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Well, I'm retired, but for 30 years I commuted to Atlanta everyday, 60 mile round trip. I don't know if you've ever driven in Atlanta rush hour traffic, you know that my commute is not an isolated case as there are thousands of cars out there doing same thing, and most people live in the suburbs, and drive into Atlanta to work. Living IN Atlanta would be like living in Detroit.

The Volt, for instance, has a advertised range of 50 miles, which "Consumer Reports" says is even less than that.

And unless employers go wholesale into installing "charging stations" at work, the little Volt is not going to make the 60-mile round trip.

If those batteries are anything like other rechargeables, they work great for a while, and then they start downhill. I understand new batteries are like $19,000 for the Volt.

I don't recall mentioning or even caring what TIME of day the vehicle is being charged. But lets say you did somehow get it charged at work, with Atlanta traffic it's not unheard of to have to go 15 miles out of your way to get around traffic jams, then there's picking up the kid (kid, not kids, no room in the back seat of a volt - battery pack, you know), going by the grocery, etc. Walking to the next exit with a 2-gallon gas can seems a lot easier and more practical.

Those are just the basics and I already see "nightmare" in the EV scenario. I can envision hundreds of stalled Volt's alongside I-20 and I-75/85 waiting for the "charging fairy" to give them a boost.

I can envision going to the PTA meeting and getting home late and forgetting to plug the little monster in for a recharge...next morning, the boss is going to get a call...how many times will "I forgot to recharge, and..." for with him?

But, I'll agree with you, IF you live in the city only 5 or 10 miles to work, then an OBAMACART is just the ticket. You could probably go two or three days without a charge. But I really wouldn't want to be stalled at 9pm in the inner city with a dead Volt...it might lead to a dead ME.

The only practical use of the OBAMACART right now, is the golf course...or getting around your estate.

Of course, they will spawn some new cottage industries, like having your home wired with a charging station, or maybe buying a truck with a generator on back (both internal combustion) and cruise the freeways making exhorbitant fees recharging dead VOLTS...let's see $20 per hour, for at least 4-6 hours...hey! A can of gas would be a lot cheaper and faster.

Nahhhh...I think I'll keep ol' Betsy and let you "greenies" have the obamacart. I'm not ready to dedicate my life to a battery charging marathon.

Insofar as the gas, the USA has plenty of oil reserves, we just need to replace some of the politicians who are standing in the way of drilling for it because of their special interests.

I would think that the day we announce open season on drilling again, you'll see Ahab the Arab's oil prices drop drastically.