By equivalent he means the taxes charged on 180 gallons of gas, not the full cost of the gas.

But of course people only buy these cars due to the subsidies. If that weren’t the case, we wouldn’t need the subsidies. It’s nonsensical to argue otherwise.

Bottom line is people are buying this car because it is subsidized. I will buy one primarily because it is subsidized. I like the idea of not buying gas, and think it is good for the environment (obviously not if you include the manufacturing process). That being said, I’m not smoking enough “green” to believe that global warming, or climate change, or whatever the press and Democrats will call it tomorrow, has been definitively as a risk to the earth’s future, that we need to blow up the world economy to mitigate it. The climate has changed continuously for billions of years. Giving politicians control of more pieces of the economy will not change that. Sorry.

A. The first article you linked indicated that renewables get 0.37 billion per year in subsidies. That’s laughable. Between all of the government backed loan failures, government funded research, and tax breaks, the amount is many times that. Add in 100,000. US electric car sales per year times the $7,500 federal tax credit (not including state subsidies) = $750,000,000.

Of course I’m ignoring the massive taxes that apply to fossil fuels. What is the federal and state tax on motor fuels? In excess of $0.40 per gallon. Multiply that times the number of gallons we consume.

Finally, nearly all, if not all, of the subsidies consistently cited regarding the oil industry are actually cost recovery schemes that apply to all industries, including renewable.

It’s time for you guys to break out of your bubble and read something other than green sites.

B. That statement was in response to a prior comment.

C. That’s my point. If electric cars are so great, why should they require subsidies? The bullet points make them sound great and reasonably priced. The rest of the article merely makes the case for subsidies. They must not be so great.

B. Record low temperatures aren’t evidence of global warming.

C. Given the first five bulleted advantages of electrics, why should we need the sixth?

Aside from looking @ how I/ we can proactively affect this issue, I find myself yet again reflexively wondering what the ___ is wrong with the socio-emotionally crippled slimes who are just fine with the concept of promoting increased suffering and misery.

Let’s K E E P O N our LEGISLATORS – though they may be rightfully afraid of Gas/Oil biz, the least we can do is keep making noise. And I’m pretty sure that’s to be considered the least!– b/c doing /saying nothing is not an option!

Read the links Don has provided if you’re not sure about that..

Aside from looking @ how I/ we can proactively affect this issue, I find myself yet again reflexively wondering what the ___ is wrong with the socio-emotionally crippled slimes who are just fine with the concept of promoting increased suffering and misery.

Let’s K E E P O N our LEGISLATORS – though they may be rightfully afraid of Gas/Oil biz, the least we can do is keep making noise. And I’m pretty sure that’s to be considered the least!– b/c doing /saying nothing is not an option!

Read the links Don has provided if you’re not sure about that..