Alternate Fuel Cars

Why do I keep reading about the Federal government running a deficit?

I was thinking in terms of the government simply giving people who buy alternate fuel cars $1,000. I got the idea from the proposal to give everyone $100 for gasoline!

Which means that more corn will be planted!

Can we assume you skipped all of your economics 101 classes?

mike

If you were a corn farmer and the price went way up, wouldn't logic dictate that you plant more corn so as to make more money?

That's going to depend on what crop you've contracted. Most farmers today don't wait until next spring to decide what to plant, they sign contracts in the fall or early winter for the crop they'll harvest next fall. This commits them to a crop, an amount (number of bushels) and a price. The seed is also sold in the fall or early winter.

Jack

To promote alternate fuel cars, I suggest a $1,000 rebate to everyone who buys such a car.

I understand that the U.S. provides tax breaks to oil companies.

I hate those alternate fuel cars. Monday you need petrol, next day you need diesel. Then back to petrol on Wednesday. It's bloody ridiculous.

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Fat chance! The conventually powered cars are the only ones offering rebates. Alternatives are sold at a premium to those that think they can save the world. LOL

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean there's one, courtesy of a failed American space probe, or somesuch military shenanigan. Shouldn't be too difficult to locate.

But who the hell drinks hydrogen?

I don't like alternative fuel vehicles much myself unless it is a BEV. I especially don't like E85 as to me from a math standpoint it roughly equates to buying a diesel car and for every gallon you put in the tank you throw another gallon on a huge bon fire behind the station. The same is true of hydrogen. I also don't like tax breaks as I think that the success or failure of a model should not depend on whether or not it is a partial write off when you buy it. Also the Prius is not an alternative fueled vehicle as it still uses good ol' 87 octane as its one and only source of energy.

I suggest a $1,000 rebate from the government for alternate fuel cars!

What the h--- is an alternative fuel car? Is that one of those things that run on corn juice or french fry grease?

But ADM supports public television!

If you were a corn farmer and the price went way up, wouldn't logic dictate that you plant more corn so as to make more money?