Why do this?

Obama pledges $4 Billion to research autonomous automobile technology but only $220 Million for electric grid upgrades.

Stupid

gatorfan wrote:Obama pledges $4 Billion to research autonomous automobile technology but only $220 Million for electric grid upgrades.

Stupid

gator, if that is true but I have not researched it, but if true I agree with you, stupid sounds accurate to me.

He probably did that because autonomous vehicles are a thing of the future and a massive electrical grid is inevitably doomed to be a thing of the past.

In other news, why are we investing so much money in things like space travel and particle colliders,  but we're investing next to nothing in ways to improve horse and buggy infrastructure?

I mean, seriously. What gives?

Salinsky wrote:I'm not sure from where you're drawing these numbers, but the DOE's Quadrennial Energy Review calls for $4 billion in upgrades to the grid.

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/265932-obama-pledges-nearly-4-billion-for-self-driving-cars

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/265940-obama-administration-pushes-220-million-grid-upgrade-program

boards of FL wrote:He probably did that because autonomous vehicles are a thing of the future and a massive electrical grid is inevitably doomed to be a thing of the past.

In other news, why are we investing so much money in things like space travel and particle colliders,  but we're investing next to nothing in ways to improve horse and buggy infrastructure?

I mean, seriously.  What gives?

You're not really boasting that you're this uninformed are you?