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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10019)	2/22/2012 11:35:28 AM
From: Little Joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Yes they probably do. Like a donor list. I certainly would not contribute to an organization if I knew they would release my name, etc. to the public. Even more so, if I were a major contributor. The Global Warming left has proven itself to be totally unethical and I would fear a vendetta being launched against me or even worse my family. lj

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10019)	2/22/2012 11:50:16 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

"Almost as Good as an East German Trabbi" or - How to Beat the Gas Prices Driving a Volt: Cost to operate a Chevy Volt..... Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors. For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph. According to General Motors, the Volt battery hold 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile. The gasoline powered car cost about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000. So our government wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more that 7 time as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.