Reply #9: A Zero-Emission vehicle that nobody can afford *IS* useless. [View All]

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This car does zero to solve any of the problems that global warming and peak oil will bring us. Is it practical for commuters? No. Is it practical for people to buy and use to get to the store? No. Is it affordable for the general public? No. Will it do a single thing to mediate greenhouse gas generation? No.

Look at what the Japanese are doing. Hybrid Prius -- practical, efficient, exceptionally clean. Seats four comfortably. Designed to work best as a commuting vehicle. Hybrid Hondas follow the same basic designs with the emphasis on affordability and practicality. The next generation of Japanese vehicles will be even more advanced and will solve the problems even better. They will be priced so that people can afford them.

So what purpose does this expensive toy solve other than to make a vehicle that is totally out-of-reach of virtually everybody who needs such a thing and will solve virtually none of the issues for which such a technology is needed.

There's virtually no forward thinking in this thing. It's a blatant attempt to manufacture yet another expensive toy for the very people who are otherwise destroying everything we Democrats are fighting for. So while they vote for the people who are tearing everything down, they can drive in the diamond lane, looking cool in their expensive, exclusive Lotus EV, blowing the doors off Hummers.

How does that solve the approaching environmental problems?