So the Chevy Volt will cost an arm and a leg.

[CCTAU]

But we should be compelled to buy it because it is good for the religion environment?

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1483/gm-to-sell-volt-for-41k-lease-for-350-a-month/


This is absolutely ridiculous. The lefties/greenies/dimoncrats want us to worship the environment at all costs. But why should I pay so much money for a car that will probably never save me enough in gasoline to even cover the extra cost? People say they want alternative forms of transportation, but car companies and the greenies think we'll pay an idiotic amount for the privilege of driving one? I think not. This too will be another GM flop.

[AUTiger1]

I posed this question to a couple of Obama nuthuggers at that other place.....if you mandate that the population have to buy a car (such as the volt or some other technology) how are those who are not able to afford the cost of a new car going to buy one?   We knew that once the volt came out that the cost would be twice as much as any Toyota, Honda or Nissan that are plenty fuel efficient.   No one could answer and I was called everything form a environment hater to a capitalist pig. 

[GH2001]

I posed this question to a couple of Obama nuthuggers at that other place.....if you mandate that the population have to buy a car (such as the volt or some other technology) how are those who are not able to afford the cost of a new car going to buy one?   We knew that once the volt came out that the cost would be twice as much as any Toyota, Honda or Nissan that are plenty fuel efficient.   No one could answer and I was called everything form a environment hater to a capitalist pig. 

Yeah - I'd like to see a Prius or a Volt run my business. Or better yet, mandate suppliers to use green vehicles - when that happens, watch the price of everything sky rocket (fruits, vegetable, dry goods, etc). Bulk items dont get from farm/field, warehouse, ship to the storefront by use of prius.

[djsimp]

Its bullshit to me. Like said, a Nissan, Toyota or Honda does just fine. What about these other cars:

[Token]

The day someone tries to tell me what type of vehicle I can drive is the day I put that bitch back on the road.  I'm not sure what's under the hood, but I'm certain it takes a shit ton of fuel.  And I'm cutting the muffler back to the manifold.  

[GH2001]

Its bullpoop to me. Like said, a Nissan, Toyota or Honda does just fine. What about these other cars:

I guess my point was, not everything can be accomplished with a go cart sized car- the world just cant operate that way.

[Saniflush]

I guess my point was, not everything can be accomplished with a go cart sized car- the world just cant operate that way.

Once we are all moved back to our mud huts it won't matter.

[AUTiger1]

I guess my point was, not everything can be accomplished with a go cart sized car- the world just cant operate that way.

This is part of my argument too. 

#1.  Not everyone (including me) can afford to drop $40K on a new fuel efficient car, if the gov't were to mandate it.  Then we get to the poor, you know as well as I do where the money is going to come from and that is where I was trying to make a point with others.  The money will come from you and me, the taxpayer.  So not only can I not afford it, I will be forced to buy one and help others buy theirs.  Look, I understand the need to use less foreign oil and I agree.  I also agree that we need energy reform (reform, not overhaul) and that it will take a comprehensive plan (wind, solar, Nuclear, petroleum, natural gas), but I also understand that whilst we are searching and developing alternatives, that we will still have to run at status quo.  Which leads me to ask since we are more than likely 10 to 20 years away from making the alternatives that we can find and develop affordable, why not drill and explore?

#2.  What GH just said.  How can we expect the workforce to run on go cart sized cars?  I don't see a smart car pulling a cattle trailer loaded with cattle to the sell barn.  I don't see one hauling more smart cars to the dealerships.....etc...etc....etc.