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Originally Posted by GTAHVIT
I'm sorry guys,
I'm all about alternative fuels and ways to be green and conserve natural resources...
But the electric car is not gonna be what gets us there... All things considered electric vehicles are only marginally "better" for the environment than Gas cars... And as we are seeing ... significantly more expensive.
I maintain that hybrid cars and continuing regulations like CAFE will do more for the environment by making gas engines more efficient and green and cost less to do it.
I'm betting we can do more to conserve and less to polute, through the ongoing refinement of the gas and hybrid systems. Then we can by looking to completely new and different technologies... There are simply too many of us that require inexpensive forms of transportation.... We can afford to pay and extra 3-5K for a hybrid car that helps us buy less gas and produces less pollutants... But very few of us can pay an extra 10 - 20K for an electric car that you have to plug in.... IMO The Volt is the direction 80% of the green cars in the world will follow for the foreseeable future.
just my 2 cents.
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CAFE is about the worst way to improve efficiency in cars. I agree with Bob Lutz: CAFE is like fight national obesity by making the clothing industry manufacture only small sizes.