Gene Frenkle

And that, my friend, says it all. You think it's about "making some points", but really it's about thinking critically and forming your own opinion. The "side with anybody" comment is very, very telling. Let your fear-mongering, ratings-driven network of choice tell you what to think. Go team, right?

I'd do a few cycles for $15,000,000 guaranteed!

YOU sir, are a great American.

I see this thread has brought out all of our local "conservative" heroes. *wink* *wink*

Hey now, don't shoot the messenger. News is news, man and the source doesn't matter. Only the TRUTH matters. You just proved that you're nothing but another sad victim of the Liberal Media Complex which is trying to keep us Free Thinkers quiet. Power to the people.

Well, that seems like a completely unbiased report. Wait till Gel Mibson hears of this!

In fairness, it's like saying Kerry smells better than a turd.

As opposed to skipping out on the war entirely because of his influential daddy? I'm no huge fan of Kerry, but that criticism seemed pretty much manufactured to me. It's not surprising to me that you fell for the smear campaign - a lot of sheeple did.

You're going to go absolutely ballistic when he gets re-elected. You won't be able to comprehend how such a thing could happen. Welcome to my 2004.

We need more DaveinElma. And cowbell.

Best show on TV.

I don't think I really said anything about fair, other than that life is unfair.

Then we're in agreement, dick. Does that make you want to re-think your position?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU

How does fair make sense in this context at all?

Sweet, I was having a bad day - thanks! Poseidon works in mysterious ways...

And lots of eggheads helped to make it happen. Scary, deadly, incredibly awesome. Hey, Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand? Now you're being a funny guy! Reducing our dependence on foreign oil is a matter of national security. But you knew that...

Ok, fair to who exactly? And WTF does fair have to do with our economic system. Isn't fair a rather subjective thing anyway?

Tesla's advancing battery technology, just like Chevy. In fact lots of companies are working on this. Tesla happens to be making breakthroughs which make your argument go the way of the Laser Disc, but keep on working under the assumption that technology is static if it supports your position. DVD players were not vital to national security. Electric cars reduce our dependence on foreign oil, which is in our country's interest. Every !@#$ing system you or anyone else can think of has energy loss. That's how it works and your argument has no merit whatsoever. The gas engine is nothing more than a backup system that takes over when you've exceeded your battery's range. WTF is your point here? To borrow from Tom, you are an idiot. Any form of modern energy production started on a blackboard somewhere. Those evil professors!!!

When we are living in Robot Utopia, life will be wonderful for all. Until the robots take over, that is. All part of the same system. One would not exist without the other. Yes, our Capitalist System (if that's what you want to call it) is perfect and there're are no more improvements that could possibly make it better. Since we've completely solved that one, perhaps we should next concentrate on a real challenge like cold fusion and solve that whole energy problem.

Tesla laughs at your extreme weather efficiency alarmism with heated/cooled battery packs! It was all in the article. Hardly anyone I knew had a DVD player in the late 90s.

$400K > $45K and the guy taking home $400K wouldn't be doing so if it weren't for the guy taking home $45K. All part of the same system. Also, life is not fair. Unless the system is perfect, which it's far from, you can ALWAYS improve on the system. The rest of that is just rhetoric.

You need to do one of several things... 1. Pay back into the system that allows you to make $500K or the system that allows you to make $500K will fall apart. 2. Come up with a better system and start your own country. 3. Move to a country which is using a better system. Good luck!

It's a great system for those worried about range. For most people's driving habits, that's not much gasoline usage. Anyway, despite all the "insurmountable" obstacles that have been pointed out in this thread, the technology will improve and most of you will likely own an electric car someday. Taking an anti-electric car stance based on the technology being endorsed by hippies is !@#$ing childish. Not surprising, but certainly !@#$ing childish.

It's not like charging batteries is some revolutionary technology that we'll have to build some crazy infrastructure for. Tom, to be clear, the Volt has a gas generator which can be used instead an external source for recharging the batteries, right?