Ahhhhh.... but grasshopper... you are "Green".... and it shows you love Obama and his "green program"..... Priceless ... Right???
To the truly indoctrinated who have been inseminated [it seems anally] with the seed of "progressive thought" no amount of other peoples money should be spared to "feel good about saving the planet"...... Snarkey math, spin news, deceptive loans, outright lies, self serving politicians [of any color or party], it's all "fair and balanced" ..... Right? I feel so much better,,,, I feel so much better,,,, I feel so much better..... keep repeating that until you believe it....... Gotta run... dinner is ready... it's red meat with a side dish of spotted owl... Grant... On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Hans Neureiter <diese...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 battery 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. > 270 miles in 14.5 hours would be < 20 mph averge speed. > > According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 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.$4.00 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.125 per mile. > Gasoline prices would have to rise to $23.68/gal to break even > (assuming the cost for electricity -–to charge the Volt’s batteries –- > remained unchanged). > The gasoline powered car cost about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000. > > So we are encouraged to pay 3 times as much for a car > that costs more that 7 times as much to run > and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.REALLY? > > -- > Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX > '82 300SD > '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
