Please explain "normal
Please explain "normal financial means" to all us workin' folks out here. A Volt lease is in the range of $400-$450 per month. That's NOT a normal vehicle expenditure for the masses. Plus that Miev is a foreign car getting US taxpayer dollars to support sales. And that's the point of all these arguments.
Now, your reference to gasoline engines causing global warming exceeds the facts. If it wasn't for that dirty industrial revolution. the humanoid growing pain, you wouldn't have the tech to build cars at all. Furthermore, the little ice age that occurred not that long ago was preceded by a period of global warming (that's how Greenland got its name) which had no gasoline vehicles. Another fact is, 4/5 of the globe is covered by water. So, that leaves one heck of a lot of area for plate tectonics and seapage of the under-earth to dispense its natural-forming gasses.
With all respect, I especially find the acceptance of $7500 subsidies to individuals an insult. (Corporations shouldn't get them either) That merely supports purchases for those beyond 'normal financial means' and is in clear violation of free markets. On the other hand, a subsidy that supports research or infrastructure is clearly a justifiable matter, because it at least serves the masses.
(By the way, if we ever meet, you owe me a beer for stirring the commentary pot again. LOL.) I'm sure Anonymous will be here soon.