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Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich
Atypical Geek writes "Charles Lane, writing for Slate, argues that subsidies for electric cars are an example of 'limousine liberalism' — a lavish gift for well-off Americans to buy expensive cars for the sake of appearing green. From the article: 'How rarefied is the electric-car demographic? When Deloitte Consulting interviewed industry experts and 2,000 potential buyers, it found that from now until 2020, only "young, very high income individuals" — from households making more than $200,000 a year — would even be interested in plug-in hybrids or all-electric cars.'
Lane also takes issue with the billions of dollars in subsidies offered to automakers for the manufacture of batteries, arguing that research (warning, PDF) concludes that the money will not help in jump-starting the economies of scale that will drive down prices. At least, not as much or as quickly as the President has argued."
These cars make no economic sense because the cost adder for the hybrid/plugin drivetrain never pays for itself in saved fuel compared to a reasonably-priced econono-box like the Mazda3 or Ford Fiesta. Therefore, only wealthy liberals wishing to appear green to their snobby rich liberal social elitist friends will buy these.. It's easy when you don't work for your money and have no sense of value.
You are the one inventing a liberal/conservative dichotomy here. I said nothing of conservatives, so any meaning you interpret from my post along those lines is pure fantasy in your own delusional mind. The only dichotomy I brought up was Liberals vs. Non-Liberals.
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Unless we just want to forget the nearly $1 billion dollar subsidies for the Hummer?
??????? You mean as in it's production for military use? How about you go on about Sherman tank and all it's "subsidies" also? Maybe the M1A1 too?
Wow I had no idea one could reach the level of douche baggery that you reached in one post. Yeah tell us all again how $100,000+ on 2003 was just a average income. Really not surprising that you drove a Prius either.