The only way I see these cars becoming a hit would be through the use of Nuclear FUSION reactors to produce the electricity...

 

Cool, man. I paid $5,900 for my 17k original mile Buick Regal GS last summer that get's 30mpg on the highway. So by your reasoning, you're the dumbass for paying $12k for a used Accord that gets 3mpg better.

 

interesting reading. and i agree that even though it costs less to operate then any say "civi" the price difference *the volt is not loaded* is like 20k. you will have to drive that thing for like 40 years. so as others have said it's a fail for anyone who drives.

If your like 5 miles to your work then it's ok I guess, but still so you don't EVER use gas and just use electricity it still takes 20 years to make up the difference.

Once again, looks like a fail to me....

It's cool and it is a step in the right direction, but I'd rather have a tesla type 2 and get 300 miles per charge at 50k... but that's just me.

 

they are not selling as much as before. They are actually offering rebates and what not. Still selling, but not like they were...

 

At the current time, it's not for people who care that much about the money savings. It's about the people who have the money to spend and care about the problem of our dependency on foreign oil.

Like I said, people are buying the Prius like hotcakes. Those cars sell for over $30k and get 50mpg.

 

That's because people are afraid of them going WOT into a tree.

 

my accord for 12k had 42k miles on it.. and has full bumper to bumper honda care warrenty till 100k.. and really IMO the buick regal is ugly as ****.. and i was alot more comfortable in my accord..

also.. for a "reliable" car.. i wont buy anything domestic.

 

You sound like a retarded hippie. The vast majority of people have no idea how or what nuclear anything is. Nuclear waste is not stored in rusty oil drums. Nuclear waste is stored in these high tech containers.



Everything in next generation will be powered by nuclear energy. The ******* universe is powered by nuclear reactions.....

 

I wouldn't compare a Civic to a Volt. Two completely different cars and markets.

 

You may find this interesting:

The USA has the main navy with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (11), while both it and Russia have had nuclear-powered cruisers (USA: 9, Russia 4). Russia has seven nuclear icebreakers and a nuclear freighter in service.

The US Navy has accumulated over 5500 reactor years of accident-free experience, and operates more than 80 nuclear-powered ships (with 103 reactors as of early 2005). Russia has logged 6000 nautical reactor years.

Sure the disposal of nuclear waste is still evolving but I thinkg your position against it can be argued very well.

 

Fantastic stats.

 

Wow. Now, you're really making yourself look stupid.

I'll take my very comfortable/smoth driving low 14 second daily driver "ugly as ****" Regal GS over your totally bland looking shitbox lady car any day of the week. LOL! If a bumber to bumper warranty is worth $6k to you...

07 Accord...BLAH


My Regal GS

 

yeah good point, the prirus DO NOT GET 50mpg. Unless you drive them at 55 just fyi. I lived in cali and laughed my *** off all day long at people swearing they get 50mpg yet they are doing 90.

You read the Road and tarck where the M3 and a pirus raced around the track, all the m3 had to do was keep up. The M3 got better gas mileage lol!

 

your correct about storage, but it still is a threat in that we still no so little about it. Not arguing with you, just stating no one wants it in their background cuz of all the media horror stories. I agree with you, we should build lots and lots of nuclear plants.

 

will be worthless.

 

LOL! I hadn't heard that. That's funny.

 

wouldn't that be 2 letters and a number?

hmm, i had an apartment in FL that while i did pay $80 to rent the garage every month, it did have an outlet in it for the garage door opener and an extra outlet that i ran an extension cord for things like a buffer or what not, i could have easily charged a car in there and we didn't pay for the electricity in there.

 

I understand your point. Safety is the most important concern and it should be. Everyone needs to understand the beauty of nuclear energy. America won't take the steps forward untill Obama is out of office. Solar and wind WILL not power America alone. Save the fossil fuels for the rest of the world.

 

Well since you feel the need for personal bashing - if you define disposal as sealing up the waste in metal casks and stuffing them under a mountain, or piling them "on location" around the country....sure we do a great job.

However the best we have done so far is STORE the waste, which even by admission we know will eventually leak. Yucca is also no longer a viable storage facility. Instead we store them on location at 131 locations around the US, does that sound safe or clean? Just do a little reading: http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-nuclear-waste

BTW, i'm a conservative, I'm just not naive enough to think that a "hybrid" means "clean" energy or that nuclear fuel is the answer.

But by all means if you want to start with the name calling rather than admit that technology, be it gasoline or electric, has its limits. Have at it.

My point remains, people need to call it for what it is, it's diversification, not the answer or future. People thought solar energy was the answer too, but the MOST efficient panel developed broke 47% efficiency. Hardly the future, or answer.

It just spreads the load and helps people utilize that "out of sight, out of mind" mentality.

Anyway, I'll continue burning my fossil fuel and not be guilt tripped by the crowd that exchanges foreign oil for foreign electronics.

If you want independence from foreign oil, support domestic drilling.

 

i'm glad i wasn't the only one thinking of back to the future when he said nuclear is the future. i was going to say that this is the future.