[Oeva-list] Tuffer times for EV's and alternative energy.

[patrick0101 at gmail.com]

A gas tax would be a tough thing for Americans to swallow. However, to quote
Friedman again:

"A gas tax reduces gasoline demand and keeps dollars in America, dries up
funding for terrorists and reduces the clout of Iran and Russia at a time
when Obama will be looking for greater leverage against petro-dictatorships.
It reduces our current account deficit, which strengthens the dollar. It
reduces U.S. carbon emissions driving climate change, which means more
global respect for America. And it increases the incentives for U.S.
innovation on clean cars and clean-tech.

Which one of these things wouldn't we want? A gasoline tax "is not just
win-win; it's win, win, win, win, win," says the Johns Hopkins author and
foreign policy specialist Michael Mandelbaum. "A gasoline tax would do more
for American prosperity and strength than any other measure Obama could
propose."

Regards,
Pat


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Ray Blackburn <oeva_treas at yahoo.com>wrote:

> It is all about the money.  They will only build what they can sell.  EZ-Go
> would sell hwy EV's if they sold like Cessna's and Bell Helicopters.  In my
> opinion 90% of all Americans are motivated  to change if it effects there
> wallet in a positive nature.  Sure if kids are choking on pollution that is
> motivation for change but short of that it is money.  The government gives
> incentives but it is not enough.  What really kills the EV is inexpensive
> gas.  Main stream Americans will look harder at EV's when gas is high.  Now
> with the down economy and low gas prices main stream people have much less
> reason to consider EV's as a mode of transportation.
>
>  What might work is to put a floor on gas prices.  Use the funds between
> the floor and the real price of gas to fund olny green projects like EV's ,
> solar panels, electricity infrastructure and so on.  Oil needs to become
> less attractive to mainstream people.  If something like this were
> implemented now, we could get a leg up on things. When it becomes apparent
> to the mainstream population via exsorbdent gas prices that they need EV's
> massed produced, we would not be so far behind.
>
> As it is now, we have these peaks and lows of both funding and awareness
> for EV's and alternative energy that ebb and flow with the price and or
> demand of fossil fuels.
>
> Oh yea thanks for the info.  I wrote the Senator.    Ray.
>  ------------------------------
>
> Rather than a bail out ICE producers, should our legislators spur on
> Tesla's sedans or other electric production in Oregon too? What if we were
> building American Electric cars good enough to export to world? Seems like
> we should write our increasingly green lawmakers and suggest that they
> support green automobile production in Oregon. The pen is mightier than the
> sword. I did not see that Jeff Merkley has his official contact through the
> Senatorial website yet, nor does his campaign website have a good contact
> option. Mekley campaigned as supporting environmentally friendly options and
> job creation. I believe Senator Wyden's contact info is below:
>
> It would be great if EZ-go started making vehicles for civilian usage too.
> They ought to have the know how since they own EZ-Go, Cessna and Bell
> Helicopters. They also just bought Lancair aircraft in Bend Oregon.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrick0101 at gmail.com [mailto:patrick0101 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 02:52 PM
> To: 'OEVA'
> Subject: [Oeva-list] Sherwood Police go EV
>
> http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=123034332547055500
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Oeva-list mailing list
> Oeva-list at oeva.org
> http://www.rdrop.com/mailman/listinfo/oeva-list
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /pipermail/attachments/20081229/702a2959/attachment-0001.html