Dying for a Chevy Volt, but....

But you've been trained from birth to be sheep. They don't call you "subjects" for nothing.

No, politics is trumping economics. Socialism is just that. Eventually economics will win but everyone *will* lose.

Most Euros have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE as to the distances that are considered normal in the US. My cousin from Hungary, thought it completely crazy to hop in the car to drive 120 miles/ 2 hours, one way, for a weekend in the cabin. Even though it amazed him to see 8 deer checking him out on the back porch at less than

Once again you prove how clueless you are, moron.

You're too funny. If I were haller, I'd slap you silly for agreeing.

You're *WRONG*. We'd have to quadruple generation to replace gasoline.

Run the numbers, idiot.

As it should be.

Sure, but it does allow demand usage, too. OTOH, if you've been cut, you don't work. It's not like you can skip filling the tank.

Spoken like a True Believer. Toyota Pious develops more smug than any other car on the road.

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You probably have never heard of them and couldn't do a search. Figures.

You're the one who's shacking up with HomoGay. Don't project your lifestyle on others.

They get you there a lot faster, though.

With tons of tools, parts & manuals? Yeah, riiiiiiight.

I drive a full size pickup, and the bed is rarely empty. Can you haul a ton of marble chips in your little windup? How about a dozen full size sheets of plywood? 15 computer monitors, or 35 computers?

Clearly this is your problem..... too much sand kicked in your face. Typical. My fitness apparatus uniquely holds a heavy bag. email me, I'll send you a unit, mebbe you can build yerself up... after yer money order clears, of course.

Run the numbers. 200+ miles/wk, on the numbers claimed by Tesla, would add about 300 kWhrs to the electric bill (per car). That's about 1/3 to 1/4 the bill of an active mid-size household.

Your turn.

North of Washington, we do that in the states, too.

And an ounce of gold won't by an ounce of bread.

I have a 12' step ladder I use indoors.

Which put even more of a strain on the already overworked grid.

It was 'real fun' to pull straight into a lot and not be able to back up more than a few feet, without turning the steering wheel to compensate.

It was my dad's trailer, and the original tongue snapped not long after he bought it. The POS had a piece of angle iron for the axle, and had started life as a popup camper. I had looked at it at someone's house and told him not to buy it. A few days later I get home from work and it's sitting in the yard, where he bought it from a used RV dealer.

It was fully loaded, and on a highway wen I saw the tailgate go up several inches and stay there. I pulled over and found the only thing holding was the metal along the top edge. All I could find to patch it was several pieces of 18" long 1/2" stainless steel rods and a half dozen large hose clamps, but I made it home that way.

The replacement tongue was heavier steel, and a 1/2" larger.

The bookies no longer trust him.

"There is no electric vehicle in existence that a normal citizen could afford that has anything near the capabilities of my old gasoline powered service van."

The truth is that if an electric car were made for around $12K that could seat 4 people comfortably and had a reasonable range, a lot people would buy one.

The reason electric cars ain't selling is one of economics. People have their charts, figures, and graphs, explaining why electrics won't work but that's all BS. The real reason is that currently, the cars are too expensive. Here's what you can count on - someone is going to come up with a breakthrough product at the right price and people will respond. That's the way it always happens.