[upchuck]

The target is large. The target is close. The target is not moving. The ammo is free.

I'm gonna duck outta the way and let y'all have at it :)

[cripplecreek]

The stupid is strong in this one. LOL

[rahbert]

She’s a well known ditz.

[Smokin' Joe]

Wow.

Q: Why'd the chicken cross the road?

A: It was fried-day.

I'd guess the writer is the one person who never stuck a 9-volt battery on their tongue when they were little...or never heard of rain.

[eleni121]

Yeah..the target is large and it is us.

We send tens of billions a month to OPEC and lots of that comes back and kills our treasure through weapons, madrassas, mosques, etc.

We have a choice: Either become energy independent by drilling more OR electrify the nation - electric cars—sounds real good.

[Izzy Dunne]

My magic wand is on the fritz, otherwise we'd have a big, new federal program

Sheesh - you don't have to read any farther than this, do you?

[tet68]

They always make it sound like the Elektricity somehow
comes out of the thin air absolutely free.

Forty mile daily commute?

Where some kind of gated community?

Might as well have a golf cart or bicycle.

Socialistenviros, a plague on them.

[guitarplayer1953]

I would buy one if they got over 100 miles a charge and if the charging for a week was less then the 50 buck I spend each week now for driving over 50 miles a day to work and shoping.

[NormsRevenge]

FRee ammo? Oh man .. I better close my bunker hatch.

[NurdlyPeon]

That's because cars plugged in overnight employ unused capacity in the current electric system.

Which means that you won't really have to burn coal to produce the electricity to power the car. (Do I really need the sarc tag?)

[EggsAckley]

“While California has moved its mix of electricity sources toward clean, renewable energy.....”

Hmmmm......then why is California abandoning so many of its electric producing reservoirs........?

[ully2]

Oh great, lets all go to electric vehicles and crash the grid and force more coal power on America.

[RDasher]

The buyers of electric cars don’t need incentives. They just need available cars.

But the problem with electric cars, are many. Heavy expensive batteries that discharge rather quickly and charge quite slowly. The life of the batteries is also a problem posing a $5000 + investment every 6 or 7 years, and of course the recycling of them. The limited range is probably not a big problem for most users. Those who have longer commutes will not buy them.

Additional problem; Quick charge solutions will add to risk and potential explosions of the batteries. And will also reduce battery life.

Are any battery technology breakthroughs on the horizon. I don’t see any. The batteries convert electrical energy into a chemical reaction, and then convert it back to power the vehicle. Regardless the actual power which comes from the batteries must first be delivered from the power grid.

[Smokin' Joe]

Electric cars don't appear to be a very hard sell to those who would buy them.

Duhhhhh.....

[dennisw]

I could see where families would have cheapo electric cars....Second cars, for hops around town. Burn coal to run electric cars....This would fill in some gaps. Get fleets burning CNG.

[Grizzled Bear]

Do they have an electric vehicle that will survive the winter in a northern-tier state and pull a 35’ 5th wheel?

[Peter W. Kessler]

I drive 50,000 miles a year. That’s 1,000 miles a week.

I’m going to need a very long extension cord.

[pepperdog]

Oh yeah, cuz all you gotta do is plug the car into the magic outlet, right? Whoever wrote this is an idiot!

[Greg123456]

Better still, lets make giant electric conveyor belts for people to drive on, ha ha! They’d shut off their cars while on the belt. I’d have to go slow enough for people to enter and exit, or have entrance and exit ramps of succeeding speeds. The cost to build it would be horrendous, though. I don’t know how much electricity it would use.

[BitWielder1]

That's because cars plugged in overnight employ unused capacity in the current electric system.

Uh, if a hundred million cars are using "unused capacity" every night, it's not really "unused" anymore, is it?
Which means it will become just as expensive as daytime electricity. If not more.
And it still has to come from somewhere.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Electric cars have unique safety issues:

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/767422-196/electric-cars-have-unique-safety-issues.html