Well then you've been manipulated into it. All this has been orchestrated, starting with Bush. In the end its making a deal with Lucifer. Its something I refuse to do.
With respect, our society is manipulated in many ways. Take Solar. I’ve always enjoyed the technology. I find it fascinating. What I’ve had a hard time justifying is the price. I find the McLaren fascinating as well, but I can’t justify the price.
The difference between you and me is this. The market is being leveraged to lower costs on Solar which makes it both competitive and affordable. The same will occur with EV’s. I look forward to this while you feel forced into it.
Im all about reducing my costs. I drive a fuel friendly car by choice. If moving to an EV can reduce my transportation cost and tie into my home energy to reduce those costs, then Im all in.
But I think what you are talking about is political pressure. I think your not taking into account how big oil has been leveraging politics for several decades. In this same way, we’ve been manipulated to continue with ICE vehicles. What we are seeing is a shift in power.
Think of it like this. Our society is manipulated primarily by cost. The only difference in this “evil” is who’s currently pulling the levers.
As for GM do you realize the Obama administration bailed them out. I got nothing wrong with GM but how does a multibillion dollar company not survive an economic disaster? They very well could have and instead tried to make believe that there was no impending economic crisis? Very much like what's already happening they didn't need abailout, they chose to do it. As a result new CEO where the political system can tell them what to do
I have a feeling we will have two opposite views on this. GM would have went under without TARP and then restructuring and our economy would have crashed. This crash would have put the other two American Auto companies fail too as they share Tier 1,2 and 3 suppliers. Knockin GM out would have put many of these suppliers out of business which would have rippled to FORD and Chrysler and caused their total collapse as well.
It was benificial to the US consumer that GM received a loan.
got nothing wrong against EVs. People like me don't want to be forced into them which is exactly what is happening. And basically being pushed by evil people.
I understand. Most people don’t like to be forced. I personally don’t feel forced but I understand how you do. Change is not embraced by everyone.
As far as evil people, they are all evil, including big oil that has a vested interest in demonizing renewable energy, or energy that is more efficient. The game is called Capitalism and large corporations manipulate large amounts of cash to position their products and compete against their competitor. Often they do this with political contributions and lobbyists. Although not perfect, it’s a better system than communism.