It is more expensive to produce hybrid cars. When Libs get their way with global warming laws will they turn?

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I'm sure it will be blamed on Bush...after all he is the evil genius mastermind moron..controller of the weather and temperature of the sun...you get the idea..The Guy cant get a break from them...

Hybrids are a great idea..but they are costly.....Show more

Hybrid cars now are only slightly more expensive than regular cars. An example: the Toyota Prius (a hybrid) costs about $22,000 where the Toyota Camery (a normal car) costs about $18,500. This is not a huge difference in prices and the Prius is definitely still an affordable car. Many other car companies like Ford and Honda have also made hybrids which are affordable to the average consumer. When considering the average fuel savings and tax benefits of purchasing a hybrid, I am not sure why anyone would not consider hybrids if they wanted to buy a new car. This is especially true if you do mostly in-town driving, where the hybrid's fuel efficiency is significantly greater than a normal car's....Show more

Perhaps you should find out what liberals--and responsible conservatives--are porposing.

There's a lot--most of which the neo-cons haven't bothered to learn. With regard to autos, here's the basic thrust:

NOT to mandate any particular technology (hybrid or otherwise) but to do two things: first, set standards (with a reasonable timeline)--and leave it to business and the market to find the best/most cost-effective solution.

That might be hybrids (personally I doubt it, but that's not the point)--or electric--or VHE (very high efficiency) gas engines. Or biofuels, etc.

And you make the classic mistake of someone who does not understand how technological innovation works--you assume because a new technology is "more expensive" NOW that it will stay more expensive. There is absolutely zero evidence to support this--historically, new technologies fall in price over time as continued refinement and volume growth create cost efficiencies.

An example: even 25 years ago, there were people who "KNEW" personal computers would never be all that common because they were too expensive--and ignored the people who actually understood the technology and said the cost was going to fall. Which, of course, is exactly what happened.

And the "liberals" you are attacking know this. We are headed for an age of better, cheaper energy and transportation--and it will get here faster if the special interests you are unwittingly parroting quit blocking efforts to get things moving....Show more

I would prefer that the cars in California (at least) convert to ethanol gas (E85). It can be done. Look at how successful Brazil has done it. I don't advocate it because of global warming as about twenty-five years ago people were worried about another Ice Age. Instead, I would like to see the US break the pattern of oil dependency on other countries. As of right now, there are two stations that offer E85...both 75 miles away from my house....Show more

This is easily solved by the government giving a tax break to those who purchase them. That way you repubs can be happy too because there are tax breaks being given and we help clean up the enviroment and gas prices fall. Everybody wins except oil companies who I couldn't care less about anyway....Show more