Link here to the Washington Times.
On May 7, the State Department authorized the U.S. embassy in Vienna to purchase a $108,000 electric vehicle charging station for the embassy motor pool’s new Chevrolet Volts.
The purchase was a part of the State Department’s “Energy Efficiency Sweep of Europe” initiative, which included hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on green program expenditures at various U.S. Embassies.
In fact, at a May 10 gala held at the U.S. embassy in Vienna, the ambassador showcased his new Volts and other green investments as part of the U.S. government’s commitment to “climate change solutions.”
The event posting on the embassy website read: “Celebrating the Greening of the Embassy.”
I can't make this stuff up.
By that logic they must really be trying to boost the sales of fuel burning vehicles since they buy so many more of those.
ReplyDelete1. I think you are missing the point of the post.
Delete2. On another note, as far as I know, all vehicles require fuel. Chevy Volts depend on coal for the most part, particularly in Europe.
A Chevy Volt in a foreign country? Wouldn't that be concidered bringing in a weapon of mass destruction?? I mean they are kind of a roadside bomb.
ReplyDeleteI didn't want to bring that up ... but...yes.
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