Comments on: Who Subsidized the Electric Car? https://calwatchdog.com/2012/03/16/who-subsidized-the-electric-car/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: NTHEOC https://calwatchdog.com/2012/03/16/who-subsidized-the-electric-car/#comment-15995 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:09:16 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=26926#comment-15995 the rise in gas prices has almost nothing to do with energy policy. It has everything to do with America’s continuing failure to adequately regulate Wall Street. But don’t hold your breath waiting for Republicans to tell the truth!!!

]]> By: CalWatchdog https://calwatchdog.com/2012/03/16/who-subsidized-the-electric-car/#comment-15994 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:38:04 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=26926#comment-15994 Mr. McMillin: The last sentence just reflected my disgust as a taxpayer who was robbed once again.

— John Seiler

]]> By: Rob McMillin https://calwatchdog.com/2012/03/16/who-subsidized-the-electric-car/#comment-15993 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:21:39 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=26926#comment-15993 This piece would be a lot more credible if it left off the penultimate paragraph. The reason this car didn’t work is because … well, we don’t rightly know at the moment, but I think it’s safe to say that neither of us has a good idea without looking under the hood. As for battery technology, the key two words are “energy density”. Batteries don’t have it. Even with a lot of impetus from hungry iPhones and laptops, we still don’t have a good answer, and improvements are coming in at only a single-digit annual increase.

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