We were wrong... but not entirely.

We recently did a blog entry about the Safe-link cell phone that the government is giving to people in need. And we reported that the users would get 200 free minutes with the phone. We regret to say we were in error, users of the phone will receive 71 minutes a month on the phone (in the state of Michigan, other states will give 68 minutes) Still a good thing for people too poor to afford one, especially for emergencies. That being said there is one thing in the news we thought we would mention, the Chevy Volt coming off the assembly line. The car will probably not cause any boom in the sales of electric cars (actually it's a hybrid of sorts) the batteries in the car will allow it to travel only 40 miles on the first charge, but after that the gas engine recharges the battery as you drive, it will go hundreds of miles while using very little gas, and not requiring you to plug it in for a recharge. And at a price of $41.000 it will be beyond the range of most of the people who would use it. That being said, kudos to the Chevy company for attempting this. It won't be long before the prices of these types of cars starts to come down, and any technology that gets us off the oil teat is a good one. Perhaps someday we at the Crazy will be able to afford to drive an electric or hybrid vehicle, (Perhaps a second or third hand car) but right now it is most definitely out of our price range. Well that's about it, a boring little news story to add a little blandness to your Sunday. Ciao for now.