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About costs?
He's wrong about the costs? Hardly. Most of the power grids in the US are already overloaded to the point of collapse with little provocation. Add a few more megawatts of consumption for charging cars and it all simply melts down.

Upgrade the infrastructure? Sure! Guess where that money will come from. Go ahead. Guess.

And, that's not taking into account the need to actually generate the additional megawatts worth of jumping electrons.

Nuclear? Sure! How many years does it take to design one, get it approved, locate it, build it, and start it up. What do we do 'til then?

Thermal? Sure! That covers some small areas of a few states.

Solar? Sure! That covers some small areas of a few states, discounting the exorbitant costs of actually building the systems.

Hydro? Sure! Dam up the Grand Canyon, and all the other canyons and valleys that can hold back some water. Endangered species? Psshaw! Ecological disaster? Psshaw! Costs? Psshaw! Construction time? Psshaw! New roads, bridges, phone and power lines, etc...? Psshaw! Costs of displaced homes, farms and businesses + lost productivity, goods and crops? Psshaw!

Wind? Sure! That'll take care of the needs of a community, or two.

Tidal? Sure! (see hydro)

Hamsters on a treadmill? Sure!....
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chinese , expensive , low range, unknown quality and service cost...  Linux Geek | 08/10/07
About  Linux User 147560 | 08/10/07
Less than 2$/100 miles  CobraA1 | 08/12/07
You'll buy  Boot_Agnostic | 08/14/07
What's the net gain?  Tim Patterson | 08/12/07
geez... net gain?  damasterwc | 08/12/07
Critical thinking  frgough | 08/13/07
Wrong again!  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/07
About costs?  Dr. John | 08/13/07
but, there's unused capacity at night...  57ford | 08/13/07
Actually...  Dr. John | 08/14/07
If you have a long commute or take a lot of long  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/07
Oh I know about the power grid issues...  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/07
Plenty to gain  gordon@... | 08/12/07
Plenty!  CobraA1 | 08/12/07
Whoops, made a slight mistake . . .  CobraA1 | 08/12/07
Tim... come on I know you are smarter than that!  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/07
The Tesla Roadster goes over 200 miles . . .  CobraA1 | 08/12/07
yawn.  frgough | 08/13/07
Wrong again!  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/07
Speaking of ignorance  TunerGeek | 08/13/07
The math still favors gas  John Jay | 08/13/07
Electric has other advantages.  thetruth_z | 08/13/07
I agree - electric advantages need to be factored into cost  John Jay | 08/13/07
Rhetoric  Dr. John | 08/13/07
A few things to note  CobraA1 | 08/13/07
Uh, American made is an illusion  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/07
Major country of source  John Jay | 05/22/08
Boycott anything from China  LostViking | 08/13/07
Tango Car  hideaway@... | 08/13/07
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