Foreign Oil Dependence by Choice?

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Tree hugs want to save trees, and electric cars means saving more money -.-, maybe being an ignorant and talking loads of trash doesn't work well together.

Leonayo of TX 3:26PM February 07, 2012

if your into hybrids for saving money...thats cool, but if your into plug in cars because u want to save the environment......your an idiot, the power you get is most likely from a coal fire plant, so while u let it charge u are causing pollution weither you know it or not, so you tree hugs that think your helping....your not

jordan mes of ID 9:26PM October 27, 2008

I think you over estimate people when you say it will suck for the owners of these cars when everyone buys them and the power grid reaches its limit or when the saving are negated, because like GlblWmr's attitude people will not change until they have to. So if the world does not just end when we run out of oil, and everyone is forced to make a change there will most likely be a better solution. But for now the savings can easily out-way the cost of driving an electric car. So the laughs (and pain) are mainly for the entire human race as people are unwilling to see that oil will run short and unless we take steps towards change there will be a depression previously unrivaled...

Hmmmm 9:53AM October 26, 2008

No the laughs (and pain) will be on you when everyone buys one of these dumb card and we find the limit of our electricity grid

sucks for us of 3:29PM October 08, 2008

Just in case no one knew, Henry Ford and Rudolph Diesel intended their engines to be powered by what we now call biofuels. But, they didn't use food...they used HEMP.

Wesley Lawless of TX 8:32PM June 30, 2008

The laughs (and pain) will be on you and all when everyone buys one of these dumb cars and the electricity needed to charge them negates any savings you may have now. But, thanks for saving more gas for me.

GlblWmr of CA 11:51AM May 15, 2008

My husband and I bought a Toyota Prius a few months ago. Best decision we ever made. I used to pay around $250.00/month for gas driving 40 miles to/from work in a small truck. It would have been cheaper to get a monthly bus pass for $45 each of us but we needed less restrictive transportation. I now pay less than $100/month on gas because we know how to maximize the hybrid energy. Now I laugh at how long the Hummer owners will take to succumb to the soaring gas prices. Status symbol vehicles are such a waste.

Haupia of HI 3:03AM May 03, 2008

I built a Plug-in Hybrid using a Prius, a second larger battery pack, and a charger. I buy wind energy and my car uses about 4kwh each night to fill the second battery. So each day I travel from Katy to Downtown Houston about 60 miles round trip on about (Right now at today’s rate of 3.25per gallon) 6/10th of a gallon or $1.95 for gas + 60 cents for wind power, for a total of $2.55 per day. I have been driving my Plug-in Hybrid for about a year now.
These cars are real and on the road now. Plug-in cars can be built to be any Size, Speed, or Power. Here is some proof.
100mpg car
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7801167825618010038
150mpg SUV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09_uTp08zg
0-60 in less then three second and a 100mpg range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDZOBQs60w
All electric truck.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-385933681432451369
Need a bigger Plug-in vehicle?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2434382302275071656
Look I never gave up my Yukon XL, I just did the math and I save about $400.00 per month in fuel cost. That pays for my new car, as in “You’ve just won a brand new car!”
We all have to make choices what we spend our own money on. No one should buy a hybrid car until they make one you want to buy. For me, they made one I wanted to buy the day I saw how much cash I could save.
It kind of gives a whole new meaning to being “Green” doesn’t it.
Funny how all the above cars are already on the road isn’t it? --- No, it is not funny, is it.
It is time to start asking questions!!! Why is our government not asking our own auto industry to make more of these cars that shade tree mechanics are making all over the world, with technology already on the market?
Plug-in cars leave more money in your pocket to spend in your local community, improving your local tax base more then gas taxes ever could, or for spending on churches, and charities.
Hi, I’m here to change the world.