Post no. 7

Tell me why we should bail out the auto-industry? How long ago was an electric car invented, up and running? Oh wait, in the 1830s before cars ever ran on gas. But those are so outdated, how can we drive around in those? Oh wait, General Motors invented the EV1 in 1996. Infrastructure to support these cars was up and running in California. However, these cars were lease-only and G.M. refused to allow any customers to renew their lease. . . And then all those cars were discontinued and crushed. So, why, if G.M. had the technology and the ability 12 years ago to create electric cars, and has thus far neglected to do so, should we bail them out?

Not that electricity is necessarily better than oil, but it can be. I have green electricity in my apartment. Anyone can sign up for green energy through Con Edison Solutions. It's really that simple. So, electric cars at least allow the consumer to be environmentally friendly. They can choose to sign up for wind or water powered electricity and charge their car overnight with that electricity.

Basically, we can't just bail-out the industry without preconditions. Require them to design and build electric and plug-in hybrid cars, and I'll agree a bailout is a good idea. Let them continue to build inefficient cars which run on foreign oil, and I have to say, this is a bad bad idea.


Also, what is with Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State? What happened to Obama and Clinton disagreeing on foreign policy issues? Didn't Obama say Clinton's foreign policy stance put her in line with Bush? Didn't Clinton call Obama naive in regards to his foreign policy plans? I am oh-so-confused. This can only be used as evidence that politics, at least in this nation, are stupid.