Joe's Comments

Everyone always add's this stupid little extra negitive about Electric Vehicles being charged by coal plants or some other co2 polluting source. With the hugh amount of increase in solar, wind and soon to be home solar systems its a mute point. Its definately not an equal trade. EV's are way more efficient. The EV will change the world like the computer did. Demand for alternative fueling source will be build because thats what we want. Government will still get their slice in some tax form. Although they won't need as much because they will be saving on expenditures. These savings will come from better air quality, which is better health for us. cleaner highways and roads. The cost of oil will have to come down because we'll need less of it. So products using oil should be cheaper. plastics, ashvalt roads, etc. We won't need to send out army's to fight for oil rich countries so we'll save there. Maybe more money will stay in North America instead of China and India. Once oil is out of the equasion there should be a domino effect of econimic growth. Businesses should save more money so they'll make more money... its a win win situation.
But if you don't want to wait for these things to change, then look into
EV conversions and get on the electric band wagon today.
I bought my first cordless electric lawn mower and wow... no gas, and no oil. No running to the gas station, and its quieter. I have a hugh lot so as long as I mow once a week no problems, but a second battery can solve that.
The electric future is sweet.
Look into electric Car clubs and find out the truth about these cars invented 100 years ago.... thats right folks before the damn internal combustion world polluting stinker of today.
Ok time to get off this rant....

38 MPG sounds nice but we need numbers that really shake up the Oil industry. When we see about 100 MPG plus, only then will we start seeing advancement. Our economy is being depressed by the Oil industry, we need to take them right out of the equation. But this is a great start for students. Maybe they will be the ones to create a virtually free energy vehicle that will make the economy soar.

Great Job.

Obviously most of the governement is still being paid by the Oil industry to slow down the progress to renewables. How many more billions of profits does it take to open our eyes. They are sucking us dry because they know the end is in sight but they will still pay off the governements to slow things down. I'm asshamed to see a vote where 263-160 voted for this pitifull extension. It should have been more like 422 - 1 (1 being Bush)
Are these people really representing the country, or the oil industry, they should be fired right away by the people. We need a responsible governement to finally be voted in.

Wake up people and don't vote for this traitors.