The Economy, or lack there of...

Tonight's date is May 5th, 2011, and I don't even want to get started on the subject of our economy--or lack there of. Gas is already at $4.00 per gallon, and it's on its way to $5.00 per gallon in the next few months. The funny thing is, we now have new drilling techniques that allow us to drill diagonally (sideways) to get more oil out of each location. Enough oil that would sustain the entire United States for decades. People are still losing their houses at record rates, and there really is not a lot of available jobs.

   Now, those dopes at the new car dealerships want an average of $34,000.00 for an electric car. There's a place somewhere here in the Metro-Atlanta area that can make our current cars electric for $10,000.00. They get over 300 miles to a charge, and it's only like 2 bucks to fill it up! Now, to find a bank with brains that will give loans to people that will have this upgrade/modification done to their current vehicles (that are already paid off of course).

So, let's think about this for a minute...We can have new or existing businesses convert gas cars (let's call them foreign oil dependant cars) into electric cars for only $10,000.00. There would have to be MANY mechanics to handle the onslaught of work (new jobs), there would be over-time gallore, and American parts makers/suppliers would be slinging stuff off their shelves as fast as they can load them. I'm sold, where can we get this loan to have this done to Liz's 2000 Ford Focus named "Fifi"?.
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