 McCain proposes electric car contest, with $300M prize |
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| McCain proposes electric car contest, with $300M prize |
 Jun 23 2008, 10:25 AM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5851388.html
QUOTE PHOENIX — John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, "a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency," McCain said in remarks prepared for delivery today at Fresno State University in California. McCain said such a device should deliver power at 30 percent of current costs and have "the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars." The Arizona senator is also proposing stiffer fines for automakers who skirt existing fuel-efficiency standards, as well as incentives to increase use of domestic and foreign alcohol-based fuels such as ethanol. In addition, a so-called Clean Car Challenge would provide U.S. automakers with a $5,000 tax credit for every zero-carbon emissions car they develop and sell. "In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure," said excerpts from McCain's prepared text. "From now on, we will encourage heroic efforts in engineering, and we will reward the greatest success." Pretty cool... $300 million will surely reel in some good ideas. Cueing up all the democrats to flip flop just so they can oppose McCain... |
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Jun 23 2008, 10:25 AM
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awesome.
what's the catch? This post has been edited by cmac: Jun 23 2008, 10:26 AM -------------------- Don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty.
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Jun 23 2008, 10:31 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I don't see any catch
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Jun 23 2008, 10:39 AM
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where's the $300 mil coming from?
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Jun 23 2008, 10:41 AM
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where is the electricity to power the cars coming from? fart-powered hampster turbines?
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Jun 23 2008, 10:41 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (cmac @ Jun 23 2008, 11:39 AM)  where's the $300 mil coming from? The second sentence in the article tells you. |
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Jun 23 2008, 10:53 AM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
This is something that should have been done a while back. Kudos to McCain, even if I'm not his biggest fan.
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Jun 23 2008, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 23 2008, 11:41 AM) where is the electricity to power the cars coming from? fart-powered hampster turbines? Most likely fossil fuel run power plants. Which also adds a lot of extra needed power to the power plants (straining the grid). But its easier to control waste in one central location as opposed to out of every car on the road... -------------------- |
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Jun 23 2008, 11:37 AM
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QUOTE (cmac @ Jun 23 2008, 10:39 AM) where's the $300 mil coming from? us -------------------- |
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Jun 23 2008, 12:36 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
ah, just need to build the iron man mini reactor thing...
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Jun 23 2008, 02:30 PM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Jun 23 2008, 11:29 AM) Most likely fossil fuel run power plants. Which also adds a lot of extra needed power to the power plants (straining the grid). But its easier to control waste in one central location as opposed to out of every car on the road... Of course, if all that Co2, H2S, and whatever else comes out of several smoke stacks at coal-fired power plants, it's MUCH more environmentally friendly than automobiles burning gasoline that pollute exponentially less. Electric cars HO! -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Jun 23 2008, 02:35 PM
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is it just me or does this seem a little gimmicky?
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Jun 23 2008, 02:38 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Inferia @ Jun 23 2008, 03:35 PM) is it just me or does this seem a little gimmicky? in what way? the word gimmick implies you think there's not much reward to be had... |
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Jun 23 2008, 02:40 PM
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 The Transient Aggie Group: Members Posts: 546 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 21 |
This would be great if the fucking dems would let us build Nuclear power plants to replace coal.
But oh no, Nuclear is dangerous, because there is a big bomb with the word nuclear juxtaposed next to it ! --------------------  A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. |
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Jun 23 2008, 08:36 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
when i heard about this i just thought uh wtf. Electric cars arent all that rare. Many companies (even US ones) have already announced plans to release them in the next few years.
i guess i just dont get what the point is. little late mccain - the industry is already booming. PR STUNT he wants to pacify the environmentalists. -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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