Military Buying Chevy Volts as Glitches Surface

otisptoadwater wrote:

Submitted by Mark Modica on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 12:55

It seems that the supply of taxpayer money available to support the Chevy Volt is never ending. Add the Department of Defense to the list of agencies tapping into the seemingly endless taxpayer funds to purchase Volts, as reported by Stripes.com. The US Military is buying Volts just as a recent poll at GM-Volt.com reveals that over 12% of Volt owners have had electrical problems with the vehicle.

A Marine Corps (pronounced "kawr", not "kawrps") Air Station in Miramar California received a couple of the Volts last month. Chris Manis, deputy director of installations and logistics, spoke of the Marines' green mission when he stated, "Our goal is to reduce our needs of fossil fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions," adding, "We can cut back and still execute the missions we need to complete." And all this time I thought the military's role was to protect the country.

Miramar has also installed four charging stations and solar panels to power them. I don't know exactly what Mr. Manis speaks of when he talks of cutting back, but he can't mean cutting back on the spending of taxpayer money. There is no way that taxpayers come out ahead by purchasing $40,000 Volts, charging stations and solar panels when vehicles that cost half as much as the Volt can do the job without the chargers and solar panels.

Read more: http://nlpc.org/stories/2012/08/06/military-buying-chevy-volts-glitches-surface

Great, if the public won't buy the Chevy Volt Barry's administration swoops in and jams them down the DoD's supply chain. I wonder if the IRS will get any of these Gubment provided golf carts?

I see nowhere in your article or in this one.. http://www.stripes.com/mobile/news/mili ... t-1.184928 that "Barry's administration swoops in and jams them down the DoD's supply chain". Can you provide anything more than conjecture? Doubt it. Besides, compared to the gazillions that Congress wants to spend on tanks, planes, and submarines that the military has stated unequivocally that they have no need for and do not want, it's a drop in the bucket.

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