<VV> Fwd: Fw: Cost of Going Green!

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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?