Michelle Malkin’s resident Photoshop Wizard passed this one on to us; I wish he was completely correct on this one:
Sadly, Barack’s plan is worse than that:
The three main components of Obama’s plan are:
- Get 1 million 150 mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on U.S. roads within six years.
- Require that 10 percent of U.S. energy comes from renewable sources by the end of his first term – more than double the current level.
- Reduce U.S. demand for electricity 15 percent by 2020.
The first would require a industrial effort on the scale of World War II to occur on schedule, but how the third one would come off considering the first goal is a real mystery Maybe he plans to repeal a few laws of physics; or collapse the economy. Which one do you think is more likely? The main point is that Barack’s plan is based on demand shrinkage, not suppy expansion; that can be a real problem, if you want a growing economy.
Update: I have to agree with Ace: Obama’s energy plan makes less sense then Paris Hilton’s. The pithiest comment I’ve seen about Paris’s spoof on Mccain about this? “I’m sure she has a ‘Drill here, Drill Now’ tatoo someplace.”
Update 2: But don’t ask Obama why he voted for the Cheney/Bush Oil industry subsidy plan and McCain voted against it. That makes you a McCain proxy somehow.
Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics
Industrial Effort on the scale of WWII?
183,800 Toyota Prius’s were sold in the USA in 2007. Given that the saturation of hybrid vehicles is increasing and that this is only 1 of many hybrid models (albeit the best selling one), if some incentive were given for plug in hybrids it would not be much of a stretch at all.
183,800 * 6 = 1,102,800
Does DaveNate think the Prius gets 150 mpg?
More like 35-50. Toyota is claiming the next generation might get 100 mpg — but they also claim 65 mpg now.
I realize the Prius doesn’t get 150 mpg, but a plug-in hybrid with the equivalent of a 30 mile electric range will get on average 100+ mpg considering the typical commuting distance and every day usage of a vehicle. I am speaking more to the market for hybrid cars and what would be possible with current production capabilities if car companies would start producing plug-in hybrids. My Saturn Vue will get replaced with a plug-in hybrid Vue as soon as GM can do better than a 25 mile range. Currently they are saying it will only do 10 miles on electric only.
The VW jetta diesel is an all around better car than the current Prius in my opinion.
As for 150mpg cars, they should be a reality soon.
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/27/loremo-debuts-150-mpg-concept-car-in-geneva/