Dan wrote: > > But, let's just take 30. At $1.50/gal, that's 5 cents/mile. Lets say > these > cars are kept for 150k, which is on the high side...that's 7.5k for gas. > The break even point, assuming CDs pay zero, with the MSRP discount, is > close to $6.00/gal. And, that's comparing with a smaller car. > > and:
> > They talked about 5 people, they talked about 240 miles, but > never said that 5 people could be taken 240 miles. My guess is that the 5 > person seating is tight, and only for the 80 mile version of the > car....otherwise they'd explicitly say otherwise (If I were the project > manager I'd be all over the tech. writer's back to make sure that the > capacity was stated explicitly if it existed...if it wasn't there, I'd be > happy with what they wrote). > Now tell me Dan. Does your Escort get 30 mpg with 5 adults aboard, or are you engaging in the same kind of deceptive language you're accusing others of? Not that nine out of ten cars has more than one person in it. And by the way, gas prices around here are back up to $2/gal and will probably go higher soon. So if your getting 23miles/gallon (with your five people in the car) for 150k at $2.50/gal that's 16k for gas. And if batteries become cheaper and wind/solar interests buy up used batteries to store power generated at off peak times, http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabilitycenter/newsandevents/CEFISrelated_sandia_report.pdf the maintenance cost of electrics is probably a lot cheaper than gas powered cars that are much more mechanically complex. But none of that is as important or as relevant as the fact that there is _no_ future for petroleum based energy for this country. We spend billions upon billions of dollars on maintaining a presence in the Middle East to protect our sources while we finance our enemies with the money we spend on oil. Factoring the political costs of our dependence on oil makes it quite a bit more expensive than you imply. By providing ourselves with alternatives, even if they are initially more expensive, we provide ourselves with a future and make the terrorists irrelevant (not to mention broke.) Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
