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Originally Posted by alrox
You can always tell the correct people from the incorrect people during a discussion. The correct person states facts and the incorrect person tries to cover his ignorance by asking witty questions.
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And the incorrect people refuse to answer questions they know would make them look bad? Ok, here are some FACTS for you:
When the automobile first came out, it was a toy for the rich and famous.
There was no gasoline infrastructure until oil was discovered in the US, thus hindering widespread adoption of the automobile (on top of the high asking price among other things).
It took some major technological advances, along with some ingenuity on the part of one Henry T. Ford, to make the automobile cheap enough for the general public to afford, along with making it reliable enough so it wouldn't break down every other week. The first auto owners usually had their own mechanics living on site, as the early contraptions were always breaking down. Once everyone started buying cars, gas stations popped up everywhere.
Now we move from fact, to speculation (as that's all one can do in regards to the future):
These same exact things can be said of the electric vehicle. Until a cheap source of clean energy is found and made easily available to the public, it will be difficult at best to develop an infrastructure. Once that is in place, along with the necessary technological advances to further improve charging times and battery capacity, electric vehicles will begin to take over and you'll see charging stations along side of gas stations.
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Originally Posted by alrox
Practically impossible. You would get stuck with someone elses 'bad' battery pack and just trade it in at the next station, always leaving someone holding the bad one.
Spending 5 minutes and putting a very abundant fuel, gasoline, into your car very easily sounds like a much more viable solution for the billions of common people on earth.
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You seriously underestimate human ingenuity. It's only a matter of time till someone designs a better battery.