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The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 10/31/2023 9:10:07 PM

One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan, which was heralded as the hot new car in the late 1950s. All the automotive experts and Ford executives said it was a can't-miss. Henry Ford (the car was named after his son) guaranteed hundreds of thousands of sales.But one big thing went wrong: Nobody ever bothered to ask car buyers what they thought of the new car. As it turned out, they hated it. So instead of sales of 400,000, Americans bought 10,000, and the model was embarrassingly discontinued. The obvious lesson for the industry:

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Reply 1 - Posted by: smokincol 10/31/2023 9:47:56 PM (No. 1589458)
I'd like to suggest a modification to this header: "The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't - Yet!" the radical commie left never gives up on an issue, the only take a "cease fire" allowing them to re-group, re-plan and re-supply and anyone who yields to their demands and gives them more time to organize and make "adjustments" is stupid or is in cahoots with them they will keep on and on and on and on until they've finally beaten down their opposition so much the thought of giving up makes sense that it another reason why the demcommies don't want our President in the White House - he only kicks *^* and takes names and gives nothing in return except a huge case of agita
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Reply 2 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 10/31/2023 11:00:01 PM (No. 1589487)
The only “Green” involved in this energy, is the green removed from your wallet.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Timber Queen 10/31/2023 11:03:22 PM (No. 1589489)
#1 - Truer words have never been spoken. Yet, I still hold out hope. Never underestimate the ability of evil to over reach before the deal's been sealed. Saint Michael the Archangel defend us battle...
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Reply 4 - Posted by: southernboy 11/1/2023 7:40:51 AM (No. 1589604)
Just wait until they finish shutting down the oil and gas industry!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 11/1/2023 7:48:53 AM (No. 1589612)
Note the MAJOR difference between Ford's failure and "Green" energy, the first was a legitimate business decision by a private company. The second is a probably illegal push by the regulatory components of the government to force things on the American people. Private companies can and do make business mistakes. The beauty of our system of Capitalism is that their is competition and THE PEOPLE make the choice of the products they want. I'm sure many cars were still sold the year the Edsel came out, they just were not Fords. The problem with the government in more recent times, is that many of the mandates are NOT being debated and voted on in Congress. If they were, they would not have passed as law. Instead, unelected governmental bodies are forcing radical decisions on the country. All of the American People are FORCED to comply through coercion against businesses. They and WE have NO CHOICE. The government's bad decisions are imposed on us all. Our government processes have been perverted and this is the result. This is NOT how things are supposed to work. If government coercion was withdrawn the "green" energy business would shrink to niche markets where it makes sense and can be effective. Ideas would be tried out in small scale. Working ideas would grow. Edsels would be relegated to the trash heap. The whole failed process is an example of government run amok.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: walcb 11/1/2023 8:59:31 AM (No. 1589670)
That $62,000 Ford lost for every EV it sold, do you know who paid for that loss? It was everyone who bought an IC vehicle from Ford.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: NamVet70 11/1/2023 9:05:28 AM (No. 1589678)
The future of transportation is gasoline and diesel. Any company that is betting on the EV, other than Tesla, is badly mismanaged. The EV market is a boutique market for the urban elite, and that market may be short lived unless they can make batteries that don't explode.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Paperpuncher 11/1/2023 9:06:44 AM (No. 1589680)
How about nuclear power plants?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 11/1/2023 11:11:18 AM (No. 1589750)
Re #8, for central power stations, yes. But #7 nails the actual future for all transportation.
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