Nissan Leaf - 100% Electric car

[georgec]

Funded..by whom? It's just that every time I hear "properly funded" I feel someone tugging at my wallet! If there is a honest demand for an EV it will be developed and sold by private enterprise and as of present that demand doesn't exist. As an example Toyota has mothballed an entire factory that was 99% complete that was set to produce the Prius but after fuel prices dropped there was no longer a demand for the car.

[zeropointbug]

Exactly, by the tax payers money. They waste billions upon billions of our money every year on useless nonsense, that never pans out (and they know this), for instance hydrogen fuel cell research, they know it's a dead end as far as storing hydrogen, it leaks straight through the tank wall. The fuel cell system is incredibly complex, and the efficiency from WELL-to-WHEELS is equal to WORSE than that of an ICE car (depending on source).

Billions of you money goes to military, to a war that is a complete farce, which can never be won, and is war being fought for Israel. Billions go to these pharmaceutical companies who produce nothing of value, only drugs which 'may' reduce this, but cause this, this , and this, which need these drugs........on and on, we're living in a drug pill popping society. They make several 100,000 times profit on some products, and where is this going? To rich globalists who produce NOTHING of value, and do not evolve our society.

Whoever the money changers are, control the population.

Some of you think why am I talking about this, but it's very important to see the whole picture to understand what is going on, otherwise, there is confusion.

[georgec]

The "truth" about the OIL CO. tax breaks and subsidies!

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by georgec

The "truth" about the OIL CO. tax breaks and subsidies!

Not sure what is meant by that. That talks about offshoring oil profits as a tax dodge, and is from 2 yrs ago admist an election campaign.

What I'm talking about are large tax/subsidy adv oil co's have due tp govt policy, and how it distorts the market and does not let tech fairly compete. This article from the conservative Cato institute discusses the issue. They argue against the $36B odd subsidies, but also criticize the Dems for wanting to end the breaks to just transfer them to Green Tech. Both actions distort free markets at the expensive pf taxpayers. I dont go as far as they do, but they do make the point.
I'm for the elec tech, but they do need to produce marketable vehicles. Between the Leaf and the Tesla, they don't seem to be aiming higher than a niche status. Somebody will eventually figure it out.