Tizzy Time for Everyone.

Hanover Line I-IX

Last time we talked about the regular availability of all those stun guns to the public and police and the wondrous results that have followed accordingly. All this thought of electricity made me think of the Chevy Volt. After that passing moment I forced myself to think of it again. It led me to look at a number of electric cars and I found myself intrigued. I indulged my intellect for a short while and have gained some cursory knowledge and formulated some opinions I would like to share with you. After all, this is the Internet and sharing opinions, regardless of their merits is what we do.

First, we'll discuss the Chevy Volt. Recently the 2012 Chevy Volt's reputation has taken a hit. A Volt burst into flames at a graveyard owned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This sent all the naysayers to fly up into a tizzy. The problem with the initial reaction from the public is that the car's battery caught fire two weeks after the NHTSA had subjected it to its testing. And by testing I mean smashing it from every angle imaginable. So, if this was the real world the people who had been driving would have had to have been battered by a truck from the rear, a full-sized car on the passenger side, a semi on the front and a minivan on the driver's side. If they had survived this quadruple attack in the intersection from hell they would have had to have been left in the car for weeks to have been impacted from the potential fire.

In other Chevy Volt news, Mitt Romney is being criticized here at Forbes for slamming the Volt. Mr. Romney called the Volt, "an idea whose time has not come". This sent other people to fly into another tizzy. So there was tizzies to be had by electric car opponents and proponents. Don't worry neutrals you can have your tizzy in a second. Numerous people criticized Mr. Romney for criticizing an American idea made by Americans to get Americans off foreign oil. The Romney camp countered, saying that he was only commenting on the slow sales of the Volt. The thing I was initially most struck by though was the normally conservativish leaning Forbes hitting Mr. Romney pretty hard. However, upon further inspection I realized that the article had been written by a contributor from the Mother Nature Network. That made more sense.

Now for all of the Chevy Volt neutrals who were not sent into a tizzy by its explosive capabilities or by it being criticized I have found an article that can make everyone, or at least the 99% get all tizzified. The Fisker Karma is a luxury electric car that sells for over $100,000 dollars making it inaccessible to most individuals today. However, each of these cars is subsidized by the American government for $7500 dollars of tax payer money. Thus, all of us who pay American taxes are subsidizing a luxury car. If that wasn't bad enough the Fisker Karma is built in Finland. So much for reducing our dependency on other countries. I can hear your teeth grinding from here. But, if you are unconcerned over these things and think that it is a price worth paying to protect the environment, think again. The Karma uses rescued California wildfire wood in its interior. The species of bugs who thrive on that stuff are being exploited for the sake of luxury. Irresponsible capitalist pigs!