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As an Objectivist, I'd actually like to see all electric vehicles, and it's perfectly within parameters of my philosophy for the government to require that to be phased in.

"Since the protection of individual rights is the only proper purpose of a government, it is the only proper subject of legislation: all laws must be based on individual rights and aimed at their protection." -- Ayn Rand

"The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self- defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation & only against those who initiate its use. All the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. If some 'pacifist' society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helplessly at the mercy of the

Polluting is initiating of force against others.

That's happened before, and as soon as OPEC sees the demand drop because of higher prices, they freak out and lower prices again, leaving those who started developing lighter and more efficient vehicles with their...er..backsides in their hands, so to speak.

Get your facts strait. When the fuel prices went up a few years ago, demand did not go down. It was only when the recession started and that demand and fuel prices went down.

As an Objectivist, you're a fool who worships a psychopathic leader who admired a serial killer. Notice how TJ Rodgers (thinks of himself as Howard Roark or Hank Reardon) isn't doing better than his not-so- political or philosophical enemy, Steve Sanghi, and Rodgers is trying to cash in on that sweet government subsidy money with his photovoltaic venture, just like the hypocrites most Objectivists are.

Buckyballs have as much a chance of contributing significantly to vehicle fuel economy as Reardon metal does. All the cheap & easy stuff to improve fuel economy has already been put in place, according to former GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz.

No idea what you're talking about.

GM? LOL!

Of course not; otherwise you wouldn't be an objectivist. Ayn Rand admired murderer William Hickman because he existed only for himself and didn't expect others to care about that. Rand considered him a true Nietzscheian Superman.

TJ Rodgers is founder and head of Cypress Semiconductor and loudly proclaims himself a Randian libertarian, never mind that Rand hated libertarians ("left-wing hippies") and charity (Rodgers heads a big food drive every year). His company has been lagging against Microchip, Steve Sanghi's firm.

Again, you don't know what I'm talking about, yet you have a strong opinion about it. Lutz was one of the few competent GM executives, and he revived Cadillac. He had earlier been at Ford, and Lee Iacocca said he should have appointed Lutz to succeed him at Chrysler.

Explain how much buckyballs will be able to improve fuel economy.

That's idiotic, she hated Nietzsche.

Jealousy.