The Obama administration and Government Motors bet the windfarm that electric and hybrid cars would be the latest rage, but they’re so expensive and impractical that no one’s buying them. What’s a president to do?
The Detroit News reveals that President Obama intends to rig the game by having the federal government buy the cars in massive numbers:
Obama announced the plan this week to “green” the federal fleet.
“I’m directing our departments and our agencies to make sure 100 percent of the vehicles they buy are fuel-efficient or clean energy cars and trucks by 2015. Not 50 percent, not 75 percent — 100 percent of our vehicles,” Obama said today at an appearance in Landover, Md., at UPS facility.
Of course, as we’ve come to expect from this administration, 100% doesn’t eally mean 100% and the rule of law is often replaced by the rule of “good for thee, but not for me.”
The U.S. Secret Service said today that some federal vehicles for law enforcement and security purposes will be exempt from President Barack Obama’s directive that all federal vehicles purchased starting 2015 be advanced technology models.
Secret Service spokesman Robert Novy said the directive wouldn’t apply to vehicles used for some law enforcement or security reasons by various federal agencies.
“Certain specialized vehicles including those with law enforcement and security specifications are not subject to this directive,” Novy said.
That would include the GM-built Cadillac presidential limousine and other vehicles in the motorcade.
Interesting, isn’t it, that this regulation should be proposed by someone whose only driving experience has been driving the nation to the edge of bankruptcy.
Source: Detroit News
