I don't much have a problem with a significant push towards electric cars. Bert, I haven't "plugged any numbers" to compare, but I would guess a wholescale change from coal to nuclear power would decrease the cost of running electric cars significantly. While I typically don't support government bailouts (fuck airlines - it's getting ridiculous what they are doing to customers - one would think that in a failing industry they would be doing more to accommodate passengers, not make their trips more miserable) as I don't see why any money should be spent on morons endorsing bad business ideas, there is one reason I can support the government putting money into GM to produce a working prototype like the Volt: they have done squat, absolutely jack shit, to compensate for the ridiculous artificial inflation and price gouging the gas companies are throwing at consumers. It's getting to be more and more reasonable to compare gas prices to stealing. While one can make the argument that people don't "need" to drive, it seems a flimsy and unreasonable attempt to justify oil comanies' greed and lack of interference by a governing force in modern American society. The fact is, people do need to drive to work where they are barely making enough money to drive home. It's ridiculous that gas prices force such a lifestyle change that it's impacting every other area of the economy.
I normally hate people who tout "green movements" because they have no idea what they are talking about (the morons that automotive president mentioned), but if by some strange twist of fate the government bail out leads to an efficient non-gasoline car, I'll buy one. And drive straight to every Exxon trustee's house and kick em right in the nuts.
