>> These people are all morons. This car runs for 40 miles on
>> coal and then when it’s coal power gives out it runs on gasoline.
Is it fun painting with a broad brush? Not everybody gets their power from coal. Some people get their electricity from nuclear, wind, hydro, solar, etc. Yes, coal is dominant, but it won’t be forever, and many people already have a choice.
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A Volt owner who happens to own their own solar array, and has a <40 mile R/T commute, can flip OPEC the bird all day long if they are so inclined. A Leaf or Tesla owner can, too (they just don’t have a plan “B” when the juice runs out).
THAT’S what I want out of an electric car. NATIONAL SECURITY. As much as I can buy.
The only available power for increased loads on the grid is Coal and Natural Gas power. Wind is totally unreliable. Solar is unreliable. Hydroelectric is always at maximum and any increased demand on the grid is covered by increases in carbon emitting coal and natural gas plants. And nuclear is a dying industry. All the current nuclear plants are set to be shut down in the next 20 years so unless there are new nuclear plants built, we will likely not have any nuclear powered electricity in the next generation.
So the fact is that if Americans begin driving electric cars, they will be coal powered cars. Coal is allegedly a contributor to the so-called Global Warming, so these cars are not going to save the earth, but instead will leave just as big a carbon footprint as any similarly sized and weight gasoline powered vehicle. So anyone who thinks they are saving the planet by buying an electric car is a moron. And if you think that, then you are a moron.
THAT’S what I want out of an electric car. NATIONAL SECURITY. As much as I can buy.
The US Government spent 50 billion dollars in taxpayer money subsidizing this POS car. We could have bought an awful lot of NATIONAL SECURITY with that money. In fact, we could have put up about 50 nuclear power plants. But we didn't. We bailed out a failed auto company and built a 50 billion dollar lemon. You want one of these, then by all means buy it. But when it comes time to junk it, keep in mind that it is nothing more than a moving future toxic waste dump.
When the market is ready for electric vehicles, then companies will produce them. If the government needs to inject 50 billion dollars to get a car manufactured, you can be assured that there is literally no market for the thing.
I guess if they are stupid enough to buy a Volt for 41k, they are probably also stupid enough to drop another 20k on solar, then convince their boss that they should work nights and only after sunny days.