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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John who wrote (34760)	7/31/2010 9:56:17 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

As much as I think releasing those military secrets are despicable and puts many lives at risk, I'm glad they released them, it only shows the arrogant negligence and laxity of this administration... they keep secrets from the American people, but they can't keep their damn cake hole shut when it comes to something critical... GZ

To: John who wrote (34760)	7/31/2010 10:21:32 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

After billions and billions of dollars of government loans and grants for the Volt’s development and production, instead of the sleek coupe of 2007, it looks suspiciously similar to a Toyota Prius. It also requires premium gasoline, seats only four people (the battery runs down the center of the car, preventing a rear bench) and has less head and leg room than the $17,000 Chevrolet Cruze, which is more or less the non-electric version of the Volt. This is what happens when the government partners with private enterprise and tells the private enterprise how to run its business... GM will eventually go bankrupt because after billions and billions of dollars spent on bailing out GM, the success of the bailout rides on the success of the Volt... this means that GM will be bankrupt within another year or two, because no one is going to spend $41K on a car that's only worth $17K, one would have to be nuts... People who buy it will do so because they think green tech is cool and don't know that 67% of all electricity produced is "lost" in transmission and distribution... publicaffairs.llnl.gov now solving that would be cool... And yes 72% of power generated by petroleum is "lost" -- nominally heat, noise and braking - and that all cars eventually stop moving But since your not "losing" the first 68% between the power plant (the engine) and the wheels as you do charging a battery from a coal plant - petroleum engines actually are 68% more efficient for transportation than electrical "from a system perspective" So from a system perspective NOT using an electric car one is 68% greener than the greenies that think electric cars are. So you spend $41K to be cool and think its green but actually you're browner than the guy driving his SUV to work. They're all idiots, complete idiots!!! GZ