Who killed the electric car in US?


	Who killed the electric car in US?

aklimento

1-29-2009 12:07 AM

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electric car, exponential growth, general motors

aklimento says:

It was turning point which eventually led to today crisis. The culture of exponential growth in whole society is reflected in this example like in a drop of water. It cannot last forever and as soon we find right road to common sense as less painful will be healing.

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In the late 1990s, General Motors sold an electric car that traveled 300 miles on a charge, could be fully charged in an hour, and could be operated for the equivalent of 60 cents per gallon. </DIV>
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No oil filters, no oil changes, no emissions, no trips to the gas station. </DIV>
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So what did they do? </DIV>
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When it became apparent the marketplace actually wanted these cars, it rounded then all up and destroyed them. </DIV>

Not a conspiracy theory. This is what actually happened.
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