http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/green-vehicles-slow-going-for-investors/10779 Access market-beating ideas from the world's top investment gurus on stock market investing, the gold market, ETFs, Forex trading and real estate values. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:08:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/green-vehicles-slow-going-for-investors/10779/comment-page-1#comment-9773 Rob Viglione Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:35:19 +0000 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/?p=10779#comment-9773 The real market for green vehicles will continue to remain weak, softening with every down tick in gasoline prices. However, the big driver for investment in 2009 will be legislative giveaways to the industry. This will come in direct subsidies to domestic automanufacturers, which will drive down prices, federal and state mandates that will necessitate increased fuel economy, and consume incentives to move towards environmentally friendly cars. All of these edicts will distort markets in favor of green vehicles, despite lack of real demand and decreasing fuel costs. The real market for green vehicles will continue to remain weak, softening with every down tick in gasoline prices. However, the big driver for investment in 2009 will be legislative giveaways to the industry. This will come in direct subsidies to domestic automanufacturers, which will drive down prices, federal and state mandates that will necessitate increased fuel economy, and consume incentives to move towards environmentally friendly cars. All of these edicts will distort markets in favor of green vehicles, despite lack of real demand and decreasing fuel costs.

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