Another Movie Recommendation
I saw Who Killed the Electric Car this weekend and I learned so much. I remember when the cars came out and I never heard any of the positive things about them. All I heard was that there were hardly any plugs to recharge them and that they'd only go 30 miles before they needed a recharge. At the time I worked 36 miles (one way) from home and a car like that was out of the question.
They never told us that they had a battery designed to go 120 miles at that time. They didn't tell us that the electricity to charge the car was equal to 60 cents a gallon. They now have a battery designed to go over 300 + miles between charges, which is about what I get on a tank of gas. A car like that would be perfect for the everyday commute. It might not be good for road trips (unless you planned ahead) but each family could own one of them instead of a gas guzzling car.
These electric cars have no emissions and cost less to maintain and to drive. The car companies were losing money on car repairs and the oil companies were losing money on gasoline. So they called back each car when its lease was up since the car companies purposely never sold them. Once the car manufacturers got the state of CA to lower the standards for the percentage of low emission vehicles each car company had to sell in the state (the requirement is what helped create the electric car in the first place) they were able to kill them.
How greedy can a company be? Oil is finite. We need to do everything we can to conserve it for future generations. Killing the electric cars was a sin that we will all pay for in the future.
I want an electric car!
Current Mood: Steamed
They never told us that they had a battery designed to go 120 miles at that time. They didn't tell us that the electricity to charge the car was equal to 60 cents a gallon. They now have a battery designed to go over 300 + miles between charges, which is about what I get on a tank of gas. A car like that would be perfect for the everyday commute. It might not be good for road trips (unless you planned ahead) but each family could own one of them instead of a gas guzzling car.
These electric cars have no emissions and cost less to maintain and to drive. The car companies were losing money on car repairs and the oil companies were losing money on gasoline. So they called back each car when its lease was up since the car companies purposely never sold them. Once the car manufacturers got the state of CA to lower the standards for the percentage of low emission vehicles each car company had to sell in the state (the requirement is what helped create the electric car in the first place) they were able to kill them.
How greedy can a company be? Oil is finite. We need to do everything we can to conserve it for future generations. Killing the electric cars was a sin that we will all pay for in the future.
I want an electric car!
Current Mood: Steamed
posted by Cherry Red at 9:06 PM
2 Comments:
You see some of the most interesting movies. I wish I could say the same. My movie watching is generally whatever comes out on Tuesday at WalMart that is family appropriate. Of course, if Shane is buying that day, then it's whatever comes out on Tuesday at WalMart that has big guns and things exploding.
Please don't stop telling us about your movies. I'm living the vicarious un-parent life through you!
We saw Who Killed the Elecric Car and an Inconveneint Truth with another couple who'd went to the Sundance Film Festival this year. They know all the good movies.
The hubby and I don't often pay full price for a movie at a theater. Most movies aren't worth $10 a ticket. Both of these were, though we only paid $5 for Electric Car because it was a matinee. :)
We just rent movies for $1.50 at a little shop on te corner most of the time.
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