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OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?

all benefited from well-timed investments in green companies that got a leg up from government subsidies and regulations.

LOL! Benefited? In the real world, it would be called insider trading.

“How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?”

The same way they always fix things.
By limiting our freedom, taxing us more, and making our lives miserable. It’s their answer to everything.

The EPA IS an out of control behemoth, like most everything about the government. But get real people. GM has sold over 65,000 Volts¹. At $50,000 loss each that would be 3.25 billion. Seriously!? Maybe you should believe “GM veteran Bob Lutz took issue with Reuter's $50,000 loss estimate in a guest article in Forbes, deeming the statement, "preposterous." Lutz offered an accounting lesson in "fully accounted profit" -- which is based on the units sold during the entire lifetime of a product -- and broke down the Volt's variable cost. The Volt, Lutz estimated is, "either close to "variable break-even" or may be on the cusp of a positive gross margin."” ²

Most of the cost associated with the Volt was the original R&D work ($750 million) which usually benefits a company and society far beyond the specific product it was originally targeted for. Any product with a large initial R&D is planned to make a profit over time as sales recoup that initial expense. The Volt is seems to be reaching that point now.

Also I would hope the conservative community here would be intelligent enough to realize that a tax credit for an individual purchasing a vehicle is not the same thing as a government grant. Or perhaps you are just in favor of paying more taxes. Sarc.

Lastly while the EPA is a behemoth that is independent from the facts about damage already done, and being done to our health from the environment. Just from air pollution alone it is estimated there are 200,000 premature deaths per year³, about 3 times that of traffic fatalities. Then there are the effects of everything from pesticides to chlorine.

So yes, let’s substantially cut back government, but let’s not let Monsanto and other mega companies ruin us instead.

1. http://www.auto-types.com/autonews/new-generation-chevrolet-volt-to-debut-at-2015-naias-11982.html

2. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-chevy-volt-falling-short-on-profit/

3. http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2002/update17