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Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? (an electric car costing $109,000)
New York Times ^
| November 28, 2008
| Randall Stross
Posted on 11/29/2008 9:00:18 PM PST by reaganaut1
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No, the taxpayers should not back it. The $400 million in low-interest federal "loans" could be dwarfed by the billions of federal money to be thrown at the Big Three automakers to keep them (and especially, the UAW) in business making cars favored by Barack Obama, Henry Waxman, and not many other people.
To: reaganaut1
No. If the car was worth making and could turn a profit people would be beating a path to their door.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:05:11 PM PST
by
Sharrukin
To: reaganaut1
Only if it’s made in America.
If so, you bet.
It’s irresponsible to ignore the reality - we need an alternative to oil which enriches people who hate us.
To: reaganaut1
After a $400 million dollar investment of taxpayer money, this is what will end up in the showrooms.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:07:07 PM PST
by
OCC
To: reaganaut1
For $109,000 I could start a small quick turnaround custom manufacturing service.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:08:11 PM PST
by
Fichori
(I believe in a Woman's right to choose, even if she hasn't been born yet.)
To: reaganaut1
we should offer a prize for the company that comes up with the best electric car (remember the Robot Car Challenge?) but the govt should not specifically pick Tesla.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:09:03 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
To: OCC
As long as Hugo Chavez isn’t making any profits on my daily commute — I’ll drive one.
To: reaganaut1
The Roadster is not much more than a functioning concept car that sells for $109,000 Does it even have air conditioning? There's no way I'd buy any car for getting around town that has no air conditioning considering summer high temperatures where I live are often over 95°F.
To: reaganaut1
Someone spent the money to fire the first rocket, and everyone else ran around and said what a waste of money.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:11:19 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
how is a car that few will buy, an alternative to oil?
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:11:44 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
To: OCC
To: Paleo Conservative
Good thing you were not around a few hundred years ago, you damn sure would have never made it across country behind those smelly old horses. No AC. But then men were men once.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:13:57 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
To: reaganaut1
Mr. Gore while morphing into a very secular
Old Testament Jeremiah, has been made very rich and famous. His daughter picked up his son from the local police station in her 400 horsepower V-8 Maserati. May be her Daddy could buy her a Tesla Roadster. At least it wouldn't be so abjectly hypocritical considering how Gore got the money to pay for their anti-green life styles.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:14:12 PM PST
by
antonia
(A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. - Edward R. Murrow)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Its irresponsible to ignore the reality - this car is not sensible and you want to use public funds to make more of them.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:15:13 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: org.whodat
perhaps, but even they wouldn’t spend over $100k for a smelly old horse with no AC.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:15:43 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
To: ari-freedom
Who said few will buy them?
Are few buying Prius’?
Will few buy the Chevy Volt? (IMHO, GM will be backordered for five years, when they come out next year)
Seriously. Just because gas dropped in price, doesn’t mean we should get stupid all of a sudden, and forget.
That’s how Detroit got in this mess!
To: Cringing Negativism Network
“s irresponsible to ignore the reality - we need an alternative to oil which enriches people who hate us.”
We have it... it is called ANWR, offshore drilling and shale oil. The shale oil alone in THIS country DWARFS the oil in Saudia Arabia....
but the environmentalist wackos (Obama included) will not let us use it.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:19:27 PM PST
by
GingerC
To: mamelukesabre
No, I think he says he's not a Luddite and supports research.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:21:08 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
To: ari-freedom
we should offer a prize for the company that comes up with the best electric carMcCain actually put forward a similar idea, except it was for the battery itself.... which makes more sense.
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posted on
11/29/2008 9:22:51 PM PST
by
OCC
To: org.whodat
Good thing you were not around a few hundred years ago, you damn sure would have never made it across country behind those smelly old horses. No AC. But then men were men once. I used to run over an hour in 100°F+ weather. It can be over 140°F inside a parked car that is sitting in the sun. Back in the pioneer days, there weren't carriages built anything like today's steel cars with very tightly sealed doors and windows.
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