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[Shannen Durphey]

Richard W. Cowan wrote:
> 
> Well this may be an emotional subject for some, but I was not, ahem,
> "raving."  To rebut the last post, the EV1 can go 70-90 miles on one charge
> of its batteries.  This charge is the equivalent of about 1 gallon of
> gasoline.  As I said, once the conversion to all nuclear power plants is
> made, this "true efficiency" will be realized.  I expect that once the
> batteries are perfected (ie they don't way 1000 pounds!), we will see
> electric autos that are just as fun to drive and just as powerful as todays
> cars.  We (the people) won't have it any other way!
> 
> As far as mass transit goes...that's the only thing that scares me!  I love
> cars.  I fully expect future electrics to be just as bad-ass and fun as the
> Z28 I plan to buy in the not-too-distant future.  What I fear is that one
> day we will rely so much upon mass transit that car production/consumption
> will plummet and cause car prices to rise to the point that private
> automobiles will be the exclusive privilege of the rich, large companies,
> and governments.  Just think one day everyone rode around on horses, now it
> is the hobby of the rich.
> 
> Richard
> http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~vaps1rc


Uh-huh.  I'm 50mi from the next town.  People around here
travel 70 mi one way to have work done on their car.  Mass
transit is packing four people into the same pickup.  If you
ranch cattle, you raise and ride horses to work your stock. 
Electric vehicles have a very limited use in this area.

I don't think you will have to fear the loss of personal
transportation or the death of the ICE anytime soon.  It
wasn't that many years ago that synthetic oils were exotic
and unreliable.  Now production vehicles are equipped with
them.  There are plenty of alternative fuel options now, and
there will be more as oil supplies decline.  If my
grandmother can adapt enough to use a computer, we can
certainly adapt enough to burn alternative fuels in our
autos.

Shannen