Post by The Big Dog on Nov 23, 2008 14:01:34 GMT -5
This is a lengthy, but well written, article proving yet again that if you want to screw something up really, really badly, all you have to do is pass a few laws and put the government in charge of it.
Without a doubt, the Bush Administration will be blamed for these horseshit programs forced on us all by the Greens.
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Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas
By Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, November 23, 2008; Page A01
The federal government has invested billions of dollars over the past 16 years, building a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil fuels.
But the costly effort to put more workers into vehicles powered by ethanol and other fuel alternatives has been fraught with problems, many of them caused by buying vehicles before fuel stations were in place to support them, a Washington Post analysis of federal records shows.
"I call it the 'Field of Dreams' plan. If you buy them, they will come," said Wayne Corey, vehicle operations manager with the U.S. Postal Service. "It hasn't happened."
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The EPAct program offers a cautionary tale as President-elect Barack Obama promises to kill dependence on foreign oil and revive the economy by retooling for the green revolution, experts say.
"This is an example of a law that has had a perversely different effect than what was originally intended,'' said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, an nonprofit environmental organization based in Washington.[/quote]
Without a doubt, the Bush Administration will be blamed for these horseshit programs forced on us all by the Greens.
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Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas
By Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, November 23, 2008; Page A01
The federal government has invested billions of dollars over the past 16 years, building a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil fuels.
But the costly effort to put more workers into vehicles powered by ethanol and other fuel alternatives has been fraught with problems, many of them caused by buying vehicles before fuel stations were in place to support them, a Washington Post analysis of federal records shows.
"I call it the 'Field of Dreams' plan. If you buy them, they will come," said Wayne Corey, vehicle operations manager with the U.S. Postal Service. "It hasn't happened."
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The EPAct program offers a cautionary tale as President-elect Barack Obama promises to kill dependence on foreign oil and revive the economy by retooling for the green revolution, experts say.
"This is an example of a law that has had a perversely different effect than what was originally intended,'' said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, an nonprofit environmental organization based in Washington.[/quote]
