I, for one, would buy an electric car regardless of global warming or environmental issues. I think the technology and the potential driving dynamics, packaging considerations, etc... are all fascinating and interesting. It's the motive force of the future, IMO... regardless of where the electricity comes from.
I'm a little disappointed whenever a pseudo-political environmental issue argument is used to prop up or knock down a technology that, at it's heart, has nothing to do with it. I realize that the politicians have held up electric cars and alternative fuels as primarily environmental issues, but come on... Who doesn't want an electric car option on the basis of "cool new gadget"?
Regardless, the issue of global warming is only one part of the energy debate... Depending on what your priorities are, the future of worldwide energy consumption going up because of emerging markets demanding more fuel in turn causing oil to become very expensive is actually more immediately and tangibly worrying. The environment has nothing to do with expensive energy.
So cry all you like about oil this, oil that. It's affecting the environment! No it's not, it's all non-proven, theoretical poppycock! Whatever... Neither viewpoint stops our energy future, on oil, being extremely expensive.
I'm all for alternative technologies taking the place of oil for environmental reasons. But, more than anything else it will alleviate our dependence on a very expensive future.
If "oil companies" were smart, they'd be taking all their windfall profits and use the money to develop alternative energy technologies so that their own future is insured as "energy companies".
To the issue at hand... California taxpayer's money to fund the next Tesla car? I'm not specifically thrilled with that idea. But I'm not thrilled with a lot of things the gov't chooses to spend money on. I'm going to cry over that specific puddle of spilt milk. If there was a referendum on it, I would probably not vote for it. But to be fair, I have no idea what the actual gov't funding plan is for this venture.
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Originally Posted by apk919
No, global temperatures have been increasing until very recently. The last few years have not followed the previous trend. The anthropogenic contribution to global warming is still a theory, not properly documented as in the manner of evolution, or the big bang. Possible, but not yet proven.
I'm just pointing out the opportunism and hypocrisy.
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