?

[@wyattgibson9194]

It is a global geoengineering program

[@blaydCA]

@@wyattgibson9194 I typically didn't drive at 35000 feet above sea level where air temperature is between -40 to -60 with low atmospheric pressure. That said, having driven in the mountains of Maine at -35, yes in fact the car DID leave a short contrail. Consider it "doing my part" for global warming.

[@jeremybennett5547]

If you really think about the fact that EV’s: Burn through tires faster (micro plastic pollution) Only roughly on the road for 10 years before a battery totals them out so then they go to waste. The initial pollution to produce. The fact most the energy to power them still comes from fossil fuels and will continue to. And many other variables I would say AN ev in the long run will be worse for the earth than a traditional ice car. It’s one thing to look at what the car itself does while being used, but it’s a whole different story to look at beginning to end of each vehicle

[@DentsideDepot]

Exactly and they are still powered by coal in many instances. Why do people not accept these facts?

[@PatrickBaptist]

I'll never buy a EV unless it's the little kiddy power wheels. Im working to convert all my rigs to being turbo diesels Im done with gassers but oil burners is the way, not over electronicified junkers. Specially not those ones made by Eloon MuskStink.

[@jaywhittemore5878]

Loved this video. I am going to use this info when an uneducated person says there EV is green.

[@diegosilang4823]

You can make your own fuel for internal cumbustion vehicles using vegetables or organic materials such as Ethanol, methane, etc.

[@Danieljevans92]

In the summer of 2020 it was 117F in SoCal, the California grid couldn’t handle everyone using air conditioning , now that there is electric cars on the grid it will be worse all the time lol

[@tsiefhtes]

I love my old trucks but the mpg is painful, thinking of trying an Edison Motors open source hybrid conversion. You get to be green and avoid being locked into non replaceable parts.

[@JohnBarr-ys9zl]

Absolutely agree, vintage trucks are far more favorable. However, parts are shot and miss when it comes to quality replacements. New vehicles are setting the masses up for failure. All are centrally controlled by computer..... climate, fuel management, ect are all controlled by A cheaper central component (touch screen computer enterface). How long does your cell phone last........think obsolescence.

[@joshpitts25]

Idiocracy....... there's nothing else. We people are more stupid and are going backwards. I blame internet and cell phones.

[@halseyknox]

What size wheels and tires on the green 4x4

[@Jun31719]

Yes. Mining is crucial to manufacture batteries. Obviously that activities will create a lot of environmental damages. But you also have to remind of yourself that producing gasoline also requires almost the same level of pollutions. ( oils rig -> shipping -> refinery facility -> shipping -> consumers). Also gasoline engines only harness 30 percent of efficiency. The other 70% of energies will be wasted. But EVs’ electric motors achieve 100 percent efficiency. There is no energy loss. Also you need to service your engine and replace the engine oils every 12,000miles. It is a fact that EVs are more environmentally friendly. I believe that you do not want to fight with the a scientific fact. It is your personal choice whether you go for EVs or stay with gasoline powered engines. Still, do not distort the fact.

[@legomaniac601]

Some of these issues arent EV specific. With people driving big suv that can weigh up to 6000 lbs

[@blaydCA]

Just remember: FORD had fully electric cars that were very popular in major metropolitan area back in the 1910's. Germany built the first electric car in 1888. Computers were massive affairs with less computing power than an old electronic four function calculator. Most smart phones are JUST AS EXPENSIVE pound for pound to purchase as an EV, with the same damn battery issues. Consumers can't even replace the battery anymore as a plug and play item. Don't cherry pick facts to suit your narrative. Yup, the ALWAYS have and ALWAYS will do what they want. Eventually we'll get there, we're just not their yet.

[@DentsideDepot]

Funny you mention the first computer, my Grandmother (Maryln Wescoff Meltzer) actually helped invent the first computer, the Eniac. She was one of the first 10 computer programmers in history. There are many more facts that support my position and there are also facts that support EVs. I will be the first to say that the Rivian Amazon trucks make sense. You also need to recognize that I specifically stated "right now", and that position is 100% factually true. At the end of the day, it is my opinion that EVs will ALSO not be the answer to America's long term need to transition to a better technology other than fossil fuels (but that is opinion based on projection and my belief in Hydrogen). Regardless, I appreciate your comments and for always watching and commenting on my channel. I appreciate intelligent conversation with others who present rel. counter facts and are willing to challenge my own position on a subject. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[@blaydCA]

Your Grandmother was a pioneer! How nice It think for long distance freight trucking Germany has tractors with pantograph that rides on catenary wires on a dedicated highway lane that goes to battery or diesel when exiting. Pretty damn smart!

[@DentsideDepot]

@@blaydCA When I was deployed in Germany I did see them in some instances. The advantage Europe has is that they travel small distances. When in Paris, Amsterdam, etc., it is so simple to see why an EV makes sense for those particular parts of the world, especially given their weather patterns and geological stability allow for the use nuclear power, albeit some European countries refuse to adopt that (such as Germany). The difference in the US is the vast distances and how we live. I need a vehicle that can tow another truck hundreds of miles or more with only brief stops. That is my gripe with this whole deal. There is more with the 18 wheeler transition to EVs that clearly makes it illogical for broad adoption in the US, but I digress at this point. Truly only time will decide this debate, along with advances in technology.

[@blaydCA]

@@DentsideDepot I understand. I tow or load the truck heavy and live and drive in the mountains in a semi rural area. They just don't have the range (even empty) My next toy will be an F750(5mpg@55mph) to haul the other seven ton toy(20mpg@ 20 mph). LoL

[@DentsideDepot]

@@blaydCA Im not familiar with F750s, is that a Cummins in those?

[@johnhebebrand7470]

Great video. Never thought I'd be glad to think that hopefully I'll be dead before the govt. forces me into an EV. Don't want anything to do with them. You even hit on some reasons that I never thought of. Thanks for the great videos.

[@howardsutton3502]

Great food for thought l will keep my95 f250 my 02f250 and my 08 f150

[@hhjhj393]

The war between the INDIVIDUAL and the collective wages on. I think most of us western men want to be sovereign, we want to be independent and self sufficient, but more and more we are being stripped of any individuality, any independence, and we are being forced into systems we may not agree with or even like. The fight for the individual is insanely hard. How will we protect the individual and his rights against the collective? I just don't know.

[@bradwallace6751]

Thankyou 👍You absolutely right people are totally clueless about EV !!! Was a truck tech for 27yrs seen alot of EV and issues!!! I am a Ford guy been driving Ford PICKUP trucks all my driving days have a 2004 Ranger and a 2012 F-150 💪💪💪💪Love your videos Brad Brantford Ontario Canada 👍

[@Not_Built-Right]

Well try Australia on for charge we have more land mass and longer distances, that is just 2 of the things that those EV owners face throw in some heat in summer and the dust factor you've got a few issues for them to cry in their tissues to cry in, they can keep them I am happy with my old sooter that will outlast the 2nd EV fad.

[@DentsideDepot]

100% Diesel trucks are a must for remote long distance commutes

[@svenmartin840]

That's why I keep telling people. Buy a gasoline model what kind of truck would you buy people ask me 1968 to 1985 why is because you can run it on moonshine all you have to do is thin out the air mixture that's it

[@DentsideDepot]

There may be a day when something better comes along, but I honestly don't see it with EV trucks right now. The whole point of a truck is haul heavy trailers long distances. The design of EVs doesn't work for that at all.

[@blaydCA]

@@DentsideDepot The current crop of EV trucks are for the "All hat, No Cattle" crowd, with a few rare exceptions.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@blaydCA Especially the Hummers. Those things are just giant monsters. I would love to know how much pollution and digging is needed to build one of those things.

[@joecummings1260]

Alcohol requires a richer mixture. Ethanol is 9.7 to 1. Gas is about 14.7 to 1

[@blaydCA]

@@joecummings1260 Just what we all need... An alcoholic truck. Explains the "death wobble" on the 4x4s. LoL

[@christophertoscano2026]

I agree 100% great video especially by the Tesla dealer lol go old Fords

[@DentsideDepot]

Thanks Chris!

[@andrewday3206]

There are now batteries in production from China with 620,000 mile and 930,000 mile battery warranties

[@DentsideDepot]

Not on Ford F150s lol

[@andrewday3206]

@@DentsideDepot Not yet but judging EV’s as not worth the investment would be like canceling cars after the Model T ford.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@andrewday3206 Except youre forgetting that the Model T was almost immediately profitable and created the middle class with HFs 5$ a day wages

[@andrewday3206]

@@DentsideDepot Are you seriously saying the successful EV companies are failures? The Model T did not hire enough people to create the middle class. The consequences of transportation did help greatly. Getting off oil and decentralizing energy will have vast consequences as well.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@andrewday3206 When did I ever day that? Did our government need to infuse the Model T with thousands of dollars per purchase to incentivize people to actually buy them? And yes, the Model T is largely responsible for the creation of the middle class given the chain reaction it started and was a part of.

[@Tom-dt4ic]

Fact check: The vast majority of EV's sold today, the battery will far outlast the life of the rest of the car.

[@andyhaun5871]

Site your source, I'd love to see proof of that. On top of that, that's not his only point. Think about his Ford trucks, like he said they're still on the original engine 50 years later. That would physically be impossible for an EV. They're just building them to throw away, no possibility of truly maintaining. It's a joke. You think any EV coming out now is going to still be on the road 50 years from now?

[@user-ug6kj1sf7j]

Thre are some errors in your reasonand logic, ealeri I worte a lengthy thing, but I am goingt o sum it up. time changes things you can never assuems soemthing that costs today will be the same costs with in the future. the US is reaching 5 percent tipping point, once 5 perecnttipping point is reached a facinating thing occurs.rembmer what I stated abotthe horse and cart, well when the auto first cme out, they were epensive, then the got cheaper to build, aftter 10 years we went from horse and carrige to the first electric car then to fossile fuel.. that was in a 10 year span after 5 percent. now the USA and uastrailia are lagging behind. but we ar reaching tht 5 percent change, the S curve. so in time, Evs will becoe flying transport vehicles tht will take over. in the futures future people will be fying as sophisticated computers take over an newer technologies re created. Your ford truck, will become very expensive as plants convert to electric. in turth all this that you spoke on is a repeat of the hhorse and cart vrs car. in turth, tehcnologies change and are adopted, nothing lasts or ever, not even the power grid as we know it to day, it will radically change as we remove dams and have removed all but one coal power plant herein Washington state, we have now battery powered gnerators that you can run inside you huse ranging from a few hours to nearly a week on battery alone. these will replace generators and get cheaper..you see ICE engine bans include, mowers , motor bikes, cars, trucks, motor homes , busses tracotrs that pull the trucks, weed wackers, hedge trimmers chainsaws, leaf blowers. and what better way to enforce a ban by makinggas 8 10, 0r even 15 dolars a gallon to drive a point. in 10 years time your truck will be worthless. what factorieswill b repodcing your parts you need after they all been converted to electric and have terminated shops that build pistons. Look i am not trying to make anyone angry, but we lieve in a changing world, technologies change, things change, I have no preference,ICE is not my god, it is not my political ideology, it is not who Iam a s a person, nor is EV, I am a human, i u nderstand change. and I know how your car parts can be regualted to the point where they will be as expensive as a luxery. the roles will reverse ad batteriy price is coming down. you can not state todays prices as to what they will be in 10 years time. but, we need people like you in every industrial revolutions there have been the neigh sayers, the sabatours those that hang on to older technogoies to thier end. my S24 Ultra for example, it is a computer. far more powerfull than my 2 year old laptop. with supirior cameras and even a desktop enviroment. this is how fast technology is changing. when a electronic device is a computer a phone and a camera ll in one. that is what change i all about. so, your truck is the equivinet to a galaxy note 10. it still works and runs, but it is limmited in what it will have availiable for update wise, and like my galaxy note 10, it willhave its parts ceased to be made, ceased to be manufactured, while in tie my galaxy s-34 ultra will be replaced by a more powerfull device and the s24 ultra will become... well.. a devie that can and will still be uefull.but it in time will not be gtting updates. it will become worthless over time. new bands will ocme along and older bans will be removed. jsut like the removal of 3g and the introduction to 5g. ah people bellyached and complained, but 3g is now gone. that will happen to your truck. Iam 54 years old, I have seen 8 tracks and record playsers give way to cd players, give way to iPod (mp3 players), to video games being hed in hands to phones doing it all. 54 years... i have witnessed changes . they even had video recording devices that allowed us to record movies and shows, now its copywrite infringemnt. noticed how i skipped the cassete? miniversion of a reel to reel. I know technologies, i know whatis coming. imagine the changes an 80 yearld person has seen over thier life.in cars, trucks, and technologies..the truth is nothing stays the same on this planet. you think the guy that invented the wheel wasn't teased? or how about wind turnbines that ground flour? smae thing now makes power. although they the wind turbines should b built like the dutch style wind mills Ithink they would do better. a day may come when we power our own houses with out a grid. some are doing it right now. truth be told. your truck is going extinct. your truck, has a time limit . the clock stops for no man . words canot stop change. look at all the industrial revolutions. If you know what they are. then you know changes occur rather people want it or not. I embrace change, I do nto get over being upset at some silly change. I know what is coming, I know of the black outs, the floods that will estroy ICE cars and a great deal more. cars , trucks, planes trains, nothing remains the same. nothing.a car is a thing. it does not know politics, it does not know anything..unless it is a smart car. there are even republicans that drive electric cars. lol. trump never stopped the shut down of the coal power plants, never reversed the shutting down f the coal power plant in cnetrailia washington. why..contracts...contracts signed years ago. your contract on gas engines has an ending date , it is being terminated. the grid will change..but what will cause that change..a massive blackout. a reset is here. the reset button hasbeen pressed. it takes time to restart restart, it takes time for new software to reboot. ICe enines are bugs withn the software that will be correceted and eliminated, or it will become a luxery program. I wish you well, an i hope that your faily is safe from the flooding tht is occuring. either we as man will remove dams, or nature will do it for us. jsut like the ICE coming to an end, so are the things we call dams, they are hundreds years of age, they are becoming dangerouse, i could care less about the fish..but dams either must be removed, or we must witness catastropic failures. dams are not nor where they ever ment to be forever. just licke ICe cars. were never ment to be forever.

[@dezirak]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWcopxvZcqGl5o What about converting current engine into genset power plant for electric axles with a small battery pack to even out RPM's. Series hybrid, very similar to a train. Get better fuel efficiency, ridiculous levels of torque, steady load on older engine for longer life, and have a power out to charge EV's / Jobsite / house.

[@DentsideDepot]

I like what Edison is doing, but its a misconception that it is like a diesel electric train. A DE train has a diesel engine that powers essentially a giant alternator that powers the motor. The edison design is just a diesel generator to recharge batteries. The batteries on a diesel electric train are only there to start the diesel engine and then power the train's electrical systems, but not the drive motors. So really at the end of the day, you are just burning diesel fuel on the vehicle to generate electricity that is then stored and later expelled to motors. Is this better than plugging into an outlet? Yes, I would say so. Would I rather have this over a Ford EV F150? Absolutely.

[@blaydCA]

They in fact DO make diesel/electric/battery hybrid locomotives. It's not cost effective for the majority of the USA long distance rail lines.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@blaydCA The vast majority are as stated above and have been since the Big Boy and like locos were phased out in the late 50s/early 60s.