Chevy Volt a Failure - GM to Layoff 1,300

Because the sun has been proven to have burned hotter over the past few years. But dumb fuckers think that something that burns at a surface temperature of 5600 degrees centigrade can't possibly burn at 5700 degrees or 5800 degrees despite evidence that it can, and that it just recently completed such a cycle thanks to solar flare activity.

What do you suppose the sun burning at 200 degrees centigrade more might mean here on earth? A degree, maybe two? Only someone engaged in complete dumbfuckery would think the sun's temperature changing could have no effect here on earth. Your welcome to include yourself in the category. In fact, it's pretty much all I've seen you engage in.

 

You're alive!

Gone for days, and you jump back in with a post on the Chevy Volt thread?

Let us know how you got through the last several days.

 

Kind of a struggle, but we're OK.

 

http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php?a=59

http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm

"Over the last 30 years of global warming, the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. Sun and climate are going in opposite directions. This has led a number of scientists independently concluding that the sun cannot be the cause of recent global warming.

One of the most common and persistent climate myths is that the sun is the cause. This argument is made by cherry picking the data - showing past periods when sun and climate move together but ignoring the last few decades when the two diverge."

 

Tesla Model S, car of the year.

www.theweeklydriver.com/2013-tesla-model-claims-car-the-year-honors/

Tesla: makes more cars, loses more money.

www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sns-rt-us-tesla-resultsbre8a40k4-20121105,0,3020267.story

 

Sales Of Alt-Fuel/Hybrid Vehicles Soar In U.S

gas2.org/2012/11/07/sales-of-alt-fuelhybrid-vehicles-soar-in-u-s/

"All told, more than 46,000 alt-fuel vehicles were sold in the U.S. in October, putting sales on track to break 500,000 alt-fuel sales for the year."

gas2.org/2012/11/06/first-full-month-of-sales-sees-ford-c-max-hybrid-outselling-prius-v/

"Ford C-Max Hybrid sales hit 3,182 cars to the Prius V’s 2,769, with about 70% of those buyers being new to the brand."

 

The Japanese government undoubtedly helped pay for the initial R and D on the Prius. And the Japanese government still incentivizes hybrid sales there.

www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2132502/japan-extends-tax-breaks-green-cars-2015

 

Yep.

When Jim Press was the top executive for Toyota USA, he said that the Japanese government never directly aided the company in the development of the Toyota Prius. Now, as president of Chrysler, his tune has changed. On March 20, Press told BusinessWeek, “The Japanese government paid for 100 percent of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.”

www.hybridcars.com/news/jim-press-toyota-government-funding-prius.html

 

Japan extends tax break.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16134372

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/10/japan-extends-tax-breaks-_n_1140519.html

www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=235186

www.pddnet.com/news/2011/12/japan-extends-tax-breaks-low-polluting-vehicles

As to whether or not Toyota received government money to develop the Prius, it's an absurdity to think otherwise.

www.investopedia.com/terms/j/japaninc.asp#axzz2BkIxDfIm