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...documented Orszag's less-would-be-better thesis. But to laymen it can still sound like typically empty government promises to weed out waste, fraud and abuse. And the most prominent town-hall angle of attack against Obamacare has been its alleged scheme to let government bureaucrats pull the plug on Grandma, refuse to treat handicapped children and otherwise ration care, so again, it's easy to see why the Administration has soft-pedaled its earlier pleas for fiscal sanity. Instead, Obama is bashing the insurance industry for its own overzealous efforts to cut costs...
...says the EPA will weight plug-in electric vehicles as traveling more city miles than highway miles on only electricity, presumably figuring that people buy electric cars primarily for local driving. GM expects the Volt to consume 25 kilowatt hours per 100 miles of city driving. At the U.S. average cost of electricity (approximately 11 cents per kWh), a typical Volt driver would pay about $2.75 for enough electricity to travel 100 miles, or less than 3 cents per mile. (Conversely, a gasoline-powered car that gets 20 m.p.g., for which the driver pays $3 per gallon...
Grandma • assurances by Obama that the plug will not be pulled...
...that's if you don't move your legs at all. Sam Jayme, a Trikke rep, points out that if you know what you're doing, you can get 100 miles (about 160 km) from it in a day. The battery snaps out, so you can plug it into an outlet in your home or office. Trikke estimates that it takes five hours for a full charge, which would add about 7¢ to your electricity bill...
...Unlike Toyota and Honda, which are focused on hybrid vehicles, Nissan officials say they see sales of plug-in electrics growing faster than many expect, despite perceptions that they don't travel far enough or fast enough on a single charge. Nissan says the range of the Leaf is sufficient to meet the daily driving needs of 80% of drivers. Ghosn says that EVs could account for 1 in 10 cars sold...