<VV> [VV-talk] Fwd: Fw: Cost of Going Green!
jvhroberts at aol.com
jvhroberts at aol.com
Fri Jul 6 19:22:36 EDT 2012
Let's go over what's wrong with this:
1. Faux Noise.
2. A data point of ONE isn't a trend, or even remotely reliable.
3. Faux Noise.
4. EPA test cycle, which is far more reliable, says it does a LOT better.
5. It's the first of its kind, and for ONCE, it's not Japanese or German! There
are others hopping on this bandwagon, so, they're here to stay.
6. Faux Noise.
7. For the first time, we have a mass produced car that gets a good chunk of
it's energy from something other than an oil well!
John Roberts
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Subj: Fw: Cost of Going Green!
Cost of "Going Green"! Cost to operate a Chevy Volt
Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the
Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors. For four days in a row, the
fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the
reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25
miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank
and the 16 kwh batery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2
hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery
and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your
average speed(including charging time) would be 20 mph. According to
General Motors, the Volt battery hold 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10
hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge
the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay
approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge
divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.
Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets
32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile. The gasoline
powered car cost abouot $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000. So Obama wants
us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more that 7 time as much to
run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country. WHY GO GREEN?
REALLY NOW?
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