Gdetrailer wrote:
tdiller wrote:
Only two things run on batteries...
Golf carts and
Toys.
Until a vehicle can go 3-400 miles on a charge and refill/recharge in five minutes and do it again and again all day it'll never sit in my garage.
X2
While battery tech has improved SLIGHTLY over the years it still is very weak compared to gas or diesel for distance, cost to own, maintenance and refueling.
Not to mention, the notion that electric vehicles are a "clean" mode of transportation is BS..
There IS far more "E" waste generated in the building of EV batteries..
Not to mention adding overhead to already weak electric grid..
Then there is the mere fact of the "pollution" of supposed lack of..
There IS NO FREE LUNCH, energy is energy, it is dirty no matter how far away it is generated..
Really?
How dirty is sun power?
http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/electric-cars-greenYoure very mistaken if you think gas or diesel is cheaper cleaner or more efficient
EV beats dirty fuel in every category..especialy cost per mile driven..
Then there is also the cost and inviromental impact of gasoline production from tar sands and fracking etc..
EV are better and here to stay
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/life-cycle-ev-emissions#.V2NyQegpDxA
