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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Why don't the folks in the Green Party start a company to make and sell electric cars?
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Because I'm probably the richest person in the Green party (and the oldest one that's not stoned). Don't get me wrong, I'm green through and through, but the party is a damn mess. When they're not distancing themselves from the latest ELF "terrorist" attack, they're simply handing out "Inconvenient Truth" DVDs or looking generally crazy. It's inconvenient, to say the least.
Tesla is trying desperately to get an electric car on the road (a supercar, none the less), but they've run into hurdle after hurdle. In the meantime, Toyota is selling people a hybrid that only actually gets 5 mpg better than my Eclipse, despite the fact that they said it got 60 mpg. 15 years ago, Geo (a combination of Chevy and Toyota) made the Metro, which could get 50 mpg without an electric motor.