Electric cars may not find road to minority communities (Enviro-Racism?)

capitolweekly.net ^ | July 27, 2011 | Malcolm Maclachlan

[PROCON]

Through the first six months of this year, combined sales of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt nationwide totaled fewer than 7,000 cars.

Ah, yes, the free market at it's finest!

Give me a nuclear powered car and I might buy one.

[PROCON]

Ping-a-lingy!

[NoLibZone]

Setting up for free green cars to buy inner city votes.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

‘Hoopties for Hybrids’.

Bwwwwahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!

[KoRn]

No self respecting black guy would be caught dead riding around in one of those glorified golf carts.

[Loud Mime]

May I interest you in a Los Angeles class vessel?

[Molon Labbie]

Going Green in the Hood doesn’t mean the same thing as it does elsewhere..

[popdonnelly]

Cars that run on petroleum-based fuels are the most efficient. It has always been thus.

[popdonnelly]

The Greenlining Institute? I never leave the house without finding out their latest insights.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Racist? It’s just comment sense. Would you rather have a Leaf or a Caddy?

[TwoSwords]

Due to the mandatory bling requirement the weight of a average minority outweighs the cost-effectivness of a electric cars This requires a waiverlicious decree. So let it be said, so let it be done.

[DaxtonBrown]

But why talk about minorities, since the salvage value of these vehicles is zero, it means a world where poor people have no cars.

[edpc]

Maybe they can market electric vehicle products like the Chevy Pookie or the Mini Van Jones.

[dhs12345]

Along with their free Internet.

[hinckley buzzard]

Blacks may be stupid enough to vote obama 2012, but even they are not stupid enough to waste their money on a Volt.

[Baynative]

People of color don’t give a crap about green.

[conservativeimage]

I'm a 32 year old, white, christian, male, college graduate and I have no car because I'm poor. I ride a bicycle to work for minimum wage, so don't give me any of that minority b.s.

[Venturer]

This problem will be easily solved

They will give them to African-Americans for free , just like Gubmint cheese.

[mlocher]

A Los Angeles Times/University of Southern California survey from last year found that 72 percent of Asian Americans and 85 percent of Latinos said that they were very concerned about air pollution.

If I lived in Southern California, I would be concerned about air polution too. Knowing that the Valley has been called "The Valley of Smoke" since long before Leif Ericson ever set foot in America, I would simply move out if it bothered me that much.

[Lazlo in PA]

No electric cars in the ghetto? Jeez, I thought environmentally sensitive low riders were all the rage.