Mandate Electric Cars to save the environment.

[TTPANL]

Electric cars need to be mandated. PERIOD !

 

[Modbert]

The planet is fine, the people are fucked.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

No we do NOT nor SHOULD we mandate electric cars. What we should do is give HUGE amounts of funding to AMERICAN companies to build viable electric cars(which by the way CAN and IS being done). We should also provide tax breaks like the ones Bush gave for people to go buy HUMMERS and the HEAVIEST least fule efficient cars on the road.

 

[RadiomanATL]

Electric cars need to be mandated. PERIOD !

Hell no.

What needs to be done is to slowly make it more economically feasible for companies to produce less expensive and more desirable hybrids and electrics. Things like upping the CAFE standards a bit, and giving tax breaks for R&D into those models. And then give tax breaks to people who purchase them.

The key word there is "slowly". Any time the government gets to mucking around with supply, demand and the market, it can really screw things up if done too quickly.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

The tech is here NOW it just has to be made available for a reasonable price. Massive tax breaks for electric cars.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

If the Bush admin could litterally GIVE AWAY Hummers then we can give massive tax breaks to plug in electrics.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

Elctric cars, nuclear power, wind, solar, hydro......If we follow this plan then we will be TOTALLY independent of foreign oil. We would be able to build INDUSTRIES around these sources of energy. PLEASE my fellow Americans get behind this it is our ONLY hope to remain as the only dominant super power into the next century.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if we were all to just replace ONE of our household vehicles then we would be energy independant. If you just CAN'T accept a plug in car then go Diesel. The new BMWs and VWs have GREAT cars that have few of the older diesel problems have good performance any get GREAT MPG.



Please my fellow Americans I think this is something we can ALL get behind. US POWER and NO FOREIGN entanglements.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

Like I said I was strongly opposed to more drilling but I have changed my mind about it. I think we need more refinery capacity to go with it though.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

How can this issue not be the NUMBER ONE STORY EVERY DAY!!??

 

[Cold Fusion38]

I just don't see ANY single issue of more importance to our country including national debt or healthcare.

 

[DiveCon]

Like I said I was strongly opposed to more drilling but I have changed my mind about it. I think we need more refinery capacity to go with it though.

drilling here will allow more oil into the market and lower prices all around
it will also allow time to develop alternatives

 

[Cold Fusion38]

We can't allow ourselves to become distracted from this issue no matter what. However we always seem to. WHY!!??

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Electric cars need to be mandated. PERIOD !

You are aware that 60 percent of electrical generation in the United States is by coal and oil fired plants right?

 

[Cold Fusion38]

You're aware that IC engines in cars are the least efficient use of fossil fuels right?

 

[Cold Fusion38]

Come on people whether you like it or not plug in electrics will be the car of the future.

 

[DiveCon]

Come on people whether you like it or not plug in electrics will be the car of the future.

not without the means to actually charge them

 

[Cold Fusion38]

They are both capable as far as performance and are improving in range almost daily.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

There is PLENTY of power to charge them as they will mostly charge during "OFF PEAK" hours.

 

[Cold Fusion38]

And as I have said I don't EVEN KNOW how many times I favor nuclear power.