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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (622834)	8/4/2011 1:50:08 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1580032

I'd by a Volt for 1/2 price.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (622834)	8/4/2011 1:56:25 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580032

I really don't have a problem with plug-in hybrids for those who want to use them. But ultimately, the big solution to our problem is CNG IMO. Converting a single 18-wheeler to CNG yields a savings of 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year. Converting a million of them, well, you can do the arithmetic. And we have a pretty much unlimited supply of gas and don't have to pay one nickel to foreign entities to get it. And it is a hell of a cleaner than oil. And, as Chesapeake has illustrated, we don't need government to do a damned thing but get the hell out of the way.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (622834)	8/4/2011 2:22:39 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1580032

The Chevy Volt might be the first mass-market plug-in hybrid, but it sure isn't selling like a mass-market model. At least not yet. Because even after it gets tax advantages its still way to expensive to be a mass-market model. Its prices like a premium car after you take in to account tax savings, and like a luxury car if you consider the actual cost. If they can make and sell something like the Volt for 60% of the price it goes for now, then it could be a winner (esp. if they gas prices go up, and if they can improve its mileage when it does run on gasoline without otherwise seriously compromising the car).