JMak
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Well you can gamble with foreign countries that control oil all you want, I won't have to in a few years as much as I do now.
Again, you are looking at it per year, I am looking at it that gas is going to skyrocket again and am planning on it accordingly. Also with the volt you are able to get a rebate from the government.
Hey if people want to remain ignorant and reliant on foreign oil as their primary fuel, that's up to them.
Me I will take my chance on Using American Energy as my primary source, not Foreign.
So lets get this straight...you're looking at purchasing the volt to avoid skyrocketing gasoline prices and relying on foreign sources of energy. Reasonable.
But then you cite a rebate check from the government. You really mean that some US taxpayers will be subsidizing your purchase. In other words, you will be subsidizing your purchase.
Coal is the primary energy course in generating electricity. Nuclear is 2nd with Natural Gas third and Hydro fourth. Oil is fifth. There is currently an assault on coal as an energy source. Nuke power ain't coming back soon. And Natural Gas has a highly volatile commodity price. With the current fetish with alternative fuels, how do you know that such alternatives won't be more expensive than oil? How do you know that cheap coal will be available to generate the electricity necessary to charge up your car?
More importantly, how do we know that the current electrcity generating infrastructure can adequately accomodate the increased demand for electricity generated by the introduction of such a vehicle? Hell, several parts of the US are already experiencing rolling blackouts several times a year now because they cannot provide an adequate supply of electricity.
Hence, it's not even remotely clear that the availability of such a vehicle is going to insulate the US from relying on foreign sources of energy or reduce long-term energy costs, particularly when you consider that such a vehicle will necessarily increase demand for energy.