WaPo: EV subsidies are "the biggest taxpayer rip-off since corn-based ethanol"

[wtmusic]

I wonder if the American Petroleum Institute took out full-page ads in this rag too (like they did with the NYT in 2000, to counter the excitement over GM's EV1). Or maybe they're slipping it under the table? Whatever...their grimy hands are all over this hit piece, and it gives me great joy that maybe Big Oil feels threatened enough to have to dig into their pockets once again. They should.

"Obama's Electric Car Cult

General Motors' Chevy Volt is finally here, heralded by a new TV ad. "This is America, man," the narrator purrs, as the sun rises over a solitary Volt tooling along a country road. "So doesn't it make sense that we build an electric car that goes far, really far?"

The pitch is lyrical, almost religious. It asks consumers to make an economic and technological leap of faith - just as both GM and the firm's biggest backer, the Obama administration, have invested, financially, politically and psychologically, in plug-in hybrids and other electric vehicles.

How else to explain the fact that both Washington and Detroit persist in their costly electric-car project despite mounting evidence that the vehicles serve no particular purpose, environmental or economic?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102905959.html

[emulatorloo]

1. That writer is a conservative hack - He has advocated for LOWERING the minimum wage

for example.

Google around, you will learn more about this guy and understand his "opinion" is worthless

[txlibdem]

3. +1 Well said!.... ...... ....n/t

[JDPriestly]

2. I hereby join Obama's Electric Car Cult.

Where is my membership card? I back Obama 100% on support for electric cars.

[txlibdem]

4. The Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are both here, lease one for $350 a month

Vote with your wallet. Quit buying oil; their ability to buy our politicians and launch mass confusion campaigns will diminish in direct relation to the number of people who drive electric vehicles.