On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Michael Watterson wrote= : > I can see ZERO value in mainstream rechargeable cars electric cars > either, especially if there was an ideal battery. You can only have > "refills" at a sensible speed by battery swap, and even then the entire > Electricity Distribution grid would need upgraded. > Except that there are people who have been using them for decades (and earlier) All of your arguments are repeated ad nauseum by people who believe there will be one solution to the oil problem. Electric cars can be seen as one piece of a much larger system of solutions= .. Part of the solution may be that people will decide that $10 a gallon gasoline means it's too expensive to afford the convenience of driving as far as I want, as often as I want. --=20 Martin K. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .