Quote:
Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
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.
|
120 years ago there was no worldwide infrastructure to support individual movement in their personal transportation vehicles. The investment into gasoline was made because it was deemed the best fuel and it cost a lot to do.
Hundreds of trillions of dollars have been spent on our current gasoline infrastructure. Untold trillions more would be spent to implement an electric grid to support the same amount of energy that gasoline does. If you hadn't noticed lately, the world is broke and has no money. The cost/performance ratio of implementing this is unfeasible.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
You seriously underestimate human ingenuity. It's only a matter of time till someone designs a better battery.
|
I have no doubt a better battery will be made, but batteries will always be unfeasible for mass individual transportation consumption.