Chevy Volt a Failure - GM to Layoff 1,300

How much did creating and maintaining these airwaves cost the US government?

 

The stupidity of this analogy is just breathtaking.

 

Making coffee is older than 100-years-old, and yet it keeps improving.

Advances have been made in growing, drying, processing, roasting, and blending coffee. There's a ton of science that goes into it.

In just the last several years, new extraction techniques have emerged as well:

http://www.bunn.com/products/air_infusion/trifecta.html

http://www.synesso.com/

http://www.starbucks.com/coffee/learn/clover

If you're still drinking the same cup of coffee your parents drank, you're missing out.

 

And when did the electric car debut?

 

And there's pretty strong consumer demand for coffee.

 

We were arguing about this editorial linked from Wired

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/02/tesla-vs-new-york-times-when-range-anxiety-leads-to-road-trip-rage/

in which the analogy was made that Internal Combustion cars are to EVs what landlines were to cell phones.

Sorry you missed it.

 

How much creating and maintaining does it do when it leases timber or ranchland or mineral rights for private development?

 

And, the most growth in the industry has been in higher priced, specialty coffees.

Starbucks and even McDonalds are trying to publicize the quality of their beans and the resulting taste of the coffee.

Starbucks bought brand new espresso machines for every one of their stores in the last couple of years. McDonalds spent a ton of money on equipment, and retrofitting their stores. They also spent a ton in research, and on better quality coffee.

And, they both did it because of consumer demand.

 

In toy form, the early 19th century.

Early 20th century for one you could ride in.

 

Az, the governments role in regulating/leasing/selling airwaves is a good/necessary thing because their would likely be chaos without it.

But, it's not like the government "built" the airwaves, "maintains" them, or is able to generate revenue through their own use of them.

That the government has been able to generate revenue out of thin air is a great thing. But, we don't need to act like its some sort of benevolence or corporate subsidy.

 

Our Volt continues to not be a failure. It's my wife's favorite car she's ever driven. And we continue to spend basically $0 on gas for her day-to-day driving.