shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The new documentary film WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR is quite >> > excellent, but > >> hardly surprising. If you need a good dose of intellectual tree >> > hugging, then > >> this is the film for you. Not surprisingly, the Bush >> > administration (or the > >> oil oligarchy as they known) in collusion with big oil companies >> > and American > >> car manufacturers, >> > > > > > > The last time this nonsense about the car manufacturers and the oil > companies being in collusion came out -- in the '70s -- it was said > that they were conspiring to make cars that unnecessarily consumed > alot of gasoline so that the oil companies could make more money. > > Well, what a grand conspiracy that must have been! > > It almost ended up bankrupting the U.S. car manufacturers because, > come the oil crisis of the '70s, the smaller more efficient Japanese > car manufacturers almost took over the business. > > I haven't seen this movie so I can't really comment on it but I > suspect that there are reasons other than conspiracy for why the > electric car was "killed". > > The film releases on Nov. 14th on DVD so you will have no excuse. Your favorite actor is in it: Mel Gibson. Yup, ol' Mel owned an electric car and loved it. Did you like "Independence Day"? Dean Devlin also produced this film so it is not a funky documentary at all.
Chrysler produces electric cars though I would call them "carts" as they only can do 25 mph max. The Chrysler dealer up the street sells them and they are called Gem Cars. The problem is they need to do 40 mph or you're going to piss people off following you on the city streets many of which are between 30-45 mph. http://www.gemcar.com/ With gas prices what have been (and will be again after the Nov elections) a lot people would like to own an electric car. Some of us would like a Prius but the only version that makes any sense if you do a lot of in town driving is the 250 mph modified version which you can charge in your garage. The movie points this out. Part of a car dealer's profit is the maintenance they do on your car. Guess what? There is nearly none on an electric car. So the dealers didn't like them. > > > > > >> were the culprits. This is typical, given the >> anti-environmental history of the Republican Party. If you've >> > followed environmental issues > >> over the last several decades, and the film makes this point, the >> > Republicans > >> have always tried to destroy environmentally friendly policies. >> > > > > "always"? > > The EPA was created under the Nixon Administration for God's sakes! > > > So? A lot of Republicans don't like to claim Nixon. :) > > This was made > >> crystal clear to me when conservative darling Ronald Reagan became >> > president. > >> He defeated Jimmy Carter, a president with a strong environmental >> > policy. The > >> first thing Reagan did when he took office was to remove the solar >> > panels from > >> the White House because they were "undignified." >> > > > > > Well, that's funny because when I first moved to the Phoenix, > Arizona area -- also in '94 there were quite a few homes in my > neighbourhood with solar panels. Well, the price of energy has gone > up quite a bit since then and virtually every single panel has > disappeared! > > I don't see them in Phoenix anywhere anymore. > > Was that a conspiracy, too? > > > I'm sure there still are. There would be no reason for people to take them down. You just refuse to see them. > > > > >> This film does go a bit into >> this history, but anyone who has belonged to environmental >> > organizations-- > >> whose job is to monitor political decision making-- knew this all >> > along. Still, > >> it is impressive that documentaries are now being made that >> > explain this before > >> Bush even gets out of power. You too will mourn the passing of the >> > electric > >> car-- a technology that was ready and raring to go and already in >> > the hands of > >> consumers, but was literally crushed by Bush's oil oligarchy. -==- >> > =-=- > >> om----=== Nick >> >> > > > If there is a market for electric cars, I can assure you that the > car manufacturers will be the first ones through the door eager and > willing to sell them to you. > > There is a market for them. But they brainwash macho goons into believing them must have a big muscle SUV or pickup which will never haul anything or go off road. The manufacturers want to sell those before they are stuck with them. The majority however is to smart to be suckered into that. I don't know why you love the oil companies so much other than you must hold stock in them. You're falling behind the times, Shemp. > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
