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Originally Posted by Lee123
I'm one of those "close minded folks" who has yet to get a satisfactory answer to where all that electricity would come from if even 25% of the drivers in America bought electric cars. Right now it would be a few pounds of coal or a gallon of oil at the generating plant for every gallon of gas you save, if the power plants could even keep up. We get constant "public service" ads from the utilities telling us to save electricity at the same time Obama is telling people they should buy electric cars. Oh, and by the way, the only reason your payment would go down by $40 for a Volt is because the tax payers are coughing up a $7,500 subsidy to each buyer. That'll be $10,000 soon, if Obama gets his way, so you might want to wait and see if the increase passes.
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No worries about electricity here in SoCal...most of it comes from coal burning plants in Arizona that are owned by the City of LA!..Thanks!..lol
j/k....I know what you're saying, its a mixed bag of things. Unfortunately, I think the "plan" is to in time eliminate fossil fuel for cars (or make it out of reach price wise) before the "alternative" fuels actually can turn a profit. Dunno...its a mess for sure!