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   "$15 An Hour! Snicker..."  wrote in message   
   news:54d1e2afac4fd6e6db7bf1c3f187cf86@dizum.com...   
      
   >After handing out close to $300 million in rebates for   
   >purchasers of low- and zero-emission vehicles, state regulators   
   >spotted a nettlesome trend -- much of the money ended up in the   
   >pockets of upper middle class and wealthy homeowners.   
      
   >Did the state really need to subsidize owners of gleaming new   
   >Volts and Teslas and BMW i3s?   
      
   >"If somebody is going to buy a top-line Tesla," said Dave   
   >Clegern, spokesman for the California Air Resources Board, "they   
   >may not need the help."   
      
   LOL.  And sooner or probably later these regulator monkeys are going to   
   realize that there is a bigger carbon footprint for electric vehicles   
   (sometimes known as "coal powered" vehicles.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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