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Wind and Solar power simply are not reliable enough to sufficiently supply a fleet of plug in hybrids. To fully charge a plug in car could potentially draw as much power as a small house.
Ideally what should be done is advance clean coal technology and nuclear power to beef up the power grid so that it doesnt crumble beneath the burden of the plug in hybrid group. California and other large urban centers are already having problems with the power grid, it will only get worse unless something is done to dramatically increase power output. Until then cars like the Leaf and others will only cause problems for the current situation, not solutions.
The US has enough domestic oil reserves (off shore, Alaska, etc) to be nearly 100% self sufficient for the next 75 to 100 years, but politics are standing in the way.
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