Comments on: My Fling with the Chevy Volt (Video) http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Slacker’s Guide to Saving Gas : Wildlife Promise http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/comment-page-1/#comment-13848 Slacker’s Guide to Saving Gas : Wildlife Promise Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:10 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=31958#comment-13848 [...] My Fling with the Chevy Volt [...]

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]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/comment-page-1/#comment-11282 Anonymous Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:29:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=31958#comment-11282 Miles, I am in total agreement on the Mideast oil debacle, especially since, under our nation’s surface, fossil fuel reserves exceed almost every country in the world.

But we refuse to tell those same manic environmentalist to get out of the way–we’re going for !00% fossil fuel independence.

Gasoline is not nearly as important to our survival as is the oil-derivitive Nitrogen fertilizer that makes our otherwise impotent Midwest fields, the Bread Basket of the world

The natural fertilizer of this huge grasslands has long since been depleted, and will not produce 20% of its current yield apart from its annual charge of Ammonium Nitrate.

There are NO plastics apart from oil, and 87 other American, commercial essentials from petroleum.

Communist China knows what is the future essentials of survival–they have claimed sole ownership of all fossil reserves under the China Sea. and are currently finishing up on a huge pipeline from Central Canada to the port of Vancouver–thence to Chinese ports.

While our leaders were picking their noses, China constructed the $5,000,000,000.00 pipeline after our stupid leaders turned it down!!!!

Tomorrow’ industrial leadership will be the property of those who have control of both the availability and cost of oil.

Only the promise of super-safe fusion technology can supersede our fuel requirements, but will not help on the endless list of civilization’s endless needs.

I guess we will need to lean on intelligence and it twin brother, inventiveness.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/comment-page-1/#comment-11281 Anonymous Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:15:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=31958#comment-11281 I was not debating economy of a “gas sipper” The gasoline it sips increases the Ultra Concerned concern on CO2- and it’s ultimate energy base is coal, in the USA, AND THAT WILL NOT CHANGE SOON!

I also reject the Marxian concept that the Federal Government has a Constitutional right to take from one taxpayer and give to another, so the latter can afford a vehicle, that the former, statistically cannot.

This is not our historical Republic, and is scheduled to fall out of favor away in November 2012, along with a number of other unConstitutional Obama Marxist’s notions.

Like Most hyperenvironmental orgs, Federal Wildlife does not give the whole story.

]]> By: Miles http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/comment-page-1/#comment-11280 Miles Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:20:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=31958#comment-11280 Beth, at one time, we used horses to get around & whale oil to light our homes. But just like the internal combustion engine & widespread coal use came along then, electric battery cars & renewable energy are coming along now. Yes, they’re expensive now, but first-generation technology always is. Heck, the first Kindle was $360 and had a black & white screen but here we are just four years later and they’re selling next-generation color ones with WiFi & GPS & something I’m supposed to be impressed by called 3G for $199. The same thing will happen here.

And hey, if you want to keep driving a gas guzzler, that’s your right. But I can’t wait until one of these American-made gas-sipping babies falls into my price range so I can tell BP, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and all the other oil barons where to stick it. 

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/my-fling-with-the-chevy-volt-video/comment-page-1/#comment-11279 Anonymous Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:25:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=31958#comment-11279 Amanda– you do realize that coal fires 50+ of the plug-in power of America?  And over vast areas   of our nation, coal is the **ONLY Source** of electrical energy produced: 100%.

Did you factor these facts into your pollution equation? 

How many people can afford a $44,000.00 car? Even after tax payers are required to come up with $7,500.00 dollars to subsidize an auto that, they, themselves, cannot afford.

As an American, sold out to equality– “…equal treatment before the law”: I see an element of Constitution criminality being ignored.

I think this would die with the same judicial finality of requiring a citizen to buy Obamacare, clearly and despicably, against his/her will and personal best judgement. 

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