Hoarding is exactly what the government is doing right now by filling the SPR, and frankly it's the best thing that could happen. It drives prices up. High prices encourage demand destruction. They also finance new well development. The hoarded oil gives us a buffer to fall back on once shortages become more prevalent. High prices are what we need in order to adapt to what's coming, and the sooner they happen, the better.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: Any of you guys have an electric car?
The GEM cars look OK. I just priced one out on their website and it looks like a $16,000 car for me. Even the little two-seater is $15K once you trick it out with crap like doors and a dome light.
Are there any better electric cars out there right now?
Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 1125 Location: western Wisconsin
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Any of you guys have an electric car?
Personally, if I was considering spending $12 to $16K on an electric vehicle, I would go with a used professionally converted Metro or maybe a Ranger or S10 pickup conversion, rather than a NEV type of vehicle. Our electric is a 1975 vintage Citi-car that needs lots of work, but we are hoping to have it functional this summer. The old Citicars and Comutacars would be considered NEVs today, but back then they were titled as "real" cars. I see a surprising number of late model professional electric car conversions on eBay and also on electric car sites.
Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Appalachian Foothills of Virginia
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Any of you guys have an electric car?
There are a number available today, depending on where you live.
They range from the Zap Xebra ($12k) on up over $100k (Tesla). See the
Zap and EV World sites for starters. A few others are out that many don't know about...
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Any of you guys have an electric car?
I have been eyeing electrics, but they aren't quite ready for primetime. We just bought a Honda Civic GX (Natural Gas). We pay 63 cents a gallon for fuel and it gets about 30 mpg commuting (city/hwy combined). I'm sure NG will follow gasoline eventually, but even after natural gas goes up 5 times I will be paying less than the current price of Gas. Of course when NG goes up that much we will be freezing our butts off in the house...
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