I agree with the writer of these nice words about Lyle and about his crucial and unique contribution towards Volt’s production. All of us will benefit from Lyle’s contribution when we’ll get our hands on our own Volt (some day this year or maybe next). I have a suggestion for us, the regulars of this wonderful GM-Volt site. LET’S START A COLLECTION FUND TO HELP PAY FOR LYLE’S FIRST VOLT CAR AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS CONSISTENT HARD WORK. – Thx, Eugene -

mark yates: Sit back and watch them fly out the showroom!

GM will have no trouble selling the Volt. The first 2 years will easily sell over sticker price. This is a good thing. The Volt will get plenty of real world testing. And the people who would have bought a Volt at sticker. Will have the luxury of several EREV models to pick over as prices come down to a realistic level.

Oh what a feeling?

=D~

BillR: Well, since AGW seems to be the hot topic of the day, I might as well join the fray.Global Warming is a “theory”. It is not proven science, otherwise everyone would agree. That said, there is no evidence to conclusively dispell the theory either. Therefore, we have believers and disbelievers. At this point, I consider neither to be right or wrong.So maybe CO2 levels lead to GW, and maybe it is just an indication of the sun’s activity level. But since neither “theory” can be proven beyond doubt, I find it best to be objective, and need more conclusive data before I can make a judgement. The problem is that we know CO2 levels are rising, and have been for 150 years (since the industrial age began). I don’t remember exact numbers, but I believe atmospheric concentrations of CO2 were 280 ppm around 1850, and are now hovering near 380 ppm. With the emerging economies around the world, some projections put these levels between 500 and 1000 ppm by 2050.Whether you believe in glacier melts, rising sea levels, severe weather events, and other catastrophic events as a result of AGW, it seems to me that we shouldn’t want these high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Supposedly they also increase the acidification of the oceans, which upsets that ecosystem.Therefore, from a pure logical perspective, regardless of whether CO2 levels are causing global warming, I believe it is in our best interest to curb CO2 emissions and stop the rise in atmospheric CO2 levels (not to mention, if the AGW pundits are correct, we save the world).So put me in the “I don’t know” category, but common sense says that we need to curb CO2 emissions and stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations.  (Quote)

I don’t think CO2 emissions are our most immediate worry – I prefer some others:
-deforestation (linked to CO2)
-peaking of world oil supplies (and their impact on food production, plus the oil used for cooking in developing countries causing 100s of millions to die of hunger)
-the industrialisation of the developing world. Imagine 1.2 billion chinese and 1.3 billion indians consuming goods at the rate of america (where 4% of the population consume 23% of Worlds oil production)
-blackouts in countries where oil is used for the electricity grid
-the worlds population rising from 6billion when I was in school 2 decades ago to 6.8b now and it rising to 8-10bn this century.