[Pontiac]

Studies from the National Academies point to better land-use planning to reduce suburban sprawl and, most important, fuel taxes to reduce petroleum dependence. Following that prescription would solve many problems that a proliferation of electric cars could not begin to address—including automotive injuries, deaths, and the frustrations of being stuck in traffic.

Even when they are telling you that the Electric Car’s greenness is mythical they can’t help but tell you that some other nanny state restrictions on freedom will make everything all better.

[CutePuppy]

Studies from the National Academies point to better land-use planning to reduce suburban sprawl and, most important, fuel taxes to reduce petroleum dependence. Following that prescription would solve many problems that a proliferation of electric cars could not begin to address — including automotive injuries, deaths, and the frustrations of being stuck in traffic.

Even when they are telling you that the Electric Car's greenness is mythical they can't help but tell you that some other nanny state restrictions on freedom will make everything all better.

Yes. But look at the bright side. This bias - along with his unquestionable experience in the technology, economics and politics of electric cars - pretty much confirms the undeniable cred of the author as the "green" environmentalist, yet...

Yet he condemns the electric car as an unacceptable "dirtier" alternative to the internal combustion engine cars on the purely environmental basis.

I don't think you can find many people who the "greenies" would find so difficult to argue with as this author. I'd rather have him acknowledging and proving his bias / "green cred" right in the article that annihilates the "green electric car" myth than 10 equally qualified conservatives or libertarians.