How many years will it take to pay for purchasing a chevy Volt vs a Ford Focus?

If you take the price of $38,000 for the Volt and $19,000 for the Focus, with the Ford getting 40 mpg and the Volt getting 40 miles per charge.

And the government just bought 101 from Government Motors. Now, GM has sold 102 Volts.How many years will it take to pay for purchasing a chevy Volt vs a Ford Focus?Just a few quick questions about the volt

1. Where do the minerals come from to make the batteries

2. Are those minerals mined

3. Are those minerals an enviormental hazard

4. Does charging the volt mean the use of more electricity

5. Does that electricity come from coal power plants

6. Does the volt also need gas as a back up energy source

7. If this car is so great why the tax break

8. If a thousand volt batteries were leaking and buried could that contaminate the water supply

9. Are facilities in place to dispose of those volt batteries

10. Are firefighters equipped to handle a ruptured volt battery at an accident scene if one was ever

ruptured.

besides that it is a great car for a four seater that only goes 40 miles per charge on a level road on a warm day, with an average load (no fatties).How many years will it take to pay for purchasing a chevy Volt vs a Ford Focus?Depends on if we can get gas up to 20 dollars per gallon. Then it will take about 3 years.

They are actually selling more than that every month.

By the way and cars are not rational and people have all kinds of reasons to buy them.

Does it make sense for a 110 pounding woman to get into a 6000 pound car and drive 5 extra miles to get her green beans for 20 cents less a can while spending a dollar on gas?How many years will it take to pay for purchasing a chevy Volt vs a Ford Focus?America gets 57% of electricity from coal.

That would make the Volt mostly "coal powered".