Re: My take on the State of the Union

In article <[email protected]>, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Steve Hutton wrote:
>> And where are those hydrogen cars he promised last year?
> 
> Well one could say that they are the same place that the 70 MPG car that the Democrats 
> wasted a lot of our money are.
> 
> Or, a realistic answer is that they are in 2010.  Which in a way is being in agreement 
> with you.
> 
> Why don't they/didn't they (I am being critical of both boondoggles) simply try to push 
> existing technology to design an very economical car that actually could be produced and 
> sold next year.  Just take the technologies that are available on various Audi, VW and BMW 
> models and combine them into a reasonable Camry and Focus sized vehicles.  Much better 
> than "pie in the sky".

In this case the answer is that Bush clearly doesn't want economical
cars to actually be produced, but he would like to be perceived as
wanting them, if it buys him a vote or two.

Steve


Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected]
http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal
opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.