--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shempmcgurk wrote: > > --- In [email protected], SoulQuest7@ 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.
Why would you say he is my favourite actor? Like you, Mel is a Leftie...so it's more likely he'd be YOUR favourite actor... > 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/
