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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (100207)	1/14/2008 11:53:57 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

electric cars are coming faster than you guys think. This is exciting because we have a lot of solar opportunities for a completely green (and cheaper) approach to cars. Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid by 2010 The move puts Toyota in direct competition with General Motors, which has announced plans to sell its own plug-in hybrid vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, sometime around 2010. nytimes.com GM said it plans to be the first auto maker to offer regular production of a plug-in hybrid vehicle, saying that the plug-in version of the Saturn Vue Green Line SUV could be manufactured as soon as 2010. GM product chief Bob Lutz also reiterated the company's commitment to launch the Chevrolet Volt, an electrically powered vehicle with rechargeable batteries, by 2010. money.cnn.com

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (100207)	1/15/2008 9:26:35 AM
From: ItsAllCyclical	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

[edit] Over a long enough time horizon I agree w/his central thesis, but the lesson from the current housing debacle is not the end of suburbia but rather that it's not different this time, structured finance is more risky - not less, and you can't grow your economy solely through consumption. I agree w/many of your pts. I was probably overly optimistic w/a 5-10 year phase in, but if we were truly at war this would be a non-issue. We would get it done while growing the economy at the same time. I think 50-100 years from now historians will still be talking about the only sacrifice we made as a nation post 9/11 was giving up our personal liberties and asked to keep shopping. The era of excess everything, but most energy consumption. They'll be amazed at the resources we squandered on a daily basis.