[MD] Who Killed the Electric Car?

[MarshaV]

Krimel & Magnus,

Earlier this week, I listened to oil executives, testifying before a 
Congressional Hearing, justify their obscene profits, their obscene 
salaries, bonuses and severance packages, and their companies need 
for tax breaks.  Their excuses were equivalent to 6-year-olds justify 
stealing cookies from a cookie jar.  It was both insulting and 
embarrassing to listen to them.

Marsha







At 09:23 AM 4/4/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha,
>
>I saw it in the theater a while back. It is pretty outrageous. The GM car
>they highlight was available for lease only and only in California. At the
>end of the lease terms GM insisted on collecting and destroying them
>sometime over the vigorous protest of owners even groups of owners who
>wanted to keep them.
>
>Perhaps the most upsetting aspect of the film was that batteries were
>developed that would have doubled the range of the cars. But the patents
>were eventually purchased by oil companies who insist that they can only be
>used in vehicles that derive a certain percentage of their power from
>gasoline, hence we have hybrids.
>
>Consider that most hybrid cars do not come standard with a simple plug in
>the wall feature to let you charge the batteries. They only get charged
>while the gas engine is running. If you plug the car into the wall to charge
>the batteries you could potentially get almost 100 MPG. I am pulling that
>number from memory but it was nearly double what hybrids are said to get.
>
>It is also sad that hybrids typically have relatively more powerful gas
>engines coupled with smaller electric motors. The 2007 Camry hybrid for
>example has a 147 hp gas engine and a 40 hp electric engine. Seems like
>those ratios outta be reversed.
>
>Krimel
>
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>
>Greetings,
>
>While President Bush is asking Congress to approve a free trade
>agreement with Colombia, take a look at the type of free trade
>available to Americans.  I am told that this movie has been playing
>on cable, too.
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Electric-Martin-Sheen/dp/B000I5Y8FU/ref=sr_
>1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1207313044&sr=1-1
>
>
>
>Marsha
>
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>Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars...
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