Electric Car--Being Held Back?

[Raistlin Majere]

This is a topic I had heard of some time ago. It involves a documentary movie that is coming out soon, it is (Oddly enough) investigating what happened to the electric car, because it was on the market for a short time, but was quickly recalled, and the conclusion is that the oil companies, who would obviously stand to lose huge amounts of money, forced the recall. The movie director rented a helicoptor and flew out to a General Motors factory in some deserted place, and witnessed them crushing the electric cars. I am not really all that interested in this topic myself, but I figured I would throw this out there. Food for thought, and perhaps discussion?

[buttonpresser4815]

See i mentioned this in the Qutoe Game topic, oil companies agree with senators to fund their campaigns and get them in office if they will pass laws to ensure the dominance of oil and veto laws of alternate funding, therefore we are getting nowhere.

[Jarlaxle]

And like I said in the same topic, it's only going to be more painful for everbody once they realize that the oil is gone and the company might seek to take an alternate fuel company to stay in business.

[Raistlin Majere]

But the fact that its all for something as petty and immaterial as money makes the whole thing pathetic.

[Jarlaxle]

It does, but unfortunately almost everything in our society rellies on money. It's very difficult to survive without it.

[buttonpresser4815]

Barterting wroked just fine, people made what they could and exchanged it for thigns they needed, but a currency gave rise to poverty, international confusion, and affluence.

[Jarlaxle]

Not to mention greed and exploitaion of citizens.

[Raistlin Majere]

That isn't my point, but its a valid opinion, if subject to different opinions.
You make an interesting point about bartering, BP, perhaps they merely complicated a system unnecessarily? Though the currency system makes more precise trades possible.

[Jarlaxle]

Too true, for trade, its very difficult to tell if the deal is fair or if the exchange is equal.

[Raistlin Majere]

In many cases, yes, but problems like counterfeiting would be much easier to resolve and much harder to do using the trade system.

[Jarlaxle]

I made a system of curency, but I don't think it's much better than the one we have. You have a DNA card that keeps track of how many hours you spent working. The hours themselves are your currency. For example: if you wanted to buy a chair, it might cost you half an hour of your work. There will be people in every job who has the job of keeping track of everybody's hours and updating their cards, and that person will reciev hours (credit) through that job. Ther idea sounded good to me before, but now that I think about it's a very Communist idea. A doctro should make more than a cook, so perhaps doctor hours are simply worth more or they just get an added hour bonus every day depending on your job. The idea is very imperfect, but's all I have to offer.

[buttonpresser4815]

Well, although i don't support communism, the government could work out if the leader was incorruptible.

[Raistlin Majere]

Hah! I doubt if anyone is incorruptable, and politicians are probably the most easily corrupted!

[buttonpresser4815]

Exactly, so it can't work.

[Jarlaxle]

Yet somehow Russia seems to support it still. Perhaps Russia, China or some other communist country might find a way to master that form of government and perhaps it might proove to be more effective than democracy. It's possible, but I find it unlikely at this time.

(I would say BOT, but not much more can be said can there?)