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howleyj on January 25, 2006 - 2:05pm

Generaly you're right about the way transport fuels are wired into our political system. The backbone of state and local politics is the "transportation budget" which is fed by a combination of gasoline taxes, bonds and federal pork. Developers, construction companies and bond dealers supply the campaign contributions. Anyway, that's how it works in my little east coast state!

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Generaly on January 25, 2006 - 3:29pm

Why did they have to hurt the poor EV1, it wasn't bothering anyone, or was it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

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light299 on January 25, 2006 - 7:13pm

I totally agree. Plus, people don't want to PLUG their car in to charge. I have enough trouble remembering to charge my laptop, mp3 player, and cell phone. How 'bout we get REAL innovative and make it easy for people. When you buy the car, you also get an inductive charging mat. Plop it on your garage floor, plug it in, and forget about it. (It can be done; the EV1 had inductive charging in the early 90's)

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