Hillary Clinton Calling for 55MPG Fleet Average by 2030

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Grand Prix
I think the competitor advantage is a valid reason as well. But if GM found the electric car to be a stupid idea after they saw the sales figures... Why were they worried about their competitors, then? It wasn't just GM crushing the cars. To answer my own question, my guess would be that they were secretly planning to make electric vehicles again in the future.
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Well of course they're going to have electric car concepts. But will they use them instead of other alternatives when the time comes, is the question? Concept cars are often a stalking horse. Although I do think most of the manufacturers WILL produce electric vehicles.
 
Uh, the Volt is scheduled to start production no later than 2010. Current GM standards say that the car should be on the street by then, and awesomely enough, will be built in Detroit. All of them.
 
Shame it's not a "pure" electric car. It still relies on fossil fuels to give it more range. I wouldn't mind having one though.
 
A pure electric car still relies on fossil fuels anyways because most electricity is made from burning oil or coal.
 
Joey D
A pure electric car still relies on fossil fuels anyways because most electricity is made from burning oil or coal.
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Aha, but it doesn't have to be though! We could build a crap load of nuclear plants in the arctic and get as much energy as we want pretty much. The chances of a meltdown are pretty slim now, and if you build them in isolated areas, pretty much nothing is harmed. The problem is that too many people are scared of what happened in Chernobyl, but that only happened because of incompetence. Nuclear physicists and technicians are much smarter now.
 
I know that but here is the real question, where the hell is the money for these nuclear power plants going to come from? I'm not prepared to absorb a higher cost for my already high electric bill.
 
Joey D
I know that but here is the real question, where the hell is the money for these nuclear power plants going to come from? I'm not prepared to absorb a higher cost for my already high electric bill.
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Easy. Just sell the toxic byproducts to terrorist organizations. :lol: Okay, bad joke, :lol:

That is a good question. To be honest I'm not really sure, but once oil supplies run low, oil based energy companies would probably be investing in it. They'll have nothing else to do really.
 
Joey D
A pure electric car still relies on fossil fuels anyways because most electricity is made from burning oil or coal.
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Grand Prix
Aha, but it doesn't have to be though! We could build a crap load of nuclear plants in the arctic and get as much energy as we want pretty much. The chances of a meltdown are pretty slim now, and if you build them in isolated areas, pretty much nothing is harmed. The problem is that too many people are scared of what happened in Chernobyl, but that only happened because of incompetence. Nuclear physicists and technicians are much smarter now.
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WOAH! Deja Vu! I could have sworn I saw this exact same exchange on page one or two.

Grand Prix
That is a good question. To be honest I'm not really sure, but once oil supplies run low, oil based energy companies would probably be investing in it. They'll have nothing else to do really.
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Well, the Northwest runs mostly on hydro power, and sells a bunch of it to California. Denmark gets a lot of wind power and the desert South could probably go entirely on solar power. Nuclear would be important, but I bet we could make over half of our power from renewables.
 
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WOAH! Deja Vu! I could have sworn I saw this exact same exchange on page one or two.



Well, the Northwest runs mostly on hydro power, and sells a bunch of it to California. Denmark gets a lot of wind power and the desert South could probably go entirely on solar power. Nuclear would be important, but I bet we could make over half of our power from renewables.
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Not to mention Iceland with their natural water heating system they have going on. Heat from geysers that were going to release heat into the atmosphere anyway, how cool is that? :cool:

There are lots of ways we can utilize energy sources on this planet, it's just that oil is so convenient still. It's going to be quite interesting seeing the gradual change to renewable resources.
 

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