Comments on: GM Asks for Government Support on Battery Development http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: drop lbs http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-4450 drop lbs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:25 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-4450 I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up. I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up.

]]> By: drop lbs http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-26882 drop lbs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-26882 I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up. I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up.

]]> By: drop lbs http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-26883 drop lbs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-26883 I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up. I say we send these billions to Iraq to blow some stuff up.

]]> By: Al http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-4449 Al Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:54:11 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-4449 GM HAD an electric car...one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film "Who Killed the Electric Car" for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that. GM HAD an electric car…one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film “Who Killed the Electric Car” for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that.

]]> By: Al http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-26880 Al Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-26880 GM HAD an electric car...one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film "Who Killed the Electric Car" for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that. GM HAD an electric car…one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film “Who Killed the Electric Car” for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that.

]]> By: Al http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-26881 Al Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-26881 GM HAD an electric car...one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film "Who Killed the Electric Car" for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that. GM HAD an electric car…one which people loved, one which had potential and they buried it in order to push more SUVs and to keep more money in theirs and the oil industries pockets. The documentary film “Who Killed the Electric Car” for anyone who is unfamiliar. Very few American auto manufacturers are going to step up to the plate anytime soon and develop anything we have the potential for. The flat fact of the matter is that the cars they are capable of producing require less maintenance and less fuel which means less money coming back into their pockets. They are unmotivated to create anything of value to environment or the average American as it is simply not profitable for them in the long run, and thus far our government has been fine with that.

]]> By: Ed http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-4448 Ed Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:07:49 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-4448 We don't need lithium batteries to power our electric cars. A company called FireFly Energy (Google 'em) is making a standard lead acid battery using a lead carbon foam instead of lead plates. The US is a top recycler and producer of lead. This keeps the materials domestic so we're not simply trading one import (oil) for another (lithium). I hope I can get my hands on some of these for my electric car. http://www.ZeroGasoline.com We don’t need lithium batteries to power our electric cars. A company called FireFly Energy (Google ‘em) is making a standard lead acid battery using a lead carbon foam instead of lead plates.

The US is a top recycler and producer of lead. This keeps the materials domestic so we’re not simply trading one import (oil) for another (lithium).

I hope I can get my hands on some of these for my electric car.

http://www.ZeroGasoline.com

]]> By: Ed http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-26879 Ed Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:07:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-26879 We don't need lithium batteries to power our electric cars. A company called FireFly Energy (Google 'em) is making a standard lead acid battery using a lead carbon foam instead of lead plates. The US is a top recycler and producer of lead. This keeps the materials domestic so we're not simply trading one import (oil) for another (lithium). I hope I can get my hands on some of these for my electric car. http://www.ZeroGasoline.com We don’t need lithium batteries to power our electric cars. A company called FireFly Energy (Google ‘em) is making a standard lead acid battery using a lead carbon foam instead of lead plates.

The US is a top recycler and producer of lead. This keeps the materials domestic so we’re not simply trading one import (oil) for another (lithium).

I hope I can get my hands on some of these for my electric car.

http://www.ZeroGasoline.com

]]> By: Eco Buying » GM Asks for Government Support on Battery Development http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-4447 Eco Buying » GM Asks for Government Support on Battery Development Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:46:35 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-4447 [...] Read more of this story » [...] [...] Read more of this story » [...]

]]> By: G. White http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/gm-asks-for-government-support-on-battery-development/#comment-4446 G. White Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:29:37 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=918#comment-4446 Video of Wagoner's testimony from Friday's Senate Energy Summit can be found at http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?vkey=ff2ba1980e001b0bd984&channel=Congress and follow-up questions are at http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?vkey=8aee548c0714fad7f826. For full disclosure, I am an employee of Energy Policy TV. Video of Wagoner’s testimony from Friday’s Senate Energy Summit can be found at http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?vkey=ff2ba1980e001b0bd984&channel=Congress and follow-up questions are at http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?vkey=8aee548c0714fad7f826. For full disclosure, I am an employee of Energy Policy TV.

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