Will Texans go for this?

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

I take it you don't share Gary and Paul's optimism?

obviously not.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Baiting post with inappropriate comments (no the sarcasm didn't come across) has been removed along with posts quoting same. Behave, everyone - don't go fishing.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Baiting post with inappropriate comments (no the sarcasm didn't come across) has been removed along with posts quoting same. Behave, everyone - don't go fishing.

You are very selective here. You've left quite a few personal attacks which as far as I know are still against the ToS.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Additional posts containing personal attacks have been removed. Some of the comments are meant humorously and are not meant as personal attacks. Those ones still remain.

[luckytxn 2,263]

it might have some sales in austin and dfw area, but that's about it.

We have tree hugging idiots down my way too. They make good target practice. Figure the volt will be a nice speed bump.

[TBoneTX 43,048]

We have tree hugging idiots down my way too. They make good target practice. Figure the volt will be a nice speed bump.

Two thumbs up, si man.

The market? "Keep Austin Weird," si man.

The questions about density remind me of a joke that I read a zillion or so years ago (repeated verbatim, no offense to anyone):

Teacher: Who can tell me something about the people of China?

Student: They are very stupid!

Teacher: Why would you claim THAT?

Student: Our textbook says that the population of China is the densest in the world!

[luckytxn 2,263]

Two thumbs up, si man.

The market? "Keep Austin Weird," si man.

The questions about density remind me of a joke that I read a zillion or so years ago (repeated verbatim, no offense to anyone):

Teacher: Who can tell me something about the people of China?

Student: They are very stupid!

Teacher: Why would you claim THAT?

Student: Our textbook says that the population of China is the densest in the world!

That funny.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I take it you don't share Gary and Paul's optimism?

To be clear...

I do not have a lot of optimism for electric cars and I do not beleive they are the wave of the future. If they were, we wouldn't need tax credits to sell them. There WILL be another means of transportation in the future, just as there was "in the future" in 1895. We do not do things the same as 50 or 100 years ago and we will not do them the same 50 or 100 years hence.

That said...Texas, particularly certain regions in Texas, are as good a place as any, maybe better, to test market an all electric car. There are plenty of wealthy liberals there to buy them to impress their friends with their energy sense when they go to cocktail parties, they can still keep the Humvee in the garage for real driving. A small handgun packs away in a pocket nicely, they don't need a gun rack.

If they only use it to drive around the golf course, Chevy doesn't care.

[The_Dude 1,142]

To be clear...

I do not have a lot of optimism for electric cars and I do not beleive they are the wave of the future. If they were, we wouldn't need tax credits to sell them. There WILL be another means of transportation in the future, just as there was "in the future" in 1895. We do not do things the same as 50 or 100 years ago and we will not do them the same 50 or 100 years hence.

That said...Texas, particularly certain regions in Texas, are as good a place as any, maybe better, to test market an all electric car. There are plenty of wealthy liberals there to buy them to impress their friends with their energy sense when they go to cocktail parties, they can still keep the Humvee in the garage for real driving. A small handgun packs away in a pocket nicely, they don't need a gun rack.

If they only use it to drive around the golf course, Chevy doesn't care.

Yes, as Gary said, we really shouldn't rely on any sort of scientific research to reduce our dependance on oil. Electric? Screw that, we'll all be riding in nuclear powered DeLoreans that can time travel in the next ten years, and we will be laughing at the people who were suckers and bought Prius' and electric cars.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Yes, as Gary said, we really shouldn't rely on any sort of scientific research to reduce our dependance on oil. Electric? Screw that, we'll all be riding in nuclear powered DeLoreans that can time travel in the next ten years, and we will be laughing at the people who were suckers and bought Prius' and electric cars.

You have misunderstood. Scientific research that generates a profit will, as always, produce a better way. It always has, it always will. electric cars are not "useless", they are useful in that they are a step in the scientific process (which I will let someone else pay for that benefits from this at cocktail parties, I do not) I certainly would not call the Wright Brothers useless, but their type of plane was not the wave of the future, the concept was...flight...but not bi-planes with 8 hp pusher props. The concept of alternative travel is fine and will result in great benefits, but it will not be electric cars. Electric cars will be a stepping stone. The same way 8 track tapes were a stepping stone and VCRs and punch card computers and brick sized cell phones. I fear that tax credits will cause us to linger unusually long on a step, but probably not. When something really good comes along, people will flock to it and it will overnight become the state of the art.

I always laugh when people say that our oil supply will "only last 400 years" and think...WHAT do we do the same as we did 400 years ago? Oil will be an obsolete product, the middle east will revert to their rightful place as a worthless sandbox.

I do not know what the future holds and neither do you because the future has yet to be invented. If it is profitable to do so.

[^_^ 5,021]

I always laugh when people say that our oil supply will "only last 400 years" and think...WHAT do we do the same as we did 400 years ago? Oil will be an obsolete product, the middle east will revert to their rightful place as a worthless sandbox.

In January, the United States Geological Survey estimated that there may be more than 500 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's Orinoco belt region. That's twice that of the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia, previously believed to be the world's most oil-rich country.

http://www.aolnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-reserves-could-be-worlds-largest-what-it-means-f/19553943

[The_Dude 1,142]

You have misunderstood. Scientific research that generates a profit will, as always, produce a better way. It always has, it always will. electric cars are not "useless", they are useful in that they are a step in the scientific process (which I will let someone else pay for that benefits from this at cocktail parties, I do not) I certainly would not call the Wright Brothers useless, but their type of plane was not the wave of the future, the concept was...flight...but not bi-planes with 8 hp pusher props. The concept of alternative travel is fine and will result in great benefits, but it will not be electric cars. Electric cars will be a stepping stone. The same way 8 track tapes were a stepping stone and VCRs and punch card computers and brick sized cell phones. I fear that tax credits will cause us to linger unusually long on a step, but probably not. When something really good comes along, people will flock to it and it will overnight become the state of the art.

I always laugh when people say that our oil supply will "only last 400 years" and think...WHAT do we do the same as we did 400 years ago? Oil will be an obsolete product, the middle east will revert to their rightful place as a worthless sandbox.

I do not know what the future holds and neither do you because the future has yet to be invented. If it is profitable to do so.

Scientific research that generates a profit? I would call that tainted research that has an agenda, much like the research that various high risk companies fund to purport that their product or service is perfectly safe, despite their lack of scientific integrity. Sorry Gary, but the market doens't fix all that ails our world.

In January, the United States Geological Survey estimated that there may be more than 500 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's Orinoco belt region. That's twice that of the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia, previously believed to be the world's most oil-rich country.

http://www.aolnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-reserves-could-be-worlds-largest-what-it-means-f/19553943

So what you're saying is that we are either going to sponsor a coup in Venezuela, or outright invade the next time we get a Republican president?

[^_^ 5,021]

So what you're saying is that we are either going to sponsor a coup in Venezuela, or outright invade the next time we get a Republican president?

Chavez is an evil dictator who eats his opponents babies for breakfast. We'd be doing them a favor. How can we allow liberty and freedom to be trampled like this in our own Hemisphere? And besides, it is well known that Chavez is hooked up with al-Qaeda and Iran.

[Krikit 1,163]

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[The_Dude 1,142]

Chavez is an evil dictator who eats his opponents babies for breakfast. We'd be doing them a favor. How can we allow liberty and freedom to be trampled like this in our own Hemisphere? And besides, it is well known that Chavez is hooked up with al-Qaeda and Iran.

LoL, did you see that video of a u.s. congresswoman theorizing that Iran is sending it's terrorists to venezuela to train on how to "look and act mexican" so they could infiltrate the U.S. and avoid detection as islamic terrorists?