Re: My take on the State of the Union

James Richard Tyrer <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:07:20 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.cafe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Steve Hutton wrote:
> 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.

How is this different from the Democrats boondoggle trying to make the 70 MPG mid size car 
that wasn't producible either?

--
JRT


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