Comments on: GM may make 60,000 plug-in hybrids in 2010 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:48:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dave http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-26604 Dave Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:39:38 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-26604 For all you Toyota people they are not really the green world saving people you think they are, you have only skinned the surface. They have openly told some media they are ok with whaling even tough some wahles they hunt are getting close to the end. American cars will beat Japanese cars verytime we gave them all their tech after ww2. read some history books people, they had open waste drains in their country, we sent 1000s of our engineers over there to show them how to live like humans. They treat their people like expendable items, so their companys can make bigger profits no humanity there. There cars have had their share of problems. Stop believing what you hear and read some facts. Buy from American car companys help our economy, be an American. For all you Toyota people they are not really the green world saving people you think they are, you have only skinned the surface.
They have openly told some media they are ok with whaling even tough some wahles they hunt are getting close to the end.
American cars will beat Japanese cars verytime we gave them all their tech after ww2. read some history books people, they had open waste drains in their country, we sent 1000s of our engineers over there to show them how to live like humans. They treat their people like expendable items, so their companys can make bigger profits no humanity there.
There cars have had their share of problems. Stop believing what you hear and read some facts. Buy from American car companys help our economy, be an American.

]]> By: bruce http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-25519 bruce Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-25519 I think, GM is trying hard to compete with others. I think doing something is better than nothing. Volt looks good, and I will buy one just to help the economy. Hopefully they will built Volt to last long long time. Lets go Green, help the air polution/. GO GM built it to last. You can do it. we have faith in you. bruce from arlington texas I think, GM is trying hard to compete with others. I think
doing something is better than nothing. Volt looks good,
and I will buy one just to help the economy. Hopefully
they will built Volt to last long long time. Lets go Green,
help the air polution/. GO GM built it to last. You can do it.
we have faith in you.

bruce from arlington texas

]]> By: Ashley http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-20203 Ashley Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:07:13 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-20203 Not all electricity comes from coal burning plants. There are a lot of power plants that get electricity from hydro, wave, wind turbines, solar panels, nuclear, etc., etc. Some use a combination of different things and some people are completely off the grid; they would power their plug-in vehicles with the electricity they generate by themselves. People seem to think that these new things/solutions should be all or nothing, that either the world continues on it's current petro-path or we come up with a miracle that produces energy from nothing and doesn't emit any kind of pollutant. The fact is that you are breathing out pollutants right now, there is no such thing as pollutant-free. And as for an alternative fuel, no one thing will completely replace petroleum for its energy return ratio. So maybe we need to be looking to the lesser evil just to help get the ball rolling. Do some research about where your electricity comes from; you can do some math to figure out the pollutants produced to make one unit of power and then figure out how many units your potentiall plug-in will draw. Electric cars are not going to be perfect but its a great start. Not all electricity comes from coal burning plants. There are a lot of power plants that get electricity from hydro, wave, wind turbines, solar panels, nuclear, etc., etc. Some use a combination of different things and some people are completely off the grid; they would power their plug-in vehicles with the electricity they generate by themselves. People seem to think that these new things/solutions should be all or nothing, that either the world continues on it’s current petro-path or we come up with a miracle that produces energy from nothing and doesn’t emit any kind of pollutant. The fact is that you are breathing out pollutants right now, there is no such thing as pollutant-free. And as for an alternative fuel, no one thing will completely replace petroleum for its energy return ratio. So maybe we need to be looking to the lesser evil just to help get the ball rolling. Do some research about where your electricity comes from; you can do some math to figure out the pollutants produced to make one unit of power and then figure out how many units your potentiall plug-in will draw. Electric cars are not going to be perfect but its a great start.

]]> By: Michael meyers http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-12040 Michael meyers Mon, 05 May 2008 03:21:44 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-12040 If GM thins that they could win this battle why is it that is taking so long when their stocks are going down and more people are loosing their job. HEY but this is America the land of confusion GET A GRIP GM you'll never beat Toyota. PS: GM could but it never will. If GM thins that they could win this battle why is it that is taking so long when their stocks are going down and more people are loosing their job. HEY but this is America the land of confusion GET A GRIP GM you’ll never beat Toyota.
PS: GM could but it never will.

]]> By: Tony McCann http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-7083 Tony McCann Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:52:20 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-7083 If you assume that the electricity used to charge the car came from a coal burning power plant, how does this car's carbon footprint compare to a conventional gas powered car? Thanks Tony If you assume that the electricity used to charge the car came from a coal burning power plant, how does this car’s carbon footprint compare to a conventional gas powered car?
Thanks
Tony

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5473 Joe Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:08:51 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5473 Yes, 60,000 seems high and premature -- but the fact that they are floating the number is impressive by itself. It strongly suggest they think they have sold the battery problem or are very close. Yes, 60,000 seems high and premature — but the fact that they are floating the number is impressive by itself. It strongly suggest they think they have sold the battery problem or are very close.

]]> By: wattgehtab http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5463 wattgehtab Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:57:24 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5463 The statement about the sales volume in the first year is a little premature. GM still must take some hurdles in the development and in the series production of the volt. I find it to want to compete in this area before at all the first vehicle rolls in the street with Toyota already boldly. Toyota has an enormous projection particularly in the series production of hybrid vehicles. Greetings Markus The statement about the sales volume in the first year is a little premature. GM still must take some hurdles in the development and in the series production of the volt. I find it to want to compete in this area before at all the first vehicle rolls in the street with Toyota already boldly. Toyota has an enormous projection particularly in the series production of hybrid vehicles.
Greetings
Markus

]]> By: hippygeerl93 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5461 hippygeerl93 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:58:21 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5461 Thats the kind of car I want to get when i turn 16! I am very green-minded. That car is way coool!!We saw watched Inconveneint Truth at my school last week and i almost cried abiout the polar bears. Al Gore is such a beautiful and very smart, and concerned man I hope he could be president next time. My mom says she would vote for him but my dad doesnt like him, he says Al Gore is just a politician, whatever that means!??? But my dad lives in Idaho and dosnt beleive in global warming but I know lots of acnedotal evidence like my cousin could nt even go ice skating last winter in Michigan, like she usually does. and all the record temperatures. My science teacher says its already too late and that makes me hard to sleep at night I'm so worried sometimes but I hope we can chnage the climate back to what it is supposed to be. Thats the kind of car I want to get when i turn 16! I am very green-minded. That car is way coool!!We saw watched Inconveneint Truth at my school last week and i almost cried abiout the polar bears. Al Gore is such a beautiful and very smart, and concerned man I hope he could be president next time. My mom says she would vote for him but my dad doesnt like him, he says Al Gore is just a politician, whatever that means!??? But my dad lives in Idaho and dosnt beleive in global warming but I know lots of acnedotal evidence like my cousin could nt even go ice skating last winter in Michigan, like she usually does. and all the record temperatures. My science teacher says its already too late and that makes me hard to sleep at night I’m so worried sometimes but I hope we can chnage the climate back to what it is supposed to be.

]]> By: Jacob http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5460 Jacob Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:53:53 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5460 Wporware. Wporware.

]]> By: jcwinnie http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5457 jcwinnie Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:23:21 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/01/gm-may-make-60000-plug-in-hybrids-in-2010/#comment-5457 Dang, so that is why it has held up going to those various auto shows, it's actually made of something other than carboard. Dang, so that is why it has held up going to those various auto shows, it’s actually made of something other than carboard.

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