Even War and Rumors of War Can't Save Chevy Volt

See above at 7:51 AM.

The problems with rechargeable electric cars extend far beyond the auto industry. Have you even considered whether the national power grid would be able to handle the increased load a switch to rechargeable cars would entail? Here's a quote from Canada on the subject:

"Electric vehicles require large amounts of electricity – so much that Toronto Hydro chief Anthony Haines says he doesn’t know how he’d get it. “If you connect about 10 per cent of the homes on any given street with an electric car, the electricity system fails,” he said recently."

I suspect Canada's power grid is no worse than ours (and very possibly better). No carbon tax will ever fix that problem.

Have you seen those mindless commercials for the volt, where they talk about how little they go the the gas station. They don't seem to acknowledge that their electric bill is up by hundreds every month.

figure on 12 KWH charge per night,for 30 days,that's 360 KWH.
At my current rates including taxes,that would be an extra $60 a month,more than doubling my monthly bill.

Charles, don't forget to open up a fire fighting substation on the corner in each neighbourhood. Also open up specifically modified landfills that don't leak chemicals and leads into groundwater in order to dispose of the dead batteries in a safe manner.

I've got a better plan: It's called "Let the Free Market Work"

Then companies will produce what consumers actually want, as determined by what they are willing to pay for with their own money. And we won't be taxed to subsidize Obama's adventures in venture capital (which don't ever seem to pan out), or forced to kick in 10k for George Clooney's vanity car he drives to the Oscars.