I've already told you twice as an AC (I was at work) but you evidently haven't read them or simply don't want to hear it. But I'll tell ya why again. We give them alot of money through grants and subsidies and it still isn't enough money for them. The other big problem is they are wearing our stuff out and leaving us with the cost to fix it. If they need our batteries to smooth out the power load then why don't they just buy some of their own batteries and make a UPS? Do you honestly believe that the power rebates (incentives) they will give you will equal the cost of a 5k-10k battery pack plus the mechanic labor of replacing it (not to mention lost time from work while it's at the shop)? Power cycling batteries dramatically reduces their lifespan. I made you a proposal as well. Let me come to your house and use your appliances, your power tools, and your electronics while you're at work. It's not like you are using them. I'll give you an incentive of $2 an hour just so you can get something out of the deal. Don't come bitching to me though if I wear them out or break them though, you got your $2. But yeah maybe you don't want me there for the whole 8 hours so you can set a limit of 50% and I'll just stay there for four hours. And just in that rare case you do come home early you can just kick me out when you need them so it's 100% "fully loaded". I somehow doubt though you're gonna buy the contract with my company. Do you STILL not see the problem here? I also have problems with several of the other proposed "green" technologies, namely the one one where they put the generators in the road beds and sidewalks and harvest energy from those. They are gonna use my car and my gas or electricity FOR FREE and then turn right back around and SELL it to me. And before you come back with "but it's such a miniscule amount, not even 0.01%, you'll never miss it," let's go to your bank and have them transfer 1 penny per day to ME for free. It's only 0.01% of a dollar. You'll never miss it. You lose more in couch cushions. See the fallacy in my argument?
One more time, here's a real world example that happened to me. When I was stationed in Okinawa Japan in the Army, I had a Toyota Supra that was a race vehicle. One night I wrecked it on the track but it wasn't that bad and I was repairing it little by little in my spare time. One day some military police decided my car was "abandoned" and they towed it off and threw it in the junk yard. The problem with this is in Japan you just don't throw cars away. You have to PAY the junkyard to "recycle" it. They took my car without my consent and then sent me a bill for approx $400. Not only that but some of the parts on my car were borrowed from a race buddy of mine. With vehicle title and registration in hand, I went to the junkyard to reclaim them and they refused to give them to me. I had to BUY back all the parts from MY OWN DAMNED CAR! Double dipping bastards! So what did I do with my daily driver when it came time for me to leave Okinawa? I literally took a plasma cutter and chopped it up into little pieces and threw the entire car, engine, tires, and all into a dumpster. I'll be damned if I let a corporation profit from me for free. They wouldn't let you or I profit from them for free.
You can call me a greedy bastard if you want but my kind of greedy isn't their kind of greedy. I just want my OWN property. The government and corporations want my stuff, your stuff, your mother's, brother's, EVERYBODY'S stuff and STILL want your money too! It's been happening so much lately (due to the bad economy which was their fault) that us poor little plebs are just sick and fucking tired of it. GET IT?