[Oeva-list] EV Community Burned

[Jason Weitz]

Okay, I have to say something here. I fully understand that the EV community
has been burned in the past. I fully understand that several companies and
individuals have given us a bad reputation with the outside world, and so I
understand that we should be careful what we claim as a community, lest more
criticism befall us. However, does nobody else understand the difference
between cautious skepticism and plain old rudeness? I've noticed on this
back and forth about the 3D motor/generator as well as on other EV forums
that the skepticism skips all decent human conversation and turns right into
severe and low-blowing hostility. Frankly, I don't like this community
anymore. I thought that the whole idea of being involved in the EV and
especially DIY EV fold was that we are pushing for new and innovative
technologies that make the world better. How do you react when someone tells
you that EV's are impractical? You know better, so why are we so hostile to
each other? For crying out loud, the guy's in Medford! So just civilly voice
your skepticism and request a demonstration! There's no need to jump down
someone's throat when they're honestly trying to make a difference.
Furthermore, all the brilliant, "respected engineers and physicists" should
know more than ANYBODY that science is constantly on the path of proving
itself wrong. "Accepted Science" is the most useless kind, because if we
accepted what we know now, we'd never learn anything new! So if you're a
smarty-pants engineer or scientist or whatever, get the heck off your
high-horse and go see for yourself. It absolutely amazes me that not one
person said, "Hey that would be really amazing if it works! What a major
step forward! Of course you can understand that I have my doubts, and I'm
sure you know that you have to be cautious with your claims, but I'd love to
see the machine in action for myself." It's time to stop fighting each other
and stop being such bloody jerks just because you're so smart your head
hardly has room for your ego. If we want to create change as a community, we
can't allow infighting. If it were up to me, I'd boot anyone from any EV
forum who behaved so atrociously.

Jason
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