It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Weather, Climate, & Natural Disasters => Topic started by: jpatrickham on September 02, 2011, 10:49:18 AM
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Wouldn’t you love to have an electric car? They’re clean, green and righteous. And once we make the switch, we can pull the plug on fossil fuels, air pollution, imported oil and Middle Eastern autocrats, and create millions of green jobs into the bargain.
No wonder progressive governments are so eager to plow money into electric cars. This week, Ontario’s McGuinty government (which likes to brag that Ontario is Canada’s greenest province) showered Magna International with nearly $50-million to develop new electric vehicle technologies. Magna, which is rolling in dough, admits it doesn’t need the money. But in a world where capital and jobs are mobile, such gratuities are expected.
Dalton McGuinty is a true believer in electric cars. He hopes that, by 2020, 5 per cent of the vehicles on Ontario’s roads will be electric. That’s why he’s also plowing money into charging stations and battery technologies.
There’s just one problem. The fantasy that electric cars are right around the corner doesn’t survive even the most cursory reality check. As Dennis DesRosiers, a leading auto consultant, points out, consumers simply won’t pay a $20,000 premium for a vehicle that doesn’t go very far, isn’t very convenient, and runs out of juice as soon as you turn on the air conditioner.
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I will get a Horse before I get an electric car! ::oldman::
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The horse will probably win in a collision too...
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The horse will probably win in a collision too...
You ain't whistling Dixie! ::smalldeadhorse::
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I bet those things would be great in a northwestern Ontario winter...
Leftists just aren't very bright, are they?
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I bet those things would be great in a northwestern Ontario winter...
Leftists just aren't very bright, are they?
Yes, with four wheel drive to boot! ::hysterical::
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Hey, I hope canada succeeds beyond their wildest dreams in getting electric cars IN THEIR COUNTRY. They need to lead by example so in a few years, we'll have a prime example over the border why cars driven by electricty will not work.....or at the very least, maybe some liberals will move there to "Go Green".
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Hey, I hope canada succeeds beyond their wildest dreams in getting electric cars IN THEIR COUNTRY. They need to lead by example so in a few years, we'll have a prime example over the border why cars driven by electricty will not work.....or at the very least, maybe some liberals will move there to "Go Green".
::clapping::
The only problem is any failure will be seen as a success to the libtards. ::gaah::
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Precisely, Alan. I've always said "You can present a libiot with the facts, but you can't make em think,"
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I suppose that leftists just didn't know just how much green it takes to go green but that would be an inconvenient lie now, wouldn't it. They couldn't care less. Why we're on the subject ad I know we've hashed it before, what are the true costs of powering a battery for these lemons? ::thinking::
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Not just powering the battery (that just costs money, mostly ours!), but disposing of spent ones is a nightmare...
There's just no fixing stupid!
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Not just powering the battery (that just costs money, mostly ours!), but disposing of spent ones is a nightmare...
There's just no fixing stupid!
To hell getting rid of them just making them will kill you. ::puke::