In Reply to: you mean like..., ryan [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 01:25:05

Public roads, bridges and airports are all very profitable for the lucky few receiving exclusive government contracts to build and operate them. If not for the over-charging by those lucky few, all the toll roads, bridges and airports would be highly profitable. That profit would naturally attract competition, just like the rapid build-out of the internet infrastructure . . . and the rapid build-out of the original turn-pikes a century and half earlier, before late-19th century and early 20th century Leviathan "gun-run" (gov't) monopolized infrastructure building.

Toyota was by far the primary funding source for Prius. If Japanese "gun-run" had been the primary funder, you'd be seeing Honda Prius, Nissan Prius, Mazda Prius, Subaru Prius, etc. If you want to check the "investment" record of Japanese "gun-run," they were the primary funding source for the early 1990's "super computer," when everyone and their dog knew that the Japanese were about to take over the world with their ever so wise "gun-run" bureaucratic planners. Apparently, the wise men at the Japanese ministry of industry and technology missed the internet revolution and biotech revolution altogether, whille squandering Japanese brains on researching dead-end mainframe super computers that were easily eclipsed by Intel desktops a few years later.

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• Volt bashers win!, John Myers, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:58:41
  • The public does not yet want (many) electric cars, MI-Roger , Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:31:21
    • GM has gone bankrupt before., John Myers, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:34:36
      • 100% Agreement......., MI-Roger , Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:17:52
  • Maybe GM can sell their 7% stake in Peugeot-Citroen, MI-Roger , Sun, 4 Mar 2012 08:25:13
    • Re: Maybe GM can sell their 7% stake in Peugeot-Citroen, Dean, Sun, 4 Mar 2012 09:01:55
  • I don't get your glee about this, Noel, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:06:20
    • Forced change is false change., John Myers, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 06:54:57
    • Agreed, No Snaab, Sun, 4 Mar 2012 08:19:28
      • Note that Ford has not seen the need to build one., John Myers, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:31:19
        • Not that black and white, No Snaab, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:27:04
          • "Free" vs. Opportunity Cost, Reality, Tue, 6 Mar 2012 04:03:16
            • Re: "Free" vs. Opportunity Cost, InnateTech , Tue, 6 Mar 2012 08:33:10
      • Like Madoff blaming people losing faith, Reality, Sun, 4 Mar 2012 20:10:59
        • Not even close, No Snaab, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 05:39:14
          • What are you smoking?, Reality, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 06:10:08
            • Cleaver come back, No Snaab, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:49:03
              • BTW, Reality, Tue, 6 Mar 2012 04:33:11
              • The Volt is a Luxury, LG Aero, Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:25:29
              • What's the price for "moving the discussion forward"?, Reality, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:14:43
                • Re: What's the price for "moving the discussion forward"?, pete , Mon, 5 Mar 2012 22:27:47
  • Why?, Cary, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:29:40
    • Probably several reasons, JerseySaab , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:06:29
  • Re: Volt bashers win!, DER, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:39:38
    • 2004 Prius Generation 2, Reality, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:17:47
    • Nissan Leaf, Bill Homer , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 06:59:26
      • Re: Nissan Leaf, DER, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 10:45:04
  • Re: Volt bashers win!, k, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:53:36
    • It should not have been built IMO., John Myers, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 09:00:11
    • Re: Volt bashers win!, JerseySaab , Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:55:09
      • you mean like..., ryan , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 01:25:05
        • gun-run "investment", Reality, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 06:41:56 <-- Viewing This Message
          • internet build-out..., James, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:21:14
            • Re: internet build-out..., Reality, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:37:54
        • I you mean like..., JerseySaab , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 05:13:25
        • : you mean like... No as in viable, LG Aero, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 03:09:14
          • Re: : you mean like... No as in viable, k, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 07:32:53
            • Re: : you mean like... No as in viable, LG Aero, Sun, 4 Mar 2012 05:13:14
            • Devil in the details, Reality, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:06:00
    • Multiple losers, Bill Homer , Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:10:36
      • Re: Multiple losers, k, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:12:19
        • No, "employers" are taxpayers, Bill Homer , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:48:50
        • gun-run "insurance", Reality, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 06:26:49
      • VOLT, AdamSAAB2kAero , Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:37:44
        • Civic Hybrid?, InnateTech , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:29:10
          • Prius drivers, Noel, Sun, 4 Mar 2012 05:39:15
          • Not unique to LA, ponytrekker, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:44:46
          • Re: Civic Hybrid? Stealth car, Bill Homer , Sat, 3 Mar 2012 09:08:32

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