[gogFloark]

Hmm, most cars carry one person at a time so cargo and hauling could be delegated to another vehicle. Electric vehicles can't replace every gas powered vehicle because of the drain on the grid, but electric cars can be part of a diverse transportation solution depending on the use of the vehicles and the power source.

I don't know what you mean by delegating to another vehicle.

By cargo, I mean groceries, suitcases or schoolbooks, as opposed to passengers, which is people or dogs.

To put it another way, an electric car can carry less than a gas car of the same weight and horsepower.

That's not to say there's no use or place for such cars. It's just that it's fairly limited. They aren't going to save the world.

If I lived somewhere that the traffic made the commute palatable, I wouldn't mind doing it in an Aptera.

[Uhmavano]

I don't know what you mean by delegating to another vehicle.

By cargo, I mean groceries, suitcases or schoolbooks, as opposed to passengers, which is people or dogs.

To put it another way, an electric car can carry less than a gas car of the same weight and horsepower.

That's not to say there's no use or place for such cars. It's just that it's fairly limited. They aren't going to save the world.

If I lived somewhere that the traffic made the commute palatable, I wouldn't mind doing it in an Aptera.

We can expect the technology to grow and change with time, and it won't take decades it will take only a handful of years. Right now your argument does hold true, but five years from now this same argument will likely bear no weight. It takes a while to learn a technology, but once established it grows immensely in no time--unless purposely stopped from doing so, which we can assume will not be the case here. I guess my point is to not worry, the electric cars produced today will soon be declared clunkers as more efficient electric-car technology is developed.

One thing we do need is more nuclear power plants, but the Obama Administration doesn't seem necessarily excited at the thought.

[huntbytnkbel]

the only negative being the nuclear waste.

I think that about wraps it up.

[Cemeuncex]

All you nuke supporters understand that it's the most heavily subsidized per-KW type of electricity, right? (It's mostly on the back end.)

Even so, without the ability to secure long term contracts for electrical distribution (currently illegal in PA - !!! - part of "deregulation" - thanks Vince!) it is extremely difficult to secure financing to build a nuke plant. Even gas & coal plants face this stupidity from Harrisburg.

There are no magic energy bullets. Our civilization was built on burning stuff, and unless we drastically change the way we live, we'll need to continue to burn stuff, and lots of it.