Hi. My name is Bobby. I feel kind of weird introducing myself like this, but I didn't see a formal place for introductions. But there's another thing weird about me posting here: I have NEVER owned a car. In fact, I have NEVER even tried to get a drivers license. I am 44 years old. My primary mode of transportation is my feet for walking, and secondary biking. If I got to go further than my feet or bike take me I will ride a bus. If I need to evacuate for a hurricane as I did for Hurricane Katrina back in 2005 then I get a ride with family or friends. So far, that has worked for me. I have a small carbon footprint (but sore feet :lol).
But somehow I am completely taken by the Tesla Model S. I love new technology even though I can feel a bit uneasy about it from time to time. I even bought a beta copy of Mac OSX when it first came out years ago.
Anyway, I have been lurking around here for the past few days, and had no plans of posting here because what does it matter what a guy who never drives thinks about cars?
But I do LOVE politics, and have volunteered for campaigns since I turned 18 all those years ago. What I don't know is whether the FTC has any ability to overrule state laws. But if you can convince 218 Congressmen, and oddly 60 of 100 Senators and one President
, the Supremacy Clause will win out.
But I really wonder if another tactic would work: Form a SuperPac. If you can raise enough money to make a SuperPac worthwhile, you could target each legislator in every state district, and ultimately turn this into an election year issue in 2014 midterms. I would in raising money for the SuperPac try to keep it independent of Tesla, and while it might be easier to raise money to get Elon Musk to donate to the effort, keeping it independent and never mentioning Tesla in your superpac ads, and just focus on issues like Auto Consumers Free Choice.
In fact you can name your model legislation the Auto Consumers Free Choice Act. "Tell Representative Smith to support the Auto Consumers Free Choice Act..." And your negative ads could focus on "dirty deals with auto dealers trying to give you a bad deal... tell Senator Jones to not sell out consumers to dirty auto dealers and support the Auto Consumers Free Choice Act."
Anyway, thanks for being early adapters of this new technology that will help to protect the planet. I hope this whole thing works out because I'd rather not see my hometown of New Orleans drowned again (or for that matter, the eastern seaboard). I'm rooting for you guys even if I remain carless for the rest of my life.